Wherever a space is marked off on any street
for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle parked there
shall be parked wholly within the lines bounding that space, and it
shall be a violation of this article for any person to park a vehicle
or allow it to remain parked otherwise.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule IX (§ 163-62), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except at the angle designated and only within the painted stall lines. On all streets or portions thereof where angle parking is now or shall hereafter be authorized, all vehicles parked thereon shall be parked with the front thereof nearest the curb.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule X (§ 163-63), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
B.
No parking shall be allowed and is hereby prohibited
within 20 feet of all street and alley intersections, said restriction
to be indicated by a warning sign or curb or pavement markings, or
30 feet upon the approach of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield
sign or traffic-control signal located at the site of a roadway.
C.
No parking shall be allowed and is hereby prohibited
in front of any vehicle or pedestrian entrance to any hospital, physician's
office, hotel, church or theater.
D.
Double-parking shall not be allowed and is hereby
prohibited.
E.
No parking shall be allowed and is hereby prohibited
at such places as are indicated by a warning sign or proper curb or
pavement markings or where it is restricted by a police officer.
F.
State highways and Borough streets.
(1)
No person shall park or cause to be parked any vehicles
upon the sidewalk or between the sidewalk and the paved portion of
the highway within 100 feet commencing at the intersection of a state
highway and a Borough street and running thence along the state highway
100 feet.
(2)
Said restrictive parking shall be indicated with proper
markers placed by the Police Department with the approval of the Street
Committee in said zones.
(3)
Any person violating the terms of this subsection
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $10
for each such offense.
[Amended 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
[Added 12-19-2005 by Ord. No. 838]
Residents on streets that contain prohibited
parking areas on both sides of the street may request parking in the
no-parking area for special events (family reunions, funerals, graduations,
etc.). Said request shall be submitted and approved by the Chief of
Police or his designee based on the day and the time of the special
event.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XI (§ 163-64), attached to and made a part of this chapter, during the hours specified in said schedule, on any day except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow the same to remain parked upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XII (§ 163-65), attached to and made a part of this chapter, between the hours specified, for longer than the time indicated in said schedule.
B.
No person shall park any truck of the weight classification
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of one ton's capacity or heavier
or any tractor or trailer or tractor-trailer combination or allow
the same to remain parked on any street or alley in the Borough for
a period longer than 30 minutes.
(Reserved)
The parking of any motor vehicle, tractor or
trailer or combination thereof upon streets and highways of the Borough
for repairs, whether upon the traveled or untraveled portion thereof,
shall be temporary only and limited to times for emergency repairs.
This section shall not be construed to permit parking for repairs
at locations where parking is otherwise prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park
a trailer (which shall mean a vehicle without motive power, designed
to carry property of passengers or designed and used exclusively for
living quarters wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor
vehicle or tractor and including but not limited to house trailers,
boat trailers and rental handling trailers) upon any street or highway
in the Borough without having attached to such trailer a means of
mechanical traction constructed or designed for the purpose of drawing
such trailer.
The parking of boats, truck tractors, trailers
and trucks except those not exceeding a capacity of one ton shall
be prohibited on all streets in the Borough, provided that trucks,
truck tractors and trailers shall be permitted upon any street for
the purpose of making deliveries to or picking up goods, wares, merchandise
or materials from premises situated upon any such street or alley.
[Amended 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770; 12-17-2001 by Ord. No.
811]
A.
Any person
who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 and costs; provided,
however, that it shall be the duty of the police officers and of parking
enforcement personnel of the borough to report to the District Justice
all violations of any provision of this article, indicating, in each
case, the section violated, the license number of the vehicle involved
in the violation, the location where the violation took place and
any other facts that might be necessary in order to secure a clear
understanding of the circumstances attending the violation. The police
officer or other person making the report shall also attach to or
place upon every such vehicle a notice stating that the vehicle was
parked in violation of this article. The notice shall contain instructions
to the owner or driver of the vehicle that if he will report within
48 hours after the time of notice to the office of the Chief of Police
and pay the sum of $3 for meter violations, $10 for parking violations,
$20 for two hour parking violations, $20 for residential parking program
violations, and $25 for snow emergency violations, or if he will place
the sum of $3, $10, $20 or $25 enclosed, within the envelope provided,
in any of the special parking fine boxes installed at various locations
within the Borough, that act will save the violator from prosecution
and from payment of the fine and costs prescribed in the first sentence
of this section.
B.
Towing and wheel boot policy.
[Added 7-24-2014 by Ord. No. 908]
(1)
Immobilization of vehicle for violations. The Borough Parking Enforcement
Officer or any Borough police officer may order the towing or immobilization
of vehicles in violation of the following parking regulations:
(a)
Failure to respond to four parking tickets or if the violator
continues to violate the established parking regulations.
(b)
Unauthorized parking in a PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED space.
(c)
Unauthorized parking in a FIRE LANE.
(d)
Unauthorized parking in a RESERVED space.
(e)
Unauthorized parking in traveled portion of roadway.
(f)
Unauthorized parking in No Parking/Tow Zone/Restricted Areas.
(g)
Vehicle abandonment on Borough property.
(h)
Vehicles not legally parked or a public safety hazard.
(i)
Failure to move an illegally parked vehicle upon the order of
the Borough Parking Enforcement Officer or any Borough police officer.
(2)
Cost for violation and payment procedures.
(a)
The cost to the owner/driver of a booted vehicle will be $100
plus all parking fines and late fees.
(b)
The owner/driver shall receive a ticket on his/her vehicle when
the boot is applied setting forth the policy for payment and removal
of the boot. The owner/driver shall have 24 hours after the boot is
applied to the vehicle to contact the Borough Police Department to
make arrangements for release of the boot. If he/she fails to contact
the police within that twenty-four-hour period, the vehicle will be
towed with additional towing and storage fees.
(c)
After having contacted the Police Department as set forth in Subsection B(2)(b) above, the owner/driver has up to three business days to pay all parking fines and late fees plus the booting fine. If he/she fails to pay by the end of the three business days, the vehicle will be towed with additional towing and storage fees. If the booted vehicle is at a location that creates a hazardous condition or impedes an emergency, it may be towed prior to the end of the third business day.
(d)
Any person(s) who tampers with or damages an immobilizer (wheel
boot) will be held responsible for any and all damages to Borough
property and charged judicially.
(e)
The immobilizer (wheel boot) replacement cost is $500, regardless
of the extent of damages.
(f)
Persons wishing to secure the release of a vehicle that has
been booted or impounded should first report to the Sayre Borough
Police Department, 234 South Lehigh Avenue, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and no later than 4:30 p.m. Once the fines have been paid, the
Parking Enforcement Officer or any police officer will have the boot
removed.
(g)
If the vehicle was towed, the Borough will issue a stored vehicle
release authorization certificate to present to the impound facility
or the towing company and the vehicle will be released after collecting
the tow and storage fees.
(h)
No vehicle impounded pursuant to this section shall be released
until all fines and late fees have been paid.
(i)
Towing fees and storage fees are established by Borough resolution.
Current maximum fees are $150 for towing and $50 per day for storage.
(3)
Liability for damage to boot or vehicle.
(a)
For any person(s) who attempts to remove or tamper with an immobilization
locking device (wheel boot) on a vehicle after being installed, the
vehicle will be towed and impounded at the owner's/driver's expense.
(b)
Sayre Borough is not liable for any damage resulting to any
vehicle requiring immobilization booting or tow removal.
