[Amended 11-7-2006 by Ord. No. 14437]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Every natural person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or institution.
STREET CLEANING
Includes the year-round sweeping, salting, plowing or snow removal of the designated streets.
[Amended 3-2-1971 by Ord. No. 11863; 10-8-2004 by Ord. No. 14216; 11-7-2006 by Ord. No. 14437; 8-19-2015 by Ord. No. 15221]
There are hereby established street cleaning control maps prepared and maintained by the Director of Public Works and kept on file in the office of the City Engineer. All street cleaning control maps shall be a matter of public record, but keeping these maps up-to-date shall not be a requisite condition for the prosecution to any violation of a legal regulation.
A. 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, or cause or permit a vehicle to be parked or left unattended on a City street posted for "No Parking/Street Cleaning" during the designated days and hours chosen by regulations promulgated by the Director of Public Works or his designee.
[Amended 10-8-2004 by Ord. No. 14216; 11-7-2006 by Ord. No. 14437]
B. 
The posted times designated on the "No Parking/Street Cleaning" signs shall remain in effect for the full length of time or until the street area has been cleaned.
[Amended 3-2-1971 by Ord. No. 11863; 10-8-2004 by Ord. No. 14216; 11-7-2006 by Ord. No. 14437]
C. 
Enforcement shall be suspended during winter storms and for a reasonable period of time thereafter as determined by the Director of Public Works or designee. A reasonable period of time should be no less than 24 hours from the end of the winter storm event.
[Amended 11-7-2006 by Ord. No. 14437]
A. 
Nothing herein shall be construed to permit any motor vehicle to be parked on any street or in any parking area where parking is prohibited by the terms of any other article.
B. 
Nothing in the section shall be construed as prohibiting physicians or emergency cars, or any other person, firm or corporation operating authorized emergency vehicles while engaged in their duties, from parking a vehicle in designated areas upon the occasion of any emergency.
C. 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit taxicabs or public buses standing in any established taxicab or bus stand, provided the same are attended by the drivers thereof.[1]
[Amended 3-2-1971 by Ord. No. 118363]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 539.04, fourth unnumbered paragraph regarding failure to pay, as amended 12-1-1993 by Ord. No. 13227, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Amended 11-7-2006 by Ord. No. 14437; 11-21-2008 by Ord. No. 14656; 10-15-2014 by Ord. No. 15156]
A. 
Street cleaning will continue in the designated posted areas during the months of December through February. Those areas shall include the following districts:
(1) 
No. 1: Front Street to 10th Street, Chew to Sumner and 4th to Front from Chew to Union Streets, as posted.
(2) 
No. 2: 10th to 17th from Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive to Sumner Avenue, as posted.
(3) 
No. 9: 4th to 12th Streets from Union to Chew Streets, as posted.
B. 
Both Districts No. 1 and No. 2 will be suspended during a winter event and will be reinstated on a Monday once the curbline is clear of snow piles, as posted.
[Amended 11-21-2008 by Ord. No. 14656]
The Department of Public Works and the Allentown Parking Authority by or on May 15 of each year shall prepare and submit a report on year-round street cleaning focusing on winter street cleaning to Allentown City Council's Public Works Committee for review at a public meeting.
[Amended 8-3-2016 by Ord. No. 15306]
The provisions of this article shall not apply to vehicles of the City of Allentown which display a municipal plate, municipal vehicle identification window sticker, municipal placard and are engaged in official City business. In addition, any other type of vehicle on official City business with an approved City placard displayed on the front dashboard will be exempt from provisions of this article.
[Amended 3-2-1971 by Ord. No. 11863; 12-1-1993 by Ord. No. 13227; 4-19-2001 by Ord. No. 13901; 10-8-2004 by Ord. No. 14216; 11-7-2006 by Ord. No. 14437; 3-19-2010 by Ord. No. 14787; 5-7-2014 by Ord. No. 15131]
A. 
Any police officer or duly authorized Parking Authority employee shall issue a violation notice to any vehicles parking in violation of the provisions of this article, a notice of said violation.
B. 
For violation of "Prohibited Parking/Street Cleaning" the owner or operator may, within 10 days of the time when such violation was alleged, pay as a fine and in full satisfaction of each initial violation the sum of $20; and, after 10 days but within 20 days of the violation, pay a penalty of $30. Subsequent offenses will incur additional penalties when repeat violation occurs more than one time in a thirty-day period. For violation of "No Parking/Street Cleaning," the owner or operator may, within 10 days of the time when the subsequent notice was attached to his vehicle, pay as a fine and in full satisfaction of repeat violation, the sum of $50; and, after 10 days but within 20 days of the subsequent offense, pay a penalty of $60. In all cases, failure of the owner or operator to make payment within 20 days shall make the owner or operator subject to a penalty not to exceed $100.
[Amended 5-3-2023 by Ord. No. 15898]