[Adopted 8-5-1996 by Ord. No. 3-1996]
This article shall be known as the "Commercial Zone Parking Regulations."
The terms set forth below in this § 305-68, when used within Article IX, shall have the following meanings:
ALL-NIGHT PARKING
Any parking of a vehicle within the commercial parking zone between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the same day.
[Amended 8-4-2008 by Ord. No. 3-2008]
BOROUGH
The Borough of Towanda of the County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania.
CAR STOP
An object whose primary purpose is to constitute a physical obstruction to prevent any vehicle from moving in a certain direction beyond a certain point.
COMMERCIAL PARKING ZONE
All those streets and municipal parking areas which are identified in § 305-71 of this Article XI.
CURB
A raised street border usually composed of granite, concrete or asphalt, which guides, manages or retains objects such as vehicles or water.
CURBLINE
The area which borders a street where a curb would logically be placed if a curb were to be constructed.
FREE PARKING SPACE
A parking space intended for free vehicular parking.
METERED PARKING SPACE
A parking space for which a user fee is charged based upon the duration of parking and paid at the time of parking by use of an on-site meter or other payment collection device.
[Added 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC PARKING AREAS
All those municipal public parking areas which are identified in § 305-71 of this Article XI.[1]
PARK
To place a vehicle in a parking space.
PARKING DAY
That time between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. every Monday through Friday except for New Year's Day, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
PARKING DAY PERMIT
A permit issued for use of a permit parking space during a parking day, except that for a permit parking space in the public parking garage only, the use is permitted at all times and is not limited to a parking day.
[Added 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
PARKING SPACE
A section of a street or municipal public parking area identified by lines or other markings which is intended for vehicular parking.
PARKING SPACE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Any member of the Towanda Borough Police Department and any person appointed by the Borough Council as a parking space enforcement officer with the authority to enforce this Article IX.
[Added 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
PERMIT HOLDER
Any person who owns a valid permit to park a vehicle in a permit parking space.
PERMIT INVITEE
Any person who has permission from a permit holder to park a vehicle in a permit parking space which is subject to the permit holder's permit.
PERMIT PARKING SPACE
A parking space intended for vehicular parking by permit only. A permit parking space shall be a free parking space unless and until a person has acquired a permit pertaining to that parking space.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, association, or other legally constituted entity.
[Added 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE
The three-tiered parking structure located at 11 State Street containing 193 parking spaces.
[Added 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
PUBLIC PARKING SPACE
A parking space that is a permit parking space, three-hour parking space, metered parking space or Second Street parking space.
[Amended 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
REGISTERED OWNER
The person named as the owner of a vehicle on a government-issued vehicle registration or certificate of title.
[Added 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT
A permit issued to a resident of the Borough for use of a permit parking space at all times.
[Added 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
RESIDENT PARKING SPACE
A parking space that is intended for vehicular parking by a designated resident and his invitees.
SECOND STREET RESIDENT
Any person who resides in the Borough along Second Street between Maple Street and Elizabeth Street.
SECOND STREET RESIDENT INVITEE
Any person who has permission from a Second Street resident to park a vehicle in a Second Street resident parking space.
SECOND STREET RESIDENT PARKING SPACE
A parking space intended for vehicular parking by a Second Street resident or a Second Street resident invitee.
THREE-HOUR PARKING SPACE
A free parking space intended for vehicular parking for up to three continuous hours during a parking day.
[Added 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5[2]]
VEHICLE
That in or on which a person or thing is or may be carried on land from one place to another.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "operator," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5.
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed the former definition of "two-hour parking space."
There is established a commercial parking zone.
There are established municipal public parking areas.
[Amended 8-4-2008 by Ord. No. 4-2008; 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
A. 
Within the commercial parking zone on streets and municipal public parking areas, the following three-hour parking spaces, permit parking spaces, metered parking spaces, resident parking spaces and Second Street resident parking spaces are established:
(1) 
Moving in a north to south direction, the following streets shall have the following types of public parking spaces:
(a) 
Second Street between Maple Street and State Street: nine Second Street resident parking spaces and five permit parking spaces on the east side of the street and seven Second Street resident parking spaces and six permit parking spaces on the west side of the street.
(b) 
Second Street between State Street and Poplar Street: six Second Street resident parking spaces and five permit parking spaces on the west side of the street and seven Second Street resident parking spaces and four permit parking spaces on the east side of the street.
(c) 
Second Street between Poplar Street and Pine Street: Second Street resident parking spaces on both the west and east sides of the street.
(d) 
Second Street between Pine Street and Bridge Street: nine permit parking spaces on the west side of the street and two Second Street resident parking spaces, four permit parking spaces and seven Second Street resident parking spaces on the east side of the street.
(e) 
Second Street between Bridge Street and Elizabeth Street: Ten Second Street resident parking spaces, 18 permit parking spaces and three Second Street resident parking spaces on the west side of the street and 32 Second Street resident parking spaces on the east side of the street.
(f) 
Main Street between Lombard Street and Maple Street: nine permit parking spaces and five three-hour parking spaces on the west side of the street and no public parking spaces on the east side of the street.
(g) 
Main Street between Maple Street and State Street: nine three-hour parking spaces on the west side of the street and no public parking spaces on the east side of the street.
(h) 
Main Street between State Street and Poplar Street: three-hour parking spaces on both the west and east sides of the street.
(i) 
Main Street between Poplar Street and Pine Street: three-hour parking spaces on both the west and east sides of the street.
(j) 
Main Street between Pine Street and Bridge Street: three-hour parking spaces on both the west and east sides of the street.
(k) 
Main Street between Bridge Street and Washington Street: three-hour parking spaces on both the west and east sides of the street; however, on the east side of Main Street immediately prior to the intersection of Main Street and Bridge Street, there shall be a fifteen-minute loading zone.
(l) 
Main Street between Washington Street and Elizabeth Street: three-hour parking spaces on both the west and east sides of the street.
(m) 
Main Street between Elizabeth Street and Means Street: no public parking spaces on the west side of the street and three-hour parking spaces on the east side of the street.
(n) 
Merrill Parkway between State Street and Park Street: four permit parking spaces on the east side.
(o) 
Merrill Parkway between Park Street and Court Street: four permit parking spaces on the east side.
(p) 
Merrill Parkway between Park Street and Pine Street: three permit parking spaces on the west side.
(q) 
Merrill Parkway between Pine Street and Bridge Street: permit parking spaces on both the west and east sides of the street.
(r) 
Merrill Parkway between Bridge Street and Washington Street: no public parking spaces on the west side of the street and 10 permit parking spaces on the east side of the street.
(s) 
Merrill Parkway between Washington Street and Elizabeth Street: eight permit parking spaces on the west side and 12 permit parking spaces on the east side.
(t) 
Merrill Parkway between Elizabeth Street and Bridge Street: 19 permit parking spaces on the west side of the street and no public parking spaces on the east side of the street.
(u) 
Merrill Parkway between Elizabeth Street and Farley Connector: six permit parking spaces on the east side.
(2) 
Moving in a west to east direction, the following streets and municipal public parking areas shall have the following types of public parking spaces:
(a) 
Lombard Street between Second Street and Main Street: permit parking spaces on both the north and south sides of the street.
(b) 
Maple Street between Second Street and Main Street: eight permit parking spaces and seven three-hour parking spaces on the south side of the street and no public parking spaces on the north side of the street.
(c) 
State Street between Second Street and Main Street: no public parking spaces on the south side of the street and three permit parking spaces, one resident parking space and four permit parking spaces on the north side of the street.
(d) 
Poplar Street between Second Street and Main Street: four permit parking spaces on the south side of the street and no public parking spaces on the north side of the street.
(e) 
Pine Street between Second Street and Main Street: five permit parking spaces and two three-hour parking spaces on the south side of the street and no public parking spaces on the north side of the street.
(f) 
Bridge Street between Second Street and Main Street: three three-hour parking spaces, two permit parking spaces and two resident parking spaces on the north side of the street and no public parking spaces on the south side of the street.
(g) 
Washington Street between Second Street and Main Street: three-hour parking spaces on both the south and north sides of the street.
(h) 
Elizabeth Street between Second Street and Main Street: four resident parking spaces, three permit parking spaces and two three-hour parking spaces on the south side of the street and no public parking spaces on the north side of the street.
(i) 
State Street between Main Street and Merrill Parkway: six three-hour parking spaces on the south side of the street and three three-hour parking spaces on the north side of the street.
(j) 
Park Street between Main Street and Merrill Parkway: three-hour parking spaces and one handicapped parking space on both the south and north sides of the street.
[Amended 6-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1]
(k) 
Court Street between Main Street and Merrill Parkway: 23 metered parking spaces.
[Amended 6-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1]
(l) 
Pine Street between Main Street and Merrill Parkway: 14 metered parking spaces.
[Amended 6-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1]
(m) 
Bridge Street between Main Street and Merrill Parkway: 12 three-hour diagonal parking spaces, four permit parking spaces and one loading zone on the south side of the street, no public parking spaces on the north side of the street, and five permit parking spaces on the K-turn area at the east end of Bridge Street.
[Amended 6-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1]
(n) 
Washington Street between Seebick Alley Street and Merrill Parkway: 14 metered parking spaces.
[Amended 6-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1]
(o) 
Elizabeth Street between Main Street and Merrill Parkway: no public parking spaces on the south or north sides of the street.
(p) 
Washington Street off-street municipal public parking area: all parking spaces are permit parking spaces.
(3) 
Within the public parking garage, all parking spaces located on the ground level shall be metered parking spaces, and all parking spaces located on the second and third levels shall be permit parking spaces.
B. 
Within the commercial parking zone, except on Second Street between Maple Street and Elizabeth Street, all parking spaces shall be free parking spaces unless designated as permit parking spaces or metered parking spaces.
A. 
All parking spaces shall be plainly designated as such by lines or markings placed upon curbs, curblines, sidewalks, streets or municipal public parking surfaces.
B. 
Parking spaces shall be parallel to the curb or curbline except:
[Amended 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-4; 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
(1) 
On the north side of Court Street, the south side of Park Street and the south side of Bridge Street, where so marked parking spaces shall be diagonal at an angle of 45° to the curb or curbline.
(2) 
In municipal public parking areas, parking spaces may be parallel, diagonal or perpendicular to the curb, curbline or car stop.
C. 
All perpendicular, diagonal and parallel parking spaces shall be no less than seven feet nor more than nine feet in width and no less than 19 nor more than 21 feet in length.
[Amended 9-3-1996 by Ord. No. 6-1996[1]; 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the repeal of former Subsection D, which immediately followed this subsection, which dealt with parallel parking spaces.
A. 
On the streets identified in § 305-71 of this Article IX, on each side of the street on its curb, tree lawn or sidewalk, there shall be at least one sign which identifies the public parking spaces located along that side of the street.
B. 
There shall be a sign in each municipal parking lot which identifies the public parking spaces located within said lot.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, which pertained to two-hour parking spaces within the municipal parking lot behind the Citizens and Northern Bank building, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5.
[Amended 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999; 8-4-2008 by Ord. No. 3-2008; 8-4-2008 by Ord. No. 4-2008; 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
A. 
Three-hour parking. During a parking day, it shall be unlawful for the registered owner of a vehicle to park, or cause or allow that vehicle to be parked, in one or another three-hour parking space in excess of three consecutive hours calculated from the time when the vehicle is first parked.
[Amended 6-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1]
B. 
Permit parking space. It shall be unlawful for the registered owner of a vehicle to park, or cause or allow that vehicle to be parked, in a permit parking space unless:
(1) 
The registered owner is a permit holder for that parking space or a permit invitee of that permit holder; or
(2) 
The vehicle is parked in a parking space for which a parking day permit is in effect and it is not a parking day.
C. 
Second Street resident parking space. It shall be unlawful for the registered owner of a vehicle to park, or cause or allow that vehicle to be parked, in a Second Street resident parking space unless the registered owner is a Second Street resident or Second Street resident invitee.
D. 
Use of unauthorized areas for parking. It shall be unlawful for the registered owner of a vehicle to park, or cause or allow that vehicle to be parked, on any street or municipal public parking area within the commercial parking zone:
(1) 
Anywhere other than within a parking space; or
(2) 
Anywhere designated by an adjacent sign or by painted pavement, curb or sidewalk markings as an area where parking is prohibited.
E. 
All-night parking. It shall be unlawful for the registered owner of a vehicle to park, or cause or allow that vehicle to be parked, on any street within the commercial parking zone at any time between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.:
(1) 
During any Monday or Friday; or
(2) 
Whenever four or more inches of snow have accumulated on the street within five feet of that parked vehicle.
F. 
Position of parked vehicle. It shall be unlawful for the registered owner of a vehicle to park, or cause or allow that vehicle to be parked:
(1) 
In a parallel parking space when the front of the vehicle is not facing in the same direction as the direction of travel of the traffic lane on which the parking space abuts; or
(2) 
In a diagonal parking space when the front of the vehicle is not facing toward the curb, curbline or car stop; or
(3) 
In any parking space unless the vehicle is positioned entirely within the lines of the parking space.
G. 
Loading zones. It shall be unlawful for the registered owner of a vehicle to park, or cause or allow that vehicle to be parked, in a loading zone when:
(1) 
The vehicle is not positioned entirely within the lines of the loading zone; or
(2) 
Loading or unloading is not occurring; or
(3) 
The vehicle is parked in a loading zone in excess of 30 continuous minutes.
[Amended 6-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1]
H. 
Metered parking. It shall be unlawful for the registered owner of a vehicle to park, or cause or allow that vehicle to be parked, in a metered parking space when:
(1) 
The user fee has not been paid; or
(2) 
The time for which the user fee was paid is expired.
I. 
Parking spaces for disabled persons. It shall be unlawful for the registered owner of a vehicle to park, or cause or allow that vehicle to be parked, in any parking space designated by words or international symbol on an adjacent sign or on painted pavement as a parking space reserved for use by disabled persons unless that registered owner is a disabled person or person assisting a disabled person. For purposes of this section, a disabled person is a registered owner to whom an official currently valid license plate or placard indicating disabled status has been issued.
[Amended 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999; 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
A. 
Any person who violates any subsection of § 305-74 of this Article IX commits a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution and a fine as follows:
(1) 
For a violation of § 305-74A, B, C, D, E, G, H, or I, a fine of $30 shall be assessed.
(2) 
For a violation of § 305-74F, a fine of $5 shall be assessed.
B. 
Any person convicted of a violation of any section of this Article IX who willfully fails to pay the costs of prosecution and any fine imposed shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two days.
[Amended 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
Before a citation is issued to any person for a violation of any section of this Article IX, the parking space enforcement officer shall at the time of violation place on the vehicle a written notice stating the date and time of the violation, the date and time of the notice, the section of this Article IX that was violated, the street name or municipal parking area location where the vehicle is parked at the time of violation, the license number of the vehicle, and the fine due upon conviction after issuance of a citation.
[Amended 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
A. 
No citation for violation of any section of this Article IX shall issue to any person who pays in full the fine stated on the notice mandated by § 305-76 of this Article IX within 14 days of the date and time of the violation stated on the notice by:
(1) 
Depositing such payment in a Borough Fine-o-meter box; or
(2) 
Making such payment in person at the Borough municipal offices at 724 Main Street during regular business hours; or
(3) 
Making such payment online at www.towandaborough.org.
B. 
For purposes of this section, the first day of the fourteen-day period shall be the date of the violation stated on the notice mandated by § 305-76 of this Article IX, and the last day shall be the 13th day thereafter.
Fine-o-meters for receipt of payment of fines collectible under this article shall be located on Main Street in the Borough.
Any member of the Borough Police Department and any person appointed by the Borough Council as a parking space enforcement officer may enforce this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 305-80, Report to Mayor, was repealed 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5.
Original Section 68-15, Forgiveness, as amended, which followed former § 305-80, was repealed 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1.
[Amended 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
A. 
Any person defending against prosecution for violation of § 305-74B of this Article IX on the basis of invitee status shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she was a permit parking invitee at the time of the alleged violation.
B. 
Any person defending against prosecution for violation of § 305-74C of this Article IX on the basis of invitee status shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she was a Second Street resident invitee at the time of the alleged violation.
[Amended 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
A. 
The following permits may be obtained for a permit parking space, subject to the specific use conditions permitted for such parking space and all other provisions of this Article IX:
(1) 
Parking day permit: a permit which allows use of the parking space during parking days only, except that for a permit parking space in the public parking garage only, the use is permitted at all times and is not limited to a parking day;
(2) 
Resident parking permit: a permit which allows use of the parking space every day by a resident of the Borough;
(3) 
Special construction vehicle permit: a permit which allows use of the parking space under the provisions of § 305-82B of this Article IX.
B. 
A permit for a permit parking space may be obtained by completing an application in person at the Borough municipal offices at 724 Main Street or online at www.towandaborough.org and paying the required fee. Permits shall be issued subject to the following:
(1) 
Permits shall be issued to qualifying applicants in chronological order determined by the date and time an application is submitted and the required fee is paid.
(2) 
A holder of an active permit parking space permit may renew the permit at any time while the permit is valid.
C. 
A special parking permit may be granted to a contractor who holds a valid building permit and is actively working anywhere within the commercial parking zone to allow parking of construction vehicles. The permit shall be issued at the discretion of the Borough parking space enforcement officer or Borough code enforcement official.
[Added 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5[1]]
The following user fees shall be paid in advance for use of the following public parking spaces:
A. 
Public parking garage:
(1) 
Ground level metered parking spaces: $0.50 per hour.
(2) 
Second and third level parking day permit parking spaces: $40 per month.
B. 
Second Street, Washington Street or Washington Street off-street municipal public parking area parking day or resident parking permit spaces: $20 per month.
C. 
All other permit parking spaces: $30 per month, except that if the permit parking space is designated as reserved for use by disabled persons, the user fee shall be $75 per month.
[Amended 10-4-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-5]
D. 
Special construction vehicle permit: $5 per day.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former § 305-83, Stickers and cards.
[Added 9-3-1996 by Ord. No. 6-1996; amended 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
A. 
No person holding a permit parking space permit shall sell, assign or transfer the permit for value to any other person. It shall not be a violation of this section for a parking space permit holder to allow a permit invitee free use of the parking space for which the permit is issued.
B. 
Any permit parking space permit that has been sold, assigned or transferred in violation of Subsection A shall be null and void.
[Amended 12-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5[1]]
The Borough Council, by resolution, may from time to time amend the number, type and location of public parking spaces, the location of no-parking areas, the user fees for the use of public parking spaces and the penalties for violations set forth in this Article IX.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former § 305-85, Prohibited parking; violations and penalties, added 9-3-1996 by Ord. No. 6-1996, and redesignated former § 305-86 as this § 305-85.