Any resident
of the Borough of North East may make application to the Borough for
a handicapped parking space only after acquiring a handicapped license
plate or placard or a disabled veteran license plate.
All new
and renewal applications shall be reviewed by the Borough Police Department
and the Borough Manager. The Borough Manager will make a recommendation
to Borough Council, who will make the final determination on whether
to grant the handicapped parking space.
Each applicant,
whether for a new handicapped parking space or a renewal handicapped
parking space, shall complete an application form and provide the
Borough with the information requested.
All applications
must be accompanied by a certification of disability from the applicant's
doctor verifying that the applicant meets at least one of the following
requirements:
The person requesting a handicapped parking space is caring for a person who has a severe physical or mental disability. The applicant must still provide those items listed in Subsection F above.
The Borough
Police Department and the Borough Manager will review all renewal
applications. The Borough Manager will present a list to Borough Council
indicating which permits meet the criteria for renewal as well as
those that do not. Borough Council will make the final determination
regarding permit renewal.
A failure
by any applicant to renew a permit by January 31 of each year shall
render the applicant's present handicapped parking space void and
the space shall be removed by the Borough. Should an applicant wish
to reestablish the handicapped parking space after it has been removed,
the applicant shall be required to reapply as if it were an initial
application for a handicapped parking space.
No more
than one handicapped parking space shall be issued per household except
on streets designated as "odd-even" parking. On such streets, or portions
of streets, so designated, one handicapped parking sign may be requested
for each side of the street.
The Borough
may consider other parking restrictions applicable to a particular
block and other information regarding the block, including but not
limited to the size of the block, and availability of off-street parking
and may further restrict the number of handicapped parking spaces
to maintain an adequate number of unregulated parking spaces, as it
deems appropriate.
For a
single application for a handicapped parking space, sign placements
will be positioned as close as possible to the place of residence
of the applicant as the street design permits. In the event more than
the permissible number of handicapped parking spaces is requested
on a one- or two-way roadway, the spaces may be located or relocated
in the center of the block or otherwise adequately positioned to collectively
reflect, as a whole, the needs of all applicants, as determined by
the Borough.
All approved
handicapped parking spaces shall be designated by a sign displaying
the international symbol for access for persons with disabilities
and a sign stating that unauthorized vehicles may be towed at the
owner's expense.
If a
handicapped parking space is created under this article, that parking
space may be used by any person parking a vehicle lawfully bearing
registration plates or placards issued to handicapped persons. This
article shall not be construed as granting the applicant the exclusive
right to park his/her vehicle in the handicapped parking space created
hereunder.
In the
event that applicant no longer needs to have the handicapped parking
space, the applicant shall, within 30 days, notify the Borough office
in writing and request that the parking space and signs be removed
by the Borough.
The Borough reserves the right to revoke any permit for a handicapped
parking space at any time for any reason.