The Township Council may, in compliance with this article, designate, repeal or revise residential parking districts, and it may establish parking restrictions, i.e., days and hours, and provide exemptions for each district. Residential parking districts shall not be designated in a nonresidential zone as ordained by the Township of Bristol’s Zoning Ordinance.[1] The process of designating, revising or repealing any residential parking district could begin either by Council’s initiative or upon submission of a petition to Council from residents of the district.
[1]
Editor’s Note: See Ch. 205, Zoning.
A residential area shall be deemed impacted and thereby eligible for residential parking district designation, provided that the following criteria are satisfied:
A. 
The area must be zoned residential.
B. 
During the proposed hours of restricted parking, except any holidays proposed for exemption, the number of vehicles of nonresidents parked legally or illegally on a street in the district is equal to 30% or more of the legal on-street parking capacity of the street. The percentage of nonresident parking shall be determined by a survey conducted by the Traffic Safety Director of the Police Department of the Township of Bristol within the hours of restricted parking. For purposes of this evaluation, a legal parking space shall be 22 linear feet.
The Township Council shall hold a public hearing on any proposed designation of, revision to or repeal of a residential parking district. The public hearing shall be held only after the Managing Director has compiled data to determine if the area satisfies the criteria for designation and the proposed ordinance and public hearings have been duly advertised.
Within 65 days following the public hearing, the Township Council shall take final action on the proposed ordinance.
Except for motor vehicles displaying a valid permit for the proper residential parking district, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle or allow any motor vehicle to be parked in a residential parking district for more than the time allowed by the parking restrictions established for that district. The parking restrictions for each residential parking district shall be established by ordinance of the Township Council at the time each respective district is created. Residential parking permit holders must comply with all other parking regulations in effect at the time the district is designated or as may be amended by the Township Council.
A residential parking district permit shall be issued to any vehicle of a resident of a residential parking district for the district in which the person resides. In addition to the residential parking district permit, one representative of each dwelling unit in a residential parking district who shall make application therefor shall receive two short-term visitor’s passes. For the purposes of this section, a "resident" is any person who lives or resides in a structure approved for residential occupancy and who is the owner of or a tenant in the structure or who can demonstrate some other indication of exclusive right of occupancy.
A. 
An application for a residential parking district permit shall be made by a resident of a district to the Department of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections on forms provided by the Department of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections. The application for a permit shall contain information to verify that the applicant is a bona fide resident of the district for which application has been made and has legal title to or the right to possession of the motor vehicle to be permitted. The information shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) 
The applicant’s name, address, operator’s permit number and date of issuance.
(2) 
The vehicle owner’s name, address, operator’s permit number and date of issuance.
(3) 
The make, model, color, state of registration and license number of the vehicle to be registered.
B. 
A parking permit may not be issued for any motor vehicle for which one or more unpaid citations have been issued by the Township for parking violations. The Department of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections shall issue the parking permit upon finding that the applicant meets the requirements specified in this section and has paid the required fee.
The annual permit fee for a residential parking district shall be established by resolution of Township Council; the fee shall be payable at the time the application is submitted. The permit term for each residential parking district shall be determined at the time the district is designated. Residential parking permits may be renewed by qualified residents upon the payment of the annual fee on or before the anniversary date of the term. In order to renew the permit, residents must present their short-term visitor’s passes. The fee shall be prorated; after the midpoint of the permit term, residents shall pay 1/2 of the established fee. No portion of any fee is refundable.
The permit shall be affixed to a window on the driver’s side of the vehicle. Short-term visitor’s passes shall be displayed on the dash of the vehicle.
A permit expires and is void when the owner or user of a permitted vehicle no longer resides within the district, as defined in this section. A resident shall remove a permit sticker from any permitted motor vehicle upon its expiration or upon moving outside of the district. Furthermore, a resident shall return short-term visitor’s passes to the Department of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections. A permit shall be transferred from one vehicle to another during the permit period solely in accordance with regulations governing such transfers.
When a vehicle to which a permit is affixed is sold, transferred, demolished or in any other manner rendered unusable to the resident, the resident shall remove the permit from the motor vehicle and may request the issuance of a replacement permit. The permittee shall notify the Department of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections of a change in status of the motor vehicle. The application for a replacement permit shall be the same as the application for an original or renewal permit. The replacement permit shall be issued and shall be valid for the unexpired term of the original permit, except that a replacement permit may not be issued for any motor vehicle for which one or more unpaid citations have been issued by the Township for parking violations. The fee for a replacement permit shall be prorated.
The Department of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections shall issue a temporary parking permit for use by a bona fide long-term visitor to a residence within a residential parking district. An application for a long-term temporary permit shall be made by a resident of a district on a form that shall be prescribed by the Department of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections. The long-term visitor parking permit shall valid for a fourteen-day period. The fee for a temporary permit, if any, shall be established by resolution of the Township Council.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XX (§ 191-84) during the hours indicated without first obtaining a permit in accordance with the provisions of this article.
[Amended 6-16-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-06]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article, including misuse of any permit, short-term visitor’s pass or temporary permit, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000, together with costs of prosecution.