[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007]
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 Part for any person to park a vehicle or allow it to remain
parked otherwise.
[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007]
1.
General Rule.
[Added by Ord. 2017-01, 1/24/2017]
A.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to
protect the safety of any person or vehicle or to comply with the
directions of a police officer or traffic control device, no person
shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle in the following locations:
(1)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the
edge or curb of a street or roadway;
(3)
No vehicle may be parked in a manner where any portion of the
vehicle overhangs the sidewalk;
(4)
Within an intersection;
(5)
On a crosswalk;
(6)
On any railroad tracks;
(7)
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within 30 feet of
points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone,
unless a different length is indicated by official traffic control
devices;
(8)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction,
when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
(9)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure, upon a highway,
or within a highway tunnel;
(10)
In the area between the travel lanes of a divided highway or
roadway, including crossovers;
(11)
At any place prohibited by an official sign.
B.
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in the following locations:
(1)
In front of a private or public driveway;
(2)
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(3)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(4)
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop
sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal;
(5)
On a limited access highway unless authorized by official traffic
control devices.
C.
No person shall park, or leave unattended, a vehicle on private property
of another without the consent of the owner or other person in control
or possession of the property, except in the case of an emergency
or disablement of the vehicle, in which case the owner of the vehicle
shall arrange for its removal as soon as possible.
2.
Parking,
standing, stopping, and idling of vehicles shall be prohibited at
all times in the following locations:
[Amended by Ord. No. 2010-04, 10-26-2010; by Ord. No. 2015-01, 5/14/2015; and by Ord.
No. 2023-01, 3/28/2023]
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Street
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Side
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Between
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Atlas Road
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South
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Savage Road and Joseph Road
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Savage Road TR463
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Atlas Road SR 0329 and the Northampton Borough line
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Snow Hill Road TR472
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Howertown Road and Old Carriage Road, aka SR 3017 and SR 3018
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West Bullshead Road
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North
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Along the bicycle lane between Willowbrook Road and the entrance
to the Catasauqua High School
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Willowbrook Road
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East
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Savage Road and the municipal boundary of Hanover Township,
Lehigh County
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Willowbrook Road
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West
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Savage Road and the municipal boundary of Hanover Township,
Lehigh County
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[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007]
Parking shall be prohibited in the following locations at all
times on the days and between the hours indicated in this section,
as follows:
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Street
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Side
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Between
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Days
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Hours
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(Reserved)
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[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or to allow to
remain parked, on any of the following streets or parts of streets,
any vehicle other than a passenger car (which shall not include any
bus, motor home or passenger car attached to a trailer of any kind):
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Street
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Between
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(Reserved)
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[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007]
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:
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Street
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Side
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Between
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Days
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Hours
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(Reserved)
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[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007]
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:
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Street
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Side
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Location
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Authorized Purpose or Vehicle
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(Reserved)
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[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007]
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 on the following named streets on 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.
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Street
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Side
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Between
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(Reserved)
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[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007]
[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007; as amended by Ord. 2009-02, 3/12/2009]
1.
Findings and Purpose. The Township finds that:
A.
Certain residential areas in the Township are subjected to commuter
vehicle parking, therefore depriving the residents of those areas
of spaces in which to park their own vehicles.
B.
Those residential streets are also subjected to a high degree of
commuter traffic which substantially reduces the quality of the ambient
air level.
C.
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 ensure primary access to available
parking spaces by neighborhood residents and also to provide a cleaner
ambient air level.
2.
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 nonbusiness property (such as schools, parks, places of worship,
hospitals and nursing homes).
3.
Criteria. The residential areas designated in Subsection 4 of this section are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential parking on the basis of the following criteria:
A.
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.
B.
During the same period as specified in Subsection 3A 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 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding registration of motor vehicles shall be used.
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Provided that, 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:
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(1)
The local and metropolitan needs with respect to clean air and
environment.
(2)
The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle miles driven
in the Township.
(3)
The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion, illegal parking
and related health and safety hazards.
(4)
The proximity of public transportation to the residential area.
(5)
The desire and need of the residents for residential permit
parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs in
connection with it.
(6)
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.
4.
Designation of Residential Permit Parking Areas. The following are
designated as residential permit parking areas:
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Area
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Bounded By and Including
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(Reserved)
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Signs shall be erected along the streets in each residential
permit parking area, indicating the days, hours, locations and conditions
under which parking shall be by permit only.
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5.
Application for Permit. Application for a residential parking permit
shall be made to the Pennsylvania State 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, in an amount
as established by resolution of the Township, 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 Pennsylvania
State Police, the applicant shall be required, at the time of making
application, to present his driver's license and the vehicle registration
card.
6.
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 Pennsylvania State 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. 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.
7.
Temporary and Exemption Parking Permits. Temporary parking permits
may be issued by the Pennsylvania State Police, upon payment of a
fee in an amount as established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors,
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.
8.
Responsibility of Permit Holder.
A.
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.
B.
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.
C.
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.
D.
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 Pennsylvania
State Police in order to obtain a residential parking permit.
9.
Revocation of Permits. The Pennsylvania State 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 the present holder of the revocation, the permit holder
shall surrender the permit to the Pennsylvania State Police. Failure
to do so, when so requested, shall constitute a violation of this
section, provided that any person receiving such a notice may, within
10 days after the date of the notice, appeal to the Township for a
hearing on the revocation, and the decision of the Township shall
be final.
[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or to
allow the same to remain parked, at any time between [] and [] on
any of the following portions of the highways of the Borough on the
days hereby respectively designated for street sweeping purposes.
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Street
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(Reserved)
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[Ord. 2007-04, 11/8/2007; as amended by Ord. 2009-02, 3/12/2009;
and by Ord. 2015-01, 5/14/2015]
1.
Any person who violates the provisions of this Chapter 15, Part 4, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 plus costs, provided that it shall be the duty of any police officer, or persons designated by the Board of Supervisors of Allen Township as parking enforcement personnel, to place on the vehicle windshield or hand to the owner or operator of said vehicle parked in violation of the provisions of this Part 4 a parking ticket or a traffic citation notifying the owner or operator of a particular parking violation.
2.
When a traffic ticket is used to notify the owner or operator of
a vehicle of a parking violation, the owner or operator shall pay
the fine as stated on the ticket within the stated time period on
the ticket.
3.
The fine amount due for a parking ticket is $15 if said amount is
paid within 10 days of the date of the ticket. The fine amount due
shall be $30 if the fine is paid after 10 days of the date of the
ticket and prior to the end of the 20th day. If the fine remains unpaid
after 20 days, a traffic citation shall be filed with the District
Justice against the owner of the vehicle. The citation shall then
proceed in accordance with Chapter 4 (Rule 400 et seq.) of the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, as amended.
