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 article for any person to park a vehicle
or allow it to remain parked otherwise.
A.
Only angle parking shall be permitted on the following
portions of streets:
Street
|
Side
|
Between
|
---|---|---|
Market Street
|
Both
|
Second Street and Fourth Street
|
S. Sixth Street
|
East
|
Market Street and Pine Alley
|
St. George Street
|
South
|
Fifth Street and Sixth Street
|
B.
On all streets where angle parking is required, every
vehicle parked at the angle shall be parked with its front nearest
the curb.
[Amended 12-20-1988 by Ord. No. 838; 1-17-1989 by Ord. No.
844; 11-15-2011 by Ord. No. 1006]
A.
Parking
shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
Street
|
Side
|
Between
| |
---|---|---|---|
Barton Street
|
Both
|
Third Street and University Avenue
| |
Barton Street
|
South
|
Third Street and Brown Street
| |
Brown Street
|
West
|
St. George Street and Conrail r.o.w.
| |
Bucknell University entrances
| |||
Bucknell University Women's College building
entrances
| |||
Derr Drive
|
North
|
Entire length
| |
Derr Drive
|
South
|
Entire length
| |
Fifth Street
|
West
|
Market Street and Buffalo Road
| |
Fifth Street
|
West
|
Market Street and St. Catharine Street
| |
Fourth Street
|
East
|
St. Catharine Street and St. George Street
| |
Fourth Street
|
West
|
Market Street and St. Catharine Street
| |
Front Street
|
East
|
Market Street and St. Anthony Street
| |
Front Street
|
East
|
Market Street and St. George Street
| |
Loomis Street
|
North
|
Walker Street to University Ave.
| |
Loomis Street
|
South
|
University Ave. and a point 60 feet west thereof
| |
Market Street
|
North
|
Sixth Street to N. Derr Dr. (U.S. Rt. 15)
| |
Market Street
|
South
|
N. Derr Drive (U.S. Rt. 15) and Eighth Street
| |
Matlack Avenue
|
West
|
Ikeler Street and Buffalo Road
| |
North Fifteenth Street
[Added 10-17-2006 by Ord. No. 979] |
Both
|
St. Mary Street and a point 60 feet north thereof
| |
North Water Street
[Added 7-19-2005 by Ord. No. 966] |
West
|
St. Anthony Street and a point 164 feet south
of St. Anthony Street
| |
St. Anthony Street
|
North
|
Third Street and Fourth Street
| |
St. Anthony Street
|
South
|
Fourth Street and Borough line at Buffalo Creek
| |
St. Anthony Street
|
South
|
Fifth Street and Raspberry Alley
| |
St. Catharine Street
[Added 3-19-2019 by Ord.
No. 1057] |
South
|
Pine Street and South Seventh Street
| |
St. George Street
[Added 7-19-2005 by Ord. No. 966] |
South
|
North Front Street and a point 154 feet west
of North Front Street
| |
St. John Street
|
North
|
Water Street and Chestnut Tree Alley
| |
St. John Street
|
North
|
Third Street and Fifth Street
| |
St. Louis Street
|
South
|
Eighth Street to Water Street
| |
St. Mary Street
|
South
|
Fifth Street to Water Street
| |
Second Street
|
East
|
St. John Street and St. Anthony Street
| |
Second Street
|
West
|
Market Street and St. John Street
| |
Second Street
|
West
|
Market Street and St. George Street
| |
Seventh Street
|
East
|
Market Street and St. Mary Street
| |
Seventh Street
|
West
|
Market Street and Moore Boulevard
| |
Sixth Street
|
East
|
Market Street and Cherry Alley
| |
St. Catharine
|
South
|
Fourth Street and Blackberry Alley
| |
Third Street
|
East
|
Barton Street and Brown Street
| |
University Avenue
|
East
|
Loomis Street to Malcolm Street
| |
University Avenue
|
West
|
Loomis Street to St. George Street
| |
Walker Street
|
North
|
Loomis Street to Seventh Street
| |
Water Street
|
East
|
Market Street and St. Louis Street
| |
Water Street
|
East
|
St. John Street and St. Mary Street
| |
Water Street
|
West
|
Market Street and St. John Street
| |
Water Street
|
West
|
St. Mary Street and St. Anthony Street
|
B.
Parking on unimproved surfaces.
(1)
BUILDING LINE
CORNER LOT
DRIVEWAY
FRONT YARD
IMPROVED PARKING SURFACE
REAR YARD
SIDE YARD
VEHICLE
Definitions. As used in this subsection, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
A line parallel or approximately parallel to the street line
and beyond on which buildings or fences may not be erected.
A residential property located at the intersection or confluence
of two or more streets such that public street rights-of-way are directly
adjacent to at least two contiguous sides of the lot.
The primary improved or unimproved parking surface which
provides egress and ingress from a garage, carport or off-street parking
area to an adjacent street or alley.
The area from the front face of a residential structure to
the front property line or street right-of-way line or, when a structure
does not exist, the area from the front building line to the front
property line or street right-of-way.
An area used for the parking or storage of vehicles that
is overlaid or otherwise paved with concrete, asphalt, paving stones,
compacted gravel and/or stone, or other hard surfaced durable material
approved by the building official.
The area from the rear face of a residential structure to
the rear property line.
The area from the side of a residential structure to the
side property line.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn or moved upon a street, highway,
waterway or airway and shall include any automobile, bus, truck, tractor,
motor home, farm machinery, motorcycle, scooter, moped, all-terrain
vehicle, boat, aircraft, recreational vehicle, golf cart, go-cart,
trailer, fifth-wheel trailer, camper, camper shell, wheeled towing
frame, semi-tractor trailer, truck bed mounted on chassis, and mobile
home. This definition does not include nonmotorized bicycles, small
engine lawn mowers and devices of similar scale.
(2)
Regulations.
(a)
Parking on unimproved surfaces restricted. No person shall,
upon a residential single-family, duplex, townhouse or other dwelling
lot or tract:
[1]
Cause, permit or allow the parking or storage of any vehicle
in the front yard upon any surface other than an improved parking
surface; or
[2]
Cause, permit or allow the parking or storage of any vehicle
upon the side yard or rear yard of a corner lot upon any surface other
than an improved parking surface, unless otherwise concealed from
view from all public street rights-of-way by:
[a]
A solid, opaque, screening fence or wall at least
six feet in height;
[b]
Vegetation consisting of a solid hedgerow of evergreen
shrubs, or trees and shrubs, providing full screening from the ground
to a minimum height of six feet;
[c]
Any combination of the above that effectively conceals
the vehicle from view and accomplishes the required screening height;
or
[d]
Any other form of compatible and appropriate screening
approved by the building official.
(c)
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for parking or storing
vehicles on an unimproved surface or in an unconcealed or unscreened
manner if such vehicles are parked in the rear yard and the rear yard
is not a corner lot or directly adjacent to a public street right-of-way
other than an alley.
(3)
Borough Council, or any officer or employee, including Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department police officer, of the Borough designated thereby for this purpose, is hereby authorized to give notice, either by personal service or by the United States mail, to the owner of any property whereon a vehicle is parked or stored in violation of the provisions of § 345-27B(2) of this article, directing and requiring such owner to remove the said vehicle in order to conform to the requirements of § 345-27B(2) of this article within 10 days after receipt of such notice and to also pay an administrative charge in the amount of $40. Whenever, in the judgment of the designated official, it shall appear to be impracticable to give the aforesaid notice, either because the owner cannot readily be found or because a search for the owner would entail unreasonable delay, Borough Council, or any officer or employee, including Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department police officer, of the Borough designated thereby for this purpose, may give such notice by posting conspicuously on the property whereon a vehicle is parked or stored in violation of the provisions of § 345-27B(2) of this article a notice to conform to the requirements of § 345-27B(2) of this article within 10 days after the posting of the said notice and to also pay an administrative charge in the amount of $40. If any owner shall neglect, fail or refuse to comply with the aforesaid notice and/or to pay the aforesaid administrative charge within the required period of time, such owner shall be in violation of the provisions of § 345-27B(2) of this article and shall be cited and prosecuted by the Borough, or any officer or employee, including Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department police officer, of the Borough designated thereby for this purpose, as provided in the first sentence of § 345-34 of this article.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
[Amended 1-17-1989 by Ord. No. 844; 5-16-1989 by Ord. No.
849; 7-16-1991 by Ord. No. 876; 3-15-1994 by Ord. No. 891; 5-15-2001 by Ord. No. 931; 10-15-2002 by Ord. No. 944]
Parking shall be prohibited in the following
locations at all times on the days and between the hours indicated
in this section, as follows:
A.
General prohibitions.
Street
|
Side
|
Between
|
Days
|
Hours
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Market Street
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
Every day
|
Midnight to 7:00 a.m.
| |
Loomis Street
[Amended 7-15-2008 by Ord. No. 989] |
South
|
Walker Street and a point 60 feet west of University
Avenue
|
Every day
|
Midnight to 5:00 a.m.
| |
St. Louis
|
South
|
S. Eighth Street and Dale Alley
|
Monday through Friday
|
7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
| |
Spruce Street
|
West
|
Entire length
|
Monday through Friday
|
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
|
B.
Street maintenance. For purposes of allowing the cleaning
of Borough streets, maintenance of boulevard street light system,
snow removal and general maintenance, parking shall be prohibited
on the days, and between the hours indicated, on the following named
streets:
Mondays — 7:00 a.m. — 12 noon
| ||
Brown Street
|
Entire length
| |
Front Street
|
Entire length
| |
Second Street
|
Entire length
| |
St. George Street
|
Brown to Front
| |
Water Street
|
Entire length
| |
Tuesdays — 7:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.
[Added 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 1001] | ||
Third Street
|
Market Street to St. John Street
| |
Tuesdays — 7:00 a.m. — 12:00 noon
| ||
Fifth Street
|
Entire length
| |
Fourth Street
|
Entire length
| |
Loomis Street
|
Entire length
| |
Third Street
|
Entire length except Market Street to St. John
Street
| |
University Avenue
|
Entire length
| |
Walker Street
|
Entire length
| |
Wednesdays — 7:00 a.m. — 12:00 noon
| ||
Eighth Street
|
Entire length
| |
Pine Street
|
Entire length
| |
St. Catharine
|
Seventh to Spruce
| |
Seventh Street
|
Derr to Moore
| |
Sixth Street
|
Cherry Alley to St. George Street
| |
Spruce Street
|
Entire length
| |
Thursdays — 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
| ||
Barton Street
|
Entire length
| |
Malcolm Street
|
University to Brown
| |
Mill Street
|
Entire length
| |
St. Catharine
|
Front to Seventh Street
| |
St. George
|
Seventh to Brown
| |
St. Louis
|
Entire length
| |
Fridays — 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
| ||
Beck Street
|
Entire length
| |
Buffalo Road
|
Matlack to St. Anthony
| |
Eleventh Street
|
Buffalo to St. Mary
| |
Fifteenth Street
|
Entire length
| |
Ikeler Street
|
Entire length
| |
Logan Avenue
|
Maple to Ikeler
| |
Maclay Avenue
|
Entire length
| |
Maple Street
|
Entire length
| |
Matlack Avenue
|
Entire length
| |
Pennsylvania Street
|
Entire length
| |
St. Anthony Street
|
Fifth to River Bridge
| |
St. Anthony Street
|
St. Lawrence to Borough line
| |
St. John Street
|
Entire length
| |
St. Lawrence Street
|
Entire length
| |
St. Mary Street
|
Derr To Water
| |
St. Paul Street
|
Entire length
| |
Seventh Street
|
Derr to Buffalo Road
| |
Shikelimo Lane
|
Maple to Buffalo
| |
Sixteenth Street
|
Buffalo to St. Paul
| |
Tenth Street
|
Buffalo to St. Paul
| |
Terrace Drive
|
Entire length
| |
Twelfth Street
|
Entire length
| |
Fridays — midnight to 7:00 a.m.
| ||
Third Street
[Repealed 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 1001] |
C.
Removal of vehicles. The Borough may remove any vehicle parked in a prohibited location at a prohibited time in violation of this section by towing it or having it towed at the expense of the vehicle's owner. The Borough's removal of such vehicle shall not preclude penalization of the owner thereof as provided in § 345-34 of this article.
D.
St. Mary street park parking lot. Parking shall be
prohibited in the parking lot of the St. Mary Street Park located
between St. Mary Street and North Fifteenth Street every day from
dusk to dawn.
[Amended 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 1063]
A.
Except as provided in Subsection B hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to park, or to allow to remain parked, on any streets, or parts of streets, or in off-street metered parking lots, the following vehicles:
(1)
All trucks, buses, tractors and trailers listed in Classes 4 through
13 of the attached chart[1] published by the Federal Highway Administration;
[1]
Editor's Note: Said chart is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(2)
All farm equipment; and
B.
The following vehicles are exempt from the prohibition set forth in Subsection A hereof:
(1)
Vehicles when making local deliveries, repairs or installations;
(2)
Public utility vehicles conducting operations;
(3)
Fire and rescue equipment;
(4)
Rubbish and garbage vehicles;
(5)
School and public transportation buses;
(6)
Municipal vehicles;
(7)
Construction vehicles actively involved in construction projects;
(8)
Moving vans for a period of no longer than 48 hours; and
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
|
Parking Time Limit
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Reserved)
|
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
|
Purpose
|
---|---|---|---|
Market Street (for buses traveling west)
|
North
|
N. Fifth Street and Conrail r.o.w.
|
Buses
|
Market Street (for buses traveling east)
|
South
|
S. Fifth Street and Conrail r.o.w.
|
Buses
|
Market Street
|
North
|
8 spaces East of Fourth Street
|
Handicap
|
Market Street
|
North
|
12 spaces East of Third Street
|
Handicap
|
Market Street
[Added 9-19-2023 by Ord. No. 1077] |
South
|
Indented curb area between South Sixth Street and the entrance
to the Borough Municipal Parking Lot No. 2
|
10-minute commercial/noncommercial loading/unloading with flashers/hazard
lights on between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight
|
Market Street
[Added 9-19-2023 by Ord. No. 1077] |
South
|
Yellow curb area in from of the Campus Theater
|
10-minute commercial/noncommercial loading/unloading with flashers/hazard
lights on between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight
|
N. Fifth Street
[Added 11-15-2005 by Ord. No. 969] |
East
|
First 2 spaces north of Market Street
|
30-minute commercial loading/unloading
|
N. Fourth Street
[Added 11-15-2005 by Ord. No. 969; amended 6-15-2010 by Ord. No.
997] |
West
|
First 2 spaces south of Cherry Alley
|
30-minute commercial loading/unloading
|
N. Third Street
[Added 11-15-2005 by Ord. No. 969] |
East
|
First 2 spaces north of Market Street
|
30-minute commercial loading/unloading
|
N. Third Street
[Added 12-19-2017 by Ord.
No. 1049] |
West
|
First space south of Cherry Alley
|
30-minute commercial loading/unloading
|
S. Fifth Street
[Repealed 2-21-2012 by Ord. No. 1011] | |||
South Seventh Street
[Added 12-16-2008 by Ord. No. 990] |
East
|
First 2 spaces south of St. George Street
|
30-minute commercial loading/unloading
|
S. Third Street
[Added 11-15-2005 by Ord. No. 969] |
West
|
First 2 spaces south of Market Street
|
30-minute commercial loading/unloading
|
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 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
|
---|---|---|
(Reserved)
|
A.
Findings and purpose: The Borough finds that:
(1)
Certain residential areas in the Borough are subjected
to commuter vehicle parkings, therefore depriving the residents of
those areas of spaces in which to park their own vehicles;
(2)
Those residential streets are also subjected to a
high degree of commuter traffic which substantially reduces the quality
of the ambient air level; and
(3)
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.
B.
COMMUTER VEHICLE
PROPRIETOR
RESIDENT
RESIDENTIAL AREA
Definitions: For the purpose of this section, words
and terms listed in this subsection, as follows, shall have the following
meanings:
A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person
not a resident of that residential area;
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;
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;
A contiguous area containing public highways or parts of
public highways primarily abutted by residential property or residential
and non-business property (such as schools, parks, places of worship,
hospitals and nursing homes).
C.
Criteria: The residential areas designated in Subsection D of this section are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential parking on the basis of the following criteria:
(1)
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.
(2)
During the same period as specified in Subsection C(1), directly above, 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 Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Licensing of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding registration of motor vehicles shall be used.
(3)
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:
(a)
The local and metropolitan needs with respect
to clean air and environment;
(b)
The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle
miles driven in the Borough;
(c)
The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion,
illegal parking and related health and safety hazards;
(d)
The proximity of public transportation to the
residential area;
(e)
The desire and need of the residents for residential
permit parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs
in connection with it; and
(f)
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.
D.
Designation of residential permit parking areas:
E.
Application for permit: Application for a residential
parking permit shall be made to the Police Chief of the Buffalo Valley
Regional Police Department 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 $10 permit fee, 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 Police Chief of
the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department, the applicant shall
be required, at the time of making application, to present his driver's
license and the vehicle registration card.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
F.
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 Police Chief of the Buffalo Valley Regional Police
Department 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 $10 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.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
G.
Temporary and exemption parking permits: Temporary
parking permits may be issued by the Police Chief of the Buffalo Valley
Regional Police Department, upon payment of a fee of $2, 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.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
H.
Responsibility of permit holder:
(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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 Police Chief of the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department
in order to obtain a residential parking permit.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
(a)
Revocation of permits: The Police Chief of the
Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department 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 him of the revocation, the permit holder shall surrender the permit
to the Police Chief of the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department.
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 Council for
a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of Council shall be
final.
[Amended 7-19-1988 by Ord. No. 837; 11-14-1989 by Ord. No.
853; 3-21-1995 by Ord. No. 898; 8-17-2004 by Ord. No. 956; 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before
a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600
plus costs of prosecution, for each offense and, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30
days. Provided, it shall be the duty of the police officers of the
Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department and of parking enforcement
personnel of the Borough to report to the appropriate official all
violations of any provision of this article indicating, in each case:
the section violated; the license number of the vehicle involved in
the violation; the location where the violation took place; and any
other facts that might be necessary in order to secure a clear understanding
of the circumstances attending the violation. The police officer or
other person making the report shall also attach to or place upon
every such vehicle a notice stating that the vehicle was parked in
violation of this article. The notice shall contain instructions to
the owner or operator of the vehicle that if he/she will report to
the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department and pay the sum of $15
within 48 hours after the time of the notice, or if he/she will place
the sum of $15, enclosed within the envelope provided, in any of the
special parking fine boxes installed at various locations within the
Borough, that act will save the violator from additional penalties
and/or prosecution. Upon the failure of any owner or operator to pay
the sum of $15 within the said period of 48 hours, the owner or operator
shall, after the said forty-eight-hour period, pay as a penalty for
and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of $30, together
with the cost of postage and certified or registered mail should a
notice of such violation be forwarded to the said owner or operator
by United States Mail. The failure of such owner or operator to make
such penalty payment within the time and at the place so specified
for such violation shall render such owner or operator, who shall
be cited within 30 days of the violation, subject to the fine and
costs prescribed in the first sentence of this section.