Wherever a space is marked off on any street for the parking
of an individual vehicle, every vehicle parked there shall be parked
wholly within the lines bounding that space, and it shall be a violation
of this article for any person to park a vehicle or allow it to remain
parked otherwise.
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
Street
|
Side
|
Between
|
---|---|---|
Bethel Avenue
[Added 8-12-1993 by Ord. No.
527] |
South
|
From 322 Eastbound ramp to 452 North to the intersection of
Bethel Avenue with 322
|
Brayden Drive
[Added 3-8-2018 by Ord.
No. 722] |
Both
|
Entire length
|
Cherrytree Road
|
East
|
In front of No. 450 Cherrytree Road
|
Chestnut Street
|
Both
|
Route 452 and Seaside Avenue
|
Chichester Avenue
|
Both
|
Bethel Road and Woodstream Road
|
Chichester Avenue
|
Both
|
Meetinghouse Road and 200 feet north
|
Chichester Avenue
|
South
|
I-95 South on-ramp to I-95 North on-ramp (on bridge)
|
Chichester Avenue
|
South
|
3736 Chichester Avenue to B&O Bridge
|
Dutton Street
|
South
|
Garfield Road and Story Road
|
Euclid Avenue
|
East
|
Manor Avenue and Naaman's Creek Road
|
Garfield Avenue
|
West
|
Dutton Street and dead end
|
Larkin Road
|
East
|
Woodstream Road to 402 feet south
|
Longbotham Drive
|
East
|
150 feet from Burdett Drive
|
Longbotham Drive
|
West
|
Burdett Drive and Cherrytree Road
|
Malatesta Avenue
|
Both
|
Redwood Avenue and Chichester Avenue
|
Meetinghouse Road
|
Both
|
Second Avenue to Sharpless Avenue
|
Mill Road
[Added 11-12-1992 by Ord. No. 515] |
Both
|
Chichester Avenue to and including Reliance Fire Company
|
Mulberry Street
[Added 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 518] |
Both
|
Peach Street and Apple Street
|
Naaman's Creek Road
|
East
|
150 feet on each side of intersection with Boudwin Avenue
|
Naaman's Creek Road
|
West
|
50 feet prior to Clayton Street
|
Ogden Avenue
|
East
|
Meetinghouse Road to Naaman's Creek Road
|
Ogden Avenue
|
West
|
160 feet from intersection with Naaman's Creek Road
|
Route 322 (Conchester Highway)
|
Both
|
Business District between 515-530 Conchester Highway
|
Route 322
[Added 8-12-1993 by Ord. No.
527] |
East
|
400 feet east to Bethel Avenue to Bethel Avenue
|
Route 322 (Conchester Highway)
|
West
|
Entrance to Conchester Lanes
|
Route 452 (Market Street)
|
North
|
Willers Road to Aston Township boundary
|
Route 452 (Market Street)
|
South
|
2600 Block
|
Seaside Avenue
[Added 6-11-2015 by Ord.
No. 700] |
Both
|
The entire portion of Seaside Avenue that originates at Beech
Street and continues to its point of terminus.
|
Sofia Lane
[Added 3-8-2018 by Ord.
No. 722] |
Both
|
Entire length
|
Parking shall be prohibited in the following locations at all
times on the days and between the hours indicated in this section,
as follows:
Street
|
Side
|
Between
|
Days
|
Hours
|
---|---|---|---|---|
(Reserved)
|
[Amended 4-12-1990 by Ord. No. 490; 2-10-2000 by Ord. No. 583; 9-14-2017 by Ord. No. 712]
A.
Parking.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or to remain parked on
any residential street or in any residential area any vehicle other
than a passenger car, except as hereinafter set forth below. The term
"passenger car" shall not include any trailer, bus, motor home, or
passenger car, truck or van attached to a trailer of any kind.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or allow to remain parked
on any residential street or in any residential area any vehicle other
than a commercial vehicle not larger than what is commonly known as
a pickup truck or van other than when actually making a delivery or
engaged in work on such residential street or residential area.
(3)
Any passenger car, bus, trailer, motor home, truck, van, or any other
vehicle, when parking is otherwise permitted in the Code of Ordinances
of Upper Chichester Township, must be parked on approved surfaces.
(4)
Notwithstanding anything above to the contrary, it shall be lawful
for any person to park or allow to remain parked on any residential
street or in any residential area any commercial vehicle not larger
than what is commonly known as a pickup truck or van. A commercial
vehicle may otherwise be parked on a residential street or in any
residential area when the commercial vehicle is actually making a
delivery or engaged in work on such residential street or residential
area.
B.
Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances which are inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
C.
Severability. If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this subsection
is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid,
such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect
or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this subsection. It is hereby declared as the intent of
the Board of Commissioners that this subsection would have been adopted
had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section
or part thereof not been included herein.
No person shall park a vehicle, or allow it to remain parked,
for longer than the time indicated, in any of the following locations,
at any time on the days and between the hours indicated:
Street
|
Side
|
Between
|
Days
|
Hours
|
Parking Time Limit
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chichester Avenue
|
Both
|
Randall Avenue to B&O railroad tracks
|
Every day
|
All hours
|
15 minutes
|
Meetinghouse Road
|
Both
|
Chichester Avenue and Boothwyn Elementary School
|
Every day
|
All hours
|
1 hour
|
Washington Avenue
[Added 1-11-2018 by Ord.
No. 717] |
Southeast
|
Market Street to Douglas Avenue
|
Sunday
|
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
|
No parking
|
Washington Avenue
[Added 1-11-2018 by Ord.
No. 717] |
Northwest
|
75 feet west of Douglas Avenue to Booker Avenue
|
Sunday
|
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
|
No parking
|
The following are established as special purpose parking zones,
and it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or to allow
it to remain parked, in any such zone, except as specifically provided
for that zone:
Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
Authorized Purpose or Vehicle
|
---|---|---|---|
Laughead Avenue
|
North
|
Near Chichester Avenue
|
Handicapped
|
Taylor Avenue
|
North
|
Taylor and Market Streets
|
Handicapped
|
Willowbrook Shopping Center
|
N/A
|
Designated Parking Spaces
|
Handicapped
|
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a
vehicle (other than a pedalcycle) on the roadway side of any vehicle
stopped or parked at the edge or curb of any street, except that standing
or parking for the purpose of loading or unloading persons or property
shall be permitted Monday through Saturday, between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.,
and for no longer than necessary for the loading or unloading.
A.
Findings and purpose. The Township finds that:
(1)
Certain residential areas in the Township are subjected to commuter
vehicle parkings, therefore depriving the residents of those areas
of spaces in which to park their own vehicles:
(2)
Those residential streets are also subject to a high degree of commuter
traffic which substantially reduces the quality of the ambient air
level; and
(3)
The establishment of a parking permit program for certain affected
areas should facilitate efficient movement of traffic by providing
for parking preference during certain hours of the day and days of
the week. Therefore, the Township considers it to be in the interest
of the people of the Township to provide for the establishment of
a residential permit parking program to insure primary access to available
parking spaces by neighborhood residents and also to provide a cleaner
ambient air level.
B.
COMMUTER VEHICLE
PROPRIETOR
RESIDENT
RESIDENTIAL AREA
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, words and terms listed
in this subsection, as follows, shall have the following meanings:
A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person
not a resident of that residential area;
A person who owns or leases real estate within a residential
area of which he is not a resident, but who owns or manages a business
enterprise or professional office maintained at that address; for
the purpose of this section, a proprietor shall be entitled to one
parking permit for that business or professional office address;
A person who owns or leases real property within a residential
area and who maintains either a voting residence, or bona fide occupancy,
or both, at that address;
A contiguous area containing public highways or parts of
public highways primarily abutted by residential property or residential
and non-business property (such as schools, parks, places or worship,
hospitals and nursing homes).
C.
Criteria. The residential areas designated in Subsection D of this section are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential parking on the basis of the following criteria:
(1)
During any period between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday
through Saturday, except legal holidays, the number of vehicles parked
(or standing), legally or illegally, on the streets in the area is
equal to 70% or more of the legal, on-street parking capacity of the
area. For the purpose of this criterion, a legal parking space shall
be 20 linear feet.
(2)
During the same period as specified in Subsection C(1), directly above, 10% or more of the vehicles parked (or standing) on the streets in the area are not registered in the name of a person residing in the area. For the purpose of this criterion, the latest available information from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Licensing of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding registration of motor vehicles shall be used.
(3)
Provided: in determining that a specific area identified as impacted
and eligible for residential permit parking is designated as a residential
permit parking area, the following factors are taken into consideration.
(a)
The local and metropolitan needs with respect to clean air and
environment;
(b)
The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle miles driven
in the Township;
(c)
The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion, illegal parking
and related health and safety hazards;
(d)
The proximity of public transportation to the residential area;
(e)
The desire and need of the residents for residential permit
parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs in
connection with it; and
(f)
The need for parking in excess of the residential permit parking
program in proximity to establishments located in the residential
permit parking area and used by the general public for religious,
health or educational purposes.
D.
Designation of residential permit parking areas:
E.
Application for permit. Application for a residential parking permit
shall be made to the Chief of Police by the person desiring the permit,
who shall be only the owner or the driver of a motor vehicle who resides
on or is a proprietor of property immediately adjacent to a street
or other location within a residential parking permit area. A separate
application shall be required for each motor vehicle, and each application
shall be accompanied by a permit fee of $10, which shall be for the
use of the Township, to be applied to the cost of administering the
residential permit parking program. Each application shall contain
the following information: the name of the owner or the driver, as
the case may be, of the motor vehicle; the address of the resident
or the proprietor, as the case may be; the make, model and registration
number of the motor vehicle; and the driver number as taken from the
applicant's current driver's license. At the discretion of the Chief
of Police, the applicant shall be required, at the time of making
application, to present his driver's license and the vehicle registration
card.
F.
Issuance of permit. Upon receipt of the application and the permit
fee, and determination by him that the information upon the application
shows that the applicant is entitled to a residential parking permit,
the Chief of Police shall issue to the applicant a residential parking
permit, which shall be valid for the remainder of the calendar year.
The permit shall display the serial and registration numbers of the
motor vehicles, the residential parking area number, and the expiration
date. The permit shall be renewable annually before the expiration
date, upon making application for renewal and payment of the permit
fee of $10. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section for
any person to display other than the current and valid permit while
standing or parking in a residential permit parking area at any time
when those permits are to be displayed.
G.
Temporary and exemption parking permits. Temporary parking permits
may be issued by the Chief of Police, upon payment of a fee of $2,
to bona fide visitors of residents of a designated residential permit
parking area, and exemption parking permits may be issued, without
payment of a fee, to handicapped persons and senior citizens.
H.
Responsibility of permit holder.
(1)
Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the
holder of a residential parking permit shall be permitted to stand
or park a motor vehicle operated by him in any designated residential
parking area during those times when parking of motor vehicles is
permitted in that area. While a vehicle for which a residential parking
permit has been issued is so parked, that permit shall be displayed
so as to be clearly visible through the windshield of the vehicle.
A residential parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the
holder a parking space within a designated residential permit parking
area.
(2)
A residential parking permit shall not authorize its holder to stand
or park a motor vehicle in any place where or at any time when stopping,
standing or parking of motor vehicles is prohibited or set aside for
other specified types of vehicles, nor shall the permit exempt its
holder from the observance of any traffic or parking regulation other
than residential permit parking regulation or restriction. The vehicle
showing the permit shall be licensed and insured and in operating
condition and not a junk or derelict vehicle.
(3)
No person other than the permit holder whose name appears on the
permit shall use a residential parking permit or display it on a vehicle
operated; any such use or display by a person other than the permit
holder shall constitute a violation of this section by the permit
holder and by the person who so used or displayed the parking permit.
(4)
It shall constitute a violation of this section for any person falsely
to represent himself as eligible for a residential parking permit
or to furnish false information in an application to the Chief of
Police in order to obtain a residential parking permit.
I.
Revocation of permits. The Chief of Police shall have authority to
revoke the residential parking permit of any permit holder found to
be in violation of any provision of this section. Upon written notification
to him of the revocation, the permit holder shall surrender the permit
to the Chief of Police. Failure to do so, when so requested, shall
constitute a violation of this section. Provided: any person receiving
such a notice may, within 10 days after the date of the notice, appeal
to the Board for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of
the Board shall be final.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15 and
costs. Provided: it shall be the duty of the police officers and of
parking enforcement personnel of the Township to report to the appropriate
official all violations of any provision of this article, indicating,
in each case: the section violated; the license number of the vehicle
involved in the violation; the location where the violation took place;
and any other facts that might be necessary in order to secure a clear
understanding of the circumstances attending the violation. The police
officer or other person making the report shall also attach to or
place upon every such vehicle a notice stating that the vehicle was
parked in violation of this article. The notice shall contain instructions
to the owner or driver of the vehicle that if he will report to the
office of the Chief of Police and pay the sum of $10 within five days
after the time of the notice, or if he will place the sum of $10,
or enclose in an envelope addressed to the Township that act will
save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine and
costs prescribed in the first sentence of this section.