Parking meter zones are hereby established upon and along certain
highways in the Borough of Burgettstown as follows: Main Street beginning
at Citizen's Bank to the bike trail (Railroad Street); Main Street
Extension, three meters.
Parking meters on the streets must be used between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, provided the
requirements of this article as to parking time limit and as to deposit
of coins in parking meters shall not apply on Sundays and legal holidays.
Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established as provided in § 475-23 of this article shall be placed immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces hereinafter described. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Borough and, when occupied, shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the curb,
sidewalk and/or highway adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose
of designating the parking space for which such meter is to be used.
Each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking meter shall be parked
wholly within the lines or markings so placed and applicable to such
meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article to park
any vehicle across any such line or marking, or to park any vehicle
in such a position that such vehicle shall not be wholly within the
area so designated by such lines or markings.
When a parking space in any parking meter zone is parallel with
the adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in such parking
space shall be parked so that the foremost part of such vehicle shall
be nearest to the parking meter; when a parking space in any parking
meter zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked
in such parking space shall be parked with the foremost part of such
vehicle nearest to such meter.
Whenever any vehicle is to be parked in any space adjacent to
which a parking meter shall have been placed, at any time during the
period of limited parking as herein prescribed, the operator of such
vehicle shall, upon entering such parking space, immediately deposit,
or cause to be deposited, in such parking meter, one or more proper
coins of the United States as shall be specified in the legend upon
such parking meter. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins, and placing
the meter in operation, such parking space may be lawfully occupied
by such vehicle for the allotted time as indicated on the meter for
the coin so deposited. If any vehicle shall remain in any such parking
space for such length of time that the meter shall indicate by a proper
signal that the lawful parking time shall have expired, such vehicle
shall be considered as having been parked overtime, and the parking
of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this article.
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this article, for any
person to permit a vehicle to remain in any parking space adjacent
to a parking meter when such meter shall display a signal indicating
that such vehicle shall already have been parked beyond the period
of time prescribed for such parking space.
A.
It shall
be unlawful, and a violation of this article, for any person to deface,
tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness
of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall apply to the servicing
or opening of parking meters by officers, employees and/or police
officers of the Borough under the direction of the Borough Council.
B.
Any person
who violates or permits a violation of this section shall, upon conviction
in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment
against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons
on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs,
the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the county correctional
facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation
exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each provision of
this section that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this subsection, the
Borough may enforce this section in equity in the Court of Common
Pleas of Washington County.
[Amended by Ord. No. 10-1993[1]]
A.
It shall be the duty of the police officers of the Borough, acting
in accordance with instructions of the Chief of Police, to report:
(1)
The number of each parking meter that indicates that the vehicle
occupying the parking space adjacent thereto is, or has been, parked
in violation of any of the provisions of this article;
(2)
The date and time of such violation;
(3)
The state license number of such vehicle;
(4)
Any other facts, the knowledge of which shall be necessary for a
thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation;
(5)
Location of violation.
B.
Every such police officer shall also place upon such vehicle a notice
to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle was parked in violation
of the provisions of this article.
