This article is enacted pursuant to an Act of Assembly October
5, 1979, P.L. 197, No. 66, Section 1, 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1202(31).
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
HANDICAPPED PARKING SIGN/SPACE
A parking area on the streets and highways of the Borough
of Folcroft which is designated by the Borough Council of Folcroft
by way of erection of a sign issued by the Borough and/or the painting
of a restricted parking area upon the street for the parking of one
vehicle, which designated area shall be most expeditiously placed
to permit access for the person with a disability to residential quarters.
The designated space shall not, however, be construed as a private
parking space reserved for the applicant. On the contrary, said space
may and shall be legally occupied by any vehicle displaying a current
handicapped registration.
OWNER
Actual owner, agent or custodian of the property wherein
a handicapped parking area will be designated.
PERSON WITH A DISABILITY
An individual who has applied for and been granted by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a vehicle registration/license plate
providing that person and/or vehicle with the right to occupy a parking
space specifically reserved for persons with physical or mental disabilities.
Any stipulations made at the time of application regarding the
eligibility of an applicant may be updated periodically at the request
of the issuing authority.
Handicapped parking signs shall not supersede existing parking
regulations, including but not limited to parking permits, street
repair, street sweeping, snow ban or snow removal.
Handicapped parking signs will remain the property of the Borough
of Folcroft.
The Folcroft Borough Police Department reserves the right without
Borough Council approval to have any handicapped parking sign or street
markings removed at its discretion to insure the public safety and
welfare.
The Borough of Folcroft Highway Department will make an annual
inspection of all existing handicapped parking signs and repair or
replace those signs as needed.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this article,
Folcroft Borough shall have the authority, on its own, to designate
certain spaces, either on-street or in municipal parking lots, as
restricted to handicapped parking; and, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary elsewhere in this article, the owners of private property
may set aside one or more parking spaces for the exclusive use of
vehicles owned/operated by persons bearing the handicapped registration
plate; however, Folcroft Borough and its police department shall have
no enforcement powers as to handicapped parking spaces on private
property, unless such spaces have been designated as so reserved,
the same as on-street spaces which are the subject of this article.