[Ord. 871, 8/4/1975; amended by Ord. 1200, 3/4/1988, Section
1, 2; Ord. 1303, 12/19/1990, Section 1, 2; Ord. 1772, 2/19/2004, Section
1, 2]
a.
Method of Establishment. Whenever the Fire Chief shall determine
that the parking of motor vehicles on any portion of any public street
or private street or fire apparatus access road or shopping center
or multifamily building parking lot or school is likely to interfere
with the operation of the fire company, or seriously hamper egress
or occupants from buildings in cases of fire, he or she shall designate
such areas, in writing (including the use of maps or sketches) or
as shown on approved subdivision and or land development plans to
Council. Council shall consider such recommendations of the Fire Chief
and shall either approve or disapprove, by motion, each of such designated
locations. Once approved, each such location shall be added to a list,
numbered consecutively, and maintained in the municipal offices of
the Municipality. Such lists may be modified, added to, or reduced
from time to time by motion of Council after written recommendation
by said Fire Chief.
b.
Location of Fire Lanes.
(1)
Westerly Parkway Shopping Center, 418-460 Westerly Parkway.
(2)
Executive House Apartments, 411 Waupelani Drive.
(3)
Imperial Towers Apartments, 425 Waupelani Drive.
(4)
High School South, 650 Westerly Parkway.
(5)
High School North, 653 Westerly Parkway.
(6)
Southgate Apartments, 701-841 Southgate Drive.
(7)
Briarwood Apartments, 611-693 Waupelani Drive; 711-757 West
Whitehall Road; 730-732 West Whitehall Road; 711-753 Stratford Drive.
(8)
University Terrace Apartments, 818-924 Bellaire Avenue; 825-925
Bellaire Avenue.{70}
(9)
Alliance Christian School, 1612 Norma Street.
(10)
611 Building, 611 University Drive.
(11)
Lenwood Apartments, 917 South Allen Street.
(12)
Allen Park Apartments, 1013 South Allen Street.
(13)
Mount Nittany Apartments, 1006 South Pugh Street.
(14)
Hamilton Avenue Shopping Center, 208-260 West Hamilton Avenue.
(15)
Beaver Terrace Apartments, 456 East Beaver Avenue.
(16)
Cedarbrook Apartments, 320 East Beaver Avenue.
(17)
Lion's Gate Apartments, 424 Waupelani Drive.
(18)
Parkway Plaza Apartments, 1000 Plaza Drive.
(19)
Sutton Court Apartments, 650 East Prospect Avenue.
(20)
Lexington House Apartments, 518 University Drive.
(21)
State College Area School District, Central Offices, 131 West
Nitt any Avenue.
(22)
College Heights School, 721 North Atherton Street.
(23)
Easterly Parkway Elementary School, 234 Easterly Parkway.{80}
c.
Marking. Once fire lanes are established, as set forth in this chapter,
such fire lanes shall be marked by and under the direction of the
Fire Chief, by any one or more of the following methods:
d.
Temporary "No Parking" Areas. In the event of an emergency or special
condition, whereby the Fire Chief shall determine that the parking
of vehicles is likely to interfere with the operation of the fire
company in any public street or private street or shopping center
or multifamily building, parking lot or school, such Fire Chief shall
direct the posting of signs in such areas reading "No Parking - Temporary
Fire Regulation - By Order of the Fire Chief." Such signs shall be
removed at the direction of the Fire Chief when such emergency or
special condition ceases.
e.
Penalty for Violation. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
ordinance for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle within
any fire lane established and marked, as set forth herein, or in any
temporary "no parking" area set forth in Paragraph d hereof and, upon
conviction before a District Justice, shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not less than $65 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution
and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for a period of not more than five days. The continued violation of
this ordinance for a period of more than two hours shall constitute
a new and separate offense for each successive additional two-hour
period.
f.
Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief and Police Officers
and Ordinance Enforcement Officers of the Municipality, on finding
any vehicle parked in violation of the provisions of this ordinance,
to report:
(1)
The State or Province license and number attached to such vehicle.
(2)
The location and nature of the parking violation;
(3)
The time and date of such violation; and,
(4)
Any other relevant facts attending such violation.
On finding a vehicle parked in violation of the provisions of
this ordinance, such Fire Chief, Police Officer or Ordinance Enforcement
Officer shall also attach to such vehicle, where possible, a notice
that such vehicle was parked in violation of this ordinance and instructing
such owner or operator to report to the Finance Office of the Municipality
in regard to such violation.
g.
Payment of Fines. Each owner or operator receiving such notice may,
within 48 hours of the time when such notice was attached to such
vehicle, pay to the Finance Office of the Municipality, as a penalty
and in full satisfaction of such violation, the sum of $50. The failure
of payment being made within such forty-eight-hour period shall render
such owner or operator subject to the penalties hereinabove provided
for violation of this ordinance. If such owner or operator shall,
in fact, make payment after such forty-eight-hour period, but before
the filing of a complaint with the District Justice, of the sum of
$65, such payment shall be in full satisfaction of such violation.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Part D, Emergency Alarms, adopted by Ord. No. 1370, 5/6/1992, as amended, was repealed by Ord.
No. 2206, 7/17/2023.
