[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
1.
The following
are established as the off-street metered parking lots operated by
the Borough:
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Name of Lot
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Location
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|---|---|
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Broad Street
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74 Broad Street (UPI #6-4-271E)
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Niblock Alley
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Northwest Corner of intersection with Broad Street (UPI #6-4-266E
and #6-4-267.1E)
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Second Street
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45 Second Street (UPI #6-4-178.1)
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Second Street
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53 Second Street (UPI #6-4-177.2)
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2.
Rates for metered parking shall be determined in accordance with
a schedule of fees adopted by resolution of Borough Council.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9]
1.
Borough Council, at its discretion, may provide, at convenient and suitable locations in one or all of the metered parking lots, reserved parking spaces for handicapped individuals, as defined in § 15-419, Subsection 1, of this chapter, and shall designate those spaces by appropriate signs or pavement markings. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any person to park in any such reserved parking space any vehicle unless that vehicle bears or displays either a handicapped registration plate, a handicapped parking placard, a disabled veteran registration plate, or a disabled veteran placard, provided that all provisions, requirements, and restrictions contained in this Part shall apply to vehicles lawfully parked in parking spaces reserved for handicapped individuals.
2.
Any person who violates this section by unlawfully parking in an
accessible parking space shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
a fine of $100, plus costs.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 876, 1/13/2014; and by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
Off-street parking meters shall be operated by payment as prescribed by § 15-707 of this Part, and the parking rates for specified lengths of time, as well as the maximum parking prescribed in § 15-701 of this Part, shall apply at all times between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Saturday, to the parking lots listed in § 15-701; provided, however, that the requirement of this Part as to parking time limits and payment shall not apply on Sundays and holidays.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9]
The off-street metered parking lots established by § 15-701 of this Part shall be for the use of passenger cars, passenger vans and pickup trucks only, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park any other kind of class of vehicle in any such lot.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
1.
Parking meters installed in the said lots established in § 15-701 shall be placed immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces that shall be marked off in the said lots. 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 time established by this Part and, when occupied, shall indicate on and by its display or dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal parking or overtime parking.
2.
Multicompartment parking control devices, which shall include any
device or mechanism capable of accepting payment as defined herein
for parking in a designated parking space or spaces, shall be installed
next to the main entrance of lots being metered with such devices
and shall be clearly and conspicuously identified. Each such multicompartment
parking control device shall indicate, by a proper legend, the identity
of the spaces controlled by such device as well as the fee for parking
in such space and the duration of the period of legal parking therein.
3.
As used in this Part, the meaning of the term "parking meter" shall
include multicompartment parking control devices.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the various
off-street metered parking lots hereby established, adjacent to each
parking meter or numbered for the purpose of designating the parking
space for which such meter shall be used. Each vehicle parked adjacent
to any parking meter or in a numbered parking space shall be parked
within the lines or markings so placed and applicable to such meter
or numbered space. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part
for any person to park a vehicle across any such line or marking,
or to park a vehicle in such a position that the vehicle is not wholly
within the areas designated by those lines or markings; or to park
a vehicle elsewhere in any such lot other than in an individual numbered
parking space or a parking space adjacent to a parking meter.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
1.
The term "payment" as used in this Part shall mean the deposit of
coins of the United States or Borough-issued parking meter tokens,
or the use of prepaid parking meter cards, credit cards, debit cards,
or other means approved by the Borough.
2.
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any space adjacent to an off-street parking meter or numbered parking space at any time in the period of limited parking as prescribed in § 15-703 of this Part, the driver of the vehicle, upon entering the parking space, shall immediately make payment as specified in the legend on the parking meter.
3.
Upon payment and placing the meter in operation, the parking space
may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle for the time indicated on
the meter. If any vehicle shall remain in any such parking space for
such length of time that the meter shall indicate by proper signal
that the lawful parking time has expired, that vehicle shall be considered
as having been parked illegally or overtime, which shall be a violation
of this Part.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
It shall be unlawful for any person to make payment to a parking
meter installed under the provisions of this Part using a slug or
other substitute for a coin of the United States or Borough-issued
parking meter token, or the use of illegal or fraudulent prepaid parking
meter cards, credit cards, debit cards, or other means approved by
the Borough.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any person
to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter installed
under the provisions of this Part any payment for the purpose of increasing
or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking
time of 15 minutes in any fifteen-minute parking meter, 1/2 hour in
any 1/2-hour parking meter, one hour in any one-hour parking meter
or two hours in any two-hour parking meter.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any person
to permit a vehicle to remain in a parking space adjacent to a parking
meter installed under this Part when that meter displays a signal
indicating that the vehicle has already been parked there beyond the
period of time prescribed for that parking space or the time for which
a payment was deposited in that meter for the parking of that vehicle.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part 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 Part; provided, that nothing in this section shall apply to
the servicing or opening of parking meters by officers, employees
or police officers of the Borough under the direction of the Mayor
or Council.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any person,
owner, or operator of a passenger and/or commercial motor vehicle
to operate a business from any parking space adjacent to any parking
meter or numbered parking space established under this Part.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9]
1.
It shall be the duty of the police officers and parking enforcement
personnel of the Borough, acting in accordance with the directions
of the Chief of Police, to report:
A.
The number of each parking meter that indicates that a vehicle occupying
the adjacent parking space is or has been parked in violation of any
provision of this Part.
B.
The date and hour of the violation.
C.
The license number of the vehicle.
D.
Any other fact, the knowledge of which is necessary for a thorough
understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
2.
The police officer or other person making the report shall also place on or attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner or driver of the vehicle that the vehicle was parked in violation of this Part and instructing the owner or driver to report to the place identified in such report to pay to the Borough the fine prescribed in § 15-713 of this Part within 24 hours after the time of the notice or to pay the fine prescribed in § 15-713 of this Part by placing such amount within the envelope provided and forward the same by First Class U.S. Mail, postage prepaid, to the address indicated within the time limit provided.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9]
Unless otherwise noted, any person who violates a provision
of this Part shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of
$10, plus costs.
[Ord. 658, 11/13/1990; as added by Ord. 857, 10/15/2012,
§ 9; and amended by Ord. 908, 10/16/2017]
1.
By resolution, Borough Council may temporarily suspend the provisions
of this Part requiring payment to meters and establishing a maximum
parking time at meters.
2.
The Borough shall have the authority to establish no-parking or special-purpose
parking zones within any off-street metered parking lot and to remove
parking meters from those areas as previously installed there, and
the provisions of this Part shall not apply in those areas where no-parking
or special-purpose parking is in effect.
3.
Any vehicle to which a Borough-issued off-street parking permit has
been affixed or placed, as may be directed by the Borough, shall be
exempt from the time limits and payment requirements set forth in
this Part.
