482.03 PARKING ON ONE-WAY STREETS.

(a) Application of Section. The provisions of this section prohibiting the standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified or as indicated on official signs, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device.

(b) Interpretation of Section. The provisions of this section imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(c) Parking Prohibited at All Times on Certain Streets. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets restricted by other ordinances and regulations of the City, which ordinances and regulations are hereby made a part of this chapter by reference.

(d) Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours on Certain Streets. When signs are erected in a block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in other ordinances and regulations of the City on any day, except Sundays and public holidays, within the district or upon the streets described in such ordinances and regulations, which are hereby made a part of this chapter by reference. All violation of this subsection shall be issued a fine of not less than twenty-five ($25.00).

(e) Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours on Certain Streets. When signs are erected in a block giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle between the hours specified in other ordinances and regulations of the City on any day, except Sundays and public holidays, within the district or upon the streets described in such ordinances and regulations, which are hereby made a part of this chapter by reference.

(f) Parking Time Limited on Certain Streets. When signs are erected in a block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time prescribed by other ordinances and regulations of the City, which are hereby made a part of this chapter by reference, within the district or upon the streets wherein the time is prescribed. This subsection shall not be applicable on Sundays and public holidays, such as New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

(g) Signs Required. Whenever a parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets by any other ordinance or regulation of the City, the Director of Public works shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof and no such ordinance or regulation shall be effective unless such signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense.

(Ord. 3639. Passed 3-19-65; Ord. 5048. Passed 12-18-09.)

482.02 PARKING LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS AT PARTICULAR PLACES.

Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, to protect the safety of any person or vehicle, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:

(a) Stop, stand or park a vehicle:

(1) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street, except that:

A. A pedalcycle may be parked as provided in Section 3509(b)(2) of the Vehicle Code.

B. Standing or parking for the purpose of loading or unloading persons or property may be authorized by local ordinance, but the ordinance shall not authorize standing or parking on State designated highways except during off-peak traffic-flow hours as determined by Department of Transportation regulations.

(2) On a sidewalk except that a pedalcycle may be parked as provided in Section 3509(b)(2) of the Vehicle Code;

(3) Within an intersection;

(4) On a crosswalk;

(5) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by official traffic control devices;

(6) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

(7) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;

(8) On any railroad tracks;

(9) In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers; or

(10) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

(b) Stand or park a vehicle:

(1) In front of a public or private driveway;

(2) Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant;

(3) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, unless parking is authorized in such area by a parking meter;

(4) Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control sign located at the site of the roadway;

(5) Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or, when properly sign posted, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet of the entrance;

(6) Where the vehicle would prevent the free movement of a bus;

(7) On a limited access highway unless authorized by an official traffic control device; or

(8) At any place where official signs prohibit standing; or

(1) Within a fifty-foot distance of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or

(2) At any place where official signs prohibit parking.

(Ord. 4393. Passed 9-10-86.)

482.03 PARKING ON ONE-WAY STREETS.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle standing or parked upon a one-way street shall be positioned parallel to the curb or edge of the street in the direction of authorized traffic movement with its right-hand wheels within twelve inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practical to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder, or with its left-hand wheels within twelve inches of the left- hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practical to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder.

(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-22-83.)

(b) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to erect signs upon one or both sides of any one-way street to regulate the standing or parking of vehicles thereon. When such signs are in place, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon such side or sides in violation of any such sign.

(c) If a street includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left- hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.

(Ord. 4393. Passed 9-10-86.)

482.04 PARKING ON TWO-WAY STREETS.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every vehicle standing or parked upon a two-way street shall be positioned parallel to and with the right-hand wheels within twelve inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practical to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.

(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-22-83.)

482.05 ANGLE PARKING.

(a) Angle parking may be permitted on any street after an engineering and traffic study has determined that the street is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the movement of traffic.

(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-22-83.)

(b) The Director of Public Works shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets, but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any Federal or State highway within the City unless the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.

(c) Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street.

(d) On those streets which have been signed or marked by the Director of Public Works for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.

(Ord. 4393. Passed 9-10-86.)

482.06 PARKING FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND DISABLED VETERANS.

(a) When a motor vehicle bearing registration plates or displaying a placard issued to handicapped persons or disabled veterans as prescribed in the Vehicle Code is being operated by or for the transportation of the handicapped person or disabled veteran, the driver shall be relieved of any liability for parking for the period of 60 minutes in excess of the legal parking period permitted, except where local ordinances or police regulations provide for the accommodation of heavy traffic during morning, afternoon or evening hours.

(b) At the request of any handicapped person or disabled veteran, local authorities may erect on a street, as close as possible to his or her place of residence, a sign indicating that that place is reserved for a handicapped person or disabled veteran, that no parking is allowed there by others and that any unauthorized person parking there shall be subject to a fine.

(c) The Director of Finance, along with the Police Chief and the City Manager, are hereby authorized to issue permits for the establishment and use of handicapped zones upon proper application being made therefore, and upon payment of a fee, as set forth in this section. The handicapped zone and appropriate signage will be installed after payment of a fee established by resolution of City Council and amended from time to time. An annual maintenance fee will be assessed by resolution of City Council and amended from time to time. The applicant will also pay for the time and material needed to install proper signs.

(d) All handicapped zones will be renewed each year by application submitted to the Director of Finance who, in conjunction with the Police Chief and the City Manager, will determine if the handicapped zone shall be renewed. The application for renewal must be accompanied by proof of disability or handicap. Applicable proof must consist of evidence of a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania handicapped plate, written proof from a physician of the condition or a State-issued placard.

(e) Handicapped zone permits will be issued only in residential areas of the City and there will be a restriction placed on the assigning of spaces covered by this section in the Central Business District, where parking meters are enforced.

(f) If a meter is removed for the issuance of a Handicapped Zone, the cost of that meter’s lost revenue will not be charged to the person being granted the Handicapped Zone. However, no Handicapped Zones will be issued in the Central Business District.

(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-22-83; Ord. 4843. Passed 12-22-99; Ord. 4883. Passed 4-24-02; Ord. 4918. Passed 9-24-03; Ord. 5323. Passed 12-8-21.)

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