In this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Department shall mean the Department of Public Property.
(2) Tailgating and related activities shall mean any of the following activities when undertaken in an outdoor public parking lot:
(a) The use of any parking space, parking aisle, or fire lane other than for lawful parking or pedestrian purposes, or the use of more than one parking space without payment;
(b) Barbecuing or other cooking of food;
(c) Consumption of alcoholic beverages;
(d) Dancing;
(e) Ball playing;
(f) Any other activity that would unduly interfere with the passage of other persons, or would constitute a hazard to life, traffic or property, or would constitute an obstruction to adequate access to fire, police or sanitation vehicles, or that would otherwise create or become a nuisance.
(3) Stadium parking lots shall mean the outdoor City-owned public parking lots at the Philadelphia Sports Complex, Broad street and Pattison avenue, bounded by Packer avenue to the north, Zinkoff avenue to the south, Tenth street to the east, between Pattison and Packer, and Eleventh street to the east between Pattison and Zinkoff and Broad street to the west between Zinkoff and Packer. 339
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339 | Amended, 1987 Ordinances, p. 1193. |
The Department shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To promulgate, in cooperation with the Police Department, such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter;
(2) To provide for the adequate posting of signs in each parking lot to which this Chapter applies clearly setting forth activities prohibited by this Chapter, including signs at each entrance to each parking lot to which this Chapter applies, which signs shall be of sufficient size such that the information printed thereon is clearly visible from a distance of at least 25 feet.
(1) For the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Chapter, notices of violation may be issued by police officers.
(2) Whenever a police officer observes a violation of this Chapter, he shall hand to the violator a printed notice of violation. Such notice shall bear the date, time and nature of the violation, when known, the identity of the violator, the address of the violator, the amount to be remitted in response to the notice of violation, and the penalty which can be imposed by the court for the violation, and shall be signed by the person issuing the notice and shall bear the police officer's badge number or other official identification number identifying the person issuing the violation notice.
(3) Any person who receives a notice of violation may, within ten (10) days, pay the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25), admit the violation and waive appearance before a Municipal Court Judge. The notice of violation shall contain an appropriate statement for signature by the violator for the purpose of admitting the violation and waiving a hearing, and shall be returned by the violator when he remits the stipulated payment.
(4) If a person who receives a notice of violation fails to make the prescribed payment within ten (10) days of the issuance of the notice of violation, a code enforcement complaint shall be issued for such violation in such manner as provided by law. If the person named in the code enforcement complaint is found to have violated any provision of this Chapter or fails to appear on the date set for hearing, he shall be subject to the imposition of fines in the amount set forth in Section 10-1405, plus court costs.
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