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.
A. 
Only angle parking shall be permitted on the following portions of streets:
Street
Side
Between
Old Main Street
West
Entire length
Old Ridge Road
South
Entire length
B. 
On all streets where angle parking is required, every vehicle parked at the angle shall be parked with its front nearest the curb.
[Amended 7-8-1993 by Ord. No. 592; 12-10-1998 by Ord. No. 619; 12-13-2001 by Ord. No. 637]
A. 
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
Street
Side
Between
Chestnut Street (700 Block)
West
Ninth Street to a point 375 feet south of Ninth Street
Dawes Court
North
Sunset Street and a point 100 feet to the east of Sunset Street
Gilbert Street
East
Entire length
Main Street
East
Fifth to Seventh Street
Main Street
East
Post Road to Main Street
Main Street
West
Post Road to Old Main Street
Ninth Street
Both
Entire length
Old Ridge Road
North
4300 Block Chester City Line to Main Street
Post Road
North
Chester City Line to Cedar Avenue
Post Road
North
Smith Street to Marcus Hook Borough Line
Post Road
South
Entire length
Sunset Street
East
From the intersection with Ninth Street a distance of 50 feet from the Ninth Street curbline
Township Line Road
South
Entire length
Unnamed alley
Both
Bishop Street and Smith Street
Veterans Drive
East and west
Ninth Street and right turn at the top of the hill in the park, approximately 100 yards from Ninth Street
West 13th Street
East and West
Within 20 feet of Nealy Boulevard
West 7th Street
East
From the intersection with Main Street a distance of 45 feet north of Main Street
West 7th Street
East
Main Street and cul-de-sac
B. 
Parking in crosswalks. It shall be a violation for any person to park a vehicle in a crosswalk. Any and all persons who violate this subsection shall pay a fine of $25 plus costs.
[Added 4-13-2017 by Ord. No. 756]
C. 
Parking on sidewalks. It will be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle on a sidewalk. Any and all persons who violate this subsection shall pay a fine of $25 plus costs.
[Added 4-13-2017 by Ord. No. 756]
D. 
Parking in front of private drive. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle in front of a private drive. Any and all persons who violate this subsection shall pay a fine of $25 plus costs.
[Added 4-13-2017 by Ord. No. 756]
E. 
Parking facing wrong direction. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle facing the wrong direction without proper lights. Any and all persons who violate this subsection shall pay a fine of $25 plus costs.
[Added 4-13-2017 by Ord. No. 756]
F. 
Double parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to double park a motor vehicle. Any and all persons who violate this subsection shall pay a fine of $25 plus costs.
[Added 4-13-2017 by Ord. No. 756]
G. 
Parking too close to fire hydrant. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle too close to a fire hydrant. Any and all persons who violate this subsection shall pay a fine of $75 plus costs.
[Added 4-13-2017 by Ord. No. 756]
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
Old Ridge Road
North
Chester City Line to Main Street
All days
Any time
Post Road
North
Main Street to Marcus Hook Borough Line
All days
1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow it to remain parked 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
Old Ridge Road
South
Chester City Line to Chestnut Street
All days
Daylight
1/2 hour
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
Old Ridge Road
South
Price and Langley Streets
Church activities
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.
Street
Side
Between
Post Road
North
Post Road and Main Street
A. 
Findings and purpose. The Borough finds that:
(1) 
Certain residential areas in the Borough are subjected to commuter vehicle parking, therefore depriving the residents of those areas of spaces in which to park their own vehicles;
(2) 
Those residential streets are also subjected 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 Borough considers it to be in the interest of the people of the Borough 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.
B. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, words and terms listed in this subsection, as follows, shall have the following meanings:
COMMUTER VEHICLE
A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person not a resident of that residential area.
PROPRIETOR
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.
RESIDENT
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.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
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).
C. 
Criteria.
(1) 
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:
(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 C(1)(a), 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.
(2) 
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:
(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 Borough;
(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:
(1) 
The following are designated as residential permit parking areas:
Area
Bounded by and Including
(Reserved)
(2) 
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.
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 ten-dollar permit fee, which shall be for the use of the Borough, 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 ten-dollar 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.
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.
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.
(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.
(a) 
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 that any person receiving such a notice may, within 10 days after the date of the notice, appeal to Council for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of Council shall be final.
[Added 8-10-2006 by Ord. No. 684]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a truck or to allow it to remain parked at any time on any street or portion of a street located within or immediately adjacent to any residential zoning district of the Borough. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a truck, or allow it to remain parked for more than one hour on any street or portion of a street located within or immediately adjacent to any business, commercial or industrial district of the Borough; except, however, any truck parked within any zoning district of the Borough which is being actively and currently utilized in connection with home/building/property repair, maintenance or development or which is actively and currently being utilized for moving services relative to any property adjacent to where the truck is parked. "Trucks" shall include any vehicle with a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or greater.
[Added 8-10-2006 by Ord. No. 684]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a trailer or to allow a trailer to remain parked at any time on any public street within the Borough of Trainer; except, however, trailers may be parked for not longer than one hour when they are properly attached to a motor vehicle parked on any street or portion of a street located within any business, commercial or industrial district of the Borough of Trainer; excepting, further, any trailer parked within any zoning district of the Borough which is being actively and currently utilized in connection with home/building/property repair, maintenance or development or which is actively and currently being utilized for moving services relative to any property adjacent to where the trailer is parked.
[Amended 4-13-2017 by Ord. No. 756]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $25 and costs, with the exception of a conviction of parking too close to a fire hydrant, for which a person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $75 plus costs, provided that it shall be the duty of the police officers and of parking enforcement personnel of the Borough 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 Municipal Building and pay the sum of $5 within 48 hours after the time of the notice, that act will save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine and costs prescribed in the first sentence of this section.