A.
It shall be unlawful to park trucks, buses, mobile homes, equipment or other vehicles, as defined in § 218-13, in prohibited areas and streets within the City of Coatesville, as designated from time to time by action of the City Council. Such prohibitions or restrictions shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon such streets and in such areas.
B.
When bus or truck parking prohibited zones or bus or truck parking restricted zones are established by the City Council, it shall be unlawful for the driver, owner or lessee, lesser, consignee or consignor of a bus, motor truck or other vehicle or equipment, as defined in § 218-13, to allow such bus, motor truck or other vehicle or equipment to remain parked upon such street in violation of the established prohibition or restrictions.
C.
No commercial vehicle or part thereof or combination
thereof, having a registered gross weight, either solely or in combination,
exceeding 8,000 pounds or which is in excess of 18 feet in length,
shall be parked, stored or maintained on any street, road, right-of-way
or lot within any building or structures in any City residential district
or central business district, except temporarily during actual performance
of work on the premises where such vehicle or equipment is parked,
stored or maintained. For the purpose of this section, the term "registered
gross weight" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the definition
section of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.
D.
Parking of certain vehicles prohibited. Parking is
prohibited for any motor vehicle designed or adapted for use as a
mobile dwelling or office, except a motor vehicle equipped with a
truck camper.
E.
In addition to the restrictions set forth herein,
no school bus shall be parked in any street within the City of Coatesville
at any time except as is necessary to safely pick up or discharge
passengers.
F.
Towing. No operator of a tractor-trailer or any combination
thereof shall park such tractor-trailer or any combination thereof
on any street, roadway, alleyway, public right-of-way, private lane
or public or private property in the City of Coatesville longer than
is necessary to unload the same, and no such driver shall, at any
time, unhitch the tractor from the trailer while the rigging is parked
on a City street, roadway, alleyway, public right-of-way, private
lane or public or private property in the City of Coatesville.
G.
A violation of this section is considered a nuisance,
and the City of Coatesville police are hereby authorized to tow and
remove such illegally parked tractor-trailer or any combination thereof.
H.
Removal and impounding of illegally parked tractor-trailers
or any combination thereof.
(1)
Authority to remove and impound. The City of Coatesville
police are hereby authorized to remove and impound or to order the
removal and impounding of any vehicle of the type mentioned herein
parked on any street, roadway, alleyway, public right-of-way, private
lane or public or private property in the City of Coatesville in violation
of any of the provisions of the law or any ordinance of the City of
Coatesville. However, no tractor-trailer or any combination thereof
shall be removed or impounded except in strict adherence to this subsection.
(2)
Records. The City of Coatesville Police Department
shall keep a record of all vehicles of the kind mentioned herein impounded
and shall be able, at all times, to furnish the owners or agents thereof
with information as to the place of storage of such vehicle.
(3)
Payment of towing and impounding charges. The payment
of any towing and impounding charges authorized by this section shall
be borne by the owner or operator of the tractor-trailer or any combination
thereof, of the kind mentioned herein.
(4)
Liability of owners and operators. The payment of
towing and storage charges shall not operate to relieve the owner
or operator of any tractor-trailer or combination thereof from the
liability for any fine or penalty for a violation of any law or ordinance
on account of which the vehicle was removed or impounded.
(5)
Restrictions upon removal. Tractor-trailers or any
combination thereof, of the kind mentioned herein, shall be removed
by the City of Coatesville Police Department under authority of this
section; however, if, at the time of the intended removal thereof,
the owner or person for the time being in charge of such illegally
parked tractor-trailer or combination thereof is present and expresses
a willingness and intention to remove such tractor-trailer or combination
thereof, the removal must proceed immediately by the owner or person
in charge of such illegally parked tractor-trailer or combination
thereof.
The following words and phrases, when used in
this article, shall, for the purposes of this article, have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them in this section as follows:
A commercial vehicle designed or constructed primarily for
the purpose of carrying more than 13 persons.
A motor vehicle designed or adapted for use as a mobile dwelling
or office, except a motor vehicle equipped with a truck camper.
Any motor vehicle designed or used for the transportation
of property, not including a passenger bus, passenger automobile,
motorcycle, panel delivery truck or pickup truck, having a registered
gross weight, either solely or in combination, exceeding 8,000 pounds
or which is in excess of 18 feet in length. "Registered gross weight"
shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the definition section of
the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.
Includes but without limitation pole or pipe dolly, special
mobile equipment, specially constructed vehicle, reconstructed vehicle
and/or any load placed thereon.
Every vehicle, as herein defined, which is self-propelled.
A motor vehicle designed for carrying 10 passengers or fewer
and primarily used for the transportation of persons.
Any vehicle used, either on a full-time or part-time basis,
for the transportation of students to or from school or a school-related
activity except such vehicles as fall within the definition of "passenger
car" as defined herein.
Every vehicle of the trailer type so designed or used in
conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight
and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another motor
vehicle.
Every vehicle without motive power designed or used to carry
property or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn
by a motor vehicle.
Every motor vehicle designed or used primarily for drawing
other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than
a part of the weight of the vehicle and load drawn.
Every mechanical device in, upon or by which any person or
property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway,
including motor vehicles, commercial motor vehicles, truck-tractors,
trailers and semitrailers, severally, as herein defined, but excepting
devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationery rails
or tracks.
The restrictions set forth in § 218-12 above shall not apply to the following:
A.
Vehicles of the City of Coatesville or the City of
Coatesville Authority.
B.
Fire apparatus.
C.
Ambulances.
D.
Vehicles actually engaged in the course of construction
or repair of streets or while actually engaged in making deliveries
or rendering services in or upon any property located within the City.
E.
Any school bus actually engaged in picking up or discharging
students but only for a period of time necessary to safely pick up
and discharge students.
[Amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 1394-2012; 6-8-2015 by Ord. No. 1453-2015]
A.
Any person, firm, corporation or any agent or employee thereof who violates the provisions of § 218-12 shall be subject to a fine of $65 to be paid within 10 days.
B.
Any person violating the provisions of § 218-12 shall be subject to a fine of $130 to be paid after 10 days but within 20 days.
C.
Any violation of the provisions of § 218-12 shall be subject to a fine of $200 to be paid after 20 days, but before citation.
D.
Failure to respond by the payment of the fines as aforesaid shall,
after 28 days, result in the issuance of a citation to the defendant.
Thereafter, the prosecution shall proceed in accordance with the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, and, upon conviction for the offense,
the defendant shall be ordered to pay the maximum fine prescribed
by law, together with the costs of prosecution, and/or to be incarcerated
in the county prison for not more than 10 days for each such violation.
A.
Parking shall be prohibited for trucks and other vehicles
and equipment as defined herein on the following streets and parts
of streets:
|
Street
|
Side
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lincoln Highway
|
Both
|
Entire length
| |
|
Oak Street
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
B.
Parking shall be prohibited for buses as defined herein
at the following locations on City streets and/or parts of streets:
|
Street
|
Side
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lincoln Highway
|
North
|
339 East Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Lincoln Highway
|
South
|
320 through 360 East Lincoln Highway
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