The City Council of Coatesville finds and declares that the provisions of this Part 2 are enacted for the following reasons:
A.
To reduce hazardous traffic conditions resulting from
the use of streets within residential districts for vehicles parked
by persons not residing within the residential districts.
B.
To protect these residential districts from polluted
air, excessive noise and refuse caused by the entry of such vehicles.
C.
To protect the residents of these residential districts
from unreasonable burdens in gaining access to their residences.
D.
To preserve the character of these districts as residential
districts.
E.
To encourage use of public transportation.
F.
To promote efficiency in the maintenance of streets
in these residential districts in a clean and safe condition.
G.
To preserve the value of the property in these residential
districts.
H.
To promote traffic safety and the safety of children
and other pedestrians in these residential districts.
I.
To forestall dangers arising from the blocking of
fire lanes, hydrants and other facilities required by emergency vehicles,
both in reaching victims and in transporting them to hospitals.
J.
To facilitate the movement of traffic in the event
of accidents and other disasters.
K.
To promote the peace, comfort, convenience and welfare
of the City.
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Twenty linear feet of curb, exclusive of those portions of the curb where parking, apart from the provisions of this Part 2, is not presently permitted.
A contiguous or nearly contiguous area containing public
highways or parts thereof primarily abutted by residential property
or residential and nonbusiness property (such as schools, parks, churches,
hospitals and nursing homes).
A residential district where curbside parking on public highways is limited to not more than two consecutive hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, except holidays, unless the vehicle properly displays a parking permit authorized by this Part 2.
All areas where curbside parking on public highways
is limited to not more than two consecutive hours between 8:00 a.m.
and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, except holidays, are hereby declared to
be residential permit areas.
A.
Following the City Council's affirmative vote to designate
a residential parking permit area, parking signs shall be erected
in the designated area.
B.
The signs shall be of such character as to inform readily an ordinarily observant person that curbside parking on public highways in the designated area is limited to not more than two consecutive hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, except holidays, unless the vehicle properly displays a parking permit authorized by this Part 2.
Residential parking stickers, which exempt a motor vehicle on which the sticker is properly displayed from the time limits for parking within a residential parking district, may be obtained for an annual fee as provided in Chapter 108, Fees, per vehicle by bona fide residents of those special residential parking districts designated by the City Council.
A.
To obtain a residential parking sticker, the applicant
must file an application with the City's Finance Department, providing
the following information:
B.
In addition, the motor vehicle's registration card
and the operator's license of the applicant must be presented in person
at the time of filing the application. Additional documentation and/or
information, as deemed necessary by the Director of the Finance Department,
may be required for verification purposes.
C.
Upon approval of the application, a residential parking
sticker will be issued to the applicant. The same application and
documentation procedures outlined above will be followed at the time
of the renewal of a parking sticker and at the time that the applicant
moves to a different residential parking district.
A.
Upon the applicant's payment of the residential parking permit fee as provided in Chapter 108, Fees, his or her submission of a completed and validated residential parking permit application and his or her fulfillment of all applicable provisions of this Part 2 controlling issuance, renewal or transfer of residential parking permits, the applicant shall receive one residential parking permit for the vehicle described in the application. Such residential parking permit shall be securely affixed to the right bumper of the vehicle and shall display the following information:
(1)
The license plate number and registration number of
the vehicle.
(2)
The numerical designation of the residential parking
permit area.
(3)
The expiration date of the residential parking permit,
which shall be one year following the date or the most recent anniversary
of the date, whichever is later, of the City Council's designation
of the residential parking permit area.
B.
No residential parking permit shall be issued to a
vehicle whose owner and principal operator do not reside within the
designated residential parking permit area.
C.
The applicant for and holder of the residential parking
permit shall be the owner or principal operator of the vehicle receiving
the parking permit.
D.
A vehicle shall be issued a residential parking permit
only if it displays valid Pennsylvania license plates, unless the
vehicle is not required to have them.
A.
Upon the holder's payment of the residential parking permit renewal fee as provided in Chapter 108, Fees, his or her submission of a completed and validated residential parking permit application, his or her fulfillment of all applicable provisions of this Part 2 controlling issuance, renewal or transfer of residential parking permits, on or before the expiration date of the existing residential parking permit, the holder shall receive a new residential parking permit.
B.
The expiration date to be displayed on the new residential
parking permit shall be one year following the expiration date of
the existing residential parking permit.
A.
An owner or operator of a motor vehicle, who has a
temporary motor vehicle registration card, yet meets all other requirements,
may apply for a temporary residential parking sticker. This temporary
sticker will become invalid upon the expiration date of the temporary
motor vehicle registration card or as soon as a permanent motor vehicle
registration card is obtained, whichever occurs first.
B.
Once the permanent registration is received, the owner/operator
must notify the Finance Department and apply for a permanent residential
parking permit according to the regular procedures outlined above.
C.
All other rules and regulations denoted herein must
be observed during the time for which the temporary residential parking
sticker was issued.
Upon the holder's payment of the residential parking permit transfer fee as provided in Chapter 108, Fees, his or her submission of a completed and validated residential parking permit application, his or her fulfillment of all applicable provisions of this Part 2 controlling issuance, renewal or transfer of residential parking permits and his or her surrender of his or her existing residential parking permit, the holder shall receive a new residential parking permit to be transferred to another qualifying vehicle.
Residential parking stickers must be displayed
on the right side of the rear bumper of your vehicle. The sticker
must have the motor vehicle registration number and sticker expiration
date plainly visible.
A.
Parking stickers will be subject to expiration but
eligible for renewal upon their expiration date, as indicated on the
sticker, or in those situations where the recipient moves from one
residential area to another within the City. If the resident moves
to another residential parking district, he must obtain a parking
sticker for that district. If he or she moves to an area that is not
a residential parking district, the parking sticker will cease to
be valid and will not be renewed.
B.
Renewal is not automatic. Recipients are responsible
for reapplying for stickers according to the regular application procedure
described above.
A.
Upon application of any resident of a residential parking permit area, the City Manager or his or her designee shall issue a visitor parking permit to the resident for the visitor's vehicle to be limited to that particular parking permit area and for a period not exceeding 30 days. No more than two visitor parking permits shall be issued to any one resident at any one time. For the purposes of this Part 2, the resident shall be the holder of and responsible for the use and misuse of the visitor parking permits issued to him.
B.
Upon application by the principal of Benner Elementary
School to the City Manager, a residential parking permit may be issued
to the vehicle of any teacher or administrative personnel who is transient
and works at different schools throughout the Coatesville Area School
District. This permit is not transferable.
[Added 5-22-2000 by Ord. No. 1129-2000]
A.
Unexpired residential parking stickers are no longer
valid once the recipient moves from the residential district designated
on the sticker.
B.
The owner/operator of a motor vehicle bearing a residential
parking sticker is exempt only from the posted time restrictions on
parking and from the otherwise required deposit of coins in parking
meters located within the district. All other parking and motor vehicle
regulations within the residential parking district must be observed.
C.
A residential parking sticker is issued for the specific
geographic area in which the recipient lives and authorizes exemption
from the posted limited parking regulations in that area only. Issuance
of a residential parking sticker does not guarantee the recipient
a parking space.
Any applicant for a residential parking sticker
whose permanent address or the address at which his or her motor vehicle
is registered is outside of the residential parking district for which
the applicant seeks a parking sticker (whether such permanent address
or registration address is out-of-state, in Pennsylvania but outside
of Coatesville or within Coatesville but outside the district) and
any applicant who operates a motor vehicle owned by and registered
in the name of another person not a resident of the district must
file with the application a copy of his deed or lease or electric
and gas utility bill for his or her residence within the parking district
or, in the absence of these, he or she must sign an affidavit on a
form supplied by the Finance Department affirming that he or she does
in fact reside at the stated residential district address. Any applicant
filing a falsified affidavit or a falsified application will be subject
to criminal penalties for violation of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904,
relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
A.
Whenever metered parking is in effect in any portion of a residential parking permit area, the parking spaces controlled by meters shall be excepted from the provisions of this Part 2 so long as the control by meters continues.
B.
A petition requesting the exemption of a particular
street segment of a residential parking permit area, signed by a majority
of the residents of that street segment, will automatically exempt
that particular street segment from designation as a residential parking
permit area.
A.
Following the City Council's affirmative vote to withdraw
the designation of an existing residential parking permit area, the
City Manager or his designee shall mail to every residence within
the existing residential parking permit area a notice of the Council's
withdrawal of the designation. Said notice shall specify the effective
date of the withdrawal of the designation.
B.
The effective date of the withdrawal of the designation
of an existing residential parking permit area shall be 30 days following
the date of the City Council's affirmative vote to withdraw the designations.
The City Manager or his or her designee is authorized to establish, after due notice and opportunity for interested parties to be heard, all written regulations necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of this Part 2.
Any person violating any provision of this Part 2 shall, upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not more than $50 for each violation and, in default of any fine so imposed, shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30 days for each violation.
The following areas shall be designated as residential
parking permit districts:
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Street
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Location
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Chestnut Street
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Between First Avenue and Fourth Avenue
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Fourth Avenue, North
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Between Lincoln Highway and Chestnut Street
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Third Avenue, North
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Between Chestnut Street and Fleetwood Street
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A.
Upon a contractor's application for a building permit
for work being performed in the City of Coatesville, the Codes Department
will issue, upon request, a parking permit for any vehicle(s) that
would be affected by a parking meter or regulated time parking restriction.
This permit will allow a contractor's vehicle(s) to be parked in a
designated parking zone while the performance of contractor's work
is being completed. The parking permit will be for the time period
listed on the building permit and will be good for the designated
building permit location only.
B.
In no event shall a parking permit issued to a contractor
pursuant to this article permit parking where parking is not otherwise
legal subject to restrictions.
A contractor's parking permit must be displayed
through the front windshield of the vehicle(s) and must have the permit
number displayed on it along with the name of the contractor and location
of the project.
