[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003; as amended by Ord. 1012, 7/12/2006, § 1; and by Ord. 1027, 3/12/2008, § 1]
1.
Parking meter zones are established upon and along certain streets
in the Borough of Aspinwall as follows:
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Street
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Between
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Maximum Parking Time
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Brilliant Avenue
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Both sides between Second Street and Freeport Road
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Maximum time shown on meter between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
any day except Sundays and legal holidays
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Commercial Avenue
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Both sides, entire length
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Maximum time shown on meter between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
any day except Sundays and legal holidays
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First Street
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Both sides from Eastern Avenue to 334 First Street on the south
side and 335 First Street on the north side
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Maximum time shown on meter between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
any day except Sundays and legal holidays
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First Street
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South side, between Center Avenue and Eastern Avenue
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Maximum time shown on meter between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
any day except Sundays and legal holidays
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Freeport Road
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North side, between Eastern Avenue and Emerson Avenue
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Maximum time shown on meter between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
any day except Sundays and legal holidays
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Loop Street
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Both side, entire length
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Maximum time shown on meter between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
any day except Sundays and legal holidays
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2.
The fees, rates and charges for the parking meters at the above locations
shall be set from time to time by resolution of Borough Council.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003]
Parking meters shall be operated by the deposit of a coin in the meter as prescribed by § 15-505, and the parking rates for specified lengths of time, as well as the maximum parking times prescribed in § 15-501, shall apply at all times between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, in the parking meter zones listed in § 15-501.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003]
Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established by § 15-501 shall be placed upon the curb or sidewalk, and immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces described in § 15-504. Each parking meter shall be placed or set so as to show that the parking space adjacent to that 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 of Aspinwall and when the adjacent space is occupied by a vehicle, the parking meter shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of that period, shall indicate illegal parking or over-parking.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003]
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the curb,
sidewalk or roadway adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose
of delineating the parking space for which that meter shall be used.
Every vehicle parked at any parking meter shall be parked wholly within
the lines or markings so placed and applicable to that meter. 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 area designated
by those lines or markings.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003]
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any space adjacent to a parking meter, at any time in the period of limited parking as prescribed by § 15-502, the driver of the vehicle, upon entering the parking space, shall immediately deposit, or cause to be deposited, in that parking meter one or more proper coins of the United States of America as specified in the legend on the parking meter. Upon the deposit of the coin or coins, 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 any 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 overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this Part.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003]
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit in any parking
meter installed under the provisions of this Part any slug or other
substitute for a coin of the United States of America.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003]
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 coin for the purpose of increasing
or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking
time established for that zone.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003]
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 coin or coins was deposited in that meter for the parking
of that vehicle.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003]
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, nothing in this section shall apply to the
servicing or opening of parking meters by officers, employees or police
officers of the Borough of Aspinwall under the direction of the Borough
Manager or Borough Council.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003; as amended by Ord. 1027, 3/12/2008, § 2]
1.
It shall be the duty of the police officers and parking enforcement
personnel of the Borough of Aspinwall, 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 facts, the knowledge of which is necessary for a thorough
understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
2.
Unless otherwise indicated, vehicles parked in violation of this Part shall be automatically required to pay a fee of $10 for every two hours the vehicle remains parked in violation, not to exceed $50 per day. 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 that if he will report to the office of the Chief of Police and pay, for the use of the Borough, the total amount owed as indicated on the notice or notices within 24 hours after the time of the notice, or will place the total amount owed as indicated on the notice or notices enclosed within the envelope provided, in any of the special parking fine boxes installed at various locations within the Borough within that time limit, that act will save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine prescribed in § 15-511, Subsection 1, of this Part. If this sum is not paid within 14 days after the time of notice, the owner or driver of the vehicle in violation shall be subject to an additional $20 fee. If the total amount owed as indicated on the notice in addition to the $20 fee is not paid within 30 days, then the provisions of § 15-211, Subsection 1, of this chapter shall apply.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1084, 8/11/2021]
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003; as amended by Ord. 1027, 3/12/2008, § 3]
1.
Any person who violates any provision of this Part, with the exception of §§ 15-504 and 15-509, and who fails to pay the fine set forth in §15-510, shall be cited within 31 days of the violation, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay an additional fine of not more than $40 and costs.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1084, 8/11/2021]
2.
Any person who violates any provision of § 15-504 of this Part shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than (a) $5 for parking across any marked metered space lines plus costs, and (b) $10 for occupying two metered spaces with one vehicle plus costs.
3.
Any person who violates any provision of § 15-509 of this Part shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $600 and costs and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to imprisonment to the extent permitted by law for the punishment of summary offenses.
4.
A separate offense shall arise for each hour or portion thereof in
which a violation of this Part is found to exist or for each section
of this Part found to have been violated.
[Ord. 995, 12/10/2003]
1.
By resolution, the Borough Council may temporarily suspend the provisions
of this Part requiring coin deposit in meters and establishing a maximum
parking time at meters.
2.
The Borough of Aspinwall shall have authority to establish no-parking
or special-purpose parking zones within any parking meter zone, 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.
