The article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Handicapped Parking Ordinance."
The following words and terms, when used in
this article, shall have the meanings given to them in this section
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
BOROUGH
Jefferson Borough, York County, Pennsylvania.
PERSON
A natural person, corporation, partnership and association.
VEHICLE CODE
The Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.
The Borough Council recognizes the importance
and significance of adhering to the Americans with Disabilities Act
and to accommodate those residents within the Borough that, because
of a bona fide handicap, find it necessary to have a designated parking
space available to them.
In the event that Borough Council decides that
it should designate a space or spaces as handicapped, it shall be
designated in one or more of the following manners:
A. The handicapped parking space and the curb in front
of the handicapped parking space may be painted blue.
B. The handicapped parking symbol may be painted prominently
inside the space.
C. The Borough may decide to have a handicapped parking
sign, as provided in the Vehicle Code, and accompanying regulations
erected in the space. The sign shall advise that any person violating
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3354(d)(2) or (3) may be towed and is guilty
of a summary offense and, upon conviction, may be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200.
The exclusive method of designating or abandoning
a handicapped parking space in the Borough shall be by resolution.
A handicapped parking space may be abandoned when it is clear that
the person who applied for it no longer meets the requirements for
it.
No person shall park in a designated handicapped
parking space unless a handicap placard is displayed in the window
or on the license plate. Any person parking in a designated handicapped
parking space without displaying a handicap placard or license plate
is violating 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3354(d)(2) or (3). Any person
violating 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3354(d)(2) or (3) may be towed
and is guilty of a summary offenses and, upon conviction, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200, or such other
fines and costs as shall be provided under the applicable provisions
of the Vehicle Code which may be in effect at the time of the commission
of the offense.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced
by any police officer having authority within Jefferson Borough and
any other individual authorized by law.