[Adopted 12-6-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-20]
The following words, whether in the singular or plural, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this article, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
PARKING METER OR KIOSK
A device intended to assist municipalities and public authorities in enforcing ordinances limiting the time during which vehicles may be parked on any street or highway or other public place within parking zone. A parking meter shall include any area where payment may be made by mobile electronic means.
PARKING ZONE
Streets or highways, or portions thereof, or municipal parking lots operated by the City on which parking meters or kiosks are installed, operated and used.
PAYMENT
Any proper currency that is legal tender of the United States, which shall also mean any and all other approved electronic means and methods of payment of the amount due at a parking meter, kiosk or at any parking space, including but not limited to credit cards, debit cards, any and all approved mobile or other electronic means of transferring funds to pay for parking at a space in the parking zone.
PUBLIC PLACES
Any municipal parking lot operated by the City.
A. 
All municipal parking lots or structures operated by the City of Hazleton.
B. 
On-street parking meter locations.
Name of Street
Location
Alter Street
Between 2nd Street and 5th Street
Broad Street
Between Cedar Street and Diamond Avenue
Chestnut Street
Between Pine Street and Laurel Street
Diamond Avenue
Between Wyoming Street and Carson Street
Green Street
Between Fulton Court and Church Street
Hemlock Street
Between Fulton Court and Manhattan Court
Juniper Street
Between Pine Street and Laurel Street
Laurel Street
Between Juniper Street and Hemlock Street
Maple Street
Between Fulton Court and Church Street
Mine Street
Between Church Street and Vine Street
Oak Street
Between Fulton Court and Laurel Street
Pine Street
Between Mine Street and Spruce Street
Tamarack Street
Between Fulton Court and Manhattan Court
Wyoming Street
Between Juniper Street and Holly Street
A. 
Metered parking will be enforced from 9:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, excluding any holidays as established by ordinance or resolution.
B. 
Each parking meter shall indicate by a proper legend the established legal parking time and, when in operation, shall also indicate on or by its daily, display, pointer or printed receipt the duration of the period of legal parking or any legal or overtime parking.
C. 
These times may be amended by the Council of the City of Hazleton from time to time by Resolution.
A. 
Every vehicle parked parallel with the curb in any parking zone on a street or highway shall be parked with the front end of such parked vehicle at or immediately adjacent to the parking meter controlling such parking space.
B. 
Every vehicle parked perpendicular to the curb of any street or highway or any parking lot within a parking zone shall be parked with the front end or the rear end of such parked vehicle, as the situation may be, at or immediately adjacent to the parking meter controlling such parking space.
No owner or operator of any vehicle shall cause, allow, permit or suffer such vehicle to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time as indicated or set forth on the instructions of such sign, device, parking meter, mobile electronic format or kiosk. A vehicle which continues to be parked in violation for a period of three hours after receiving notice of such violation may be cited with an additional violation notice for the same infraction. A vehicle which continues to be parked in violation for a period of three hours after receiving notice of such violation may also be towed by the proper City authorized agent.
The duty of enforcing the provisions of this article shall be on the Department of Police and designated Parking Enforcement Officials. In case of emergency, any of the provisions of this article may temporarily be suspended by such Chief of Police or Mayor, who shall then have the authority to adopt and enforce such other temporary rules and regulations as traffic conditions, during such emergency, may demand or require.
A. 
Any police officer or other duly authorized Parking Enforcement Agent shall place on motor vehicles/conveyance parked in violation of the provisions of this article notice of said violation.
B. 
Each such owner or operator may, within five days of the time when such notice was attached to their motor vehicle/conveyance, pay as penalty in full satisfaction of each violation, the penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, Violations and Penalties, as well as the costs of prosecution and penalties.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]