[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 1]
1. The word "parking lot," as used in this Part, shall mean any outdoor
space or uncovered area, located upon private property in the Borough
of Morton, upon which any motor vehicle may be parked or stored, and
for the parking or storage of which any charge or fee is made. Every
such parking lot shall be deemed to be a parking lot operated for
profit.
2. The word "person," as used in this Part, shall mean any natural person,
association, partnership, firm or corporation.
3. In this Part, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine
shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 2]
No person shall operate for profit any parking lot, within the
Borough of Morton, unless a license therefor shall first have been
obtained, for the then current year, by the operator thereof, as hereinafter
provided, and unless all the provisions and requirements of this Part
shall at all times be complied with.
[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 3; as amended by Ord. 731,
2/11/2015]
The fee for a license to operate a parking lot for profit within
the Borough of Morton shall be in an amount as established from time
to time by resolution of Borough Council. Provided, if any person
shall maintain a parking lot at the effective date of this Part, or
commence operation of a parking lot after the last day of July in
any year, he may obtain a license valid for the remainder of such
calendar year at half the yearly rate as provided from time to time
by resolution of Borough Council.
[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 4]
1. Application for a license to operate a parking lot for profit or
to renew an existing license for the following calendar year shall
be made in the office of the Borough Secretary, by the operator of
such parking lot or an authorized agent thereof. Such application
shall be made upon a form furnished by the Borough and shall include
the following information:
A. The name and address of the operator of such parking lot.
B. The location of such parking lot.
C. The name of such parking lot, if it is operated under a distinctive
name.
D. The schedule of operation of such parking lot, including the days
and hours when attendants, if any, are to be on duty.
E. The area, dimensions and capacity of such parking lot.
F. A complete schedule of rates to be charged parking or storing vehicles
in such parking lot.
G. Any other information that shall be deemed by the Borough Council to ascertain whether the provisions of this Part are complied with. A separate application shall be made for each noncontiguous area operated for profit as a parking lot. For every such parking lot a separate and individual license shall be required, for which the fee stipulated in the §
13-503 shall be payable.
[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 5]
No license shall be issued under this Part until the operator
of the parking lot for which such license is required shall have filed
a bond, with proper corporate surety as may be prescribed by the Borough
Council, for the protection of the public from loss of or damage to
the vehicles parked, stored, or placed under the jurisdiction of such
parking lot operator. Such bond shall be in an amount determined by
multiplying the capacity of such parking lot by $10.
[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 6]
No license shall be issued under this Part until an investigation shall be made by a person designated for such purpose by the Borough Council. Such investigation shall be made within five days after the application for such license. If the report of such investigation indicates that the facts contained in the license application are correct and the parking lot to which such application is applicable conforms in all respects to the requirements contained in this Part, the Borough Secretary shall issue the license therefor, if the bond, required by the §
13-505, shall have been filed, and the license fee paid. In any case where such investigation shall disclose any incorrectness in the application and/or any failure to comply with any of the requirements of this Part, the amendment of the application and/or evidence of compliance with all the requirements of this Part shall be required before the license shall be issued. Provided, in case of disagreement between any Borough official and any parking lot operator as to whether these conditions have been met, such operator may demand a hearing, within five days of such demand, from the Borough Council.
[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 7]
No license issued under this Part shall be transferable, nor
may any such license be valid for any location other than the one
for which it was issued.
[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 8]
1. The operator of every licensed parking lot shall maintain near the
entrance thereto, and clearly visible from vehicles approaching within
a reasonable distance upon the street, a permanently affixed sign.
Such sign shall contain the following information:
B. The name of the operator of the parking lot, if such parking lot
is operated under a distinctive name.
C. The opening and closing hours of such parking lot.
D. Any day upon which such parking lot is not in operation, if such
lot is not operated every day.
E. A complete schedule of fees for such parking lot. The information
as to fees and as to opening and closing hours shall be contained
in letters and figures of uniform size, so placed that all of such
information shall be equally conspicuous. Such sign shall be so placed
and so secured as not to constitute a source of danger to persons
using the thoroughfares and as not to interfere with or mislead traffic.
[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 9]
1. The operator of every licensed parking lot shall maintain and operate
such parking lot in strict accordance with the following regulations:
A. Every parking lot shall be drained in such a way that water shall
not accumulate upon the surface thereof.
B. The surface of every parking lot shall be paved or treated in such
a way so that dirt, dust, sand, cinders or other substance from the
surface thereof shall not be carried into or upon public or private
property, by the movements of vehicles or other causes.
C. Every parking lot shall be so arranged that in no case shall vehicles
be loaded or unloaded or left prior to parking thereof or delivered
subsequent to parking thereof, upon the sidewalk or street.
D. No more than the total number of vehicles for which any parking lot
has capacity shall at any time be parked within such parking lot.
[Ord. 325, 5/11/1960, § 10; as amended by Ord.
731, 2/11/2015]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
together with reasonable attorney fees and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section
of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.