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Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
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Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
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§ 576-502. Parking zones established; traffic control maps.
[Amended 1-25-2021 by Ord. No. 4- 2021; 3-28-2022 by Ord. No. 27-2022]
   A.   Parking zones shall be established and set forth by legend on the traffic control maps of the City. The Reading Parking Authority shall make recommendations for the introduction or elimination of parking zones.
   B.   The Parking Authority shall determine and regulate the time periods to park in each zone by a properly adopted resolution of the Parking Authority.
   C.   Parking zones are hereby established on the following streets, highways and blocks in the City of Reading:
      (1)   Parking Zone 1:
      Cherry Street - 800, 600, 500, 400
      Penn Street - 400, 700, 800, 900
      Court Street - 300, 400, 500, 700, 800 (500 has a mix of thirty-minute and one-hour)
      Walnut Street - 400, 500
      Reed Street - 100
      Elm Street - 500
      Church Street - 000
      South Third Street - 000
      South Fourth Street - 000
      North Fourth Street - 000
      South Fifth Street - 100
      North Sixth Street - 100
      South Sixth Street - 000
      North Eighth Street - 100
      South Eighth Street - 000
      North Ninth Street - 000
      South Ninth Street - 000
      (2)   Parking Zone 2.
       Cherry Street - 300
      Penn Street - 200, 300, 600, 1000
      Franklin Street - 400, 500, 700
      Court Street - 200
      Walnut Street - 600, 700, 800
      North Third Street - 000 (meters added by Chiarelli Garage)
      North Second Street - 000
      North Fifth Street - 100, 200, 300
      South Sixth Street - 100
      North Sixth Street - 200
      North Eighth Street - 000 (exempting the east side of N. 8th Street between Court and Washington Streets)
      Washington Street - 100, 700, 800 (exempting the north side of the 700 block between Cedar and N. 8th Streets)
      Cherry Street - 700
   (3)   Parking Zone 3.
      Court Street - 500
      North Fifth Street - 000
      East side of North Fifth Street from Court Street to Washington Street
      North side of Court Street from North Fifth Street to Church Street (post office)
   (4)   Parking Zone 4.
       Penn Street - 500
      North Sixth Street - 000
      Court Street - 600