[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now Township
Council) of the Township of Upper Darby 7-2-1968 by Ord. No. 2008. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate parking of trailers
on public or private property only where such parking is otherwise
permitted by existing rules, regulations, ordinances and/or statutes
of the Township of Upper Darby or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
It shall be unlawful to park any backhoe, bulldozer or any other excavation
equipment, bus, house coach, limousine, school bus, tractor-trailer, semitrailer
or combination thereof, stinger-steered automobile transporter, mobile
car crusher, solid waste collection vehicle, concrete mixer truck,
chemical/gas truck, fuel or oil truck, boat, boat trailer, utility
trailer, truck trailer, dump truck either by itself or in combination
with a trailer, recreational vehicle or tow truck on any Township
street between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. This section shall
not apply to vehicles and equipment used by public service utility
companies when engaged in repairing or extending public utility service.
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have
the meanings indicated below:
Every trailer designed and/or used primarily for office purposes
in connection with the construction of a building and/or buildings.
Every trailer designed and/or used primarily for office purposes.
A person or persons holding the legal title of a trailer;
or in the event a trailer is the subject of chattel mortgage or an
agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof or other like
agreement, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions
stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession
vested in the mortgagor, conditional vendee or lessee, then such mortgagor,
conditional vendee or lessee shall be deemed the owner for the purpose
of this chapter.
The standing of a trailer, whether or not occupied by persons
or property, upon any real property in the Township of Upper Darby.
Any natural person, copartnership, association or corporation.
Every vehicle which is not self-propelled and is designed
to carry property or passengers or designed for living quarters wholly
on its own structure.
Any trailer designed and/or used primarily for transportation
of goods, wares and/or merchandise.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person who is the owner of an office trailer and/or a contractor's
trailer shall permit the parking of his vehicle within the Township
of Upper Darby for a period in excess of 30 days unless he shall first
obtain a permit therefor as hereinafter set forth.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
When otherwise permitted by the existing ordinances of the Township
of Upper Darby or the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
permits may be obtained by the owners of trucks, contractor's and/or
office trailers, permitting such a trailer to be parked upon real
property in the Township of Upper Darby upon application and payment
to the Township of Upper Darby of a fee as set from time to time by
the Township Council.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All permits under § 497-4 shall be issued for a period of one year commencing the first day of September and ending the 31st day of August. Applications for permits for the period beginning September 1 of each year may be obtained in the office of the Building Inspector of Upper Darby Township on or after August 1 of that year. Permits under § 497-4 obtained on or after March 1 of each year shall require a fee of 50% of the amount charged for an entire year. On or after June 1 of each year, permits shall be charged for at the rate of 25% of the annual fee.
When a permit is issued under § 497-4 hereof, the Building Inspector of the Township of Upper Darby shall issue a gummed sticker to the owner, which shall then be affixed by the owner to the trailer in a prominent place.
The owner of any trailer for which a permit is issued under
this chapter shall keep his trailer painted and in good repair and
securely anchored.
[Amended 8-16-1977 by Ord. No. 2524; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
This chapter shall be enforced by the filing of a civil complaint
or by such other means as may be provided by the Pennsylvania Rules
of Civil Procedure. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any
building, housing, property maintenance, health, fire or public safety
code shall, upon being found liable in a civil proceeding, be ordered
to pay a penalty of not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution,
plus all Township attorneys' fees incurred in the prosecution of the
civil case. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any other
ordinance shall, upon being found liable in a civil proceeding, be
ordered to pay a penalty of not more than $600, plus the costs of
prosecution, plus all Township attorneys' fees incurred in the prosecution
of the civil case. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute
a separate violation of this chapter. Each subsection of this chapter
that is violated shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.
Any person who is the owner of any trailer or who is in possession
of any real property upon which a trailer is parked may be exempt
from the provisions of this chapter, provided such person is regularly
engaged in the business of offering trailers for sale or is regularly
engaged in the business of operating tractors and trailers as a common
carrier and the said trailer is temporarily parked in connection with
the operation of that business; provided, however, that no such person
shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter unless a certificate
of occupancy shall have been issued to him permitting the use of a
structure and/or real property in the Township of Upper Darby for
the conduct of either the business of offering trailers for sale and/or
operating tractors and trailers as a common carrier.
