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City of Bradford, PA
Mckean County
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[Adopted 6-4-1956 by Ord. No. 2558]
[Amended 1-21-1957 by Ord. No. 2571; 2-27-1968 by Ord. No. 2797; 3-9-1982 by Ord. No. 3036; 11-9-1982 by Ord. No. 3041; 11-9-1989 by Ord. No. 3042; 6-14-1983 by Ord. No. 3053; 1-23-1990 by Ord. No. 2558.1; 11-25-1997 by Ord. No. 2558.2; 2-24-1998 by Ord. No. 2558.2 (CO5069); 10-10-2000 by Ord. No. 2558.3; 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2558.4]
A. 
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any motor or other vehicle to park such vehicle between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and on Fridays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted, such legal holidays being New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, upon portions of the streets hereinafter described, which are designated as parking meter zones, without depositing proper payment as more fully provided in § 210-33. Metered parking lots shall be enforced 24 hours per day except on the holidays listed above. The Mayor is hereby authorized to waive or alter enforcement times for special events upon 24 hours' written request from the sponsoring agency.
Highway
Side
Location and/or Limits
All lots owned by the Parking Authority of the City of Bradford and leased to the City of Bradford for operation as public parking lot
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Barbour Street
South
Between Mechanic Street and Whitney Place
Boylston Street
North
Between Davis Street and the East Washington Street bridge. Meters from Davis Street to Kennedy Street are 5-hour duration.
Chambers Street
Both
Between Main Street and East Corydon Street, except as hereinafter provided
Chautauqua Place
[Repealed 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2558.6]
Chautauqua Place
[Repealed 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2558.6]
Chestnut Street
Both
From East Corydon Street to parking lot entrances on east and west sides
Chestnut Street
Both
Between Main Street and East Corydon Street
Congress Street
Both
Between Main Street and East Corydon Street
Congress Street
[Repealed 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2558.6]
East Corydon Street
Both
Between Congress Street and Chestnut Street
East Corydon Street
South
Between Chestnut Street and Festival Way
East Corydon Street
South
Between 14 East Corydon Street and Congress Street
East Main Street
North
Beginning at North Kendall Avenue and continuing to the property line of Asbury Methodist Church
East Washington Street
South
Between Mechanic Street and the bridge
Kennedy Street
[Repealed 2-24-2009 by Ord. No. 2558.7]
Kennedy Street
[Added 2-24-2009 by Ord. No. 2558.7; repealed 5-14-2013 by Ord. No. 2558.10]
Kennedy Street
[Added 5-14-2013 by Ord. No. 2558.10]
Both
Between Main Street and Boylston Street, except in front of City Hall and the Kubiak building where parking shall be limited to 15 minutes (nonmetered).
Kennedy Street
[Added 9-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2558.8]
West
Between Main Street and Boylston Street
Kennedy Street
[Added 2-24-2009 by Ord. No. 2558.7; repealed 9-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2558.8]
Main Street
Both
Between Mechanic Street and the intersection of Main and High Streets; all parking on Main Street shall be limited to 2 hours except as provided hereafter
Marilyn Horne Way
South
Entire length
Mechanic Street
East
Between Main Street and East Washington Street
Mechanic Street
East
From East Washington Street to Central Alley
Pine Street
Both
Entire length
Pleasant Street
[Repealed 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2558.5]
South Avenue
[Amended 6-25-2019 by Ord. No. 2558.10]
East
Between Chautauqua Place and East Corydon Street
Welch Avenue
South
From East Main Street to Thessen Alley
B. 
Commercial vehicles, when loading or unloading, are exempt from this article up to 10:00 a.m.
[Amended 2-27-1968 by Ord. No. 2797; 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2558.5]
In parking meter zones so designated, the proper City officer shall space and erect parking meters which, upon the deposit of a coin as hereinafter provided, will indicate the duration of the legal parking period and the time when such period has elapsed. All meters are of two hour duration, unless otherwise noted in § 210-30A.
[Added 2-8-2011 by Ord. No. 2558.9]
A. 
Any individual may purchase a parking permit for metered parking in the parking meter zones upon the following terms and conditions:
(1) 
Upon payment of an annual fee of $450, payable in quarterly installments of $112.50 per calendar quarter, the permittee shall obtain a permit from the City of Bradford.
(2) 
Said permit shall not entitle the permittee to park in front of any particular parking meter but rather shall allow the permittee to park in front of any parking meter within the parking meter zones.
(3) 
The permit may be used by the permittee for one vehicle only, and it is nontransferable.
(4) 
The permit shall be conspicuously displayed at all times the vehicle is parked at a meter in the parking meter zones.
B. 
For purposes of this section, the parking meter zones shall be defined as all locations designated in § 210-30A.
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Editor's Note: Former § 210-32, Meters on portions of Central Fire Station lot and City lot, was repealed 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2558.4.
[Amended 1-21-1957 by Ord. No. 2571; 8-15-1960 by Ord. No. 2628; 3-22-1994 by Ord. No. 2558.1]
In order that the police officers and/or other parking enforcement personnel may properly compute the time during which a vehicle is parked, the owner or operator of said vehicle shall, upon entering said parking space or zone, during the time of limited parking, immediately deposit a coin or coins of the United States in the parking meter alongside or next to the parking space and operate the meter in accordance with the instructions thereon, and failure to do so shall constitute a violation of this article. The coin or coins required to be deposited shall be such coin or coins as are shown on the parking meter.
Collections from parking meters shall be made at regular intervals by the City Treasurer or his designated representative, and a report of the same shall be made to the Council not later than the fifth day of each month for all collections made during the previous month.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle beyond the space designated by a parking meter or to park said vehicle in any way that the same shall not be wholly within the parking space as designated by said parking meter.
It shall be unlawful to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter a slug, device or metallic substitute for coins provided herein.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, tamper with, damage, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the terms of this Article.
[Amended 2-27-1968 by Ord. No. 2797; 8-11-1970 by Ord. No. 2851; 5-18-1976 by Ord. No. 2980; 12-13-1983 by Ord. No. 3059; 12-19-1986 by Ord. No. 2558.1]
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Article or aiding, abetting or assisting in the violation of said provisions, upon conviction before the District Justice for the City of Bradford, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $300.
B. 
Provided, however, that any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of §§ 210-33 and 210-35 of this article, as amended, shall be subject to a penalty in the amount of $10 if said penalty is paid to the City Treasurer within 72 hours of the time said violation occurs and a fine of $20, plus costs of prosecution, if paid thereafter.
[Amended 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 2947.56]
Nothing contained in this Article or in any ordinance hereafter establishing parking meter zones shall be construed to permit parking of vehicles in those spaces, within any zone, in which by other ordinances of the City parking is prohibited.
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Editor's Note: Former § 210-40, Parking on Davis Street, as amended 1-21-1957 by Ord. No. 2571, was repealed 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2558.4.