The following are hereby established as metered parking lots operated by the Borough:[1]
A. 
Lot between Columbia Avenue and Fourth Street.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Subsection 1 of this section, regarding metered parking in lot west of Washington Avenue and east of Lincoln Avenue was repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 2-2015.
Parking meters installed in the parking lots shall be placed adjacent to the individual parking spaces that are to be marked off and maintained on the lots. For each parking meter there shall be a clear indication, through use of directional arrows or an identification as to number within the parking space, to show which individual parking space it serves. Each parking meter shall indicate by a proper legend the parking rate and the maximum parking time applicable to vehicles parked at that meter and, when the parking space is occupied and the parking meter put into operation by the insertion of one or more coins, the parking meter shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of legal parking and, upon the expiration of that period, shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the surface of the metered parking lots adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose of designating the parking space for which that meter shall be used. Each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking meter shall be parked within the lines or markings so placed and applicable to that meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person:
A. 
To park any vehicle across any such line or marking; or
B. 
To park any vehicle in such a position that the vehicle shall not be within the area so designated by such lines or markings; or
C. 
To park a vehicle elsewhere in any such lot than in an individual parking space adjacent to a parking meter.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in any of the metered parking lots:
A. 
Otherwise than with the front of the parked vehicle nearest to the parking meter applicable to that vehicle; or
B. 
With any part of the vehicle touching the meter post or the raised base or barrier on which meters are erected.
A. 
Parking in any of the metered parking lots, without deposit of a coin or token in a meter, shall be unlawful at any time:
(1) 
Between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday; or
(2) 
Between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on any Monday, Thursday or Saturday, but no coin or token need be deposited in any meter at any time on a legal holiday or on Sunday.
B. 
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any metered parking lot, at any time when the lot is open for use and the meters are to be in operation, the driver of the vehicle, upon entering that 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 or tokens authorized by the Borough for use in the meter as specified in the legend on the parking meter. Upon the deposit of the coin or coins or the token 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 overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this article, provided that every hour that a vehicle shall remain parked at a meter showing a violation shall constitute a separate 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 that meter displays a signal indicating that the vehicle has already been parked beyond the period of time prescribed for that parking space.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person to deface, tamper with, open or wilfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article, provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the servicing or opening or servicing of parking meters by officers, employees or police officers of the Borough under the direction of the Mayor and/or the Borough Council.
[Amended 1-4-1982 by Ord. No. 4-1982; 7-12-2004 by Ord. No. 5-2004]
A. 
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.
(1) 
The number of each off-street parking meter that indicates that the vehicle occupying the adjacent off-street parking space is, or has been, parked in violation of any provision of Ordinance No. 9-1978, November 6, 1978, as amended.
(2) 
The date and hour of the violation.
(3) 
The state and license number of the vehicle.
(4) 
Any other facts, the knowledge of which is necessary for a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
B. 
Any such police officer and other person making the report shall also place on the vehicle a notice, which shall be identified as a "parking ticket," which shall give notice to the owner or operator of the vehicle that the vehicle was parked in violation of the provisions of this article and instructing the owner or operator that the penalty requirements shall be as follows:
(1) 
Within one hour after the time of the notice, deposit the sum of $3 in a depository or receptacle called a "courtesy box" placed for the purpose or pay the sum of $3 at the Borough Police Station or to the office of the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Vandergrift or, within the time limitation prescribed, pay, by regular United States Mail, postage prepaid, the fine, submitting the same to the Borough of Vandergrift to the address indicated on the ticket, which said ticket shall be provided in a self-mailer with the violator to be responsible for all costs of postage; or
(2) 
Within 48 hours after the time of the notice, deposit the sum of $5 in a depository or receptacle called a "courtesy box" placed for the purpose, or pay the sum of $5 at the Borough Police Station or to the office of the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Vandergrift or, within the time limitation prescribed, pay, by regular United States Mail, postage prepaid, the fine, submitting the same to the Borough of Vandergrift to the address indicated on the ticket, which said ticket shall be provided in a self-mailer with the violator to be responsible for all costs of postage.
(3) 
If not paid sooner, upon the expiration of the fifth calendar day from the date of the issuance of the notice, the Borough shall send, by regular United States Mail, postage prepaid, an official police notice card providing for payment of a late fine/penalty in the amount of $10.
(4) 
If payment is not rendered within 10 calendar days from the date of the mailing of the official police notice card referenced in Subsection B(3) above, the original notice/parking ticket shall be referred to the Magisterial District Judge for the Magisterial District which shall include the Borough of Vandergrift for criminal prosecution, with all fines and costs of prosecution to be lawfully assessed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Amended 1-4-1982 by Ord. No. 4-1982]
A. 
Any person who violates any provision of this article, with the exception of § 470-51, shall for each and every violation, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $5 and not more than $15 and costs, provided that, in the case of a penalty for overtime parking, each additional hour during which parking time limits apply under this article that a vehicle remains in an individual parking space after the prescribed time for parking has elapsed shall be deemed an additional violation.
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of § 470-51 of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $100 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 10 days.
[Added 1-3-2012 by Ord. No. 3-2012]
Off-street parking spaces within parking lots as designated in § 470-44 of this article may be designated as nonexclusive permit parking places upon application and payment of a permitting fee to the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Vandergrift pursuant to the following terms and conditions:
A. 
Fee established. The fee for an off-street metered parking permit shall be $10 per month, payable in advance, with a minimum of 12 months due and owing at the time of application and annually thereafter on the anniversary month. The fee may be amended from time to time hereafter by the Borough Council of the Borough of Vandergrift by resolution. All amounts paid shall only be refundable as to any full month remaining in the twelve-month period.
B. 
Conditions for use. The permitted parking spaces in the metered parking lots which have been established by the Borough of Vandergrift pursuant to § 470-44 shall be nonexclusive in nature. The holder of a permit may park in either of the lots established by § 470-44, and the permit must be displayed on the rearview mirror of the vehicle so that the same may be seen by police officers and meter personnel. At no time shall any individual permittee designate a metered space as a reserved parking metered space exclusively for the benefit of the permittee or any person on behalf of the permittee. The permits are nontransferable.