This Article shall be administered by the Police
Department of Haverford Township, which shall prepare and issue such
application forms, permits and resident parking stickers as may be
necessary; the Police Department shall also keep suitable records
of permits issued and outstanding and fees paid.
[Amended 12-12-1983 by Ord. No. 1885]
A.
Upon application to the Police Department, payment of a permit fee and presentation to the Police Department of a current operator's license and motor vehicle registration card, an owner or lessee of a single-family residence located within areas designated by § 175-37 hereof shall be entitled to one or more permits and resident parking stickers designated by resolution, entitling him to park his automobile in the street abutting his residence or in the immediate vicinity thereof without regard to parking time limits which are imposed by other Township ordinances or regulations affecting the areas designated in § 175-37 hereof. The expression "owner or lessee" means the principal occupant of the residence, and the intent of this section is that one or more permits per residence be granted. The expression "his automobile" means a passenger motor vehicle owned or leased by the applicant and actually in use by him.
B.
Parking sticker designation shall be provided for
commercial vehicles by resolution.
[Added 7-14-1986 by Ord. No. 1962]
C.
The owner of the property who intends to lease his
dwelling must appear in person at the Police Department and submit
a copy of the lease to whomever the property will be let during the
course of that year, together with a copy of the current, approved
housing license issued to the benefit of the named tenants, and, in
addition, the owner shall have the person or persons who is/are leasing
the property appear at the police station to apply for the special
parking permit. The person(s) receiving the permit shall submit for
inspection the make, model, color and license number of the car to
receive the sticker and also the licensed car and operator's permit.
[Added 12-8-1986 by Ord. No. 1975; amended 4-9-2007 by Ord. No.
2499]
D.
Parking permits establishing no-fee parking at all
metered parking locations in the Township of Haverford may be issued
to Township of Haverford volunteer fire fighters with the following
requirements:
[Added 10-12-2004 by Ord. No. 2431]
(1)
A listing of all eligible active fire fighters shall
be submitted by all Fire Department Chiefs to the Records Unit of
the Haverford Township Police Department no later than the last business
day of December of each calendar year.
(2)
Each eligible fire fighter may receive two parking
permits exempting two vehicles from fees at all metered parking locations
throughout the Township of Haverford.
(3)
Each eligible fire fighter shall appear, in person,
at the Records Unit of the Haverford Township Police Department to
have the current "Volunteer Fire fighter Parking Permit" affixed to
the left rear bumper of the eligible vehicle. The fire fighter shall
present, to the Records Unit personnel, their current driver's license
and vehicle registration when requesting the permit(s). The permit(s)
shall expire on the last day of December of the new calendar year.
(4)
Volunteer fire fighter parking permits shall be reissued
in January of the new calendar year. Reissuing procedures shall be
the same as those for initial permit requests.
(5)
All permit fees and costs shall be waived for volunteer
fire fighters.
(6)
All other parking regulations must be adhered to.
The permits and resident parking stickers issued
by the Police Department shall be limited in use for extended parking
to an owner's or lessee's residence area, they shall be destroyed
when the owner or lessee removes from the residence area, and they
shall be nontransferable either from person to person or from automobile
to automobile. If an owner or lessee replaces his automobile, he must
apply for and obtain a new permit and resident parking sticker. The
sticker must be prominently displayed on the automobile for which
it was issued (in a way consistent with Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle
Code), and the corresponding permit must be produced upon demand by
a Haverford Township police officer.
The application fee for permits and resident
parking stickers shall be $3, payable to the Police Department.
The areas affected by these provisions shall
be specified in Township resolutions as they are required.
[Added 4-10-1989 by Ord. No. 2045]
Only vehicles with appropriate permits shall park in the zones set forth in Schedule XXIV (§ 175-99).
