The provisions of this chapter shall be severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared as a legislative intent that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid provision not been included herein.
A. 
All previous ordinances of the Borough of Jenkintown pertaining to the regulation of traffic and parking are hereby repealed.
B. 
The repeal of ordinances provided for in Subsection A above shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for an act done or liability incurred in violation of any ordinance or regulation in force immediately prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
C. 
The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they are the same as those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately prior to the enactment of this chapter are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and regulations and not as new enactments.
A. 
Violations generally. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code[1] or except as hereinafter specified, every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this chapter or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B. 
Overtime parking violations. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter by allowing a vehicle to remain parked beyond the maximum time limit set for legal parking in §§ 172-23, 172-24 and 172-36 of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a summary offense and be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution; provided, however, that if the notice of violation is returned to police headquarters, either personally or by mail, within five days from the date when the notice of violation was given or attached to the vehicle, and the sum of $10 for an expired parking meter or the sum of $15 for parking in excess of the three-hour limit for each hour after the three-hour time limit is paid to the officer in charge, such payment shall be deemed full satisfaction of such violation.
[Amended 1-12-2009 by Ord. No. 2008-05; 9-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-8]
C. 
Parking permit violations. Any person violating the provisions of § 172-25 may, within five days of the date when the notice of violation was given or attached to the vehicle, pay at police headquarters, either personally or by mail, the sum of $10 as a penalty for and in complete satisfaction for such violation. Otherwise such violator shall be subject to a fine or penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense and costs of prosecution.
[Amended 9-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-8]