[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. 1008, 8/2/1995, § I; by Ord. 1027, 6/5/1996, § 1; by Ord. 1033, 11/6/1996, § II; and by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
Parking meter zones are established upon and along certain streets in the Borough, as follows:
Street
Side
Between
Branch Street
South
Third Street and Front Street
East Broad Street
South
Belmont Avenue and Hellertown Avenue
West Broad Street
North
Third Street and Front Street
West Broad Street
South
Fifth Street and Front Street
West Broad Street
South
Third Street and a point 128 feet west of Fourth Street
Fifth Street
West
A point 20 feet south of Apple Street and a point 120 feet south of Apple Street
South Hellertown Avenue
East
East Broad Street and a point 121 feet to the south
South Hellertown Avenue
West
East Broad Street and a point 105 feet to the south
Third Street
East and West
West Broad Street and Apple Street
Freight Station parking lot
From Train Station parking lot to south line border
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
Parking meters shall be operated by the deposit of a coin or credit card in the meter, as prescribed by § 505, and the parking rates for specified lengths of time determined by the fee schedule, shall apply at all times between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., except Sundays and holidays, and from the Friday following Thanksgiving until January 2 or January 3 if January 2 is a Sunday in the parking meter zones listed in § 501.
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established by § 501 of this Part shall be placed upon the curb or sidewalk, and immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces described in § 504 of this Part. Each parking meter shall be placed or set so as to show that the parking space adjacent to that meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Borough; and when the adjacent space is occupied by a vehicle, the parking meter shall indicate on its display the duration of the period of legal parking, and, on the expiration of that period, shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the curb, sidewalk or roadway adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose of delineating the parking space for which that meter shall be used. Every vehicle parked at any parking meter shall be parked wholly within the lines or markings so placed and applicable to that meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any person to park a vehicle across any such line or marking, or to park a vehicle in such a position that the vehicle is not wholly within the area designated by those lines or markings.
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any space adjacent to a parking meter, at any time in the period of limited parking as prescribed in § 502 of this Part, the driver of the vehicle, upon entering the parking space, shall immediately deposit, or cause to be deposited, in that parking meter, one or more proper coins of the United States of America as specified in the legend on the parking meter or by credit card. Upon the deposit of the coin, coins, or use of credit card, and placing the meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle for the time indicated on the meter. If any vehicle shall remain in any such parking space for such length of time that the meter shall indicate by proper signal that the lawful parking time has expired, that vehicle shall be considered as having been parked overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this Part.
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit in any parking meter installed under the provisions of this Part any slug or other substitute for a coin of the United States of America.
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this Part, for any person to permit a vehicle to remain in a parking space adjacent to a parking meter installed under this Part, when that meter displays a signal indicating that the vehicle has already been parked there beyond the period of time prescribed for that parking space, or the time for which a coin, or coins, was deposited, or by use of credit card in that meter for the parking of that vehicle.
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this Part, for any person to deface, tamper with, open, willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this Part, provided that nothing in this Section shall apply to the servicing or opening of parking meters by officers, employees or police officers of the Borough under the direction of the Borough Manager or Borough Council.
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. 1005, 11/2/1994, § 1; by Ord. 1064, 3/7/2001; and by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
1. 
It shall be the duty of the police officers and parking enforcement personnel of the Borough, acting in accordance with the directions of the Chief of Police, to report:
A. 
The number of each parking meter that indicates that a vehicle occupying the adjacent parking space is, or has been, parked in violation of any provision of this Part.
B. 
The date and hour of the violation.
C. 
The license number of the vehicle.
D. 
Any other facts, the knowledge of which is necessary for a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. 1016, 10/4/1995, § IV; and by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
Any person who violates any provision of this Part, with the exception of § 508, and who fails to pay the fine set forth in the fee schedule shall be cited within 30 days of the violation and, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine established by the fee schedule. Any violations of § 508 would be subject to the PA Crimes Code Statutes.
[Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 1225, 4/3/2019]
1. 
By resolution, the Borough Council may temporarily suspend the provisions of this Part.
2. 
The Borough shall have authority to establish no-parking or special-purpose parking zones within any parking meter zone, and to remove parking meters from those areas as previously installed there, and the provisions of this Part shall not apply in those areas where no parking or special-purpose parking are in effect.