[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
Any individual requesting an on-street handicapped parking space
within Elizabethville Borough shall submit an application to the Borough
Council.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
The Chief of Police shall review all applications so submitted
and shall make a recommendation to the Borough Council. Borough Council
shall approve or reject all such applications.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
1. The criteria for the creation of a handicapped parking space shall
be as follows:
A. The individual so requesting the space shall exhibit proof that they
have qualified for a handicapped person's license plate under
the regulations issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
B. No more than one handicapped parking space shall be issued to any
one individual within Elizabethville Borough.
C. No more than one handicapped parking space shall be provided per
dwelling unit within the corporate limits of Elizabethville Borough.
D. No handicapped parking space shall be provided for the location so
requested if there exists a reasonably accessible and practicable
off street parking space to serve such location.
E. The individual requesting the handicapped parking space shall first
demonstrate that the individual has a physical impairment, such as
a loss of use of a lower extremity or cardiopulmonary condition which
substantially restricts movement or otherwise requires the use of
a wheelchair, crutches, walker, or similar device for purposes of
locomotion.
F. No handicapped parking space shall be created unless it can be demonstrated
that the physical condition giving rise to the request is reasonably
expected to persist for a period of no less than six consecutive months.
G. In considering an application for handicapped parking space, a report
or letter from the applicant's treating physician may be considered,
but, any such report shall not, by itself, be considered conclusive.
H. In the event that there is a material improvement in the physical
condition of the applicant to the extent that the applicant would
no longer qualify under the criteria set forth herein, the handicapped
parking space shall be removed. Likewise, the handicapped parking
space shall be removed if there is a change in the circumstances such
that the handicapped parking space shall no longer be appropriate
under the criteria referred to herein. There shall be no refund of
any fees paid.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
For all applications for a handicapped parking space there shall
be submitted, along with the application, an application fee of $25.
Should the application be approved, the applicant, as a condition
to the creation of the handicapped parking space by the erection of
appropriate signs and the like, shall deposit with the Borough the
actual cost of the materials plus the actual labor cost to the Borough
to establish the handicapped parking space, the total of which shall
not exceed $350.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
This Part shall not limit the discretion of the Borough Council
of Elizabethville Borough to establish handicapped parking areas at
other locations where the Borough deems appropriate.
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Upon approval of a request for a handicapped parking space in
accordance with the terms of this Part, the individual requesting
said handicapped parking space shall be given a parking permit by
the Borough. This handicap parking permit shall be prominently displayed
at all times where the motor vehicle is parked within its designated
parking area.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
Any person not holding a valid permit to do so, who shall park
his motor vehicle in any designated handicapped parking space, shall
be in violation of this Part and shall, upon conviction thereof, before
a District Magistrate, be subject to a fine for each offense of not
more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and upon default in payment
of said fine and costs, be imprisoned in the Dauphin County Prison
for a period not in excess of 30 days.