There is hereby created a special parking designation
on City streets to be known as "handicapped reserve parking."
[Amended 7-28-1998 by Ord. No. 3066.1]
Any person who has a physical disability which
is permanent in nature or which will last for at least two years,
which significantly impairs that person's ability to walk safely to
and from the residence he/she owns or to a renter, provided that he/she
presents a copy of his/her current lease which is valid for one year
or more, may apply to the City Administrator for a handicapped reserve
parking permit for the vehicle he/she owns.
All applications shall be accompanied by a statement
from one or more physicians describing, in detail, the applicant's
disability, forecasting its duration and recommending that a handicapped
reserve parking permit be issued. All applications shall be accompanied
by a photograph of the proposed handicapped reserve parking space
and a description of the same setting forth its projected dimensions.
Additional information may be requested as deemed necessary by the
City Administrator.
Notice of the handicapped reserve parking application
shall, at the applicant's expense, be once published in a newspaper
of general circulation. The notice shall set forth the location, by
street and the projected dimensions of the requested handicapped reserve
parking space. The notice shall also set a time and place for public
consideration of the application by the City Administrator. Public
consideration of any handicapped reserve parking application shall
not occur within seven days from the date of published notice.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Upon approval by the City Administrator, a special
permit shall be issued designating a handicapped reserve parking space
for the applicant, who shall pay a fee as set from time to time by
resolution of the City Council for such permit. This fee shall be
waived for any applicant who was disabled while in active service
with any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
Any applicant whose application for a handicapped reserve parking space is disapproved by the City Administrator may, within 30 days, appeal such disapproval to the City Council. Notice of the appeal shall be set forth as required by §
210-65 herein.
Anyone issued a handicapped reserve parking
permit shall be required to pay for the cost of a special sign, including
the erection thereof, marking the handicapped reserve parking space.
Use of the handicapped reserve parking space cannot begin until all
costs have been paid. Handicapped reserve parking permits shall be
displayed at all times in the vehicle authorized to utilize the handicapped
reserve parking space. Handicapped reserve parking permits may be
transferred to another vehicle only upon securing the written consent
of the City Administrator. Handicapped reserve parking permits shall
be issued explicitly subject to the holder's continuing compliance
with all existing parking and traffic ordinances and regulations of
the City.
The City Administrator may waive an applicant's
payment of any fee or cost required herein upon a satisfactory demonstration
that the payment of such fee or cost would cause the applicant to
suffer financial hardship.
If the need for a handicapped reserve parking
space ceases to exist, either by reason of death, recovery, change
of applicant's residence or for any other reason, the City Administrator
shall be notified immediately, the handicapped reserve parking permit
shall become void, and the sign shall be removed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain a handicapped
reserve parking permit under false pretenses or who fraudulently utilizes
a handicapped reserve parking permit commits a summary offense and,
upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
B. Any person who unauthorizedly parks any vehicle or
who allows the same to remain parked in a handicapped reserve parking
space shall, upon conviction by a Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced
to pay a fine in an amount set forth in Section 3354 of the Motor
Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3354, as amended.