(1) The Philadelphia Parking Authority is authorized to develop an application for resident parking permits consistent with this Chapter. The application shall be available to the public on the Parking Authority’s website and at designated Parking Authority offices.
(2) No applicant shall be granted a resident parking permit unless the applicant has complied with the requirements of this Chapter, including each of the following:
(a) The applicant shall reside in the permit parking district for which the application is made.
(b) The vehicle shall be registered to the applicant at the applicant’s address in the permit parking district, except that a permit may be granted if the vehicle is registered in the name of a person or entity other than the applicant, provided that the applicant provides evidence that the applicant leases the vehicle or that the vehicle is a company car assigned to the applicant by an employer.
(c) Except where the vehicle is registered in the name of a person or entity other than the applicant and is leased by the applicant or a company car assigned to the applicant by an employer, the vehicle shall display a valid Pennsylvania license plate.
(d) The applicant may not have three or more outstanding violation notices issued pursuant to this Title. The prohibition of this paragraph shall not apply to violation notices included in an approved and current payment plan or a violation notice then subject to administrative or judicial review.
(3) No more than three (3) residential parking permits may be issued for a single residence.
(4) Each resident parking permit will expire one (1) year from the date of issuance. The holder of an expiring or expired residential parking permit may apply for a new permit as provided in this section.
(5) The annual application fee for a resident parking permit shall be as follows:
(a) Except as provided for in subsection (5)(b), the application fee for each vehicle is seventy-five dollars ($75).
(b) The application fee for each motorcycle is fifty dollars ($50).
(6) After July 1, 2026, the Department may increase the resident parking permit application fee by regulation. The fee may not be increased more than once every three years and may not be increased by an amount more than the percentage of increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): All Items for the Philadelphia region for the immediate three years preceding the date of the proposed increase.
(7) Subject to all other subsections of this Section, no individual that resides within permit parking District 38 shall be eligible to apply for a resident parking permit if: (1) the individual resides in a multi-family household living use, pursuant to Table 14-602-1 of The Philadelphia Code, and (2) off-street parking is already available to the individual pursuant to the individual's residency in a multi-family household living use. 328
(8) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, low-income individuals shall not be required to pay an annual permit fee for one vehicle per residence. The fee waiver provided for in this paragraph shall not apply to a second or subsequent vehicle. 329
(a) The Revenue Department shall promulgate regulations to determine the eligibility guidelines for low-income individuals for purposes of this subsection.
Notes
| 325 | Amended, 1990 Ordinances, p. 941; amended, 1992 Ordinances, p. 815; amended, Bill No. 070695 (approved December 13, 2007); amended, Bill No. 080244 (approved April 28, 2008); amended, Bill No. 130564 (approved October 23, 2013), effective December 22, 2013; amended, Bill No. 140492 (approved August 5, 2014), effective September 4, 2014; amended, Bill No. 190463 (approved June 26, 2019); amended, Bill No. 240335 (approved June 5, 2024). |
| 328 | Added, Bill No. 200711 (approved September 15, 2021), effective March 14, 2022. |
| 329 | Added, Bill No. 200712 (approved September 15, 2021), effective March 14, 2022. Enrolled bill numbered this as subsection (7); renumbered by Code editor. |