§ 12-906.1. Live Performing Arts Priority Loading and Unloading Zones. 92

   (1)   The Department may designate a Live Performing Arts Priority Loading And Unloading Zone upon the special request of a Live Performing Arts Venue at the curb immediately in front of that venue, where such a zone would facilitate expeditiously transferring persons or property between a vehicle and the Live Performing Arts Venue in connection with the performance of live performing artists at that venue, unless such zone would create an unsafe condition.

   (2)   A Live Performing Arts Priority Loading and Unloading Zone shall consist of no more than 30 feet of curb space directly in front of the Live Performing Arts Venue. The parking time limit in a Live Performing Arts Priority Loading and Unloading Zone shall be 30 minutes. The Department may establish the hours during which such zones shall be in effect.

   (3)   No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or any period of time other than to facilitate expeditiously transferring persons or property between a vehicle and the live performing arts venue in connection with the live performance of performing artists at that venue in any Live Performing Arts Priority Loading and Unloading Zone during hours when the regulations applicable to such zone are effective.

 

Notes

92	Added, Bill No. 160026-A (became law October 24, 2019). Enrolled bill numbered this as Section 12-907 and renumbered subsequent Sections; added as Section 12-906.1 and subsequent Sections not renumbered at the discretion of the Code editor.

§ 12-907. Designation of Public Carrier Stands. 93

   (1)   The Department may designate bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands, and stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles when it determines such stands are necessary and justified by traffic conditions.

   (2)   When conditions are such that certain uses of a particular bus stop would create an undesirable impact upon the streets or footways, the Department may limit the use of the stop to certain hours of the day and/or to the use of particular carriers or specific routes or services of those carriers.

   (3)   The Department may not designate a bus stop at locations or under conditions that will result in the generation of a significant impact upon parking on streets that are more than fifty percent (50%) residential and must terminate or modify previously designated bus stops when they result in such impact for a period in excess of two weeks.

   (4)   Carriers that have been denied the use of bus stops under the provisions of subsection (3) of this Section may re-apply to the Department if they have made provision for off-street parking, without charge, for their passengers within one thousand (1,000) feet of the requested bus stop. The capacity of the parking facility must equal or exceed one (1) car space for each two (2) bus passengers.

 

Notes

93	Amended, 1983 Ordinances, p. 29.

§ 12-908. Stopping, Standing, and Parking of Buses and Taxicabs.

   (1)   No operator shall park a bus at any location other than at a designated bus stand.

   (2)   No operator shall stop a bus at any location for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a designated bus stop, bus stand, or passenger loading zone except in case of emergency.

   (3)   The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop, bus stand, or passenger loading zone in such a manner that the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers, shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not farther than 6 inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb.

   (4)   The operator of a taxicab on duty shall not stand or park such vehicle at any place other than in a designated taxicab stand; provided that the operator of a taxicab may stop temporarily at other than taxicab stands for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.

   (5)   The operator of a taxicab not on duty shall display an off-duty sign and such operator shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Title pertaining to motor vehicle parking.

§ 12-909. Restricted Use of Bus and Taxicab Stands.

   (1)   No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop or bus stand, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand, except that the operator of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab about to enter such stand.

§ 12-910. Angle Parking.

   (1)   The Department may permit angle parking upon designated streets.

   (2)   Angle parking shall not be permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be compelled to drive upon the left side of the street or upon any tracks in use.

   (3)   Where a street or portion of a street is designated by the Department for angle parking, the Department shall post notice that the parking is back-in only. No person shall park a vehicle in an angled parking spot in an orientation contrary to that designated by applicable signs. 94

 

Notes

94	Added, Bill No. 230487 (approved November 13, 2023), effective December 13, 2023.

§ 12-911. Permit for Loading or Unloading at an Angle to the Curb.

   (1)   The Department may issue special permits to allow the backing of a vehicle across the sidewalk to a curb or a loading platform for the purpose of loading and unloading. Such permit shall be in the possession of the operator.

   (2)   Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter within the area between the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers and between Spring Garden street including both sides of that street and Bainbridge street shall, upon summary conviction before a Traffic Court Judge, pay a fine of ten dollars ($10) together with cost of prosecution and, in default of payment undergo imprisonment for not more than five (5) days. 95

 

Notes

95	Added, 1973 Ordinances, p. 120.

§ 12-912. Stopping, Standing and Parking Outside Business and Residence Districts. 96

   (1)   Outside a business or residence district (as such districts are defined at 75 Pa. C.S. § 102), no person shall stop, park or stand any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or stand the vehicle off the roadway. In the event it is necessary to stop, park or stand the vehicle on the roadway or any part of the roadway, an unobstructed width of the highway opposite the vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and the vehicle shall be visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet in each direction upon the highway.

   (2)   This Section and Section 12-913 (relating to prohibitions in specified places) and Section 12-914 (relating to additional parking regulations) do not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the vehicle in that position.

 

Notes

96	Added, 1989 Ordinances, p. 99, effective June 30, 1989.