[Amended 5-8-1995 by Ord. No. 535A]
No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand unattended in and around the following places:
A. 
Within an intersection.
B. 
On a crosswalk or sidewalk.
C. 
Within twenty-five (25) feet of the intersection of street curblines.
D. 
Within fifteen (15) feet of any fire hydrant or entrance to any fire station.
E. 
In front of any private driveway.
F. 
On the roadway side of any vehicle legally parked at the curb.
G. 
Within fifty (50) feet of any railroad crossing.
H. 
Within any bus stop or taxi stand.
I. 
Alongside any street obstruction or opposite the same, unless twenty-five (25) feet of street shall be free for passage of other vehicles.
J. 
In front of a theater or church.
K. 
On private property, except upon permission of the property owner.
L. 
Where signs prohibit parking.
M. 
In a handicapped parking zone.
[Added 7-24-1995 by Ord. No. 538]
[Amended 10-8-2007 by Ord. No. 758]
When signs limiting parking are erected lawfully giving notice thereof, no vehicle shall be parked longer than the time permitted, nor during specified hours when parking is prohibited, upon any streets or parts of streets designated as limited parking areas by the Traffic Control Maps or by temporary regulations in conformity with Article III.
[Amended 1-14-2002 by Ord. No. 658; 10-8-2007 by Ord. No. 758]
No vehicle shall be parked or stored on any street or alley continuously for more than 10 days. The owner of a vehicle may request a ten-day extension of this prohibition by providing the Chief of Police with reasonable cause for such extension.
[Added 4-8-2002 by Ord. No. 663; amended 10-8-2007 by Ord. No. 758]
No boat, trailer or other nonmotorized vehicle shall be parked upon any street for a period of time longer than 48 hours. Nonmotorized vehicles which are moved from a parking spot and then reparked on the same street block face within 24 hours from the time of said removal shall be deemed to have been continuously parked for the purposes of this section. "Block face" shall mean the side of the street where the vehicle was parked between two intersecting streets.
[Added 3-14-2005 by Ord. No. 717]
Except as otherwise provided in this article, every vehicle standing or parked upon a two-way highway shall be positioned parallel to and with the right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or, in absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.
[Added 3-14-2005 by Ord. No. 717]
Except as otherwise provided in this article, every vehicle standing or parked upon a one-way highway shall be positioned parallel to the curb or edge of the highway in the direction of authorized traffic movement with its right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or, in absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder, or with its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or, in absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder.
[Added 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 899]
No tractor-trailer, semitractor, or semitrailer shall be parked for any amount of time on any street within the City of Pottsville. Short-term temporary parking for the purposes of loading and unloading the trailer shall not be prohibited.
[Amended 10-8-2007 by Ord. No. 758]
No vehicle shall be parked upon any street for the purpose of offering for sale or selling therefrom any goods, wares or merchandise.
Any person charged with a violation of any provision of §§ 210-18 through 210-24, for which payment of a prescribed fine may be made, may pay such sum in the manner prescribed on the issued traffic ticket. Such payment shall be deemed a plea of guilty, waiver of court appearance and acknowledgment of conviction of the alleged offense and may be accepted in full satisfaction of the prescribed penalty for such alleged violation. Payment of the prescribed fine need not be accepted when laws prescribe that a certain number of such offenses shall require court appearance.
[Amended 4-12-1983 by Ord. No. 322; 7-24-1995 by Ord. No. 538; 3-13-2006 by Ord. No. 729; 10-9-2006 by Ord. No. 745; 5-28-2025 by Ord. No. 933]
Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be fined not more than $35, excepting § 210-18M which shall be not more than $75, and, in default of payment of fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 days; provided, however, that any person ticketed for a violation of any provision of this article may pay the sum of $35, or $75 for § 210-18M, to police headquarters within 10 days of the violation and thereby avoid the issuance of a summons.
[Added 10-8-2007 by Ord. No. 758]
The registered owner of the vehicle in violation shall be presumed to have parked said vehicle and shall be responsible for where it is parked at the time of the violation.