Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or
to protect the safety of any person or vehicle, or in compliance with
law or the direction of a police officer or official traffic control
device, the following prohibitions shall be in effect:
A.Â
Stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle is expressly prohibited
under the following circumstances:
(1)Â
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of the street;
(2)Â
On any sidewalk;
(3)Â
Within any intersection;
(4)Â
On any crosswalk;
(5)Â
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within 30 feet of points
on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone;
(6)Â
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction which
would obstruct traffic;
(7)Â
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure;
(8)Â
On any railroad tracks;
(9)Â
On public or private property which is expressly reserved for handicapped
persons or disabled veterans when said property has been posted in
accordance with the regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation;
(10)Â
At any place where official signs prohibit same.
B.Â
Standing and parking of vehicles is expressly prohibited under the
following circumstances:
(1)Â
In front of a public or private driveway;
(2)Â
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(3)Â
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(4)Â
Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic
control signal located at the site of a roadway;
(5)Â
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or, when
properly posted, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to
any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance;
(6)Â
Any place where official signs prohibit same.
C.Â
Parking a vehicle is expressly prohibited under the following circumstances:
A.Â
No person shall park or leave unattended a vehicle on private property,
nor shall any owner permit same, without the consent of the owner
or other person in control of possession of the property; except in
the case of an emergency or disablement of the vehicle, in which case
the operator shall arrange for the removal of the vehicle as soon
as possible.
B.Â
The provisions of Subsection A shall not apply to private parking lots unless such lots are posted to notify the public of any parking restrictions in which case the operator or owner of a vehicle shall not violate said posted restrictions. For the purpose of this section, "private parking lot" means a parking lot open to the public and used for parking with or without charge.
A.Â
Where permitted, every vehicle which is standing or parked on a two-way
highway shall be positioned parallel to either the curb or the edge
of the highway and in all cases in the direction of authorized traffic
movement. The vehicles shall be parked such that the right-hand wheels
are within 12 inches of the right-hand curb, or in the absence of
a curb, as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand
shoulder.
B.Â
Where permitted, every vehicle which is standing or parked on a one-way
highway shall be positioned parallel to the curb or edge of the highway
in direction of authorized traffic movement. Said vehicle shall be
parked so that its wheels are within 12 inches from the curb, or in
the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the shoulder of
the road.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or permit to be
parked upon or along any street, alley or other thoroughfare in the
Township any vehicle:
[Amended 3-20-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-126]
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
.
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
---|---|---|
Chestnut Grove Road
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)] |
Both
|
East side of Route 15 overpass to cul-de-sac
|
Chestnut Grove Road
[Added 11-14-2011 by Ord.
No. 2011-218] |
Both
|
880 feet north of West Ridge Road intersection and 300 feet
south of West Ridge Road intersection
|
Chestnut Grove Road
[Added 7-9-2012 by Ord.
No. 2012-224] |
Both
|
Cul-de-sac at railroad tracks
|
Esther Lane
|
West
|
Mountain Side Road to dead end of Ester Lane
|
Gettysburg Pike (Old Route 15)
[Added 3-20-2001 by Ord.
No. 2001-126] |
Both
|
From Spring Lane Road to U.S. Route 15 South
|
Golf Course Road
|
Both
|
Route 74 to a point 300 feet west of Route 74
|
Grandview Drive
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)] |
South
|
From Golf Course Road to Golf Course Road
|
Old Mill Road
|
Both
|
Route 15 to a point 350 feet west of Route 15
|
Route 15
|
East
|
Siddonsburg Road to Ore Bank Road
|
Route 74
|
East
|
Route 194 to Hartman Lane
|
Route 74
|
West
|
Dillsburg Borough line to Route 194
|
Sunny Lane
|
Both
|
Chestnut Grove Road to a point 870 feet east of Chestnut Grove
Road
|
West Ridge Road
[Added 11-14-2011 by Ord.
No. 2011-218] |
Both
|
880 feet east of Chestnut Grove Road intersection and 300 feet
west of Chestnut Grove Road intersection
|
No person shall deface, damage, move, obstruct, destroy, change
the wording of, alter or otherwise interfere with any parking control
device. No person shall deface, change the wording of, discard, or
destroy or throw away any traffic tag, notice or summons, nor shall
any owner permit same to occur.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle,
boat, trailer, except a passenger car, a truck not exceeding 9,000
pounds' registered gross or combination weight or a camper-motor home
vehicle upon all streets or alleys in Carroll Township which are located
in residential districts according to the zoning classifications and
regulations adopted by Carroll Township; provided, however, that motor
vehicles, including school buses picking up and discharging passengers
and trailers, shall be permitted to temporarily park upon any street
in said residential districts for the purpose of making deliveries
to or picking up goods, wares, merchandise or materials or to perform
work on or for premises situated upon or adjacent to any such street
or alley.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful to park or permit to be parked any motor vehicle
or other vehicle on any street or alley which is part of the Township-maintained
street system two hours after the start of continuous snowfall and
until the snow has been completely plowed for the full width of the
cartway.
B.Â
Any member of the Carroll Township Police Department or other employee
of Carroll Township engaged in roadwork is hereby authorized to remove
any vehicle abandoned or parked upon any public street or alley in
violation of the terms and provisions of this section and to take
any said vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety. The
registered owner of any said vehicle shall be promptly notified, in
writing, of the fact of the removal and of the place to which said
vehicle has been removed, where said owner may obtain the same upon
payment of any and all towing and storage charges.