[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
Wherever a space is marked off on any street for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle parked there shall be parked wholly within the lines bounding that space, and it shall be a violation of this Part for any person to park a vehicle or allow it to remain parked otherwise.
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
Street
Side
Between
Alpha Terrace
North
Entire Length
Althea Lane
Althea Lane
North
Morton Avenue and Providence Road
Amosland Road
East and West
Entire Length
Baker Street
West
Entire Length
Beech Street
West
Entire Length
Blue Church Road
Both
Yale Avenue to the Pennsylvania Railroad Tracks
Bridge Street
North
Sylvan to Stony Creek
Bridge Street
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-760, 8/14/2019]
North
Taylor Avenue to 20 feet west from Taylor Avenue
Broad Street
West
Entire length
Christian Street
Both
Entire Length
Fairhill Road
North
Morton Avenue and Hawthorne Road
Fairhill Road
South
Signs, Opposite Intersection
Harding Avenue
East
School Street to Newal Street
Harding Avenue
West
Morton Avenue to Newal Street
Hawthorne Road
East
Intersection with Waverly Road and intersection with Fairhill Road, West side on curves between signs
Hawthorne Road
East
Between intersection with Waverly Road and Intersection with Fairhill Road
Highland Avenue
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-760, 8/14/2019]
North/West
Alfa Terrace to 130 feet west from Alfa Terrace
Highland Avenue
[Added Ord. No. 2019-760, 8/14/2019]
North/West
Providence Road to 40 feet south from Providence Road
Highland Avenue
South
Amosland Road to Alpha Terrace and east side from Alpha Terrace to Providence
Kedron Avenue
Both
Entire Length
Leamy Avenue
East
Entire Length
Locust Road
North
Morton Avenue and Althea Lane
Main Street
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-739, 1/11/2017]
East
Maple Street and School Street
Main Street
[Amended by Ord. No. 2017-739, 1/11/2017]
West
Oak Street and Maple Street
Main Street
200 Block
Maple Street
Both
Entire Length
Newal Street
Both
Entire Length
North Morton Avenue
Both
Pennsylvania Railroad Tracks to Walnut Street
North Morton Avenue
West
Walnut Street northwardly to Borough Line
Oak Street
Both
Entire Length
Pennington Avenue
East
Entire Length
Providence Road
North
Rose
South
School Street
North
Entire Length
School Street
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-739, 1/11/2017]
South
Woodland Avenue and Main Street
Silver Lake Terrace
Both
Kedron Avenue to 80 feet east thereof
South Morton Avenue
West
Entire Length
Sycamore Avenue
South
Morton Avenue to Borough Line
Sylvan Avenue
East
Entire Length
Taylor Avenue
Entire length
Walnut Street
East
Morton Avenue and Borough Line
Walnut Street
East
Entire Length
Walnut Street
East
Entire length (during the declaration of a snow emergency)
Waverly Avenue
East
Baltimore Pike and Providence Road
Waverly Road
No Parking from Providence to Baltimore Pike
Waverly Road
East
Northerly intersection with Providence Road to Southerly intersection with Providence Road
Woodland Avenue
Both
Entire Length
Yale Avenue
Both
With the exception of that portion of Yale Ave (north side) immediately adjacent to the Morton Borough Post Office wherein in parking shall be limited to a maximum period of 15 minutes.
Yale Avenue
South
Entire Length
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
Parking shall be prohibited in the following locations at all times on the days and between the hours indicated in this section, as follows:
Street
Side
Between
Days
Hours
(Reserved)
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or to allow to remain parked, on any of the following streets or parts of streets any vehicle other than a passenger car (which shall not include any bus, motor home or passenger car attached to a trailer of any kind):
Street
Between
(Reserved)
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
No person shall park a vehicle, or allow it to remain parked, for longer than the time indicated, in any of the following locations, at any time on the days and between the hours indicated:
Street
Side
Between
Days
Hours
Baker Street
East
(2-hour Parking)
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Beech Street
East
(1-hour Parking)
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Broad Street
Both
(2-hour Parking)
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Harding Avenue
West
School Street to Morton Avenue (2 hours Parking)
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Pennington Avenue
West
(2-hour Parking)
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
School Street
South
(2-hour Parking)
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Silver Lake Terrace
Both
(2-hour Parking)
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Walnut Street
West
(2-hour Parking)
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
The following are established as special purpose parking zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or to allow it to remain parked in any such zone except as specifically provided for that zone:
Street
Side
Location
Authorized Purpose or Vehicle
(Reserved)
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle (other than a pedalcycle) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of any street, except that standing or parking for the purpose of loading or unloading persons or property shall be permitted on the following named streets on Monday through Saturday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., and for no longer than necessary for the loading or unloading.
Street
Side
Between
Kedron
Morton
Oak Streets
Taylor Avenue
Walnut
Woodland
Yale
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
1. 
Only angle parking shall be permitted on the following portions of streets:
Street
Side
Between
(Reserved)
2. 
On all streets where angle parking is required, every vehicle parked at the angle shall be parked with its front nearest the curb.
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
1. 
Findings and Purpose. The Borough finds that:
A. 
Certain residential areas in the Borough are subjected to commuter vehicle parking, therefore depriving the residents of those areas of spaces in which to park their own vehicles.
B. 
Those residential streets are also subjected to a high degree of commuter traffic which substantially reduces the quality of the ambient air level.
C. 
The establishment of a parking permit program for certain affected areas should facilitate efficient movement of traffic by providing for parking preference during certain hours of the day and days of the week. Therefore, the Borough considers it to be in the interest of the people of the Borough to provide for the establishment of a residential permit parking program to insure primary access to available parking spaces by neighborhood residents and also to provide a cleaner ambient air level.
2. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, words and terms listed in this subsection, as follows, shall have the following meanings:
COMMUTER VEHICLE
A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person not a resident of that residential area.
PROPRIETOR
A person who owns or leases real estate within a residential area of which he is not a resident, but who owns or manages a business enterprise or professional office maintained at that address. For the purpose of this section, a proprietor shall be entitled to one parking permit for that business or professional office address.
RESIDENT
A person who owns or leases real property within a residential area and who maintains either a voting residence or bona fide occupancy, or both, at that address.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
A contiguous area containing public highways or parts of public highways primarily abutted by residential property or residential and nonbusiness property (such as schools, parks, places of worship, hospitals and nursing homes).
3. 
Criteria. The residential areas designated in Subsection 4 of this section are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential parking on the basis of the following criteria:
A. 
During any period between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except legal holidays, the number of vehicles parked (or standing), legally or illegally, on the streets in the area is equal to 70% or more of the legal, on-street parking capacity of the area, for the purpose of this criterion, a legal parking space shall be 20 linear feet.
B. 
During the same period as specified in paragraph .A, 10% or more of the vehicles parked (or standing) on the streets in the area are not registered in the name of a person residing in the area, for the purpose of this criterion, the latest available information from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding registration of motor vehicles shall be used.
Provided: in determining that a specific area identified as impacted and eligible for residential permit parking is designated as a residential permit parking area, the following factors are taken into consideration:
(1) 
The local and metropolitan needs with respect to clean air and environment.
(2) 
The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle miles driven in the Borough.
(3) 
The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion, illegal parking and related health and safety hazards.
(4) 
The proximity of public transportation to the residential area.
(5) 
The desire and need of the residents for residential permit parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs in connection with it.
(6) 
The need for parking in excess of the residential permit parking program in proximity to establishments located in the residential permit parking area and used by the general public for religious, health or educational purposes.
4. 
Designation of Residential Permit Parking Areas. The following are designated as residential permit parking areas:
Area
Bounded By and Including
Bridge Street (north side)
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-763, 11/13/2019]
Between the Stoney Creek and Taylor Avenue effective Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Walnut Street
Between Maple Street and Morton Avenue effective Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Signs shall be erected along the streets in each residential permit parking area, indicating the days, hours, locations and conditions under which parking shall be by permit only.
5. 
Application for Permit. Application for a residential parking permit shall be made to the Chief of Police by the person desiring the permit, who shall be only the owner or the driver of a motor vehicle who resides on or is a proprietor of property immediately adjacent to a street or other location within a residential parking permit area. A separate application shall be required for each motor vehicle, and each application shall be accompanied by a permit fee, in an amount as established by resolution of the Borough, which shall be for the use of the Borough, to be applied to the cost of administering the residential permit parking program. Each application shall contain the following information: the name of the owner or the driver, as the case may be, of the motor vehicle; the address of the resident or the proprietor, as the case may be; the make, model and registration number of the motor vehicle; and the driver number as taken from the applicant's current driver's license. At the discretion of the Chief of Police, the applicant shall be required, at the time of making application, to present his driver's license and the vehicle registration card.
6. 
Issuance of Permit. Upon receipt of the application and the permit fee, and determination by him that the information upon the application shows that the applicant is entitled to a residential parking permit, the Chief of Police shall issue to the applicant a residential parking permit, which shall be valid for the remainder of the calendar year. The permit shall display the serial and registration numbers of the motor vehicles, the residential parking area number and the expiration date. The permit shall be renewable annually before the expiration date, upon making application for renewal and payment of the permit fee. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section for any person to display other than the current and valid permit while standing or parking in a residential permit parking area at any time when those permits are to be displayed.
7. 
Temporary and Exemption Parking Permits. Temporary parking permits may be issued by the Chief of Police, upon payment of a fee in an amount as established by resolution of the Borough Council, to bona fide visitors of residents of a designated residential permit parking area, and exemption parking permits may be issued, without payment of a fee, to handicapped persons.
8. 
Responsibility of Permit Holder.
A. 
Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the holder of a residential parking permit shall be permitted to stand or park a motor vehicle operated by him in any designated residential parking area during those times when parking of motor vehicles is permitted in that area. While a vehicle for which a residential parking permit has been issued is so parked, that permit shall be displayed so as to be clearly visible through the windshield of the vehicle. A residential parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the holder a parking space within a designated residential permit parking area.
B. 
A residential parking permit shall not authorize its holder to stand or park a motor vehicle in any place where or at any time when stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles is prohibited or set aside for other specified types of vehicles, nor shall the permit exempt its holder from the observance of any traffic or parking regulation other than residential permit parking regulation or restriction.
C. 
No person other than the permit holder whose name appears on the permit shall use a residential parking permit or display it on a vehicle operated; any such use or display by a person other than the permit holder shall constitute a violation of this section by the permit holder and by the person who so used or displayed the parking permit.
D. 
It shall constitute a violation of this section for any person falsely to represent himself as eligible for a residential parking permit or to furnish false information in an application to the Chief of Police in order to obtain a residential parking permit.
9. 
Revocation of Permits. The Chief of Police shall have authority to revoke the residential parking permit of any permit holder found to be in violation of any provision of this section. Upon written notification to the present holder of the revocation, the permit holder shall surrender the permit to the Chief of Police. Failure to do so, when so requested, shall constitute a violation of this section. Provided, any person receiving such a notice may, within 10 days after the date of the notice, appeal to the Borough for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of the Borough shall be final.
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or to allow the same to remain parked, at any time between [ ] and [ ] on any of the following portions of the highways of the Borough on the days hereby respectively designated for street sweeping purposes:
Street
Between
Day
(Reserved)
[Added by Ord. 2015-732, 8/12/2015[1]]
1. 
General Rule. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to protect the safety of any person or vehicle or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:
A. 
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(1) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street, except standing or parking for the purpose of loading or unloading persons or property as authorized in § 15-407.
(2) 
On a sidewalk.
(3) 
Within an intersection.
(4) 
On a crosswalk.
(5) 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by official traffic control devices.
(6) 
In such a manner where stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(7) 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
(8) 
On any railroad tracks.
(9) 
In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers.
(10) 
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
B. 
Stand or park a vehicle:
(1) 
In front of a public or private driveway.
(2) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(4) 
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal located at the site of a roadway.
(5) 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or, when properly signposted, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance.
(6) 
Where the vehicle would prevent the free movement of a streetcar.
(7) 
On a limited access highway unless authorized by official traffic control devices.
(8) 
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
C. 
Park a vehicle:
(1) 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(2) 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the repeal of former § 15-411, Penalties, adopted 2/11/2015 by Ord. 731, was repealed 8/12/2015 by Ord. 2015-732. See now Part 14, Penalties.
[Added by Ord. 2015-732, 8/12/2015]
Fire zones shall be the area within any public right-of-way, easement or private property designated for fire trucks and other firefighting or emergency equipment to use, travel upon and/or park. Fire zones may be established by the Fire Chief for the Borough, or designee, and in conjunction with the Building Official. It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this Part, for any person to park in any such reserved parking space any vehicle.
[Added by Ord. 2015-732, 8/12/2015]
Reserved parking spaces for handicapped shall include spaces within any public right-of-way, easement or private property designated for exclusive use of handicapped persons by appropriate signs. It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this Part, for any person to park in any such reserved parking space any vehicle unless that vehicle bears or displays either a "handicapped registration plate," a "handicapped parking placard," a "disabled veteran registration plate" or a "disabled veteran placard."