[Ord. 808, 9/13/2011]
1. 
The following are established as the municipal parking lots of the Borough, and this Part shall apply to and govern the operation and use of those lots:
A. 
Lot Number 1: located at 6 to 8 East Main Avenue.
B. 
Lot Number 2: located at 57 West Main Avenue.
C. 
Library Parking Lot: located at the Whitmoyer Community Library on West Jefferson Avenue at North College Street.
D. 
West side of South Locust Street from Main Avenue to Madison Alley.
E. 
Isaac Meier Homestead Parking Lot: located between the tennis courts and the Isaac Meier Homestead off of South College Street.
F. 
Fish Dam Parking Lot.
G. 
Old Tennis Court at Peach Alley at Recreation Area.
H. 
Swimming Pool Parking Lot.
I. 
Community Center Lot at the South Railroad Street entrance.
[Added by Ord. No. 856, 10/13/2020]
J. 
Community Center Lot at the Carpenter Avenue entrance.
[Added by Ord. No. 863, 7/13/2021]
[Ord. 808, 9/13/2011]
1. 
All lots are open to the public except:
A. 
Library Parking Lot. Only library employees and persons visiting the library are permitted to use this parking lot. “No Parking Loading Zone” north side of building at space directly in front of the entrance off of parking lot.
B. 
Isaac Meier Homestead Parking Lot. Only Homestead volunteers and persons visiting the Homestead are permitted to use this parking lot.
C. 
Community Center Lot at the South Railroad Street entrance. Only visitors and guests of Myerstown Borough and other Community Center tenants shall be permitted to use this parking lot.
[Added by Ord. No. 856, 10/13/2020]
[Ord. 808, 9/13/2011; as amended by Ord. 835, 6/14/2016; by Ord. 851, 7/9/2019; and by Ord. No. 856, 10/13/2020]
1. 
All of the municipal parking lots are open for parking 24 hours a day, seven days a week (subject to the parking time limitations set out in § 15-406 of this Part), with the following exception:
A. 
During a time when there is a declared snow emergency in the Borough of Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, there shall be no parking in Lot No. 2, located at 57 West Main Avenue.
B. 
During a time when there is a declared snow emergency in the Borough of Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, there shall be no parking until after snow has been cleared in the municipal parking lot on the west side of South Locust Street from Main Avenue to Madison Alley.
C. 
There shall be no parking between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. in Lot No. 1, located at 6 to 8 East Main Avenue; in Lot No. 2, located at 57 West Main Avenue; in the Swimming Pool Parking Lot; and in the Community Center Lot at the Carpenter Avenue entrance.
[Amended by Ord. No. 863, 7/13/2021]
D. 
During a time when there is a declared snow emergency in the Borough of Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Lot No. 1, located at 6 to 8 East Main Avenue, the Swimming Pool Parking Lot, and the Community Center Lot at the Carpenter Avenue entrance may be used throughout the duration of the snow emergency.
[Amended by Ord. No. 863, 7/13/2021]
E. 
Public parking shall be prohibited between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Sundays in the Community Center Lot at the Carpenter Avenue entrance.
[Added by Ord. No. 863, 7/13/2021]
[Ord. 808, 9/13/2011]
In Lot Number 1, at 6 to 8 East Main Avenue, all vehicles shall enter from Main Avenue, proceed southwardly, and exit onto Madison Alley, and it shall be a violation of this Part for any driver of a vehicle to fail to comply with any requirement of this Section.
[Ord. 808, 9/13/2011; as amended by Ord. 812, 4/10/2012]
1. 
In Lot Number 1, at 6 to 8 East Main Avenue, vehicles shall be parked with the front pointed toward the boundary of that lot closest to the vehicle.
2. 
In Lot Number 2, at 57 West Main Avenue, vehicles shall be parked parallel to the curb with the front of the vehicle pointed toward the north.
3. 
In all municipal parking lots, every vehicle shall be parked wholly between the lines and/or markings bounding the individual parking space occupied by that vehicle and shall not be parked across any line or marking delineating an individual parking space, if parking lots marked.
4. 
In all municipal parking lots it shall be unlawful to park a vehicle elsewhere than in an individual parking space or in any way that occupies or blocks a driveway, or a turning or maneuvering area. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any person to park a vehicle in any municipal parking lot in violation of any applicable provision of this Section.
5. 
In Lot Number 7, the signs posted shall say, “Licenses and Registered Cars and Pickup Trucks ONLY.”O[ rd. 812]
[Ord. 808, 9/13/2011; as amended by Ord. 812, 4/10/2012]
1. 
Parking time limits are established as follows for certain of the municipal parking lots, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle for longer than the established time limit for any lot:
A. 
In Lot Number 1 at 6 to 8 East Main Avenue: three-hour parking time limit from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on Sundays and legal holidays.
B. 
In Lot Number 2 at 57 West Main Avenue: two-hour parking time limit from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., except Sundays and legal holidays.
C. 
In Lot Number 7 there shall be No Parking from 9:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
[Ord. 808, 9/13/2011]
1. 
The following spaces for handicapped shall be reserved in certain areas of the municipal parking lots and the recreation area swimming pool parking lot, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle, other than one bearing a handicapped plate or a disabled veteran plate or displaying a handicapped placard or a disabled veteran placard in any such reserved parking space:
A. 
Lot Number 1 at 6 to 8 East Main Avenue: the first two spaces on the northeast corner of the lot, and the last two spaces on the southwest corner of the lot.
B. 
Library Parking Lot: the first space at the southeast corner of the lot.
C. 
Swimming Pool Parking Lot: the first, second, third, and fourth spaces at the southwest corner of the lot.
D. 
Lot Number 2 at 57 West Main Avenue: the first space south of Monroe Alley on the east side of North College Street.
E. 
Community Center Lot at the Carpenter Avenue entrance: the first three diagonal spaces at the ADA accessible entrance and the first two spaces by the southwest entrance to the Community Center.
[Added by Ord. No. 863, 7/13/2021]
[Ord. 808, 9/13/2011]
1. 
Any person who violates any provision of §15-407 of this Part shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs of prosecution.
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Part except for §15-407 of this Part, to which subsection .1 of this Section applies, shall, for every such violation, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $5 or more than $15 and costs of prosecution. Provided; if any such person shall have paid the sum of $15 in person at the Borough Office within 48 hours of notice or shall have forwarded the sum of $15 to the Borough Office within 48 hours of notice, as provided in § 15-409 of this Part, that $15 payment shall be in lieu of the penalties prescribed by this Section.
[Ord. 808, 9/13/2011]
1. 
It shall be the duty of the police officers of the Borough, or of any other officer or employee of the Borough designated as parking enforcement personnel, acting under the direction of the Mayor or designee, to report all violations of any provision of this Part with the exception of § 15-407 which relates to parking spaces for handicapped persons and disabled veterans. Every such report of a violation under this Section shall contain the following information:
A. 
The location of the parking space, or other place within a municipal parking lot, where a vehicle is, or has been, parked in violation of any provision of this Part.
B. 
The date and hour that the violation was observed and reported.
C. 
The identifying numbers and/or letters on the registration plate and the name of the state or province that issued the plate.
D. 
Any other facts, the knowledge of which is necessary or helpful for arriving at a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
2. 
The police officer or other parking enforcement person making the report shall also place upon the vehicle a notice to the owner or driver of the vehicle that the vehicle was parked in violation of this Part and informing the owner or driver, as the case may be, that if, within 48 hours of the issuance of the notice, that owner or driver will either: (A) voluntarily appear at the Borough Office and pay the sum of $15; or (B) forward to the Borough Office with the notice, the sum of $15 (in each case the money to be in legal tender of the United States of America), which shall be for the use of the Borough, that action will save that violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine and costs prescribed in § 15-408 of this Part.