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CHAPTER 12-100. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 12-200. ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 12-300. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS UPON USE OF VEHICLES AROUND WHEELCHAIR LIFT EQUIPPED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 12-400. RIGHT-OF-WAY REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES
CHAPTER 12-500. TURNING REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES
CHAPTER 12-600. STREET DIRECTION REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES
CHAPTER 12-700. BICYCLE LANES
CHAPTER 12-800. BICYCLE REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES
CHAPTER 12-900. PARKING REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES
CHAPTER 12-1000. PARKING METER REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES
CHAPTER 12-1100. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES
CHAPTER 12-1200. TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
CHAPTER 12-1300. ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 12-1400. PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE FOR VIOLATIONS
CHAPTER 12-1500. EFFECT OF TITLE
CHAPTER 12-1600. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS UPON USE OF VEHICLES IN AREAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE FAIRMOUNT PARK COMMISSION
CHAPTER 12-1700. ACHIEVING DRIVING EQUALITY
CHAPTERS 12-1800 TO 12-2300. RESERVED
CHAPTER 12-2400. TOWING AND IMMOBILIZING OF PARKED OR ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 12-2500. SNOW EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 12-2600. CHESTNUT STREET TRANSITWAY
CHAPTER 12-2700. PERMIT PARKING DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 12-2800. ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION OF PARKING VIOLATIONS
CHAPTER 12-2900. CONTRACTOR PARKING
CHAPTER 12-3000. USE OF AN AUTOMATED RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM TO PREVENT RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS
CHAPTER 12-3100. SELLING, LEASING, OR RESERVING OF PARKING SPACES ON PUBLIC STREETS PROHIBITED
CHAPTER 12-3200. FEE FOR LOCAL USE
CHAPTER 12-3300. SELF-PROPELLED MOBILITY DEVICES
CHAPTER 12-3400. USE OF AN AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM TO IMPROVE SAFETY
CHAPTER 12-3500. PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICES
CHAPTER 12-3600. CAMERA-BASED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM FOR PARKING, STOPPING, AND STANDING VIOLATIONS THAT INTERFERE WITH MASS TRANSIT
TITLE 13. WATER AND SEWER
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TITLE 15. PARKS AND RECREATION
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CHAPTER 12-900. PARKING REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES

 

Notes

Chapter 12-900 - Delayed Amendment
Section 12-923, entitled "Smart Loading Zones", and Section 12-924, entitled "Camera-Based Parking Enforcement System", has been added to this chapter by Bill No. 241063 (approved January 15, 2025), effective February 14, 2025.
§ 12-901. Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited at Certain Places.
   (1)   When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no operator shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places:
      (a)   Upon any bridge or viaduct, in any tunnel or underpass, or upon any approach to any bridge, viaduct, tunnel, or underpass;
      (b)   In a designated bus stop;
      (c)   Within 200 feet of any school property when such stopping, standing or parking would interfere with traffic or create a hazardous condition;
      (d)   Upon any street where stopping, standing, or parking would create a hazardous condition, or would cause serious delay to traffic, for a distance not exceeding 250 feet in length.
   (2)   No person shall move or push a vehicle into any prohibited area, or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
   (3)   No person shall park a commercial vehicle on any street within one hundred feet of any property used partially or completely for residential purposes between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., except for the purpose of loading or unloading vehicles in the usual course of business with the occupiers of the residential property, or while carrying passengers for hire. This subsection shall not apply to any commercial vehicles having a capacity not in excess of one-half ton which has not been materially changed from the original manufacturer's design, nor to the following locations: 69
      Souder street, between Unruh street and Knorr street, both sides, Edgewood street, between Elmwood and Buist avenues, both sides, and Godfrey avenue between 17th street and Ogontz avenue, both sides. 70
      Regent street, between Sixty-fifth street and Sixty-sixth street, both sides. 71
      3400 block of Vaux street, both sides. 72
      Oregon avenue, between Thirteenth street and Juniper street, north side. 73
      8500 block of Bergen place, both sides. 74
      700 block of South Eighth street, both sides. 75
      2200 block of Earp street, both sides. 76
      3100 block of South Broad street. 77
      600 block of Cheswick Road, both sides. 78
      South 11th Street, from Catherine Street to Webster Street, west side. 79
   The above exemption shall not apply to any vehicle which is loaded with debris, waste or recyclable materials. 80

 

Notes

69
   Added, 1964 Ordinances, p. 1270; amended, 1981 Ordinances, p. 1142.
70
   Added, 1981 Ordinances, p. 1142; amended, 1982 Ordinances, p. 14; amended, 1982 Ordinances, p. 769.
71
   Added, 1983 Ordinances, p. 1486.
72
   Added, 1984 Ordinances, p. 924.
73
   Added, 1987 Ordinances, p. 23.
74
   Added, 1989 Ordinances, p. 26.
75
   Added, 1991 Ordinances, p. 866.
76
   Added, 1992 Ordinances, p. 208.
77
   Added, 1993 Ordinances, p. 40.
78
   Added, Bill No. 080904 (approved December 22, 2008).
79
   Added, Bill No. 190453 (approved July 17, 2019).
80
   Added, Bill No. 960846-A (approved April 18, 1997).
§ 12-902. Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited. 81
   (1)   No person shall stand or park a vehicle or watercraft trailer upon any roadway for the purpose of:
      (a)   Displaying such vehicle, watercraft trailer or watercraft attached thereto for sale;
      (b)   Commercial washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, watercraft trailer or watercraft attached thereto, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

 

Notes

81
   Amended, Bill No. 080648 (approved November 19, 2008).
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