[Amended 4-9-1975 by Ord. No. 8-1975; 12-15-1999 by Ord. No. 16-1999; 2-21-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001; 4-19-2006 by Ord. No. 3-2006; 8-20-2008 by Ord. No. 13-2008; 1-19-2011 by Ord. No.
1-2011; 5-21-2015 by Ord. No. 9-2015; 6-19-2019 by Ord. No. 07-2019]
The following are hereby established as the metered and/or leased
parking lots operated by the Borough of West Chester:
A. Chestnut Street Garage situated on Chestnut Street between Walnut
Street and High Street.
B. Bicentennial Garage situated on the west side of High Street, between
Market Street and Miner Street.
C. West Gay Street Lot situated at the southwest corner of Gay Street
and New Street (water tank).
D. Justice Center Garage situated on the 200 block of the south side
of Market Street, between Darlington Street and New Street - second
floor only.
E. South High Street Lot situated on the east side of High Street, between
Miner Street and Barnard Street (100 block of South High Street).
F. Hannum Avenue Lot situated at the northwest corner of Gay Street
and New Street.
G. North Darlington Street Lot situated at the northeast corner of Chestnut
Street and Darlington Street.
H. West Miner Street Lot situated on the north side of West Miner Street,
between Darlington Street and New Street (200 block of West Miner
Street).
I. West Chestnut Street Lot situated at the northeast corner of Church
Street and Chestnut Street.
J. East Market Street Lot situated on the north side of Market Street,
between Walnut Street and Matlack Street (100 block of East Market
Street).
K. Greenfield Lot situated on South Franklin Street at East Nields Street.
[Amended 12-14-1974 by Ord. No.
9-1974; 4-9-1975 by Ord. No. 8-1975; 1-14-1976 by Ord. No. 1-1976; 3-14-1979 by Ord. No. 3-1979; 5-14-1980 by Ord. No. 7-1980; 2-11-1981 by Ord. No. 1-1981; 2-9-1983 by Ord. No. 1-1983; 8-27-1986 by Ord. No. 6-1986; 8-26-1987 by Ord. No. 9-1987; 5-20-1992 by Ord. No. 9-1992; 6-16-1993 by Ord. No. 8-1993; 9-20-1995 by Ord. No. 17-1995; 12-18-1996 by Ord. No. 26-1996; 5-26-1999 by Ord. No. 7-1999; 12-15-1999 by Ord. No. 16-1999; 2-21-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001; 9-17-2003 by Ord. No. 19-2003; 4-19-2006 by Ord. No.
3-2006; 1-19-2011 by Ord. No. 1-2011; 8-21-2013 by Ord. No. 8-2013; 12-18-2013 by Ord. No. 20-2013; 5-21-2015 by Ord. No. 8-2015; 5-21-2015 by Ord. No. 9-2015; 8-15-2018 by Ord. No. 11-2018; 5-15-2019 by Ord. No.
6-2019; 6-19-2019 by Ord. No. 07-2019; 3-20-2024 by Ord. No. 02-2024]
The time limits, charges and hours of operation for the following
Borough parking lots shall be as follows:
A. Chestnut
Street Garage, with rates and hours of operation to be established
by resolution of Borough Council.
B. Bicentennial
Garage, with rates and hours of operation to be established by resolution
of Borough Council.
C. West Gay
Street Lot (Lot #3) shall be reserved for parking on an annual permit
basis, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Each permit will
be sold on an annual basis and will be effective from August 1 to
July 31 of the following year. If more than 15 permits are requested,
the permits will be distributed on a lottery basis. The cost of each
permit shall be in accordance with a schedule of fees adopted by resolution
of the Borough Council.
D. South
High Street Lot (Lot #5) shall be metered with a multi-space pay station
where it shall be lawful to park between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, between the hours of 8:00 a.m.
and 12:00 midnight on Thursdays and Fridays, and between the hours
of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on Saturdays, at a rate to be established
by resolution of Borough Council. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borough
Council may designate and reserve parking spaces for monthly permit
parking. The cost of each monthly parking permit shall be in accordance
with a schedule of fees adopted by resolution of Borough Council.
E. Hannum
Avenue Lot (Lot #6) is leased to the County of Chester on Monday through
Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except that 120 spaces shall be
metered with a multi-space pay station where it shall be lawful to
park between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 12:00 midnight on Thursdays and
Fridays, and between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on
Saturdays, at the rate set forth in a schedule of fees adopted by
resolution of Borough Council.
F. North
Darlington Street (Lot #7) shall be metered with a maximum of 10 parking
meters where it shall be lawful to park between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00
p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 12:00 midnight on Thursdays and Fridays, and between the
hours of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on Saturdays, at a rate to be
established by resolution of Borough Council. The remaining parking
spaces not serviced by parking meters are available for public parking
Monday through Friday from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. and on weekends.
G. West Miner
Street Lot (Lot #9) shall be metered with a multispace pay station
where it shall be lawful to park between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p. m.
on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, between the hours of 8:00 a.m.
and 12:00 midnight on Thursdays and Fridays, and between the hours
of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on Saturdays, at a rate to be established
by resolution of Borough Council. In addition to the multispace pay
station, up to a maximum of 15 parking meters may be installed, where
it shall be lawful to park between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Mondays,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 12:00
midnight on Thursdays and Fridays, and between the hours of 5:00 p.m.
and 12:00 midnight on Saturdays, at a rate to be established by resolution
of Borough Council.
H. Certain
parking spaces at West Chestnut Street Lot (Lot #10) shall be reserved
for parking on a monthly basis. Each permit will be sold on a monthly
basis and will allow parking every day of the week, 24 hours a day.
The cost of each permit shall be in accordance with a schedule of
fees adopted by resolution of Borough Council. The remaining spaces
in West Chestnut Street Lot shall be metered with a multispace pay
station where it shall be lawful to park at the parking meters between
8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on Thursdays and Fridays,
and between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on Saturdays,
at a rate to be established by resolution of Borough Council.
I. East Market
Street Lot (Lot #11) shall be metered with a multispace pay station
where it shall be lawful to park between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, between the hours of 8:00 a.m.
and 12:00 midnight on Thursdays and Fridays, and between the hours
of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on Saturdays, at a rate to be established
by resolution of Borough Council.
J. Greenfield
Lot shall be utilized for monthly permit parking. The cost of each
monthly parking permit shall be in accordance with the schedule of
fees adopted by resolution of Borough Council. There will also be
an allotted number of spaces reserved specifically for park usage
during park hours, which will be designated by signage.
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.
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.
C. To park a vehicle elsewhere in any such lot than in
an individual parking space adjacent to a parking meter.
When a parking space is diagonal or at right
angle to the curb, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall
be parked so that the foremost part of such vehicle shall be nearest
to the parking meter. When a parking space is parallel with the adjacent
curb, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked with
the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to such meter.
[Added 6-17-1992 by Ord. No. 13-1992]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
article for any person, owner or operator of a passenger and/or commercial
motor vehicle to operate a business from any parking space adjacent
to any parking meter established under this article.
[Added 4-9-1986 by Ord. No. 3-1986]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Article
VI for a person to deposit any coin in a parking meter without immediately thereafter operating such meter in the proper and required manner to register the time paid for by depositing such coin.
[Added 8-27-1986 by Ord. No. 6-1986]
As used in this article
VI, §§
104-73,
104-74,
104-75 and
104-78, the meaning of the term "parking meter" shall include multicompartment parking control device.
[Amended 4-9-1986 by Ord. No. 3-1986]
A. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article
VI for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article.
B. Any person who shall violate this section shall be
issued a citation. Thereafter, the prosecution shall proceed in accordance
with the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure; and, upon conviction
for the offense, the defendant shall be ordered to pay a fine of $300,
together with the cost of prosecution, and/or to be incarcerated in
the county prison for not more than 30 days.
[Amended 4-9-1986 by Ord. No. 3-1986; 12-15-1999 by Ord. No. 16-1999]
It shall be the duty of the police officers
and parking enforcement officers of the Borough, acting in accordance
with instructions of their supervisors, to report:
A. The name of the parking lot and the number of the
parking meter 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.
The rates and charges collected through parking
meters for off-street parking shall be subject to revision from time
to time as may be considered necessary by the Borough Council.
The revenue received from the operation of the
municipal parking lots shall be used for general Borough purposes
in relief of taxes on real estate.
[Amended 4-9-1986 by Ord. No. 3-1986; 12-18-1996 by Ord. No. 26-1996; 12-15-1999 by Ord. No. 16-1999; 2-21-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001; 2-18-2004 by Ord. No. 4-2004; 1-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2-2007; 4-20-2011 by Ord. No.
8-2011; 6-19-2013 by Ord. No. 5-2013; 12-18-2013 by Ord. No. 20-2013; 5-17-2018 by Ord. No.
6-2018]
A. An owner or operator of any motor vehicle parked in violation of any provisions of this Article
VI, with the exception of §
104-73, shall be issued a notice of violation and ordered to pay a fine of $35, unless the fine is paid to the Borough of West Chester within 14 days of the issuance of such notice, in which case the fine amount shall be reduced to $25.
B. If the owner or operator of the motor vehicle fails to respond to the notice of violation as set forth in Subsection
A above by payment of the fine within 14 days of issuance of such notice, the Borough shall send a warning letter requesting payment of the full fine of $35 within 10 days of the date of the letter. Should the owner or operator of the motor vehicle fail to respond to the letter by payment within the ten-day time frame, the Borough shall proceed with the issuance of a citation for the greater fine amount in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Upon conviction of the offense, the defendant shall be ordered to pay the applicable fine and the costs of prosecution, and/or to be incarcerated in the county prison for not more than five days.
The proper officers of the Borough are authorized
to enter into a contract for lease or purchase of parking meters for
said off-street parking lots, or any portion thereof, said contract
to be made subject to the conditions and in the manner provided by
law, the payment of such meters to be provided for solely from the
receipts, funds and revenues obtained by the Borough from the operation
of said parking meters, without in any manner obligating the Borough
to pay for same from any other sources.