[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004; Ord. 3668 § 8, 2009; Ord. 3684 §
10, 2011]
The following are hereby established as the metered, unmetered,
and reserved parking lots operated by the city, such lots and meter
numbers to be indicated on an official map on file in the city engineer’s
office:
(A) “Academy
Theatre Lot” bounded on the north by West Cherry Street and
on the south by Chestnut Street (metered);
(C) “Keystone
View Lot” bounded on the north by West Center Street, on the
east by Seminary Alley, and on the west by Market Street (metered
and reserved);
(D) “Market
Square Parking Ramp” with an entrance to Market Square via Mulberry
Street (both metered and reserved) and with an exit on West Center
Street via Mulberry Street;
(E) “Mill
Run Parking Ramp” with entrances and exits on Market Street,
Mulberry Street, and Water Street (both metered and reserved plus
up to 10 unmetered spaces reserved for DEP visitor parking);
(F) ”Park
Avenue Central Lot” bounded on the north by West Center Street,
on the south by West Cherry Street, and on the east by North Cottage
Street (both metered and reserved);
(G) “Robert
Smith Memorial Lot” bounded on the south by Arch Street, on
the west by Park Avenue, on the north by Clinton Court, and on the
east by Federal Court (both metered and reserved);
(H) Unnamed
lot bounded on the east by Mulberry Street and on the west by Water
Street (reserved);
(I) Unnamed
lot bounded on the south by Pine Street and on the west by Market
Street (reserved);
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004]
(A) The
maximum length of time allowed in metered parking shall be as follows:
(1) Two hours in the Academy Theatre Lot, Keystone View Lot, Mill Run
Parking Ramp, and portions of Market Square Parking Ramp;
(2) Five hours in the county-owned lot; and
(3) Twelve hours in the Arch Street Lot, Park Avenue Central Lot, Robert
Smith Memorial Lot, and portions of Market Square Parking Ramp.
(B) The
rate charged for metered parking shall be $0.10 for 30 minutes in
all lots and parking ramps, and $0.25 for 45 minutes on the first
level of Market Square Parking Ramp, for 60 minutes in Mill Run Parking
Ramp, and for 90 minutes in the Academy Theatre, Arch Street, county-owned,
Keystone View, Park Avenue Central, and Robert Smith Memorial Lots
and the sixth level of Market Square Parking Ramp.
(C) Effective
for the city fiscal year beginning January 1, 2005, the city council
of the City of Meadville shall establish the monthly per vehicle rental
fees for reserved covered parking spaces and reserved uncovered parking
spaces for the following year as part of the general fund budget ordinance.
Said fees shall be paid to and collected by the city treasurer. These
rates shall not apply to parking stalls covered by individual written
agreements between the city and renter in existence as of the date
of enactment of the ordinance codified in this section.
[Ord. 3668 § 9, 2009; Ord. 3670 § 2, 2009; Ord. 3684 §
11, 2011]
(A) The
maximum length of time allowed in metered parking in the following
lots shall be as follows:
(1) Two hours in the Academy Theatre Lot, Keystone View Lot, Mill Run
Parking Ramp, and indicated portions of Robert Smith Memorial Lot
and Market Square Parking Ramp;
(2) Five hours in the Park Avenue Central Lot and indicated portions
of Robert Smith Memorial Lot and Market Square Parking Ramp.
(B) The
rate charged for metered parking shall be $0.25 for each one hour
in all lots and parking ramps.
[Ord. 3668 § 9, 2009]
The parking limits and rates set forth in MMC 525.02A shall
replace and be in effect at the time each off-street meter/machine
within the designated parking lots and ramps is replaced or recalibrated
to calculate the time limits and rates based on the parking limits
and rates established by MMC 525.02A. At that time, a notice shall
be posted on the meter/machine to give notice of the new parking meter/machine
limits and rates as established by MMC 525.02A. Until each meter/machine
is recalibrated for the new rates and limits, the parking meter/machine
limits and rates shall be as set forth in the existing MMC 525.02.
MMC 525.02(A) and (B) shall be void and of no effect at the time all
off-street parking meters/machines have been recalibrated for the
parking limits and meter/machine rates as set forth in MMC 525.02A.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004; Ord. 3731 § 2, 2014]
Each metered parking space in each parking lot in the City of
Meadville as identified and set forth above shall be in operation
and the provision of this article regulating such operation shall
apply only between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on days other
than Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. Each reserved parking
space in each parking lot as identified as set forth above shall be
in operation and this provision of this article regulating such operation
shall apply only between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on days
other than Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004]
Parking meters installed in the lots shall be placed immediately
adjacent to the individual parking spaces that shall be marked off
in such lots. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner
as to show whether the parking space adjacent to such meter is or
is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate
by a proper legend the legal time established by this article, the
duration of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of
such period, shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004]
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the various
metered parking lots hereby established, adjacent to each parking
meter, for the purpose of designating the parking space for which
such meter shall be used. Each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking
meter shall be parked within the lines or markings so placed and applicable
to such meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article
for any person:
(A) To
park any vehicle across any such line or marking; or
(B) To
park any vehicle in such a position that such vehicle shall not be
within the area so designated by such lines or markings; or
(C) To
park a vehicle elsewhere in any such lot other than in an individual
parking space adjacent to a parking meter.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004]
No person shall park any vehicle in any of the parking lots
otherwise than with the foremost part of the parked vehicle nearest
to the parking meter applicable thereto.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004; Ord. 3668 § 10, 2009]
When any vehicle is parked at a parking meter/machine space
in a designated metered lot, when meters/machines are in operation,
upon entering the parking space, the coin or coins of the United States
designated and required for the parking time desired or for the time
limit established in each lot as set forth above shall be deposited
in the parking meter/machine. If the vehicle shall remain parked beyond
the limits prescribed or beyond the time paid for, as set forth in
MMC 525.02 or 525.02A as applicable, and the parking meter/machine
shall indicate illegal parking, then such vehicle shall be considered
as parked overtime and beyond the legal time fixed. The parking of
a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of time fixed now or hereafter
by the provisions of MMC 525.02 or 525.02A as applicable, in any designated
metered parking lot where a meter/machine is located, shall be a violation
of this article and punished as hereinafter provided. No person shall
cause, allow or permit any vehicle registered in his name to be parked
overtime or beyond the lawful period of time as above described.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004]
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this article, for any
person to deface, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or
impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions
of this article. Nothing herein shall apply to the servicing or opening
of parking meters by officers, employees and/or peace officers of
the city under the direction of the city manager and/or council.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004]
The metered and nonmetered parking lots are hereby established
for the parking of private passenger vehicles only, and it shall be
unlawful, and a violation of this article, for any person to park
any vehicle exceeding the size of an automobile, pickup truck or passenger
van, including but not limited to bus, tractor, trailer, tractor-trailer,
recreational van or commercial truck, in any such lot.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004; Ord. 3668 § 11, 2009]
It shall be the duty of the peace officers of the city, acting
in accordance with instructions of the chief of police, to report:
(A) The
name of the parking lot, and the number of the parking meters therein
that indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent
thereto is, or has been, parked in violation of any of the provisions
of this article;
(B) The
date and hour of such violation;
(C) The
state license number of such vehicle;
(D) Any
other facts, the knowledge of which shall be necessary for a full
understanding of the circumstances attending such violation. Every
such peace officer shall also place upon such vehicle a notice to
the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle was parked in violation
of the provisions of this article, and instructing such owner or operator
concerning the penalty and payment thereof.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004; Ord. 3668 § 12, 2009]
(A) No
person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any off-street
parking space marked as a “Reserved” off-street parking
place other than the tenant of such space or the permittee of such
tenant, during the hours delineated in MMC 525.03.
(B) Any person parking or permitting the parking of any vehicle in violation of the provisions of subsection
(A) of this section shall for each and every violation, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of $30.00.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004]
(A) Parking
spaces designated as handicaponly parking shall be in accordance with
Article 519 MMC, Schedule M.
(B) No
person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any off-street
parking space marked as “Handicapped” unless the vehicle
displays an approved handicapped certificate, sticker or plate.
(C) Any person parking or permitting the parking of any vehicle in violation of the provisions of subsection
(B) of this section shall for each and every violation, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine in accordance with MMC 519.99.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004]
The parking meter bags regulations as set forth in MMC 521.15
or Article 521 MMC are hereby incorporated as the parking meter bags
regulations of and for this article.
[Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004; Ord. 3616 §§ 3, 4, 2005; Ord. 3668 §
13, 2009]
Any person who violates any provision of this article, except
MMC 525.08, 525.11 and 525.13, shall be subject to a penalty as follows:
(A) If
penalty paid at courtesy box or city police headquarters within 48
hours of the issuance of the traffic ticket: $10.00.
(B) If
penalty paid more than 48 hours, but within 10 days after the issuance
of the traffic ticket: $15.00.
(C) If
penalty paid more than 10 days after the issuance of a traffic ticket,
but before the issuance of a citation pursuant to the terms of this
article: $30.00.
(D) If
penalty is not paid within 15 days after the identity of the owner
of the vehicle is determined, a citation shall be filed with the district
magistrate and, upon conviction, violators shall be sentenced to pay
a fine as set forth below.
(E) Time
of payment for the purpose of this article shall be the time of the
receipt of payment by the City of Meadville either in a courtesy box
or at Police Headquarters, 984 Water Street, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
(F) Each
hour or part of an hour during which any person parks or permits or
causes a vehicle owned by him to be parked in violation of this article
shall be considered separate and distinct offenses for which separate
traffic tickets, citations and fines shall be issued, levied and collected.
(G) Any
person convicted of the violation of any term or provision of this
article (or of aiding, abetting or assisting in the violation of any
term or provision of this article) shall be sentenced to pay a fine
of not less than $50.00 nor more than $300.00 and may be sentenced
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 10 days.
Any person who violates MMC 525.08 and 525.13 shall, upon conviction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $30.00 and not more than
$300.00, together with costs, and upon failure to pay said fines and
costs, may be sentenced to imprisonment for a period of time not to
exceed 10 days.
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