As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED PERSON and/or HANDICAPPED PERSON
A person who qualifies under the Pennsylvania Department
of Motor Vehicle Code definition and who possesses a handicapped person
identification card and placard (prominently displayed in the front
window dashboard of the vehicle) and/or a handicapped license plate
issued by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles or the equivalent
agency for other states and federal motor vehicles.
PUBLIC PARKING
Any building, structure, facility or complex used by the
general public, including but not limited to municipal and/or government-owned
buildings, shopping malls, stores, markets, hotels, recreation facilities,
schools, office buildings and public eating places, whether publicly
or privately owned.
Parking spaces for the physically challenged
shall be constructed in accordance with the following guidelines:
A. Handicapped parking spaces will be located in parking
areas most accessible and approximate to the entrance to the building
which the facility serves. The determination of said locations will
be made by the Borough Manager upon recommendations with the Chief
of Police in conjunction with and in consultation with the property
owner.
B. Each handicapped parking space or group of spaces
shall be identified in accordance with specifications found in the
American Disabilities Act.
C. Each space shall comply with the American Disabilities
Act and regulations.
D. All signs and pavement markers required by the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation shall be maintained in good and proper
condition by the property owner and must remain clearly visible at
all times.
E. The sign posted at the parking space reserved for
the handicapped shall state the amount of the fine which may be levied
if the vehicle is unlawfully parked in the reserved space and further
state that the vehicle may be towed from the site. The Borough shall
replace said signs whenever they become obsolete or missing.
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
Parking spaces for the physically challenged
shall be as follows:
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
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Borough Hall Parking Lot [Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
|
West
|
Located adjacent to the rear entrance to the
Borough Hall (110 West Packer Avenue), parallel to the alleyway
|
Desmond Street [Repealed 8-25-2011 by Ord. No. 881]
|
|
|
Desmond Street
|
West
|
19th parking space north of the intersection
of West Packer Avenue with Desmond Street
|
Desmond Street [Added 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834; repealed 8-25-2011 by Ord. No.
881]
|
|
|
Keystone Avenue [Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770; repealed 8-25-2011 by Ord. No.
881]
|
|
|
Lincoln Street [Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770; repealed 3-18-2010 by Ord. No.
875]
|
|
|
Lockhart Street [Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770; repealed 9-26-2005 by Ord. No.
834]
|
|
|
Municipal Parking Lots [Added 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834]
|
NA
|
Where indicated by use of American Disability
Act (ADA) space designation signs
|
North Elmer Avenue [Added 3-18-2010 by Ord. No. 875]
|
West
|
Located directly in front of the First Baptist Church, presently
221 North Elmer Avenue.
|
South Elmer Avenue [Amended 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834; repealed 8-25-2011 by Ord. No.
881]
|
|
|
South Elmer Avenue [Added 1-15-1996 by Ord. No. 733]
|
West
|
1st parking space north of the intersection
of West Packer Avenue and South Elmer Avenue
|
South Hopkins Street [Added 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834]
|
West
|
First parking space north of the intersection
of Woodworth Street and South Hopkins Street in front of lot 20.22-699,
presently known as 108 South Hopkins Street
|
West Lockhart Street [Added 9-18-2000 by Ord. No. 787]
|
North
|
In front of 104 West Lockhart Street
|
West Lockhart Street [Added 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834]
|
South
|
First parking space west of the intersection
of West Lockhart Street and Desmond Street
|
West Packer Avenue [Added 9-25-2006 by Ord. No. 845]
|
North/South
|
At the intersection with the west line of Desmond
Street
|
Woodworth Street [Added 9-18-2000 by Ord. No. 787; repealed 9-26-2005 by Ord. No.
834]
|
|
|
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop,
park or stand a motor vehicle in a legally designated handicapped
parking space unless such a person is a handicapped person or is transporting
a handicapped person and is using the handicapped parking space for
the transportation of said handicapped person. Any person who shall
violate this section shall be subject to a fine of $10 for the first
offense, plus, for subsequent offenses within a twelve-month period,
a fine of at least $50 and up to 90 days' community service on such
terms and in such form as the court shall deem appropriate, or any
combination thereof.
This article shall be enforced by the Police
Department of Sayre Borough.