[Added 8-7-2008 by Ord. No. 1803]
General rule. No resident, household or building owner along
any public street located within the City of Washington shall be permitted
to park more than two vehicles upon any public roadway, unless otherwise
feasible to do so and permitted by the City of Washington Code Enforcement
Officer. All other vehicles must be parked and/or stored using off-street
parking on property owned by the owner or on private property with
permission from the owner of said property.
A.
General rule. Outside a business or residential district, no person
shall stop, park or stand any vehicle, whether attended or unattended,
upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or stand the
vehicle off the roadway. In the event it is necessary to stop, park
or stand the vehicle on the roadway or any part of the roadway, an
unobstructed width of the highway opposite the vehicle shall be left
for the free passage of other vehicles, and the vehicle shall be visible
from a distance of 500 feet in each direction upon the highway.
B.
Exception for disabled vehicles. This section and § 335-45 (relating to prohibitions in specified places) and § 335-46 (relating to additional parking regulations) do not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the vehicle in that position.
Except when necessary to avoid a conflict with other traffic
or to protect the safety of any person or vehicle, or in compliance
with law or the direction of a police officer or official traffic
control device, the following prohibitions shall be in effect:
A.
Stopping, standing or parking a vehicle is expressly prohibited under
the following circumstances:
(1)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of the street.
(2)
On any sidewalk.
(3)
Within any intersection.
(4)
On any crosswalk.
(5)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction which
would obstruct traffic.
(6)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure.
(7)
On public or private property which is expressly reserved for handicapped
persons or disabled veterans, where said property has been posted
in accordance with the regulations of the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation.
(8)
At any place where official signs prohibit same.
B.
Standing and parking vehicles are expressly prohibited under the
following circumstances:
(1)
In front of a public or private driveway.
(2)
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(4)
Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic
control signal located at the site of a roadway.
(5)
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or when
properly posted, on the side of a street opposite the entrance of
any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance, unless otherwise
permitted.
(6)
At any place where official signs prohibit same.
A.
No person shall park or leave unattended a vehicle on private property
without the consent of the owner or other person in control of possession
of the property, except in the case of an emergency or disablement
of the vehicle; in which case the operator shall arrange for the removal
of the vehicle as soon as possible.
B.
The provisions of Subsection A of this section shall not apply to private parking lots unless such lots are posted to notify the public of any parking restrictions; in which case the operator of a vehicle should not violate said posted restrictions. For the purpose of this section, "private parking lot" means a parking lot open to the public and used for parking with or without charge.
A.
Every vehicle which is standing or parked on a two-way highway shall
be positioned parallel to either the curb or the edge of the highway
and in all cases in the direction of authorized traffic movement.
The vehicle shall be parked such that the right-hand wheels are within
12 inches of the right-hand curb, or in the absence of a curb, the
vehicle shall be parked such that the left-hand wheels are at least
12 inches from the edge of the highway.
B.
Every vehicle which is standing or parked on a one-way highway shall
be positioned parallel to the curb or edge of the highway in the direction
of authorized traffic movement. Said vehicle shall be parked so that
its wheels are within 12 inches from the curb, or in the absence of
a curb, as close as practicable to the shoulder of the road.
C.
No person or entity shall be permitted to park any boat, trailer,
camper, motor home, recreational vehicle, or any other similar vehicle
or personal property that has or would typically be required to be
registered and licensed through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
or any other unnatural item or object, on the public streets located
within the City of Washington. Additionally, no more than two recreational
vehicles may be stored or maintained outside of an enclosed structure
on a lot except in approved and properly permitted recreational parks.
For purposes of this section, contiguous lots owned by the same persons
shall be considered one lot. Recreational vehicles shall be stored
only in side or rear yards. The City Council may grant a variance
from this restriction if it is determined that storage is not possible
or practical in side or rear yards.
A.
No commercial equipment, including, but not limited to, trucks, tandems (in excess of one-ton capacity), tractor trailers, tractors or other commercial construction or cargo-moving vehicles or equipment shall be parked upon the roads within the City of Washington after completion of the normal working day. No truck or vehicle weighing in excess of 21,000 pounds or more than eight feet high shall be permitted to park on any City street, alley or thoroughfare, except for those limited exceptions enumerated in Subsection B.
B.
Exceptions. The following are exceptions to the restrictions set forth in Subsection A of this section:
(1)
Any commercial equipment described in this section may legally park
for the purpose of delivering goods or rendering services during the
normal course of business, provided that such vehicle does not substantially
impede the flow of vehicular traffic.
(2)
Vehicles being used for the purpose of road construction shall be
permitted to park, stand or stop on any highway or street within the
City of Washington when construction is in progress upon said highway
or street.
A.
Violations of this article shall be building of a summary offense
and, upon conviction before a Magisterial District Judge, shall be
fined no less than $25 but not more than $300 per day, plus costs
of prosecution. In the event of a default of the payment of any fine
due hereunder, such persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the
third degree and shall pay a fine of not less than $750, but not more
than $1,000, or imprisonment of not more than 90 days in the Washington
County Correctional Facility, or both.
B.
Reduced penalty. In any case where a police officer of the City of
Washington shall first give notice of the offense by handing to the
offending operator or affixing securely to the motor vehicle illegally
parked hereunder a ticket on which he has noted the time and place
of the offense, the nature of the offense, and the license registration
of the vehicle and bearing the statement that no prosecution shall
be instituted for 72 hours hereafter and if during the said seventy-two-hour
period, the offending operator shall voluntarily appear at the office
of the City Police and voluntarily enter a plea of guilty, and pay
the appropriate fine payable to the appropriate authority responsible
for collecting parking violations within the City, then no further
prosecution for said offense shall thereafter be brought. In the alternative,
said offender may forward to the office of the Parking Authority for
the City of Washington by regular mail the appropriate fine, and no
prosecution for the offense shall be thereafter brought so long as
the envelope is postmarked within 72 hours of the violation.
C.
The City Council is hereby authorized from time to time to amend
and/or modify by resolution the penalties imposed by this section.
A.
In addition to the penalties herein provided, whenever any police
officer finds an attended vehicle in violation of any provisions of
this article, the officer may move the vehicle, or cause the vehicle
to be moved, or require the driver or other person in charge of the
vehicle to move the vehicle.
B.
In addition to the penalties herein provided, whenever any police
officer finds an unattended vehicle in violation of any provision
of this article, the officer may remove or cause to be removed to
the place of business of the operator of a wrecker or to a nearby
garage or other place of safety selected by the City; that said owner
of said vehicle, if known, together with the address, shall be notified
in writing of the fact of said removal and the place of deposit of
said vehicle; that said vehicle may be reclaimed and surrendered upon
payment of towing and storing charges.
