Borough of Mount Gretna, PA Parking Regulations

§ 181-15 Parking prohibited at all times.

[Amended 10-10-2016 by Ord. No. 205]

Parking is prohibited at all times on certain streets within Mount Gretna Borough.

Street	Side	Location
Brown Avenue	South	From Lehigh Avenue to Old Mountain Road
Carnegie Avenue	Both	From Harvard Avenue to Pennsylvania Route 117
Chicago Avenue	Both	From Old Mountain Road to Pinch Road
Columbia Avenue	North	From Princeton Avenue to the end
Columbia Avenue	At the turnaround	Entire length
Gettysburg Avenue	Both	From Pennsylvania Avenue to Pennsylvania Route 117
Harvard Avenue	South	From Lehigh Avenue to Princeton Avenue
Lafayette Avenue	South	From Wesleyan Avenue to Lehigh Avenue
Lancaster Avenue	North	From Lehigh Avenue to 407 Lancaster Avenue
Lancaster Avenue	South	From the west side of 407 Lancaster Avenue to State Drive
Lancaster Avenue	North	From Lehigh Avenue to 210 Lancaster Avenue
Lancaster Avenue	South	From the east side of 210 Lancaster Avenue to Pinch Road
Lehigh Avenue	East	From Lebanon Avenue to Brown Avenue
Lehigh Avenue	Both	From Brown Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue
Old Mountain Road	Both	From Brown Avenue to Chicago Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue	South	From Princeton Avenue to Wesleyan Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue	West	From Wesleyan Avenue to Pennsylvania Route 117
Princeton Avenue	Both	From Columbia Avenue to Harvard Avenue
Princeton Avenue	East	From Harvard Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue
Princeton Avenue	East	From Pennsylvania Avenue to Chautauqua Drive
State Avenue	East	From Lancaster Avenue to West Yale Avenue
State Avenue [Added 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 220]	West	From the intersection of State Avenue and Yale Avenue south 72 feet along State Avenue
Stevens Avenue	Both	From Chicago Avenue to the end
Vassar Avenue	Both	From Harvard Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue
Wesleyan Avenue	Both	From Yale Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue
Yale Avenue [Added 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 220]	North	From the intersection of State Avenue and Yale Avenue east 90 feet along Yale Avenue
Yale Avenue	South	From State Avenue to Wesleyan Avenue

§ 181-16 Parking prohibited at all times for certain classes of vehicles.

Unmotorized and inoperable vehicles.

[Amended 6-1-1974 by Ord. No. 102; 6-14-1999 by Ord. No. 153]

(1)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any unmotorized vehicle of any type, either licensed or unlicensed, upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough.

(2)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any inoperable motorized vehicle of any type upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough.

(3)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any unlicensed and/or uninspected motorized vehicle of any type upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough of Mount Gretna.

[Added 4-8-2024 by Ord. No. 232]

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle, or tractor, or any passenger vehicle drawing any trailer or towing any other vehicle, or any major recreational vehicle which shall include, but is not limited to boats and boat trailers, travel trailers, pick-up campers or coaches (designed to be mounted on automotive vehicles), motorized dwellings, tent trailers and the like upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough.

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any snowmobile or minibike upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough.

Nothing herein shall prohibit the parking of any vehicle as set forth in Subsections A and B of this section upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough where such parking shall be necessary in order to pick up or deliver any goods, wares, merchandise or material from any premises located upon any such highway or portion thereof and, in the case of major recreational vehicles, for a period of six hours during loading and unloading.

§ 181-17 Parking without lights.

The boundary limits of the Borough of Mount Gretna are hereby established as a zone in which motor vehicles may remain standing without lights, and all highways within such boundary limits are hereby designated as highways where motor vehicles may remain standing without lights.

§ 181-18 Parking prohibited on certain streets.

[Added 6-14-1999 by Ord. No. 154; amended 4-10-2017 by Ord. No. 208; 4-9-2018 by Ord. No. 211]

Parking is prohibited on certain streets except by permit, from January 1 until December 31 of each and every year.

Parking is prohibited on the following impacted streets within Mount Gretna Borough except by permit issued to property owners of residential dwellings fronting the impacted streets and by permits issued to property owners of residential dwellings located on nonimpacted streets within the Borough of Mount Gretna from January 1 through December 31 of each and every year:

(1)

Princeton Avenue from Pennsylvania Route 117 to Columbia Avenue;

(2)

Pennsylvania Avenue from Princeton Avenue to Pennsylvania Route 117;

(3)

Harvard Avenue from Princeton Avenue to Lehigh Avenue;

(4)

Muhlenberg Avenue from Princeton Avenue to Pinch Road;

(5)

Columbia Avenue from Princeton Avenue to the end;

(6)

West Yale Avenue from Wesleyan Avenue to State Drive;

(7)

Lafayette Avenue from Lehigh Avenue to Wesleyan Avenue;

(8)

Brown Avenue from Lehigh Avenue to Old Mountain Road;

(9)

Old Mountain Road from Brown Avenue to Chicago Avenue;

(10)

Chicago Avenue from Pinch Road to Old Mountain Road;

(11)

Stevens Avenue from the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Old Mountain Road to the end;

(12)

Lancaster Avenue from the west side of property with a mailing address of 210 Lancaster Avenue to State Drive;

(13)

The west side of State Drive from Yale Avenue to Lancaster Avenue;

(14)

Lancaster Avenue from Pinch Road to State Drive.[1]

[Added 12-14-2021 by Ord. No. 224]

[1]

Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(15) through (18), providing locations on Lebanon Avenue, Muhlenberg Avenue, Old Mountain Road, and Temple Avenue, respectively, were repealed 7-11-2022 by Ord. No. 227.

No-parking notices shall be posted.

Parking permits, which shall be available at the Mount Gretna Borough Office, shall be provided to each residential dwelling fronting the impacted streets set forth in Subsection A above as follows:

(1)

Two permanent parking permits per residential dwelling, which permits shall be affixed on the outside lower left rear driver side windshield so that it is clearly visible to anyone walking and/or driving on any of the impacted streets; and

(2)

The permanent permits shall be valid until the residential property is sold and/or transferred, at which time new permits will be issued.

(3)

Two temporary parking permits effective January 1 through December 31 of each and every year per residential dwelling commencing January 1, 2017. All temporary parking permits are owned by Mount Gretna Borough.

[Amended 12-14-2021 by Ord. No. 224]

(4)

The temporary yearly parking permit shall be displayed on the front rearview mirror so it is clearly visible to anyone walking and/or driving on any of the impacted streets.

Two permanent parking permits, which shall be available at the Mount Gretna Borough Office, shall be provided to each residential dwelling within the Borough of Mount Gretna not located on the nonimpacted streets set forth in Subsection A as follows:

(1)

The permits shall be affixed on the outside of the lower left rear driver side windshield so it is clearly visible to anyone walking and/or driving on any of the impacted streets.

(2)

The permanent permits shall be valid until the residential property on the nonimpacted streets is sold or transferred, at which time new permits will be issued.

A permanent parking permit for convertibles shall be displayed on the front rearview mirror so it is clearly visible to anyone walking and/or driving on any of the impacted streets.

Any resident owner wishing to host a special event may request a one-time parking permit which includes four parking passes valid for one day only. The owner must be present at the time of the event, and the request for a special event pass must be submitted to the Mount Gretna Borough office on a business day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at least one week in advance of the event.

[Added 7-11-2022 by Ord. No. 227]

§ 181-18.1 Handicapped parking on certain streets.

[Added 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 220]

Handicapped parking shall be provided on certain streets as follows:

Street	Side	Location
Columbia Avenue	West	At the end of the cul-de-sac on Columbia Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue	North	From the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Carnegie Avenue west along Pennsylvania Avenue to provide for two handicapped parking spaces

§ 181-19 Violations and penalties.

[Amended 6-14-1999 by Ord. No. 153; 4-10-2017 by Ord. No. 208; 12-14-2021 by Ord. No. 224]

Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100 and any costs associated therewith. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation of any provision of this article;

Any person who shall violate any provision of this article two or more times within a thirty-day consecutive period shall pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $200 for the second offense, which fine shall be increased by an additional $200 nor more than $300 for each subsequent violation plus any costs associated therewith. Each day that a violation continues after three times within a thirty-day consecutive period shall constitute a separate violation.