The following are established as the unmetered parking lots
operated by the Borough of Sharpsburg:
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Lot
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Location
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Maximum Parking Time
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Days in Operation
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Hours in Operation
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(Reserved)
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The Borough of Sharpsburg, at its discretion, may provide at
convenient and suitable locations in one or more of the unmetered
parking lots reserved parking spaces for handicapped and shall designate
those spaces by appropriate signs. 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 the other sections
of this part shall apply to vehicles lawfully parked in reserved parking
spaces for handicapped.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or to
allow a vehicle to remain parked in any unmetered parking lot:
[Amended 4-27-2023 by Ord. No. 23-01]
1.
The unmetered 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 or class of vehicle in any such lot, except as provided in this section.
2.
Vehicles with a connected boat trailer may park at James Sharp Landing
in the spaces on the railroad side of the lot only. From May 1 through
September 30 each year, parking in the spaces on the railroad side
of the parking lot at James Sharp Landing shall be restricted to vehicles
with a connected boat trailer.
[Amended 4-27-2023 by Ord. No. 23-01]
Every vehicle parked in an unmetered parking lot shall be parked
wholly within the lines bounding or marking the individual parking
space assigned to that vehicle and shall be parked headed into the
parking space. It shall be unlawful for any person:
1.
To park a vehicle in a space not rented by that person.
2.
To park a vehicle otherwise than as required by this section.
3.
To park a vehicle elsewhere than in an individual parking space,
the prohibited areas including, but not limited to, the access and
exit driveways and turning and maneuvering spaces.
The parking spaces in the unmetered parking lots shall be available for parking on a monthly rental basis only. The rental fee shall be fixed by the Borough of Sharpsburg by a resolution and shall be for a calendar month or the part of a calendar month remaining after the rental arrangements are made. The rental fee shall be paid in advance to the Chief of Police for the use of the Borough of Sharpsburg and, after the first month, shall be automatically renewable until the renter notifies the Borough of Sharpsburg that he wishes to terminate the rental arrangements. At any time, however, the Borough of Sharpsburg may, by amending § 15-701 of this part, discontinue provision of a specific unmetered parking lot or a portion of the parking spaces in any such lot or may change any unmetered parking lot or part of an unmetered parking lot to a metered parking lot or to metered parking spaces. The rental parking spaces shall be assigned by the Chief of Police. The name of the renter of a parking space and/or the numbers and/or letters on the registration tag of the vehicle entitled to be parked there shall be posted by the Borough of Sharpsburg at the rental space or shall be painted on the surface of that parking space.
[Amended 4-27-2023 by Ord. No. 23-01]
Any person who violates any provision of this part shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $20 and costs,
provided that it shall be the duty of the police officers and of parking
enforcement personnel of the Borough of Sharpsburg to report to the
appropriate official all violations of any provision of this part,
indicating in each case the section violated; the license number of
the vehicle involved in the violation; the location where the violation
took place; and any other facts that might be necessary in order to
secure a clear understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
The police officer or other person making the report shall also attach
to or place upon every such vehicle a notice stating that the vehicle
was parked in violation of this part. The notice shall contain instructions
to the owner or driver of the vehicle that, if he will report to the
office of the Chief of Police and pay the sum of $15 within five business
days after the time of the notice, or if he will place the sum of
$15 enclosed within an envelope in any of the special parking fine
boxes installed at various locations within the Borough of Sharpsburg,
that act will save the violator from prosecution and from payment
of the fine and costs prescribed in the first sentence of this section.
