[Added 8-6-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-3[1]]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Amended 6-24-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-001]
General rule. No resident, household, or building owner along any public street located within the Borough of Burgettstown shall be permitted to park more than two vehicles upon any public roadway, unless otherwise feasible to do so and permitted by the Burgettstown Borough Code Enforcement Officer, or otherwise prohibited or limited by this chapter or any other local, state or federal law. All other vehicles must be parked and/or stowed using off-street parking on property owned by the owner or on private property with permission from the owner of said property.
See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3351.
See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3353(a).
See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3353(b).
A. 
Parking or standing on two-way highways. See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3354(a).
B. 
Parking or standing on one-way highways. See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3354(b).
No person or entity shall be permitted to park any boat, trailer, camper, motor home, recreational vehicles, or any other similar vehicle or personal property that has been or would typically be required to be registered and licensed through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, or any other unnatural item or object, on the public streets located within the Borough of Burgettstown. Additionally, no more than two recreational vehicles may be stored or maintained outside of an enclosed structure on a lot, except in approved and properly permitted recreational parks. For purposes of this section, contiguous lots owned by the same persons shall be considered one lot. Recreational vehicles shall be stored only in side or rear yards. The Borough may grant a variance from this restriction if it is determined that storage is not possible or practical in side or rear yards.
A. 
No commercial equipment, including but not limited to trucks, tandems (in excess of one-ton capacity), tractor-trailers, tractors or other commercial construction or cargo moving vehicles or equipment, shall be parked upon the roads within the Borough of Burgettstown after completion of the normal working day.
B. 
Exceptions. The following are exceptions to the restrictions set forth in Subsection A of this section:
(1) 
Any commercial equipment described in this section may legally park for the purpose of delivering goods or rendering services during the normal course of business, provided that such vehicle does not substantially impede the flow of vehicular traffic.
(2) 
Vehicles being used for the purpose of road construction shall be permitted to park, stand or stop on any highway or street within the Borough of Burgettstown when construction is in progress upon said highway or street.
Violations of this article shall be punishable as provided in Article X, Violations and Penalties, of this chapter.
See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3352.
[Added 6-24-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-001]
A. 
The Borough Council is hereby authorized by simple resolution to restrict the parking of vehicles in a designated area in the Borough, based on a finding that unrestricted parking could:
(1) 
Cause hazardous traffic conditions in the area;
(2) 
Produce excessive auto emissions, noise, trash and refuse;
(3) 
Unreasonably burden access by area residents to their residences or other structures; or
(4) 
Damage the character of affected areas as designated by the Borough Zoning Ordinance[1] and which would diminish the value of property in those areas.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 500, Zoning.
B. 
The boundaries of the area within which parking will be restricted shall be determined by the Burgettstown Borough Council.
C. 
Upon a determination of need for the area as set forth in Subsection C, and upon a resolution and approval by the Burgettstown Borough Council, the Borough Council or its designee may include the area on the list specified in Subsection F of this section and may post signs pursuant to this chapter in the area determined to be adversely impacted to limit the duration of parking, to designate certain no parking areas, to limit parking on certain days and/or during designated hours to residents and visitors of such area, to provide notice that vehicles parked illegally in such areas are subject to impoundment, and/or to impose any other restrictions reasonably necessary to mitigate the parking problem and associated harm.
D. 
This section shall not apply to emergency vehicles responding to an emergency or to delivery vehicles that are in the process of making a delivery within the restricted area.
E. 
This section shall be enforced pursuant to the provisions of Article III, Chapter 475, § 475-21 of the Burgettstown Borough Code of Ordinances.
F. 
The areas subject to parking restrictions pursuant to this Subsection F are listed below:
(1) 
Highland Avenue. No parking on the right side of Highland Avenue beginning at the intersection of Highland Avenue and Kerr Street; thence proceeding in a northeasterly fashion and ending at the intersection of Highland Avenue and Frederick Street. In addition, there shall be no parking on the left side of Highland Avenue beginning at the intersection of Frederick Street and Highland Avenue to the intersection of Highland Avenue and Culley Street.