Vehicles that display a valid current decal
issued subject to the provisions hereof shall not be subject to the
municipal parking lot time restrictions set forth in various sections
of the Borough Ordinance. Decals shall be displayed in the lower left corner of
the rear window. The decal issued pursuant to this article constitutes
a license to park the vehicle for which it is issued in any municipal
parking lot, as herein described, but it does not represent a guarantee
or assurance of available space.
Decals shall be issued only to owners, operators
and full-time employees of businesses and professionals operating
an office or store in the Borough for use during business hours.
The annual fee for each decal shall be as follows
and paid with the application and shall not be subject to proration:
$50 for the first decal for each establishment; $10 for each of the
next two decals for each establishment; $5 for each additional decal
for each establishment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such fees as
may be set forth in an appropriate fee schedule shall control.
A decal issued pursuant to this chapter shall
expire at 12:00 Midnight on December 31 of the year in which issued.
Decals may be transferred during the period
for which valid to another motor vehicle acquired by the applicant.
The holder of the decal is required to remove the existing decal and
supply evidence of its removal to the Borough Clerk as a condition
precedent to the issuance of a decal to the substituted vehicle.
It shall be the responsibility of the person
to whom the decal was issued to remove it from the vehicle and, regardless
of condition, surrender it to the Borough Clerk when the conditions
under which the permit was issued no longer exist. Failure to do so
will be a violation of this article.
Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement
in an application filed pursuant to this article, or any other violation
of this article, shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $50
and shall disqualify the applicant from applying for new decals in
the two years following the year in which a violation has occurred.