[Adopted 11-27-2018 by Ord. No. 300]
[Amended 6-25-2025 by Ord. No. 330]
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to protect the safety of any person or vehicle, or in compliance with law or the direction of a police officer or official traffic control device, the following prohibitions shall be in effect:
A. 
Stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle is expressly prohibited under the following circumstances:
(1) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of the street.
(2) 
On any sidewalk.
(3) 
Within any intersection.
(4) 
On any crosswalk.
(5) 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone.
(6) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction which obstructs traffic.
(7) 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure.
(8) 
On any railroad tracks.
(9) 
On public or private property which is expressly reserved for handicapped persons or disabled veterans when said property has been posted in accordance with the regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
(10) 
At any place where official signs prohibit same.
(11) 
No person shall park in the Friendship Park parking lot, located at the corner of North Street and Chestnut Street, unless they are utilizing the Friendship Park facilities and recreation areas. It is expressly prohibited to use the parking lot at Friendship Park to park or store motor vehicles for the purpose of patronizing or visiting properties, events or functions not associated with Friendship Park because it deprives parkgoers of the use of the parking lot. Violators may be towed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 467, Vehicles, Towing and Impounding of. Exceptions to this prohibition to permit parking in the Friendship Park parking lot may be granted by the Township Administrator or Chief of Police to accommodate special events upon written request provided sufficient parking for the park is assured and coordinated with the Township.
B. 
Standing and parking of vehicles is expressly prohibited under the following circumstances:
(1) 
In front of a public or private driveway.
(2) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(4) 
Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(5) 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or, when properly posted, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance.
(6) 
Any place where official signs prohibit same.
A. 
No person shall park or leave unattended a vehicle on private property without the consent of the owner or other person in control or possession of the property, except in the case of an emergency or disablement of the vehicle, in which case the operator shall arrange for the removal of the vehicle as soon as possible.
B. 
The provisions of Subsection A, above, shall not apply to private parking lots unless such lots are posted to notify the public of any parking restrictions, in which case the operator of a vehicle should not violate said posted restrictions. For the purpose of this section, "private parking lot" means a parking lot open to the public and used for parking with or without charge.
A. 
No commercial equipment, including, but not limited to, trucks, tandems (in excess of one-ton capacity), tractor-trailers, tractors or other commercial construction or cargo-moving vehicles or equipment shall be parked upon a highway or street within the Township. Furthermore, no commercial equipment as described in this section shall be parked or stored upon a highway or street in the Township after completion of the working day.
B. 
Exceptions. The following are exceptions to the restrictions set forth in Subsection A, above:
(1) 
Any commercial equipment described in this section may legally park for the purpose of delivering goods or rendering services during the normal course of business, provided that such vehicle does not substantially impede the flow of vehicular traffic.
(2) 
Vehicles being used for the purpose of road construction shall be permitted to park, stand or stop on any highway or street within the Township when construction is in progress upon said highway or street.
The following streets are posted for "no parking":
Street
Side
Between
Cherry Lane
East and west
Main Street and North Street
Main Street
Both sides
PA Turnpike Bridge and 600 feet west of intersection with Valley Road
Main Street
Both sides
Willow Glen Road and Twin Valley Road
Main Street
Both sides
Fourth Avenue and Twin Valley Road
Main Street
North
Morgantown Road and Mulberry Street
Mill Stream Drive
West
Mill Road and Mill Road
Mineview Drive
All sides
Route 10 and Township Boundary line
Morgan Way
Both sides
Morgan Way and Quarry Road
Mulberry Street
West
South Property Line of Post Office Building and North Street
North Street
North
Harsh Lane and Chestnut Street
North Street
South
Morgantown Road and Mulberry Street
Valley Ponds Drive
Both sides
Valley Road and Valley Road (i.e., the entire length of Valley Ponds Drive)
Valley Road
Both sides
Main Street and Valley Ponds Drive
Washington Street
West
Main Street and South Street
A. 
This article shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code[1] as it pertains to fines and other penalties. The police officers of the Caernarvon Township Police Department are hereby authorized to issue parking tickets for any violation of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B. 
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction before a Magisterial District Court, shall be fined no less than $25 but not more than $50, plus court costs of prosecution.
C. 
Reduced penalty. In all cases where a police officer first gives notice to a person of any violation of this article, either by personal service to the offending operator or by affixing to the vehicle in violation a ticket noting the date, time and location of the offense, nature of the offense charged and the license registration of the vehicle in violation, prosecution shall not be instituted for five days thereafter. If during said five-day period, the offending operator voluntarily appears at the office of the Township Police Secretary during regular business hours, voluntarily enters a plea of guilty and pays a fine of $25, no additional prosecution for said offense shall be brought. In the alternative, said offender may forward to the office of the Township Police Secretary by regular mail the appropriate fine, and no prosecution for the offense shall thereafter be brought so long as the envelope is postmarked within 10 days of the violation. The fines under the reduced penalty do not incur any court costs of prosecution.
[Amended 6-25-2025 by Ord. No. 330]
Township officials are authorized to install appropriate signs designating the above prohibitions against parking on the respective sides of the above-named streets and in the Friendship Park parking lot.
Any prior ordinance or part of ordinance inconsistent herewith, including Ordinance Nos. 51, 96, 150, 195, 199, 208, 220, 235 and 243, is hereby repealed to the extent of its inconsistency.
Severability. If any section, provision or part of this article shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, provisions or parts of this article. It is hereby declared as the intent of the Board of Supervisors of Caernarvon Township that this article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause section or part thereof not been included herein.