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(1) The Council may by Ordinance designate permit parking districts when it determines that residents of the proposed permit parking district are adversely affected by entry into the area and curbside parking by non-residents in motor vehicles and/or by parking regulations in effect which are designed to control use of curbside parking but work a hardship on area residents, after taking into consideration the following:
(a) The difficulty or inability experienced by residents of the proposed permit parking district in obtaining curbside parking reasonably accessible to their residences;
(b) The likelihood of alleviating by use of a permit parking system designated pursuant to this Chapter, the problem of lack of available curbside parking for residents of the permit parking district;
(c) The desire of the residents of the proposed permit parking district for the institution of a permit parking system and the willingness of those residents to bear the costs incidental to the issuance of parking permits and administration of a permit parking system authorized by this Chapter;
(d) The access to the area by means of transportation other than private vehicles;
(e) The availability of off-street parking facilities; and
(f) The desirability of establishing a permit parking district in view of the proportion of actual residential use to other uses in the proposed permit parking district;
(g) The resident parking permit will be valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance.
(2) Permit parking districts enumerated.
(a) District 1 – Center City: The area bounded by Broad street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Washington avenue on the south, and Market street on the north. 282
(b) District 2 – West Philadelphia: The area bounded by the south side of Market street on the north; the Cobbs Creek on the west; the north side of Springfield avenue on the south; the east side of 58th street on the southwest; and the Schuylkill River on the east. 283
(c) District 3 – West Philadelphia: The area bounded by the west side of North 48th Street and the north side of Haverford Avenue on the southeast; the west side of North 44th Street and Belmont Avenue on the east; City Line avenue on the north and west; the Cobbs Creek on the southwest; and the north side of Market street on the south. 284
(d) District 4 – Washington Square West: The area bounded by Market street on the north, Seventh street on the east, the north side of South street on the south and Broad street on the west. 285
(e) District 5 – The area bounded by Market street on the north, The Delaware River on the east, the north side of South street on the south and Seventh street on the west, excluding the area on the south side of Walnut street between the west side of Fourth street and the east side of Sixth street (and any building fronting on such portion of Walnut street). 286
(f) District 6 – The area bounded by Broad street on the east, Market street on the south, the Schuylkill River on the west, and on the north as follows: Pennsylvania avenue from its intersection with Twenty-seventh street, eastward to its intersection with Fairmount avenue and eastward on Fairmount avenue to its intersection with Broad street. 287
(g) District 7 – The area bounded by the south side of South street on the north, the north side of Washington avenue on the south, the Delaware River on the east and the east side of Sixth street on the west. 288
(h) District 8 – The area bounded as follows: Wissahickon avenue on the east, Wissahickon drive on the north, Ridge avenue on the west, and Hunting Park avenue on the south. 289
(i) District 9 – North Philadelphia/Norris West: The area bounded by the south side of Lehigh avenue on the north; the east side of Sedgley avenue on the west; the north side of Montgomery avenue on the south; and the west side of Broad street on the east. 290
(j) District 10 – Girard avenue, on the north, Delaware River on the east, Market street on the south, east side of Broad street on the west. 291
(k) District 11 – The area bounded by the south side of Cheltenham avenue on the north, Broad street on the west, Roosevelt boulevard on the south, and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority High Speed Line tracks to Ninth street and Ninth street to Roosevelt boulevard on the east. 292
(l) District 12 – The area bounded by west side of Oxford avenue to Cheltenham avenue, south side of Cheltenham avenue to the Regional High Speed Line, west side of the Regional High Speed Line to the Frankford Creek, Frankford Creek to Castor avenue, east side of Castor avenue to Oxford avenue. 293
(m) District 13 – The area bounded by Broad street on the west, Fifth street on the east, Roosevelt boulevard on the north, and the Regional High Speed Line tracks of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority on the south. 294
(n) District 14 – The area bounded by Broad street on the east, Hunting Park avenue on the south, Wissahickon avenue on the west, Mt. Pleasant avenue on the northwest and Stenton avenue on the northeast. 295
(o) District 15 – The area bounded by the Schuylkill River on the west, the Wissahickon Creek on the south and the east, Germantown avenue on the northeast, and Northwestern avenue on the northwest. 296
(q) District 16 – The area bounded by Broad street on the east, Lehigh avenue on the south, Thirtieth street on the west, and Hunting Park avenue on the north. 298
(r) District 17 – The area bounded by the south side of Montgomery avenue on the north, the north side of Fairmount avenue on the south, the west side of Broad street on the east, and Fairmount Park on the west. 299
(s) District 18 – The area bounded by the south side of Cheltenham avenue on the north, the Tacony Creek on the east, the Roosevelt boulevard on the south, and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority High Speed Line tracks to Ninth street and Ninth street to the Roosevelt boulevard on the west. 300
(t) District 19 – The area bounded by the north side of Allegheny avenue on the south, the east side of Kensington avenue on the west, the south side of Frankford creek on the north, and Delaware avenue on the east. 301
(u) District 20 – The area bounded by the Frankford Creek on the north and east, Kensington avenue on the southeast, Erie avenue on the south, "G" street on the west and Ramona street on the northwest. 302
(v) District 21 – The area bounded by Stenton avenue to its intersection with Cresheim Creek, Cresheim Creek to its intersection with Wissahickon Creek, Wissahickon Creek to its intersection with Northwestern avenue and Northwestern avenue to its intersection with Stenton avenue. 303
(w) District 22 – The area bounded by the south side of South street on the north, the west side of Sixth street on the east, the east side of Broad street on the west and the north side of Washington avenue on the south. 304
(x) District 23 – The area bounded by the south side of Washington avenue on the north, the west side of Sixth street on the east, the east side of Broad street on the west and the north side of Morris street on the south. 305
(y) District 24 – The area bounded by the south side of Morris street on the north, the west side of Sixth street on the east, the east side of Broad street on the west and the north side of Oregon avenue on the south. 306
(z) District 25 – The area bounded by the east side of 6th street to the south side of Master street to the east side of American street to the south side of Oxford street to the east side of Frankford avenue to the south side of Palmer street to the east side of Memphis street to the north side of Norris street to the east side of Trenton avenue to the north side of Susquehanna avenue to the east side of Martha street to the north side of Dauphin street to the east side of Amber street to the north side of Boston street to the east side of Emerald street to the north side of Hagert street to the east side of Kensington avenue to the south side of Allegheny avenue to the Delaware Expressway to its intersection with the north side of Girard avenue. 307
(aa) District 26 – The area bounded by the west side of Broad street on the east, the south side of Washington avenue on the north, the north side of Morris street on the south and the Schuylkill River on the west. 308
(bb) District 27 – The area bounded by the north side of Oregon avenue on the south, the south side of Morris street on the north, the west side of Broad street on the east and the Schuylkill River on the west. 309
(cc) District 28 – The area bounded by the south side of Oregon avenue on the north, the west side of Broad street on the east, the Schuylkill River to its intersection with Passyunk avenue on the west, and the Delaware River reserve basin on the south. 310
(dd) District 29 – The area bounded by the south side of Oregon avenue on the north, the Delaware River on the south and east, and the east side of Broad street on the west. 311
(ee) District 30 – The area bounded by the east side of Broad street on the west, the south side of Glenwood avenue on the north, the west side of 6th street on the east, and the north side of Girard avenue on the south. 312
(ff) District 31 – The area bounded by the west side of 58th street on the northeast; the south side of Springfield avenue on the north; Cobbs Creek on the west; Darby Creek on the west and south; the north side of Bartram avenue on the south and east; the west side of Essington avenue on the east; the north side of Passyunk avenue to the southeast; and the west side of the Schuylkill River on the northeast. 313
(gg) District 32 – The area bounded by the east side of Roosevelt boulevard on the west, the north side of Cheltenham avenue on the south, the Pennypack Creek on the north, and the Delaware River on the east. 314
(hh) District 33 – The area bounded by the south side of Washington avenue on the north, the north side of Morris street on the south, the Delaware River on the east, and the east side of 6th street on the west. 315
(ii) District 34 – The area bounded by the south side of Morris street on the north, the north side of Oregon avenue on the south, the Delaware River on the east, and the east side of 6th street on the west. 316
(jj) District 35 – The area bounded by the east side Roosevelt boulevard on the west, the Pennypack Creek on the south, Grant avenue on the north, and Delaware River on the east. 317
(kk) District 36 – The area bounded by Cottman avenue on the northeast, Roosevelt boulevard on the southeast, Tacony Creek on the southwest, and the City boundary on the northwest. 318
(ll) District 37 – Strawberry Mansion: The area bounded by the south side of Lehigh avenue on the north, Fairmount Park on the west, the north side of Montgomery avenue on the south; and the west side of Sedgley avenue on the east. 319
(mm) District 38 – The area bounded by the east side of 6th street to the south side of Glenwood avenue to the west side of Front street to the west side of Kensington avenue to the south side of Hagert street to the west side of Emerald street to the south side of Boston street to the west side of Amber street to the south side of Dauphin street to the west side of Martha street to the south side of Susquehanna avenue to the west side of Trenton avenue to the south side of Norris street to the west side of Memphis street to the north side of Palmer street to the west side of Frankford avenue to the north side of Oxford street to the west side of American street to the north side of Master street. 320
(nn) District 39 – The area bounded by the south side of Erie avenue on the north; east side of Front street on the west; northwest side of Kensington avenue. 321
(oo) District 40 – Fox Chase: The area bounded by both sides of Jeanes Street from Rhawn Street to Stanwood Street, both sides of Elberon Avenue from Rhawn Street to Solly Avenue. 321.1
(pp) District 41 – West Philadelphia: The area bounded by the SEPTA Regional Highspeed Line tracks on the east and northeast; City Line Avenue on the north; the east side of Belmont Avenue and North 44th Street on the west; the south side of Haverford Avenue and east side of North 48th Street on the southwest; and the north side of Market Street on the south. 321.2
(3) Where permit parking districts abut, an overlapping zone shall be created, to extend one block into each of the abutting districts, in which permits from either of the abutting districts shall be valid.
Notes
| 282 | Amended, 1985 Ordinances, p. 55; amended, 1985 Ordinances, p. 1226. |
| 283 | Amended, 1986 Ordinances, p. 225; amended, Bill No. 180867 (approved December 11, 2018). |
| 284 | Amended, 1986 Ordinances, p. 227 (formerly called "Powelton Village" District); amended, Bill No. 241028 (approved December 18, 2024). |
| 285 | Amended, 1993 Ordinances, p. 23. |
| 286 | Amended, 1993 Ordinances, p. 22, amended, Bill No. 030079 (approved April 8, 2003). |
| 287 | Amended, 1986 Ordinances, p. 27. |
| 288 | Added, 1982 Ordinances, p. 504; amended, 1993 Ordinances, p. 20. |
| 289 | Amended, 1987 Ordinances, p. 90. Enrolled bill numbered this as subsection (i); renumbered by Code editor. |
| 290 | Added, 1983 Ordinances, p 23; amended, Bill No. 190644 (approved December 30, 2019). |
| 291 | Added, 1984 Ordinances, p. 1086. |
| 292 | Added, 1985 Ordinances, p. 149; amended, 1990 Ordinances, p. 879; amended, 1992 Ordinances, p. 204. Enrolled bill numbered this as subsection (l); renumbered by Code editor. |
| 293 | Amended, 1986 Ordinances, p. 625; amended, Bill No. 130564 (approved October 23, 2013), effective December 22, 2013. |
| 294 | Added, 1985 Ordinances, p. 1282. |
| 295 | Added, 1988 Ordinances, p. 749. |
| 296 | Added, 1988 Ordinances, p. 858. |
| 297 | Added, 1989 Ordinances, p. 1496. Added in error: this block is part of District 10. |
| 298 | |
| 299 | Added, 1991 Ordinances, p. 241; amended, Bill No. 190644 (approved December 30, 2019). |
| 300 | Added, 1992 Ordinances, p. 203. |
| 301 | |
| 302 | Added, 1992 Ordinances, p. 751. |
| 303 | Added, 1992 Ordinances, p. 822. |
| 304 | Added, 1992 Ordinances, p. 826; amended, 1993 Ordinances, p. 115; amended, 1994 Ordinances, p. 106. |
| 305 | Added, 1994 Ordinances, p. 107. |
| 306 | Added, 1994 Ordinances, p. 108. |
| 307 | Added, Bill No. 969 (approved December 28, 1995, 1995 Ordinances, p. 1263); amended, Bill No. 980763-A (approved June 1, 1999); amended, Bill No. 220504-A (approved August 31, 2022). |
| 308 | Added, Bill No. 1186 (approved December 28, 1995), 1995 Ordinances, p. 1411. |
| 309 | Added, Bill No. 120799 (approved January 14, 2013). |
| 310 | Added, Bill No. 120799 (approved January 14, 2013). |
| 311 | Added, Bill No. 120799 (approved January 14, 2013). |
| 312 | |
| 313 | |
| 314 | |
| 315 | Added, Bill No. 120799 (approved January 14, 2013). |
| 316 | Added, Bill No. 120799 (approved January 14, 2013). |
| 317 | Added, Bill No. 150895 (approved December 23, 2015). |
| 318 | Added, Bill No. 190010 (approved March 6, 2019). |
| 319 | Added, Bill No. 190644 (approved December 30, 2019). |
| 320 | |
| 321 | Added, Bill No. 190805 (approved December 4, 2019). |
| 321.1 | |
| 321.2 | Added, Bill No. 241028 (approved December 18, 2024). |
(1) Upon designation of Council of a Permit Parking District, the Department of Streets shall erect signs which shall be of such a character as to inform an ordinarily observant person of the restrictions, but only on those blocks of a street on which at least one resident of each of at least sixty percent (60%) of the dwelling units has completed a formal petition for designation of the block as a residential permit parking block. 323
(2) Residents of any block which is designated and posted for residential permit parking may elect to remove the designation and the signs if at least one resident of each of at least sixty percent (60%) of the dwelling units located on that block has completed a formal petition for such removal. 324
(3) When a block has no residents, and commercial and/or institutional use of the property on the block does not exceed fifty percent (50%), the Department of Streets, or its designee, can make a determination whether or not to post the block based on a consideration of parking needs in the area.
Notes
| 322 | Amended and subsections added, 1985 Ordinances, p. 158. |
| 323 | |
| 324 |
(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. |
Notes
| 330 | Amended, 1992 Ordinances, p. 815; amended, 1994 Ordinances, p. 98. Section 2 of the Ordinance provides that it takes effect in 60 days. Amended, Bill No. 070695 (approved December 13, 2007); amended, Bill No. 080244 (approved April 28, 2008); deleted, Bill No. 130564 (approved October 23, 2013), effective December 22, 2013. |
(1) Upon submission by the holder of a resident parking permit of a transfer fee of ten dollars ($10) and a permit transfer application, the Philadelphia Parking Authority shall issue a new resident parking permit to the applicant for transfer to a qualifying vehicle. 331
(2) The transfer of a resident parking permit shall not affect its expiration date.
Notes
| 331 | Amended, 1992 Ordinances, p. 815; amended, 1994 Ordinances, p. 98. Section 2 of the Ordinance provides that it takes effect in 60 days. Amended, Bill No. 190463 (approved June 26, 2019). |
(1) The Philadelphia Parking Authority is authorized to develop an application for temporary resident parking permits for the use of bona fide guests of the resident applicant 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) The Parking Authority may issue temporary parking permits for periods of the following durations, for the designated fee amounts:
Duration Fee
(a) One (1) day $7.00
(b) Fifteen (15) days $75.00
(c) Thirty (30) days $150.00
(d) Sixty (60) days $300.00
(3) The Parking Authority shall have the right to limit the number of temporary permits issued to any one (1) residence at any one (1) time and the number of times a temporary permit is issued consecutively to any one (1) vehicle.
(4) A temporary resident parking permit may not be transferred and will only be effective for the vehicle properly bearing the state-issued registration plate identified in the application.
(5) No more than two (2) temporary resident parking permits may be issued to a vehicle within a sixty (60) day period.
(6) A vehicle will be ineligible for a temporary resident parking permit for a period of not less than forty-five (45) days following the expiration of any prior temporary resident parking permit of thirty (30) or sixty (60) days.
(7) After July 1, 2026, the Department may increase the temporary 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.
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| 332 |
(1) All resident parking permits and temporary parking permits shall be displayed in or on vehicles in the manner prescribed by this Chapter and the Philadelphia Parking Authority. 335
(2) A parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve a space within a permit parking district. A parking permit shall not authorize the stopping, standing, or parking of any vehicle in such places and during such times as the stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited or set aside for specific types of vehicles. A parking permit shall not excuse the observance of any traffic regulation other than maximum parking time limits of one (1) hour or more and the necessity for depositing fees in parking meters and then only on blocks which have been posted pursuant to Section 12-2704 of this Chapter. 336
(3) Whenever the holder of a parking permit, or the vehicle for which the permit was issued no longer fulfills one or more of the applicable provisions of this Ordinance, the holder shall surrender the parking permit in the manner prescribed by the Parking Authority. 337
(4) Until its expiration, surrender, or revocation, a parking permit shall remain valid for such time as the holder continues to reside within the same permit parking district.
(5) A parking permit shall be valid only in the permit parking district for which it is issued except in the case of overlapping districts as set forth in subsection (3) of Section 12-2703 of this Chapter.
(6) For the purposes of this Chapter the person to whom a parking permit is issued shall be deemed its holder and shall be responsible for the use or misuse of any parking permit issued to him or her.
(7) No vehicle shall display any ticket, tag, handbill, or other writing simulating or in imitation of a residential parking permit or temporary parking permit. 338
Notes
| 335 | Amended, Bill No. 190463 (approved June 26, 2019). |
| 336 | Amended, 1985 Ordinances, p. 158. |
| 337 | Amended, Bill No. 190463 (approved June 26, 2019). |
| 338 | Added, Bill No. 100285 (approved June 23, 2010), effective July 23, 2010. |
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