[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.
[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]