[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Radnor 3-9-1981 by Ord. No. 81-07 (Ch. 96A of the 1974
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote
the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Township
of Radnor by providing for the control, regulation, maintenance, cleanliness
and preservation of parking and accessory areas provided for or required
in connection with any subject premises as herein defined.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Buffer zones, setbacks or other areas, surfaced or natural,
open space or improved space used in connection with subject premises.
The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other
combustible materials.
The Director of the Community Development Department and
such person as he shall designate.
Lanes of sufficient width for use by firefighting equipment
established in the parking area adjacent to buildings and structures.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
preparation, handling, cooking and consumption of food.
A covered container which is rodent-, vermin-, insect- and
waterproof.
Owner, tenant, trustee, receiver, executor, managing agent
or other person who controls, in whole or in part, any subject premises.
One-half hour after sunset of any day to 1/2 hour before
sunrise of the following day.
Space provided by a holder for the parking of vehicles on
any subject premises, together with the means of ingress and egress
thereto, and the roads and driveways of any subject premises.
Designated places in a parking area for the parking or standing
of automobiles, trucks, bicycles and other vehicles.
Holes and cracks occurring on any paved or unpaved surface
of a parking area.
All solid wastes, except body wastes, including garbage,
rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles
and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes, excluding ashes, consisting
of both combustible and noncombustible wastes such as paper, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, tree trimmings, wood, glass, beddings,
crockery and similar materials.
Any premises which contains, in whole or part, any parking
area servicing any industrial, commercial (retail, wholesale or services
to the public), professional, entertainment, recreational, apartment,
townhouse, planned unit development or multiple-dwelling use or area
or other areas used for purposes or functions to which the general
public is invited, directly or indirectly, the ingress and egress
thereto, roads and driveways therein, buffer zones, setbacks or other
open space in connection therewith with respect to all of said areas
used in connection with such premises.
Lanes for the control and regulation of automobile, truck,
bicycle, other vehicle and pedestrian flow in a parking area.
A container with appropriate covers to receive hand-carried,
discarded paper and trash.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway.
Owners of subject premises shall conform to
any or all of the following standards relating to traffic and parking
control on subject premises where such conformance is deemed necessary
to promote the public health, safety and welfare and to ensure the
safe and unhazardous use of such subject premises:
A.
Fire lanes, at least 10 feet wide, shall be established
and maintained in the parking area at the front, side and rear of
all buildings and structures on subject premises and shall be properly
painted and marked as such. Vehicular parking and standing is prohibited
in a fire lane.
B.
Traffic lanes for the control and regulation of automobile,
truck, bicycle, other vehicle and pedestrian flow in the parking area
shall be established and maintained and properly delineated through
the use of pavement markings, signs or median strips.
C.
Parking lines for parking spaces shall be established
and maintained in the parking area and shall be properly painted and
marked as such.
D.
Provision shall be made on subject premises for the
parking of bicycles and motorbikes.
E.
Parking spaces in the parking area hereafter established
shall be set aside and designated for handicapped persons, and ramp
facilities shall be provided where necessary.
F.
Provision shall be made for the safe movement of pedestrians
while in the parking area or accessory area through the use of walkways,
medians and crosswalks.
G.
Curbing and traffic barriers or islands shall be built
where necessary and maintained so as to enforce desired traffic patterns
within the parking area. Where possible, traffic islands shall contain
vegetation and landscaping conducive to growth in a parking area environment.
H.
Approved stop signs or yield signs shall be erected
at entrance or exit locations to a parking area or at intersections
within the parking area where required for traffic safety.
I.
Signs regulating parking, traffic flow and speed limits
on subject premises shall be erected where deemed necessary by the
authorized official.
Any owner of a subject premises shall comply
with the following regulations:
A.
All roads, sidewalks, driveways and parking areas
used in connection with subject premises must be kept in proper repair,
free from potholes, snow and ice, except that snow may be piled on
subject premises so long as it does not interfere with the internal
circulation and parking of the parking area and does not hinder driver
vision when entering or leaving the subject premises.
B.
Subject premises must be kept free and clear of ashes,
dirt, debris, rubbish, garbage, refuse and other obstructions and
must be kept properly required and maintained.
C.
Fire lanes, traffic lanes and parking lines for parking
spaces, where required, shall be maintained and properly painted and
marked so that such lanes and lines will be clearly visible to vehicle
operators and pedestrians.
D.
Because of the traffic and safety hazard resulting
from the random leaving of shopping carts in parking and accessory
areas any persons, holders which provide shopping carts for their
customers and allow their customers to remove such carts from their
store premises are required to take whatever steps are necessary to
ensure that such carts are not left in parking or accessory areas
after use by such customers. Shopping cart collection stations may
be used in a parking area, provided that such stations do not create
a traffic hazard, are kept free of snow and ice and are frequently
policed by the store's employees so that the capacity of the stations
is not exceeded. Failure of a holder to remove its cart from a parking
or accessory area, other than from a cart collection station with
sufficient capacity, for more than 30 minutes after use by a customer
shall constitute a violation of this chapter by such holder. Each
cart that remains in a parking or accessory area in violation of this
regulation shall constitute a separate offense.
E.
All lighting on subject premises must be kept in proper
working order and lighted during the lighted period when the subject
premises or any portion thereof is being used by the holder, or when
the subject premises or any portion thereof is open for business.
The authorized official may require the holder of any subject premises
to reduce outdoor lighting after business hours.
F.
All fences, signs, screening, curbing, traffic barriers
and islands, grass, trees, shrubbery, landscaping, retaining walls,
slopes and other space used in connection with subject premises must
be maintained and/or repaired.
G.
All water drains and water drainage systems used in
connection with subject premises must be kept clean and in proper
working order.
H.
All stormwater retention ponds and systems related
thereto used in connection with subject premises shall be maintained
in proper working condition.
I.
All exterior areas on subject premises must be kept
free and clear of the storage of goods, wares and merchandise. Loading
and unloading are to be done in designated zones only.
J.
All refuse and rubbish must be stored in a designated
place or placed in proper garbage receptacles which shall be screened
from public view by fencing or other appropriate techniques.
K.
There shall be, at convenient places for use by the
public, proper trash receptacles which shall be sufficiently serviced
to prevent overflow.
L.
Facilities for the parking of bicycles and motorbikes
on subject premises and parking spaces and related ramp facilities
for handicapped persons shall be maintained and properly designated.
M.
Any deterioration of the exterior of any building
on subject premises with respect to painted surfaces, siding, roofing,
brickwork, mortar joints, signs, copings, overhangs, porches or other
appendages, entrance or exit doors, display windows or any other part
of the building exterior where such deterioration constitutes a hazard
to the public and would cause significant and serious damage to the
structure itself must be repaired or corrected.
N.
Traffic and parking control standards to which holders of subject premises have conformed under § 206-3 of this chapter must be maintained.
O.
Engineering requirements, landscape plans, parking
and traffic control plans or any other criteria or requirements upon
which a subdivision plan is or has been approved for subject premises
must be adhered to at all times.
A.
The following vehicle and traffic control regulations
shall be applicable to all users of a parking area:
(1)
No vehicle shall be driven or propelled within a parking
area, as defined herein, in excess of 15 miles per hour.
(3)
All persons using a parking area shall obey all traffic
control devices, including stop signs, yield signs, directional signs
and entrance and exit signs contained in such parking area.
(4)
Where parking spaces are designated in a parking area,
the parking and standing of vehicles shall only be permitted within
such parking spaces.
B.
This section shall be enforced by the Radnor Township
Police Department.
B.
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation who or
which violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction
by a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$10 nor more than $300. Each day that a violation exists shall constitute
a separate offense.
Where this chapter imposes greater restrictions
or standards than are imposed by the provision of any law, ordinance,
regulation or private agreement, this chapter shall control. Where
greater restrictions are imposed by any law, ordinance, regulation
or private agreement than are imposed by this chapter, such greater
restrictions and standards shall control.
