[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Abington 8-8-85 by Ord. No. 1590. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
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:
(1)
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(a)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or
parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(b)
Standing or parking for the purpose of loading
or unloading persons or property may be authorized by local ordinance,
but the ordinance shall not authorize standing or parking on state
designated highways, except during off-peak traffic flow hours as
determined by department regulations.
(c)
On a sidewalk.
(d)
Within an intersection.
(e)
On a crosswalk.
(f)
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.
(g)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation
or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(h)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure
upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
(i)
On any railroad tracks.
(j)
In the area between roadways of a divided highway,
including crossovers.
(k)
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(2)
Stand or park a vehicle:
(a)
In front of a public or private driveway.
(b)
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(c)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(d)
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.
(e)
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.
(f)
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
B.
Additional parking regulations.
(1)
Two-way highways. Except as otherwise provided in
this section, every vehicle standing or parked upon a two-way highway
shall be positioned parallel to and with the right-hand wheels within
12 inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as
close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.
(2)
One-way highways. Except as otherwise provided in
this section, every vehicle standing or parked upon a one-way highway
shall be positioned parallel to the curb or edge of the highway in
the direction of authorized traffic movement with its right-hand wheels
within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb,
as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder
or with its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb
or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the left
edge of the left-hand shoulder.
(3)
Angle parking. Local authorities may permit angle
parking on any highway after an engineering and traffic study has
determined that the highway is of sufficient width to permit angle
parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic, except
that on a state-designated highway, prior approval of the department
shall also be obtained.
(4)
Handicapped persons and disabled veterans.
(a)
When a motor vehicle bearing registration plates
or displaying a placard issued to handicapped persons or disabled
veterans, as prescribed in this chapter, is being operated by or for
the transportation of the handicapped person or disabled veteran,
the driver shall be relieved of any liability for parking for a period
of 60 minutes in excess of the legal parking permitted by local authorities,
except where local ordinances or police regulations provide for the
accommodation of heavy traffic during morning, afternoon or evening
hours.
(b)
At the request of any handicapped person or
disabled veteran, local authorities may erect on the highway, as close
as possible to their place of residence, a sign or signs indicating
that that place is reserved for a handicapped person or disabled veteran,
that no parking is allowed there by others and that any unauthorized
person parking there shall be subject to a fine.
(c)
Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully
bearing registration plates or parking placards issued to handicapped
persons or disabled veterans, no person shall park a vehicle on public
or private property reserved for a handicapped person or disabled
veteran, which property has been so posted in accordance with department
regulations.
C.
Metered parking. Metered parking shall be as regulated
in duly established metered areas.
[Amended 2-9-1989 by Ord. No. 1649; 7-11-2002 by Ord. No.
1880; 8-12-2004 by Ord. No. 1914; 12-9-2010 by Ord. No. 2002]
A.
Penalty for parking violations in metered parking
areas shall be $20.
B.
Penalty for parking at the Township Administration
Building parking lot, 1166-1176 Old York Road (Old York Road and Horace
Avenue), for other than Township business, as posted, shall be $30.
C.
Penalty for all other parking violations shall be
$20.
Failure to pay the prescribed penalty within
four calendar days from the time notification of a parking violation
is given shall result in the issuance of a citation, which shall be
forwarded to the appropriate District Justice for the assessment of
fines and costs.
A.
Issuing officer.
(1)
On observing a parking violation, an officer will
issue a parking violation notice. The parking violation notice shall
be a three-part form. The issuing officer will fill out the form as
completely as possible. The minimum acceptable data shall be:
(a)
Date of violation.
(b)
Time of violation.
(c)
Location of violation.
(d)
Meter number, where applicable.
(e)
Nature of violation.
(f)
Make and year of vehicle.
(g)
Registration number.
(h)
State of issue.
(i)
Amount of penalty. (i.e., $10 for a meter violation
or $15 for any other parking violation).
[Amended 2-9-1989 by Ord. No. 1649]
(2)
The issuing officer will place the third copy of the
parking violation notice under the windshield wiper on the driver's
side of the car, thus giving the vehicle's owner/ operator notice
of the violation.
(3)
The remaining two copies of the parking violation
notice shall be turned in to headquarters.
B.
Records personnel.
(1)
Upon receipt of a parking violation notice in the
records section, records personnel shall:
(2)
Each morning records room personnel shall check the
tickler file for those parking violation notices which are overdue
as far as payment. Those found will be forwarded to the Auxiliary
Services' Officer.
(3)
Upon receiving payment for a parking violation, records
personnel shall stamp receipt all three copies of the parking violation
notice. The white and pink copies, along with the collected penalty,
shall be placed in the cash box in the Clerk's office. The third copy
of the parking violation notice shall be returned to the payee as
a receipt.
C.
Auxiliary Services' Officer. Upon receiving an overdue
parking violation notice, the Auxiliary Services' Officer shall issue
a citation for the parking violation on information received and forward
the citation to the appropriate District Justice.
D.
Collected penalties. On a daily basis, Monday through
Friday, all collected penalties shall be turned over to the Township
Treasurer, who shall issue a receipt for all such moneys.
