Borough of Northampton, PA Article IV General Parking Regulations

§ 234-32 Vehicles to be parked within marked spaces.

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.

§ 234-33 Parking prohibited at all times in certain locations.

[Amended 8-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1083]

Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:

Street	Side	Between
Adaire Street	East and west	Tenth Street and Twelfth Street
Beil Alley	East and west	Ninth Street and Plum Alley
Beil Alley	East and west	Seventeenth Street and Eighteenth Street
Bridge Street	North and south	Main Street and Dewey Avenue
Canal Street	East	Start Street and Lumber Street
Canal Street	East and west	1349 Canal Street and West Sixteenth Street
Canal Street	East and west	Laubach Avenue and Stewart Street
Canal Street	West	At entrance to Canal Road south of West Twenty-First Street
Canal Street	West	Lumber Street north 200 feet
Cedar Street	East	West Fourteenth Street north 40 feet
Cedar Street	West	100 feet north of Fourteenth Street
Cement Court	North and south	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Center Street	East and west	West Nineteenth Street and West Twenty-First Street
Cherry Street	East and west	Ninth Street and Tenth Street
Cherryville Road	West	Twenty-Sixth Street and Twenty-Fourth Street
Church Street	North	Steward Street and Vienna Street
Clear Springs Drive [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	North	Horwith Drive and Lerchenmiller Drive
Clear Springs Drive [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	South	Lerchenmiller Drive and Horwith Drive
Czapp Avenue	North and south	Newport Avenue and Vienna Street
Deibert Alley	North	Main Street and Line Alley
Deibert Alley	South	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Dewey Avenue	East	Fifteenth Street and Hudson Court
Dewey Avenue	West	Fourteenth Street and Fifteenth Street
Dewey Avenue	West	Twenty-First Street and Station Alley
Dimler Alley	North and south	Main Street and Lincoln Avenue
Doris Street	East	Roethline Court and Sixteenth Street
Doris Street	West	115 south of Sixteenth Street
East Eighteenth Street	South	Main Street and Franklin Street
East Eighth Street	North and south	Main Street and Lincoln Avenue
East Nineteenth Street	North	Main Street and Line Alley
East Nineteenth Street	South	Main Street east 40 feet
East Ninth Street	South	Main Street and Line Alley
Eleventh Street	North	Lincoln Avenue and Cherry Street
Franklin Street	East	West Nineteenth Street north 240 feet
Franklin Street [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	East	West Seventeenth Street and R. Paul Street
Held Drive	North and south	Cherryville Road and end of Cul-de-sac
Howertown Road	East	East Fourth Street and East Tenth Street
Howertown Road	East	Greenview Drive and Fourth Street
Hudson Alley	North and south	Levan Alley and Laubach Avenue
Hudson Alley	North and south	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Juniper Court	North and south	Pearl Street east 100 feet
Laubach Avenue	East	Fourteenth Street and Seventeenth Street
Laubach Avenue	East	Washington Avenue and Smith Street
Laubach Avenue	North	Main Street and Newport Avenue
Laubach Avenue	North	Main Street and Thirteenth Street
Laubach Avenue	South	Main Street and Canal Street
Laubach Avenue	West	East Seventeenth Street and East Eighteenth Street
Lerchenmiller Drive [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114; amended 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	North and south	Main Street and Smith Lane
Levan Alley	East	East Twenty-Fourth Street South 400 feet
Lilac Court [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	North and south	Center Street east and dead end
Lilac Court	North and south	Franklin Street west to railroad property
Lincoln Avenue	East	Sixteenth Street and Seventeenth Street
Lincoln Avenue	South	1115 Lincoln Avenue to 310 East Twelfth Street
Lincoln Avenue	West	1522 Lincoln Avenue and Fifteenth Street
Lincoln Avenue	West	East Seventh Street and East Eighth Street
Lincoln Avenue	West	East Twenty-First Street south 60 feet
Lincoln Avenue	West	Eleventh Street and Twelfth Street
Lincoln Avenue	West	Ninth Street north 40 feet
Line Alley	East	Twenty-First Street and Lilac Court
Line Alley	East	Twenty-First Street to Station Alley
Line Alley	East and west	Kiechel Court and Seventeenth Street
Line Alley	East and west	Twenty-Second Street and Deibert Alley
Line Alley	West	Dimler Alley south 100 feet
Lumber Street	North and south	Newport Avenue and Canal Street
Main Street	East	Cement Court south 60 feet
Main Street	East	Dimler Alley north 80 feet
Main Street	East	Dimler Alley south 40 feet
Main Street	East	First Street south to Borough Line
Main Street	East	Fourteenth Street south 400 feet
Main Street	East	Kiechel Court north 140 feet
Main Street	East	Laubach Avenue north 70 feet
Main Street	East	Nineteenth Street south 40 feet
Main Street	East	Ninth Street south 120 feet
Main Street	East	Sixteenth Street north 80 feet
Main Street	East	Sixteenth Street south 120 feet
Main Street	East	Tenth Street south 200 feet
Main Street	East	Twenty-First Street south 100 feet
Main Street	East	Twenty-Fourth Street and the north Borough line
Main Street	East	Twenty-Fourth Street south 225 feet
Main Street	East	Twenty-Second Street south 40 feet
Main Street	East and west	Tenth Street and Laubach Avenue
Main Street	West	1926 Main Street to 2004 Main Street
Main Street	West	527 Main Street and Fourth Street
Main Street	West	Fourteenth Street south 40 feet
Main Street	West	Fourth Street south 200 feet
Main Street	West	Nineteenth Street north 50 feet
Main Street	West	Ninth Street and Bridge Street
Main Street	West	Ninth Street north 160 feet
Main Street	West	Ninth Street south 75 feet
Main Street	West	Spangler Street north 60 feet
Main Street	West	Twenty-First Street and Twenty-Fourth Street
Main Street	West	Twenty-First Street south 120 feet
Main Street	West	West Fourth Street north 1,100 feet
Main Street	West	West Seventeenth Street north 100 feet
Maple Street	West	Sixteenth Street north 200 feet
Newport Avenue	East	Czapp Avenue north 60 feet
Newport Avenue	East	Laubach Avenue and Thirteenth Street
Newport Avenue	East	Lumber Street south 80 feet
Newport Avenue	West	Fourteenth Street and Lumber Street
Newport Avenue	West	Thirteenth Street north 200 feet
Ninth Street	North	Main Street and Line Alley
Ninth Street	North and south	Washington Avenue west 40 feet
Ninth Street	South	Lincoln Avenue and Beil Alley
Ninth Street	South	Main Street east 40 feet
Pear Alley	East and west	Seventh and Eighth Streets
Plum Alley	North and south	Dewey Avenue and Walnut Alley
Poplar Street	East	Sixteenth Street and Seventeenth Street
Poplar Street	East and west	Fourteenth Street and Sixteenth Street
Railroad Alley	West	West Seventeenth Street south 60 feet
Ridge Alley	East and west	Dimler Alley and Eighteenth Street
Ridge Alley	West	East Tenth Street to East Ninth Street
Ridge Alley [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	East	Twenty-Second Street and Deibert Alley
Roethline Court	North and south	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Schreiber Street	North	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Segal Court [Repealed 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]
Seventeenth Street	North	Main Street and Railroad Alley
Seventeenth Street	North	Main Street West 200 feet
Seventeenth Street	South	Main Street and Newport Avenue
Seventeenth Street	South	Main Street east 40 feet
Seventeenth Street	South	Ridge Alley west 30 feet
Seventh Street	South	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Siegfried Avenue	West	Twentieth Street and Twenty-First Street
Sixteenth Street [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	North	Canal Street and Maple Street
Sixteenth Street	South	Canal Street and Maple Street
Smith Lane [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	North	Laubach Avenue and Horwith Drive
Smith Street [Repealed 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]
Smith Street [Repealed 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]
Spangler Street	North and south	Main Street and Franklin Street
Station Alley	North and south	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Station Alley [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	North and south	Main Street and West Alley
Tenth Street	North	Main Street east 300 feet
Tenth Street	South	504 East Tenth Street and 520 East Tenth Street
Tenth Street	South	Main Street and Line Alley
Tenth Street	South	Main Street and railroad tracks
Thirtieth Street	South	Cherryville Road west 40 feet
Tulip Alley	North and south	Hokendauqua Avenue and Northampton Avenue
Twelfth Street	North	Lincoln Avenue and Cherry Street
Twentieth Street	North	Siegfried west 40 feet
Twentieth Street	North and south	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Twenty-Eighth Street	South	Cherryville Road west 40 feet
Twenty-First Street	North	Dewey Avenue and Northampton Avenue
Twenty-First Street	North	Main Street and Lincoln Avenue
Twenty-First Street [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	North	Main Street west to Borough line
Twenty-First Street	South	Dewey Avenue and Siegfried Avenue
Twenty-First Street	South	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Twenty-First Street	South	Main Street and west Borough line
Twenty-Fourth Street	South	Main Street and Dewey Avenue
Twenty-Second Street	East	Line Alley west 45 feet
Twenty-Second Street	North	Main Street and Washington Avenue
Twenty-Second Street	North and south	Main Street and West Alley
Twenty-Second Street	South	Line Alley east 20 feet
Twenty-Second Street	South	Main Street east 40 feet
Twenty-Seventh Street [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	North	Cherryville Road west 40 feet
Twenty-Seventh Street	South	Cherryville Road West 600 feet
Twenty-Seventh Street	South	Madison Street and Cherryville Road
Twenty-Sixth Street	North	Olive Alley west 650 feet
Twenty-Third Street	North	Main Street east 30 feet
Twenty-Third Street	North	Ridge Alley and Main Street
Twenty-Third Street	North and south	Main Street and West Alley
Vienna Street [Amended 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	West	Fourteenth Street and Church Street
Vienna Street [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	West	Fourteenth Street and Czapp Avenue
Vine Street [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	East and west	Eleventh Street and Universal Court
Washington Avenue	East	717 Washington Avenue Fire Station
Washington Avenue	East	Dimler Alley north 40 feet
Washington Avenue	East	Twenty-Second Street 100 feet
Washington Avenue	East	Twenty-Second Street north 25 feet
Washington Avenue	South	Main Street east 60 feet
Washington Avenue	West	714 Washington Avenue and 720 Washington Avenue
Washington Avenue	West	In front of 1524-1526 Washington Avenue
Washington Avenue	West	Nineteenth Street north 40 feet
Washington Avenue	West	Nineteenth Street south 40 feet
Washington Avenue	West	Seventeenth Street south 40 feet
Washington Avenue	West	Twenty-Second Street and Twenty-Fourth Street
Washington Avenue	West	Twenty-Second Street South 40 feet
West Alley	East and west	West Twenty-First Street and Station Alley
West Alley [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	West	Twenty-Third Street south 100 feet
West Eighteenth Street	South	Main Street and Franklin Street
West Fourteenth Street	North	Segal Court to Cedar Street
West Fourteenth Street	South	Railroad Street and Canal Street
West Fourth Street	South	Main Street west 450 feet
West Nineteenth Street	North and south	Main Street and Center Street
West Tenth Street	North	Main Street and Driveway
West Thirteenth Street	North and south	Newport Avenue and Stewart Street

§ 234-34 Parking prohibited in certain locations certain days and hours.

[Amended 8-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1083]

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
Canal Street	East and west	Between signs in front of 2025 Canal Street	Every day	6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Church Street	South	Vienna Street to Stewart Street	Saturday	2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
East Eighteenth Street	North	Main Street to Laubach Avenue	Tuesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Eighteenth Street	South	Main Street to Laubach Avenue	Wednesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Eleventh Street	North	Lincoln Avenue to Atlas Lane	Thursday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Eleventh Street	South	Lincoln Avenue to Atlas Lane	Friday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Nineteenth Street [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	North	Main Street and Laubach Avenue	Wednesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Nineteenth Street [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	South	Main Street and Laubach Avenue	Tuesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Seventeenth Street [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	North	Main Street and Laubach Avenue	Tuesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Seventeenth Street [Amended 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	North	Main Street and Laubach Avenue	Wednesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Seventeenth Street	North and south	Lincoln Avenue, east 60 Feet	School days	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
East Seventeenth Street [Amended 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	South	Main Street and Laubach Avenue	Tuesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Seventeenth Street [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	South	Main Street and Laubach Avenue	Wednesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Twentieth Street	North	Lincoln Avenue to Laubach Avenue	Wednesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Twentieth Street	South	Lincoln Avenue to Laubach Avenue	Tuesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
East Twenty-Fourth Street	North	Line Alley to Main Street	School days	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Hokendauqua Avenue	West	73 feet north of Eighteenth Street	School days	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
Laubach Avenue	West	Seventeenth Street and Sixteenth Street	School days	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Laubach Avenue [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	West	Twentieth Street and Eighteenth Street	School days	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Levan Court [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	East and west	Hudson Court to Mike Lisetski Drive	School days	8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Lincoln Avenue	East	East Sixteenth Street and East Seventeenth Street	School days	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lincoln Avenue	East	East Seventeenth Street and East Twenty-First Street	Monday	8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Lincoln Avenue	East	In front of Franklin School	School days	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lincoln Avenue	West	Twenty-First Street and Fifteenth Street	Wednesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Main Street	East	Ninth Street and Seventh Street	Friday	8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Main Street	West	Ninth Street and Seventh Street	Thursday	8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Main Street [Repealed 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]
Mike Lisetski Drive [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	North	Lincoln Avenue and Laubach Avenue	School days	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Municipal Parking		Smith Street, East Fourth Street, West Twenty-Sixth Street and Canal Street Park	Every day	10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Newport Avenue	East	In front of 1357 Newport Avenue	Every day	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Newport Avenue	West	Fourteenth Street to Laubach Avenue	First and third Monday	12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.
Ninth Street	South	Lincoln Avenue and Beil Avenue	School days	7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Segal Court	East and west	Fourteenth Street and a point 40 feet south	Every day	12:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Washington Avenue [Amended 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	East	Tenth Street south to Main Street	Friday	8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Washington Avenue	East	Thirteenth Street to Twenty-Fourth Street	Tuesday	8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Washington Avenue	West	Tenth Street south to Main Street	Thursday	8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Washington Avenue	West	Thirteenth Street to Twenty-Second Street	Wednesday	8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
West Fourteenth Street [Amended 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	North	Canal Street to Newport Avenue	First and third Monday	12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.
West Fourteenth Street [Amended 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	North	Main Street to Franklin Street	Every day	6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
West Twenty-Seventh Street	North	Main Street to Cherryville Road	Tuesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

§ 234-35 Parking of trucks, buses and certain other vehicles prohibited in certain locations.

[Amended 5-6-2004 by Ord. No. 1120; 7-17-2008 by Ord. No. 1161]

A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

ARTICULATED BUS

A bus designed to transport passengers and on which passengers are authorized to be transported, consisting of two or more units or sections permanently assembled in tandem by flexible connections, which permit passenger movement throughout the length of the bus.

BOAT

A small vessel for travel on water.

BOAT TRAILERS

A towing trailer with wheels designed to house a boat inside, so that a boat may be transported above ground.

COMBINATION

Two or more vehicles physically interconnected in tandem.

COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION TRUCK

A truck engaged in construction operations, such as paving trucks, plowing trucks, landscaping trucks, and/or similar vehicles.

FARM EQUIPMENT

A vehicle designed or used exclusively for agricultural operations and only incidentally operated or moved upon highways, including, but not limited to, farm tractors, choppers and balers.

FULL TRAILER

A trailer so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. A semitrailer attached to a towing vehicle by means of an auxiliary front axle or dolly shall be deemed to be a full trailer.

HOUSE TRAILER

(1) A trailer, which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place (either permanently or temporarily) and is equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways.

(2) A trailer containing a chassis and exterior shell designed and constructed for use as a house trailer, as defined in Subsection (1), but which is used permanently or temporarily for advertising, sales, display or promotion of merchandise or services, or for any other commercial purpose except the transportation of property.

LIMOUSINE

A motor vehicle designed for carrying no more than nine passengers, exclusive of the driver, and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.

MAXI-CUBE VEHICLE

A combination. The truck may have either a detachable or permanently attached cargo box. The cargo box on the trailer shall be designed such that the truck may be loaded and unloaded through the trailer. Neither cargo box shall exceed 34 feet in length and the overall length of the combination shall not exceed 65 feet.

MOTOR HOME

A motor vehicle designed or adapted for use as a mobile dwelling or office, except a motor vehicle equipped with a truck-camper.

OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

Any motor vehicle designed for use off of a main or paved road.

PICKUP CAMPERS

A vehicle designed with a pickup truck base, that has a camper attached to the bed of the truck.

RECREATIONAL TRAILER

A trailer designed or adapted and used exclusively for recreational purposes.

SEMITRAILER

A trailer so constructed that some part of its weight rests upon or is carried by the towing vehicle.

SNOWMOBILE

Any various automotive vehicles for travel on snow.

TENT TRAILERS

A compact trailer that opens up into a tent or camper.

TOW DOLLY

A trailer designed and used exclusively to tow another vehicle by mounting its front or rear wheels on the tow dolly while the other wheels of the towed vehicle remain in contact with the ground.

TRAILER

A vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle.

TRUCK-CAMPER

A structure designed, used or maintained primarily to be loaded or affixed to a motor vehicle to provide a mobile dwelling, sleeping place, office or commercial space.

TRUCK TRACTOR

A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.

VEHICLE

Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used exclusively upon rails or tracks.

B. Unlawful parking. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to park any articulated buses, boats, boat trailers, buses, combinations, commercial construction trucks, (unless a single vehicle is used exclusively for traveling to and from work), farm equipment, full trailers, house trailers, limousines, maxi-cube vehicles, motor homes, off-road vehicles, pickup campers, recreational trailers, semitrailers, snowmobiles, tent trailers, tow dollies, trailers, truck-campers or truck tractors on any street or alley in the Borough, or to allow it to remain parked there, at any time. This prohibition shall not apply to any emergency vehicle/truck during an emergency, or any vehicle/truck temporarily parked to service a residential zone, i.e., moving households. "Temporary" shall be defined as no more than eight continuous elapsed hours in one day.

§ 234-35.1 Parking of unlicensed and uninspected vehicles restricted.

[Added 4-18-2019 by Ord. No. 1209]

A. It shall be unlawful for any owner of any type of motor vehicle requiring a registration plate and/or a state inspection sticker, under 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., known as the "Vehicle Code," to park a vehicle or to permit said vehicle to be parked on any public street, public alleyway, or public property within the limits of the Borough of Northampton if said motor vehicle does not have attached to it a valid registration plate and/or a valid inspection sticker.

B. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth at § 234-42 relating to violations of this article.

§ 234-35.2 Dismantled or mechanically inoperable vehicles restricted.

[Added 4-18-2019 by Ord. No. 1209]

A. It shall be unlawful for any owner of any type of motor vehicle requiring a registration plate and/or a state inspection sticker, under 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., known as the "Vehicle Code," to park a vehicle or to permit said vehicle to be parked on any public street, public alleyway, or public property within the limits of the Borough of Northampton when such motor vehicle is to any extent dismantled and/or inoperable.

B. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth at § 234-42 relating to violations of this article.

§ 234-36 Parking time limited in certain locations certain days and hours.

[Amended 8-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1083]

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	Time Limit
East Ninth Street [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	North	In front of 219 East Ninth Street	Every day		1 hour
East Tenth Street [Repealed 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]
Eighteenth Street	North	East of Lincoln Avenue for 40 feet	Every day		1 hour
Lincoln Avenue	West	In front of 1802 Lincoln Avenue	Every day		15 minutes
Main Street [Repealed 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114; 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]
Main Street [Repealed 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114; 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]
Main Street [Repealed 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]
Main Street [Repealed 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]
Main Street [Repealed 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]
Main Street [Repealed 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]
Main Street	East	2019 Main Street	Every day	6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.	15 minutes
Main Street [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	East	2030 Main Street	Every day		15 minutes
Main Street [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	East	Deibert Alley and Station Alley	Every day		2 hours
Main Street	East	In front of 1627 Main Street		8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.	15 minutes
Main Street [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	East	In front of 1651 Main Street	Monday to Sunday	8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.	1 hour
Main Street [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	West	1756 Main Street	Every day		15 minutes
Main Street [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	West	1774 Main Street	Every day		15 minutes
Main Street	West	342 Main Street	Every day		30 minutes
Main Street [Amended 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	West	In front of 1416 Main Street	Saturday	7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.	15 minutes
Main Street [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	West	In front of 1628 Main Street	Monday to Friday	8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.	15 minutes
Main Street [Added 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]	West	In front of 1712-1714 Main Street	Monday to Friday	9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.	1 hour
Main Street	West	In front of 1924 Main Street	Monday to Saturday	9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.	10 minutes
Municipal Lot		Corner of Nineteenth Street and Center Street	Every day		3 hours
Municipal Lot		Laubach Avenue	Monday to Saturday	9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.	3 hours
Newport Avenue [Repealed 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114; 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]
Newport Avenue [Repealed 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114; 9-2-2010 by Ord. No. 1175]
Nineteenth Street [Added 9-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1114]	North	1903 Main Street (1 parking space)	Every day		15 minutes
Siegfried Avenue	West	North of Twenty-First Street (2 parking spaces)	Every day		2 hours
Washington Avenue	North and East	East Seventeenth Street and Dimler Alley	Monday to Saturday	7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.	15 minutes
West Sixteenth Street	North	Newport Avenue east 100 feet	Saturday and Sunday	8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.	15 minutes

§ 234-37 Special purpose parking zones established; parking otherwise prohibited.

[Amended 8-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1083]

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	Between	Authorized Purpose or Vehicle
Main Street	East	1 spot in front of Miller's Diner	Loading/unloading
Main Street	East	At bus stop north of East Twenty-Second Street northward (5 parking spaces)	Bus loading/unloading
Main Street	East	Eighteenth Street and a point 30 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Fifteenth Street and a point 30 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	First Street and a point 100 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Fourteenth Street and a point 50 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	In front of 1857 Main Street	Loading/unloading
Main Street	East	Laubach Avenue and a point 50 feet north thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Nineteenth Street and a point 40 feet north thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Ninth Street and a point 100 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Second Street and a point 30 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Seventh Street and a point 30 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Sixteenth Street and a point 40 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Tenth Street and a point 50 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Thirteenth Street and a point 20 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Twenty-First Street and a point 20 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Twenty-Second Street and a point 40 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	East	Twenty-Third Street and a point 20 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Eighteenth Street and a point 35 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Fifteenth Street and a point 100 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	In front of 1224 Main Street	Loading
Main Street	West	In front of 1718 Main Street	Loading/unloading
Main Street	West	Laubach Avenue and a point 100 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Nineteenth Street and a point 50 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Ninth Street and a point 100 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Seventh Street and a point 36 feet north thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Tenth Street and a point 20 feet north thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Thirteenth Street and a point 20 feet north thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Twenty-First Street and a point 100 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Twenty-Fourth Street and a point 100 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Twenty-Second Street and a point 20 feet north thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	Twenty-Third Street and a point 50 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Main Street	West	West Seventeenth Street and a point 150 feet south thereof	Bus stop
Newport Avenue	East	In front of 1801 Newport Avenue	Loading/unloading

§ 234-38 Handicapped parking.

[Added 2-7-2008 by Ord. No. 1158]

A. Guidelines and purpose.

(1) On-street handicap/disabled veteran parking spaces located in residential neighborhoods of the Borough of Northampton shall be governed by the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, Sections 1342, 1338, 3354, (75 P.S. §§ 1342, 1338, 3354). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles has provided forms MV-145A and MV-145V to assist all handicapped residents of Pennsylvania in applying for the proper relief.

(2) The Borough Council ("Council"), upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police, is hereby authorized to make all determinations with respect to establishment, continuation and removal of handicapped parking spaces. This authority is applicable to preexisting handicapped spaces, their continuation and removal, notwithstanding that such spaces were previously established and authorized. Anyone aggrieved by the determination of Council may request reconsideration by filing said request within 15 business days of Council's decision.

(3) It is not the obligation of the Borough of Northampton to provide off-street or on-street private parking for residents of the Borough with or without disabilities. Owners of apartment buildings shall make every effort to establish off-street parking for their tenants.

(4) Any handicap parking space created is available for use by any vehicle displaying a valid handicap registration plate or placard.

(5) All persons requesting a handicapped parking space must submit an application and all supporting documentation to the Chief of Police for consideration prior to Council approval. The above mentioned forms (MV-145A and MV-145V) along with an application will be adapted as an aid to control the issuing of handicapped parking spaces within the Borough limits.

(6) Applications for designation of handicap/disabled veteran parking space in residential neighborhoods shall be considered on a case by case basis using, but not limited to, the following guidelines:

(a) The applicant must reside at the address and prove the need for the requested sign.

(b) The applicant must own and drive a vehicle, possess a valid handicapped license plate or placard.

(c) All on-street parking restrictions, such as sweeper, snow emergency routes, school zones, shall apply and be obeyed.

(d) The Chief of Police shall review the status of all on-street handicap/disabled veteran-parking areas on an annual basis to assure that the need for the parking space continues to exist.

(e) Applicants shall not have a driveway or garage for parking their vehicle off-street.

(f) Handicapped parking space will only be allowed if parking is permitted in the front of or on the side of the residence.

(7) Upon the death of a handicapped person to whom a parking space has been issued under this section, the parking space shall be void 30 days after death and revoked by the Council by resolution as of said date.

B. Criteria and conditions.

(1) No space shall be granted where adequate, handicapped accessible off-street parking is available to the applicant.

(2) Applicant must have one or more of the below listed handicaps and be physically disabled as determined by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles:

(a) Person who is blind;

(b) Person who does not have full use of an arm or both arms;

(c) Person is wheelchair confined;

(d) Person is unable to walk a distance of 200 feet without stopping to rest (applicant may be asked to perform this and/or produce documentation verifying this condition);

(e) Person cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair or other assistive device;

(f) Person is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter or the arterial oxygen tension is less that 60 mm/hg on room air at rest;

(g) Person uses portable oxygen;

(h) Person has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV according to the standards set by the American Heart Association;

(i) Person is severely limited in his or her ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition;

(j) The person has severe cardiopulmonary insufficiency requiring the use of ambulatory equipment;

(k) The person requires the use of prosthetic devices that restricts normal ambulation;

(l) The person has other physical or mental limitations that the Council believes are severe enough to warrant a handicapped parking space; and

(m) The person requesting a space is caring for or in loco parentis of a person specified in the above subsections.

(3) The applicant requesting the handicapped parking space must first obtain either a disability registration or qualify for a disabled placard, and shall exhibit proof of the issuance of or qualification of a handicapped person's or severally disabled veteran's license plate or place card under the regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

(4) An applicant may register one vehicle with a gross weight not to exceed 6,000 pounds.

(5) No more than one handicapped parking spaces shall be established upon any one individual application.

(6) No handicapped parking space shall be allowed along a street or portion thereof where parking is prohibited, or which is of an insufficient width, or where the physical conditions of the street or traffic conditions would make it unsafe for a handicapped parking space for access and use by a handicapped/disabled person.

(7) No handicapped parking space shall be created or continued unless it can be demonstrated that the applicant's physical condition justifying such a parking space is reasonable expected to persist for a period of not less than one year.

(8) For the establishment or continuation of a handicapped parking space, a report from the applicant's treating physician may be considered, but any such report without more shall not be considered conclusive. Any such medical report shall be independent and reliable, and otherwise not be from a physician whom is familiarly related to the applicant.

(9) In the event there is a material improvement in the physical condition of the applicant to the extent that the applicant would no longer qualify as a handicapped person or severely disabled veteran under the criteria set forth herein, the handicapped parking space shall be removed. Likewise, the handicapped parking space shall be removed if there is a change in the circumstances or conditions, such as the applicant's death or moving to another location, such that the handicapped parking space shall no longer be necessary or otherwise appropriate under the criteria referred to herein.

C. Location of handicapped parking space/spaces.

(1) No more than two handicapped parking spaces shall be located on any block where parking is permitted on both sides of the street.

(2) No more than one handicapped parking space shall be located on any block where parking is permitted on only one side of the street.

(3) All handicapped parking spaces permitted prior to the effective date of this ordinance shall be allowed to remain as located but must be renewed annually beginning January 1, 2008.

(4) In the event previously permitted spaces exceed the maximum allowed per block, the Council shall refrain from granting any additional spaces in that block until the number of handicapped spaces falls below the maximum allowed.

(5) The Council shall solely determine the particular location of the handicapped parking space within the street, and shall have the appropriate signs or street or curb markings placed thereat.

(6) The discretion of the Borough to establish handicapped parking areas at other locations where the Council deems appropriate or to continue preexisting handicapped parking spaces is not limited hereby.

D. New application.

(1) Applicant must complete an application form and forward all supporting documents to the Borough Hall, attention: Chief of Police. Supporting documents include but not limited to the following: copy of operator's license showing the address where the parking space is being requested, a signed copy of the form MV-145A or MV-145V, copy of the car registration, copy of handicap license plate, copy of handicap placard, copy of disabled veteran license plate, medical doctor documentation, etc. Said application is substantially in the form as set forth in Exhibit A.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Exhibit A is included at the end of this chapter.

(2) A resident of Northampton or other individual requesting an on-street handicapped parking space within the Borough shall submit an application to the Council. All applications so submitted shall be reviewed for approval or rejection by the Council by recommendation of the Chief of Police under the criteria and conditions herein set forth.

(3) An incomplete application form or failure to provide all necessary supporting documentation may result in rejection of the request.

(4) Applications shall be reviewed by the Chief of Police, who will make a final recommendation to Council, who will make final decision regarding granting a handicapped parking space.

E. Renewal application.

(1) Each permit for a handicapped parking space shall be renewed on an annual basis.

(2) Applications for renewal shall complete the application form and forward all supporting documents to the Chief of Police. Supporting documents include: copy of operator's license showing the address where the parking space is being requested, a signed copy of the form MV-145 or MV-145A, copy of the car registration, copy of handicap license plate, copy of handicap placard veteran license plate, medical doctor documentation, etc.

(3) Renewal applications shall be submitted to the Chief of Police between January 1 and January 31 of each calendar year.

(4) In making the final determination regarding the renewal of a previously permitted handicapped space, the Council shall apply the criteria contained in this policy.

(5) Once a permit is not renewed for any reason, any future application by the same applicant shall be considered a new application and shall be governed by the new application provisions of this policy.

F. Revocation of space and violations.

(1) The Council reserves the right to revoke and and/or deny any permit for a handicapped parking space at any time for any reason.

(2) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a summary offense and punished by a fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution.

(3) Any vehicle found to be in violation of the provisions of this section shall, upon the direction of any police officer of the Borough of Northampton, be towed at the owner's sole cost and expense.

G. General provisions. Under extraordinary circumstances, the Council may allow handicapped parking spaces other than as set forth herein.

§ 234-39 Standing or parking on roadway for loading or unloading.

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.

Street	Side	Between
(Reserved)

§ 234-40 Angle parking required on portions of certain streets.

A. Only angle parking shall be permitted on the following portions of streets:

	Street	Side	Between
	(Reserved)

B. On all streets where angle parking is required, every vehicle parked at the angle shall be parked with its front nearest the curb.

§ 234-41 Residential permit parking.

[Amended 8-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1083]

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 insure 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. 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. 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 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:

Street	Side	Location	Days	Hours
Dewey Avenue [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	East	Pete Schneider Drive to Hudson Court	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Dewey Avenue	East and west	Hudson Court to East Sixteenth Street	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
East Eighteenth Street [Amended 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	North and south	Hokendauqua Avenue to end	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
East Nineteenth Street	North and south	Laubach Avenue to Hokendauqua Avenue	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
East Sixteenth Street	South	Laubach Avenue to Lincoln Avenue	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Hokendauqua Avenue	East and west	East Twentieth Street to school property	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Lincoln Avenue [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	East	Dewey Avenue to Mike Lisetski Drive	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Lincoln Avenue [Added 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1159]	West	East Sixteenth Street to East Seventeenth Street	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Northampton Avenue	East and west	East Twentieth Street to school property	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Portland Street	East and west	East Eighteenth Street to East Nineteenth Street	School days	7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

(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 permit fee, set pursuant to a resolution of the Borough Council, 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 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 established pursuant to a resolution, 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: any person receiving such a notice may, within 10 days after the date of the notice, appeal to Borough Council for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of Borough Council shall be final.

§ 234-42 Violations and penalties for specified sections.

[Amended 7-17-2008 by Ord. No. 1161; 8-21-2008 by Ord. No. 1163]

A. Any person who violates any provision of § 234-32, 234-33, 234-34, 234-35.1, 234-35.2, 234-36, 234-37, 234-39, 234-40, or 234-41 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $20 plus costs, provided it shall be the duty of Borough police officers and parking enforcement personnel to report all violations of any provision of this article (except § 234-35) to the appropriate official, indicating in each case: the section violated, the license number of the vehicle involved in the violation, the location of the violation, and any other facts that may be pertinent to the circumstances of the violation. The police officer or other personnel making the report shall attach to or place upon every vehicle involved in a violation a notice stating that the vehicle has been parked in violation of this article. The notice shall set forth instructions to the owner or operator of the vehicle that upon reporting to the office of the Chief of Police within 10 days and the presentation of payment in the amount of $15, the owner or operator will be relieved of prosecution and from the payment of a fine in the amount of $20, plus costs, referenced in the first sentence of this section.

[Amended 4-18-2019 by Ord. No. 1209]

B. Further, any person who violates any provision of § 234-35, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs, with a minimum fine of $25 and, in default of payment of the fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.

C. Pursuant to Section 6109 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code [75 P.S. § 6109(22)], any vehicle found to be in violation of the provisions of § 234-35 of this article above indicated may, upon the direction of any police officer of the Borough, be towed to and impounded at a location as determined by said police officer, at the owner's sole cost and expense.

§ 234-43 Violations and penalties.

[Amended 4-18-2019 by Ord. No. 1209]

Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $20 plus costs, provided it shall be the duty of Borough police officers and parking enforcement personnel to report all violations of any provision of this article to the appropriate official, indicating in each case: the section violated, the license number of the vehicle involved in the violation, the location of the violation, and any other facts that may be pertinent to the circumstances of the violation. The police officer or other personnel making the report shall attach to or place upon every vehicle involved in a violation a notice stating that the vehicle has been parked in violation of this article. The notice shall set forth instructions to the owner or operator of the vehicle that upon reporting to the office of the Chief of Police within 10 days and the presentation of payment in the amount of $15, the owner or operator will be relieved of prosecution and from the payment of a fine in the amount of $20, plus costs, referenced in the first sentence of this section.