As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The time of day of the various days of the week when the
provisions of this article are to be in effect.
The areas within the Borough in which parking is to be regulated
by this article.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
A municipal parking lot with parking meters, slot collection
boxes or pay stations.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 274-31,
Meter zones established, was repealed 6-2-1999 by Ord. No. 99-8.
[Amended 3-11-1992 by Ord. No. 92-6]
The hours of limited parking shall be during
the period from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The
hours of limited parking shall not be applicable on Sundays and on
the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans
Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 274-33, Parking time limited,
was repealed 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
A.
Parking meters installed in parking meter zones established as provided in § 274-31 shall be placed upon the sidewalk and immediately adjacent to the individual parking places hereinafter described. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show that the parking space adjacent to such a meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Borough, and when operated shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking, and on the expiration of such period shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
There shall be lines or markings painted or placed upon the
curb, sidewalk and/or upon the streets in metered parking zones for
the purpose of designating the parking spaces for which said pay station
is to be used. Each vehicle shall be parked within the lines or markings
so placed. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article to
park any vehicle across such line or marking or to park such vehicle
in such position that the same shall not be entirely within the area
so designated by such lines or markings.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
When a parking space in any metered parking zone is parallel
with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in such parking
space shall be parked within the marked lines. When a parking space
in any metered parking zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, any
vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked with the foremost
part of such vehicle nearest to the curb.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01; 4-6-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-02]
Pay stations, when installed and properly operated, shall be
so set as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the payment
of a daily/hourly rate amount as adopted by a resolution of Borough
Council.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 274-38, Deposit of coins,
was repealed 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
If such vehicle shall remain parked in any metered parking space
for such a length of time that the pay station shall indicate by a
proper signal that the lawful parking period has expired, such vehicle
shall be considered as parking overtime, and the parking of a vehicle
overtime shall be a violation of this article.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
article for any person or persons to deposit or cause to be deposited,
in a parking meter, any legal coin for the purpose of increasing or
extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking
time as stated on the meter.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of the provisions of this
article, for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully
break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter, slot
box or pay station installed under the provisions of this article.
It shall be the duty of the police officers
and/or the parking enforcement officers of the Borough, acting in
accordance with the instructions issued by the Chief of Police, to
report:
A.
The location of the vehicle that is parked in violation of any of
the provisions of this article.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
B.
The date and hour of such violation.
C.
The state license number of such vehicle.
D.
Any other facts and information which are necessary
to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
[Amended 4-6-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-03; 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
Each police officer or parking enforcement officer shall also
place on such vehicle a notice to the owner or driver thereof that
such vehicle has been parked in violation of the provisions of this
article, and instructing such owner or driver how to make payment
in regard to such violation. The penalty shall be set from time to
time by resolution of Borough Council; however, such owner or driver
may, within seven days of the time when such notice was attached to
such vehicle, pay at the Borough Office as penalty for and in full
satisfaction of such violation, a lesser sum to be set from time to
time by resolution of Borough Council. The failure of such owner or
driver to make such payment at the Borough Office within the seven-day
period shall result in said owner or driver being liable for the full
penalty and costs of prosecution.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article or who shall aid, abet or assist in the violation
thereof shall, upon conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 and costs of
prosecution and, in default of payment of the fine and costs, shall
be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 10 days.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
Nothing contained in this article, or in any ordinance hereafter
establishing metered parking zones, shall be construed to permit parking
of vehicles in those spaces within any zone in which, by other ordinances
or resolutions of the Borough Council or by Borough police regulations,
parking is prohibited.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01; 4-6-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-02; 10-5-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-05]
A.
Metered parking regulations will be enforced in the following municipal
metered zones/lots and permit parking lots between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., all days except Sundays and holidays:
C.
Permit parking in designated municipal parking lots shall follow the rules and regulations in Chapter 199 of the Code, and as set by resolution of the Borough Council from time to time.
(1)
Residents: Borough residents shall be given priority to apply for
and purchase available parking permits in designated municipal parking
lots.
(2)
Businesses: Businesses may apply for and purchase any remaining parking
permits not issued to Borough residents in designated municipal parking
lots.
