It shall be the duty of the police officer or
other duly authorized Township employee to enforce this traffic code
and all laws and regulations of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.
In any prosecution charging the violation of
any law or regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle,
proof that the vehicle described in the ticket or citation was parked
in violation, together with proof that the defendant named was at
the time of such parking the registered owner of the vehicle, shall
constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered
owner was the person who placed the vehicle at the time and place
during which such violation took place.
A.
Notice of parking violations. Any police officer or
other duly authorized Township employee shall place on the vehicle
windshield or shall hand to the owner or operator of said vehicle
a parking ticket or a traffic citation notifying the owner or operator
of a particular parking violation.
B.
Procedure when parking ticket is used. When a parking
ticket is used to notify the owner or operator of a vehicle of a parking
violation, the owner or operator shall pay the fine as stated on the
ticket within the stated time period on the ticket.
C.
Fine amounts when parking ticket is used.
(1)
Except as provided for in Subsection C(2), the fine amount due for a parking ticket is $10 if said amount is paid within 10 days of the date on the ticket. The fine amount due shall be $15 if the fine is paid after 10 days and prior to the end of the 20th day. If the fine remains unpaid after 20 days, a traffic citation shall be filed with the Magisterial District Judge against the owner of the vehicle. At this point, the citation shall proceed in accordance with Rules 61 to 64 of Title 234, Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, as amended.
[Amended 3-3-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-01]
(2)
Fine amount due for certain parking violations.
(a)
The fine amount due for a violation of § 170-15 (relating to snow and ice removal) shall be $25 if paid within 10 days of the date on the ticket. The fine shall be $35 if paid after 10 days of the date on the ticket but prior to the end of the 20th day.
(b)
The fine amount due for a violation of § 170-18C(2), (3) and (4) (relating to handicapped parking) shall be $50 if paid within 10 days of the date on the ticket. The fine shall be $60 if paid after 10 days of the date on the ticket but prior to the end of the 20th day.
(c)
If the fines stated in Subsection C(2)(a) and (b) are not paid prior to the end of the 20th day after the date on the ticket, a traffic citation shall be filed with the Magisterial District Judge against the owner of the vehicle. At this point the citation shall proceed in accordance with Rules 61 to 64 of Title 234, Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, as amended.
[Amended 3-3-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-01]
D.
Procedure when traffic citation is used at the time
of the violation instead of a parking ticket. When a parking ticket
is not used, a traffic citation charging a parking violation shall
be issued either by handing it to the defendant or by placing it on
the vehicle's windshield. Upon issuance of the citation, the citation
shall proceed as provided for in Rules 55 to 59 of the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, as amended. If the defendant fails to
respond to the citation, a summons shall be issued by the Magisterial
District Judge and the case shall then proceed in accordance with
Rules 61 to 64 or Rule 76 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
as amended.
[Amended 3-3-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-01]
A.
General rule. Outside a business or residence district,
no person shall stop, park or stand any vehicle, whether attended
or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park
or stand the vehicle off the roadway. In the event it is necessary
to stop, park or stand the vehicle on the roadway or any part of the
roadway, an unobstructed width of the highway opposite the vehicle
shall be left for a free passage of other vehicles, and the vehicle
shall be visible from a distance of 500 feet in each direction upon
the highway.
B.
Exception for disabled vehicles. This section and
§§ 3353 (relating to prohibitions in specified places)
and 3354 (relating to additional parking regulations) of the Vehicle
Code do not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in
such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid
stopping and temporarily leaving the vehicle in that position.
A.
General rule. Except when necessary to avoid conflict
with other traffic or to protect the safety of any person or vehicle
or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or
official traffic control device, no person shall:
(1)
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(a)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or
parked at the edge or curb of a street except that:
[1]
A pedalcycle may be parked as provided in § 3509(b)(2)
(relating to parking) of the Vehicle Code.
[2]
Standing or parking for the purpose of loading
or unloading persons or property may be authorized by local ordinance,
but the ordinance shall not authorize standing or parking on state-designated
highways except during off-peak traffic flow hours as determined by
department regulations.
(b)
On a sidewalk except that a pedalcycle may be
parked as provided in § 3509(b)(2)of the Vehicle Code.
(c)
Within an intersection.
(d)
On a crosswalk.
(e)
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb
within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends
of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by official
traffic control devices.
(f)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation
or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(g)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure
upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
(h)
On any railroad tracks.
(i)
In the area between roadways of a divided highway,
including crossovers.
(j)
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(2)
Stand or park a vehicle:
(a)
In front of a public or private driveway.
(b)
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(c)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(d)
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing
signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal located at
the site of a roadway.
(e)
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any
fire station or, when properly sign posted, on the side of a street
opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance.
(f)
Where the vehicle would prevent the free movement
of a streetcar.
(g)
On a limited access highway unless authorized
by official traffic control devices.
(h)
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
B.
Unattended vehicle on private property.
(1)
No person shall park or leave unattended a vehicle
on private property without the consent of the owner or other person
in control or possession of the property except in the case of emergency
or disablement of the vehicle, in which case the operator shall arrange
for the removal of the vehicle as soon as possible.
(2)
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply
to private parking lots unless such lots are posted to notify the
public of any parking restrictions and the operator of the vehicle
violates such posted restrictions. For the purposes of this subsection,
"private parking lot" means a parking lot open to the public or used
for parking without charge; or a parking lot used for parking with
charge. The department shall define by regulation what constitutes
adequate posting for public notice.
Wherever a space shall be marked off on any
highway for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle there
parked shall be parked within the lines bounding such space.
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in
the following locations:
|
Highway
|
Side
|
Between
|
|---|---|---|
|
Emergency access gate
[Added 9-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-09] |
Countryside Lane
| |
|
Emergency access gate
[Added 9-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-09] |
Stover Road
| |
|
Emergency access gate
[Added 9-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-09] |
West Rader’s Lane
| |
|
Ivywood Avenue (T 374)
|
North
|
Schwab Avenue 200 feet eastward
|
|
Koehler Drive
|
East
|
Stop sign at north end of Koehler Drive and
at a point 80 feet south of same stop sign
|
|
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
|
East
|
20 feet north and 20 feet south of the intersection
of Clauser Drive
|
|
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
|
East
|
Pennsylvania Route 378 and Seidersville Road
|
|
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
|
West
|
Seidersville Road and Upper Saucon Township
line
|
|
PA Rte 378
|
East
|
Black River Road (LR 48001) and Walter Avenue
(T 409)
|
|
PA Rte 378
|
West
|
Walter Avenue (T 409) and Black River Road (LR
48001)
|
|
PA Rte 412
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-10] |
West
|
100 feet north of the intersection of Meadows
Road and PA Rte 412
|
|
Pleasant View Road (T 437)
|
Entire length
|
Cul-de-sac only
|
|
Saucon Avenue
[Added 2-20-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-01] |
South
|
Riverside Drive and Roberts Avenue
|
|
Walnut Street
|
South
|
The Borough of Hellertown and a point 2,300
feet east 43
|
|
Woodfield Drive
|
South
|
Sherbrooke Drive and Mountain Drive South
|
C.
Restrictions in business and residential districts.
Except when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic
signs or signals or where angle parking is permitted, the operator
of a vehicle shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle on the highway,
headed in the direction of traffic and with the curb side of the vehicle
within six inches of the edge of the highway or curb. Vehicles which,
because of the type of construction, cannot load or unload parallel
to the curb shall be exempt, while loading or unloading only, from
the requirements of standing parallel to the curb.
D.
Blocking garages. No person shall park a vehicle at
any time in front of, opposite to or in such a position as to block
entrance to or exit by a vehicle from a garage.
E.
Parking trucks and trailers. No truck trailer or trailer
shall be parked upon any street without having attached thereto a
means of mechanical traction so constructed or designed for the purpose
of pulling or drawing such trailer.
F.
Storage of vehicles on streets prohibited. No vehicle
shall be stored upon any street. As used herein, "stored" shall mean
the parking of a vehicle in one place upon any street continuously
for over 72 hours.
[Amended 1-3-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01]
Parking is restricted during snow/ice removal
for the period of time necessary for removal of the snow/ice and continued
removal as weather conditions may require.
|
Street Name
|
Location
|
Township Road
|
|---|---|---|
|
Amelia Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
618
|
|
Amherst Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
562
|
|
Amherst Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
554
|
|
Athens Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
625
|
|
Barclay Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
525
|
|
Barner Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
542
|
|
Bart Garden Drive
|
At dead end
|
438
|
|
Bauder Lane
|
At dead end
|
575
|
|
Beechwood Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
385
|
|
Beeline Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
388
|
|
Benton Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
541
|
|
Bette Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
621
|
|
Brad Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
546
|
|
Briarwood Circle
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
610
|
|
Broadhead Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
572
|
|
Brunswick Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
TR
|
|
Bucknell Circle
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
451
|
|
Camac Avenue
|
From East University Avenue to 200 feet southward
|
421
|
|
Cambridge Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
609
|
|
Cannon Avenue
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
502
|
|
Cemetery Lane
|
At dead end
|
382
|
|
Charles Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
622
|
|
Clarence Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
548
|
|
Clearfield Avenue
|
At dead end
|
433
|
|
Collins Avenue
|
At dead end
|
410
|
|
Cross Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
537
|
|
Deer Run Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
585
|
|
Delores Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
570
|
|
Dixon Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
540
|
|
Douglas Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
TR
|
|
Douglas Fir Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
598
|
|
Eagle Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
604
|
|
East Raders Lane
|
At dead end
|
411
|
|
East Redington Road
|
At dead end
|
403
|
|
Elm Terrace (first cul-de-sac)
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
587
|
|
Elm Terrace (second cul-de-sac)
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
587
|
|
Essex Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
TR
|
|
Fairway Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
531
|
|
Fawn Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
553
|
|
Focht Avenue
|
At dead end
|
440
|
|
Franklin Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
TR
|
|
Frederick Street
|
Between Wyandotte Street (SR378) and Moravia Street; no parking
until snow/ice is removed and "no parking until snow is removed" sign
to be erected
|
374
|
|
Gawell Street
|
At dead end
|
430
|
|
Girard Avenue
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
599
|
|
Glen View Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
630
|
|
Glenwood Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
545
|
|
Glenwood Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
544
|
|
Green Pine Lane
|
At dead end
|
426
|
|
Greens Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
603
|
|
Old Harrow Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
611
|
|
Hawthorne Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
PEN
|
|
Helms Road
|
At dead end
|
408
|
|
Herbert Avenue
|
At dead end
|
423
|
|
Hersh Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
529
|
|
Hill Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
569
|
|
Illes Avenue
|
At dead end
|
504
|
|
Ivy Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
539
|
|
Ivywood Avenue
|
At dead end
|
429
|
|
Johnson Avenue
|
At dead end
|
417
|
|
Kally Ridge Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
629
|
|
Kefallonia Road
|
At dead end
|
626
|
|
Keith Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
581
|
|
Kevin Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
590
|
|
Kings Mill Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
PEN
|
|
Kistler Avenue
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
419
|
|
Kohas Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
612
|
|
Kunsman Lane
|
At dead end
|
392
|
|
Limpar Lane
|
At dead end
|
571
|
|
Majestic Overlook Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
589
|
|
Mallard Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
614
|
|
Marick Circle
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
535
|
|
McCloskey Avenue
|
At dead end
|
415
|
|
Meadows Ridge Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
584
|
|
Mill Run Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
613
|
|
Mixsell Avenue
|
At dead end
|
428
|
|
Morning Star Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
608
|
|
Moravia Street
|
From Frederick Street to Benner Avenue
|
512
|
|
Mountain Hill Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
582
|
|
Nace Avenue
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
431
|
|
Nancy Lee Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
617
|
|
Nemeth Drive
|
At dead end
|
530
|
|
Noah's Circle
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
620
|
|
Oakwood Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
523
|
|
O'Brien's Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
ACC
|
|
Old Mill Road
|
At dead end
|
371
|
|
Old Philadelphia Pike
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
407
|
|
Osborne Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
TR
|
|
Peach Tree Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
556
|
|
Pearson Avenue
|
At dead end
|
ACC
|
|
Penrose Street
|
At dead end
|
424
|
|
Pheasant Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
624
|
|
Pleasant View Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
437
|
|
Quail Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
623
|
|
Rambling Rose Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
550
|
|
Red Hawk Way
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
PEN
|
|
Reservoir Road
|
At dead end
|
435
|
|
Ridge Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
PEN
|
|
Robin Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
524
|
|
Rosalie Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
552
|
|
Rose Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
551
|
|
Rumson Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
TR
|
|
Highland Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
538
|
|
Highland Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
522
|
|
Sanbrook Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
521
|
|
Saucon Avenue
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
413
|
|
Saucon Dale Circle
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
560
|
|
Saucon Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
528
|
|
Saucon Meadow Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
577
|
|
Skyline Drive
|
At dead end
|
399
|
|
Snyder Avenue
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
506
|
|
Springwood Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
PEN
|
|
Stover Road
|
At dead end
|
PEN
|
|
Strauss Avenue
|
Within cul-de-sac and at dead end from Walters Street to Stonesthrow
Road
|
503
|
|
Summit Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
558
|
|
Sunderland Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
448
|
|
Surrey Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
559
|
|
Timber Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
555
|
|
Trotter Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
519
|
|
Trout Pond Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
615
|
|
Velvet Trail
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
597
|
|
Victor Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
547
|
|
Village Lane
|
At dead end
|
434
|
|
Viola Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
549
|
|
Weavers Lane
|
At dead end
|
365
|
|
West Point Drive
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
579
|
|
West Raders Lane
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
397
|
|
West University Avenue West
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
432
|
|
Whitetail Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
PEN
|
|
Wildberry Road
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
578
|
|
Willowbrook Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
543
|
|
Wirth Road
|
At dead end
|
443
|
|
Woodland Hills Court
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
602
|
|
Wydnor Avenue
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
518
|
|
Wyndham Terrace
|
Within cul-de-sac
|
616
|
|
Yost Street
|
At dead end
|
511
|
Parking is prohibited for the following locations
and times.
|
Highway
|
Location
|
Side
|
|---|---|---|
|
Wyandotte Street (SR 0378)
|
In front of Top of the Town Cabaret between
the two driveways which border the cabaret; "no parking-loading zone"
and "no parking-loading zone 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m." signs to be erected
|
Both
|
The Township may, in accordance with state law,
amend the identity of the streets by resolution.
A.
Two-way highways. Except as otherwise provided in
this section, 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 the absence of a curb, as
close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.
B.
One-way highways. Except as otherwise provided in
this section, 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 the 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 the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the left
edge of the left-hand shoulder.
C.
Handicapped persons and disabled veterans.
(1)
When a motor vehicle bearing a handicapped or severely
disabled veteran plate or displaying a handicapped or severely disabled
veteran parking placard as prescribed in this chapter is being operated
by or for the transportation of the handicapped person or severely
disabled veteran, the driver shall be relieved of any liability for
parking for a period of 60 minutes in excess of the legal parking
period permitted by local authorities except where local ordinances
or police regulations provide for the accommodation of heavy traffic
during morning, afternoon or evening hours.
(2)
At the request of any handicapped person or severely
disabled veteran, local authorities may erect on the highway as close
as possible to their place of residence a sign or signs indicating
that the place is reserved for the handicapped person or severely
disabled veteran, that no parking is allowed there by others, and
that any unauthorized person parking there shall be subject to a fine.
(3)
Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing a handicapped or severely disabled veteran registration plate or displaying a handicapped or severely disabled veteran parking placard when such vehicles are being operated by or for the transportation of a handicapped person or a severely disabled veteran, no person shall park a vehicle on public or private property reserved for a handicapped person or severely disabled veteran which property has been so posted in accordance with departmental regulations which shall require a sign stating the penalty amount indicated in § 170-9C(2)(b), a sign indicating that vehicles in violation of the subsection may be towed and require that signs be replaced when they become either obsolete or missing with all costs to replace the necessary signs to be borne by the persons responsible for signing the particular location. Any vehicle which is unlawfully parked in a designated handicapped parking area may be removed from the area by towing and may be reclaimed by the vehicle owner upon payment of the towing costs.
(4)
Unauthorized use. An operator of a vehicle bearing a handicapped or severely disabled veteran plate or displaying a handicapped or severely disabled veteran parking placard shall not make use of the parking privileges accorded to handicapped persons and severely disabled veterans under Subsection C(3) unless the operator is handicapped or a severely disabled veteran or unless the vehicle is being operated for the transportation of a handicapped person or severely disabled veteran.
