[Ord. 6398, passed 9-29-1971]
No person shall repair a vehicle on the public streets or highways
of the City, except such temporary and necessary repairs as may enable
the vehicle to be removed to a repair garage.
[Ord. 6398, passed 9-29-1971]
No operator of a vehicle shall stop on a crosswalk or within
a roadway intersection, except in an emergency.
[Ord. 6398, passed 9-29-1971]
No operator of a vehicle waiting in front of an entrance to
a hotel or theater shall fail to promptly give place to another vehicle
arriving to discharge or take on passengers, or fail to move on when
ordered to do so by a police officer.
[Ord. 6398, passed 9-29-1971]
No driver of a vehicle shall allow dense smoke to be emitted
from the vehicle while on the highway.
[Ord. 6398, passed 9-29-1971]
No person shall drive, stand or park a vehicle on a sidewalk,
street lawn area or the curb of a street or highway, except when entering
or leaving a permanent or temporary driveway or when lawfully authorized
by the Police Chief.
[Ord. 6056, passed 1-12-1965]
No person shall park a vehicle of any kind within 15 feet of
any fire hydrant or any street within the City, nor within 25 feet
of any street intersection.
[Ord. 6398, passed 9-29-1971]
No person shall sound the horn of a vehicle except to give warning
to other drivers or pedestrians.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 513.08, Deposit of slugs
or substitute coins in parking meters, adopted 9-29-1971 by Ord. No.
6398, was repealed 4-14-2022 by Ord. No. 8395.
[Ord. 6568, passed 10-24-1974]
(a)
The following described parcels of land are hereinafter declared
to be fire lanes and subject to the enforcement thereof by the various
departments within the City.
(1)
Parcel No. 1. Commencing at the intersection of the new east
line of North Mill Street (as now located) and the north line of East
Washington Street; thence by such north line of East Washington Street
north 87 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds east a distance of 155.01 feet
to a point, the southwest corner of the parcel herein described; thence
north 1 degree 20 minutes 15 seconds west a distance of 90.00 feet;
thence north 88 degrees 16 minutes 44 seconds east a distance of 21.00
feet; thence south 1 degree 20 minutes 15 seconds east a distance
of 90.00 feet; thence south 87 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds west
a distance of 21.00 feet by the north line of East Washington Street
to a point; the place of beginning.
(2)
Parcel No. 2. Commencing at the intersection of the new east
line of North Mill Street (as now located) and the south line of North
Street; thence by such south line of North Street north 88 degrees
16 minutes 44 seconds east a distance of 155.00 feet to a point, the
northwest corner of the parcel herein described; thence by the south
line of North Street north 88 degrees 16 minutes 44 seconds east,
a distance of 21.00 feet; thence south 1 degree 20 minutes 15 seconds
east a distance of 92.00 feet; thence south 88 degrees 16 minutes
44 seconds west, a distance of 21.00 feet to a point; thence north
1 degree 20 minutes 15 seconds west, a distance of 92.00 feet to a
point, the place of beginning.
(b)
The New Castle Central Renewal Associates will be required to maintain
the aforesaid described parcels at its own expense.
[Ord. 6995, passed 10-12-1989]
(a)
No person shall park, or allow to remain parked for a period of more
than two hours, on any street or alley way within the City, except
for those streets and alley ways situated in areas of the City designated
as industrial districts, any bus, motor home, passenger car attached
to any trailer of any kind, boat and trailer, truck, camper, three
or four-wheel all-terrain vehicle, pull-along motor home, pop-up trailer,
snowmobile, utility trailer or any passenger car or truck attached
to a trailer of any kind.
(b)
The City has the authority to remove and impound those vehicles which
are parked in violation of the parking regulations set forth in this
section, if those vehicles are parked in such a manner as to interfere
with traffic or impose a hazard to others. In such event, the City
may tow those vehicles pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code. The payment of towing and storing charges shall
be the responsibility of the owner of the vehicle and, such payment
of towing and storage charges shall not relieve the owner or driver
of any vehicle from liability for any fine or penalty for the violation
of the provisions of this section for which the vehicle was removed
or impounded.
[Ord. 8361, passed 2-25-2021]
(a)
Zoning District. The provisions of this article shall apply to roadways
adjacent to manufacturing, industrial, and commercial enterprises
located within C2 — Central Business District, M1 — Light
Industrial District, M2 — Heavy Industrial District, and M2A
— Heavy Industrial District, or any other zoning district which
abuts or is adjacent to any part of a roadway situated within the
C2 — Central Business District, M1 — Light Industrial
District, M2- Heavy Industrial District, or M2A — Heavy Industrial
District.
(b)
Definitions. For purposes of this article, the terms manufacturing,
industrial, or other commercial enterprise shall include the following:
(1)
Any business which is engaged in the manufacture, processing,
storage, transport, disposal, recycling, or sorting of any metal,
lumber, plastic, or other materials, the operation of which involves
the ingress or egress of commercial or personal vehicles in the delivery,
transport, or pickup of any such materials.
(2)
Any business which is engaged in the manufacture, processing,
storage, transport, disposal, recycling, or sorting of any concrete
precursors or products, building materials, chemicals, salts or other
minerals, gravel, sand, or related stone products, the operation of
which involves the ingress or egress of any commercial or personal
vehicles in the delivery, transport, or pickup of such materials.
(c)
Prohibition. No commercial or personal vehicle shall be permitted
to remain in a parked, idled, or otherwise immobile state for a period
of more than five minutes on a roadway abutting or adjacent to the
entrance or exit of any manufacturing, industrial or other commercial
enterprise while awaiting vehicular entrance into any such facility.
This prohibition shall apply to within 1,000 feet of any such entrance.
(d)
Penalty. Any person found in violation of this article shall, upon
conviction, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be subject to
a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $500.
[Ord. 6398, passed 9-29-1971; Ord. 6844, passed 9-12-1985; Ord. 7395, passed 5-13-1999]
(a)
Whoever violates any provision of this article for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be punished as provided in Section 101.99 of the Administrative Code.
(b)
Whoever violates any provision of this article relating to parking of a vehicle shall be fined $25 and costs, and in default of payment thereof, shall be punished as provided in Section 101.99 of the Administrative Code.
(c)
When a registered owner of any vehicle has four or more parking citations
outstanding, that vehicle may be impounded by the City police as security
for all unpaid amounts. If the vehicle is towed, the owner of the
vehicle shall be responsible for all towing and storage costs.
