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[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-401]
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 part for any person to park a vehicle or allow it to remain parked otherwise.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-402; as amended by Ord. 06-10, 11/27/2006, § 11; and by Ord. 12-01, 1/3/2012, § 11]
1. 
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
[Amended by Ord. No. 19-01, 2/7/2019]
Street
Side
Between
Angle Drive (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Anna Way (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Anneto Drive (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Anthony Drive (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Barnswallow Drive (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Bow Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Breezy Court (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Brianna Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Bromley Court (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Brook Run Terrace
Even
Entire length
Burton Drive (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Canyon Creek Road
Odd
Entire length
Casmar Way (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Cassard Circle (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Cedar Lane (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Centennial Avenue (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Chalet Road (32 feet)
Both
Entire length
Charles Drive (28 feet)
Both
Water pump station
Charles Drive (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Cherry Court (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Cinderella Court (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Clarkdale Lane (32 feet)
Even
Along 100 Block
Colflesh Road
[Added Ord. No. 22-04, 4/7/2022]
Both
Layfield Road and Church Road
Clarkdale Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Along 200 Block
Colonial Drive (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Country Lane (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Courtside Avenue (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Crabapple Court (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Crooked Lane (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
Cross Road (20 feet)
Both
Entire length
Donald Drive (28 feet)
Both
Between Buchert Road and Willowbrook Drive
Donald Drive (28 feet)
Odd
Between Willowbrook Drive and Willowbrook Drive
Dotterer Road (26 feet)
Both
From the intersection with SR0663 along both sides of Dotterer Road to 1,000 feet west of the intersection of Dotterer Road and SR0663
Dove Drive (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
Ernest Place (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Fagleysville Road (24 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Fairbrook Drive (32 feet)
Both
Leidy Road and the start of the circle
Fairbrook Drive (32 feet)
Even
Entire circle
Fairview Lane (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Faust Road (26 feet)
Both
Entire length
Fawn Drive (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
Federal Drive (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Fox Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Gail Drive (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Garnet Drive (28 feet)
Both
Between Chalet and Dotterer Road
Garnet Drive (32 feet)
Odd
Between Dotterer Road and cul-de-sac
Garrett Lane (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
Green Valley Drive (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Harvest Lane (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Heather Lane (28 feet)
Even
Between Rosenberry Road and Romig Road
Heather Lane (28 feet)
Odd
Between New Hanover Square Road and Rosenberry Road
Heatherwood Court (28 feet)
Both
Tallowood to cul-de-sac
Hidden Lane (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Holbrook Lane (32 feet)
Even
Along 100 Block
Holbrook Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Along 200 Block
Holly Drive (30 feet)
Even
Entire length
Homestead Court (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Jackie Drive (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
Jane Lane (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Jennifer Lane (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Jessica Drive (30 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Katalina Way (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Kati Court (26 feet)
Both
Entire length
Kingswood Vale Road (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Kleman Road (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Kristen Lane (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Lafayette Court (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Lawrence Drive (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Liberty Bell Drive (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Lilac Lane (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
Locust Lane (30 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Lomara Drive (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Louisa Way (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Madison Court (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Magnolia Drive (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Magnolia Drive (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Mallard Lane (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Marietta Way (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Marisa Lane (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
Martin Drive (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Matthew Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Middle Creek Road (33 feet)
Both
Garrett to 73 along curbed areas
Mulberry Lane (32 feet)
Both
Entire length
Mulberry Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
New Hanover Square Road (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
New Hanover Square Road (28 feet)
Both
No parking along the entire frontage of the development
New Hanover Square Road (28 feet)
Both
No parking along the entire frontage of the development
North Charlotte Street
Even
For a distance of 500 feet north from the intersection of Swamp Pike
Orchard Lane (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Overlook Drive (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Owl Court (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Peter Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Pheasant Lane (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Quail Drive (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Quiet Court (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Rabbit Run Road (28 feet)
Even
Romig Road to 2200 Block
Rabbit Run Road (28 feet)
Odd
2300 Block
Racoon Court (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Raven Court (24 feet)
Both
Entire length
Reifsnyder Road (24 feet)
Both
Angel Drive to Swamp Pike
Reindeer Court (28 feet)
Odd
Between Romig Road and cul-de-sac
Rhoads Road (26 feet)
Even
Between Buchert Road and Lower Pottsgrove Line
Romig Road (26 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Rosenberry Road (36 feet)
Both
Swamp Pike to Holly Drive
Rosenberry Road (36 feet)
Odd
Holly Drive to Overlook Drive
St. Anthony Way (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Saint Victoria Drive (30 feet)
Both
Cart path crossing to Lot 51 (Saint Victoria Drive)
Saint Victoria Drive (30 feet)
Even
2537 Saint Victoria Drive to cart path crossing
Saint Victoria Drive (30 feet)
Odd
Santa Maria Drive to 2533 Saint Victoria Drive
Samantha Way (28 feet)
Odd
From Saint Victoria Drive to cul-de-sac
Sandpiper Court (24 feet)
Both
Entire length
Santa Maria Drive (30 feet)
Even
Entire length
Serenity Drive (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Shady Lane (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Stacie Drive (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Sterling Drive (32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Sunny Ridge Drive (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Swamp Pike (32 feet)
Both
For a distance of 300 feet east and west from the intersection of Dotterer Road
Swamp Pike (32 feet)
Even
In front of Reid Paving
Swamp Pike (44 feet)
Odd
In front of 1831 in slow down lane
Sweet Briar Court (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
Sycamore Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Tallowood Drive (32 feet)
Both
Entrance off of Moyer to first curve
Thomas Circle (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Topaz Lane (24 feet)
Both
Entire length
Tory Lane (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Tracy Lane (32 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Tulip Lane (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
Turnbury Road (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Turnbury Road (32 feet)
Odd
Along 2400 Block
Wagner Road (30 feet)
Even
Between Fagleysville Road and Faust Road
Wagner Road (24 feet)
Odd
Between Fagleysville Road and Faust Road
Washington Drive (28 to 32 feet)
Even
Entire length
Weller Court (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Willowbrook Lane (28 feet)
Even
Entire length
Willow Lane (30 feet)
Even
Entire length
Wilshaw Way (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Windy Hill Drive (28 feet)
Even
Buchert Road to Owl Court
Windy Hill Drive (28 feet)
Even
464 Windy Hill Drive to Hidden Lane
Windy Hill Drive (28 feet)
Odd
Owl Court to 465 Windy Hill Drive
Woodland Road (16 feet)
Both
Stone Road to Little Road
Woodland Way (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Woodlark Circle (28 feet)
Odd
Entire length
Wrenfield Lane (28 feet)
Both
Entire length
2. 
Stopping shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
[Added by Ord. No. 22-04, 4/7/2022[1]]
Street
Side
Between
Colflesh Road
Both
Layfield Road and Church Road
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also renumbered former Subsection 2 as Subsection 4.
3. 
Standing shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
[Added by Ord. No. 22-04, 4/7/2022]
Street
Side
Between
Colflesh Road
Both
Layfield Road and Church Road
4. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-403]
Parking shall be prohibited in the following locations at all times on the days and between the hours indicated in this section, as follows:
Street
Side
Between
Days
Hours
(Reserved)
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-404; as amended by Ord. 06-10, 11/27/2006, § 12; by Ord. 12-01, 1/3/2012, § 12; and by Ord. No. 21-11, 11/4/2021]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or to allow to remain parked, on any Township road or street or parts of streets, any bus, motor home, or trailer of any kind, or any vehicle with more than two axles. Such prohibition shall not apply to the temporary parking of such vehicles on Township roads or streets for the purpose of loading or unloading or for the parking of vehicles used to provide services to properties along the road or street. Such temporary parking shall be for a period not to exceed four hours.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-405]
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
(Reserved)
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-406]
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
Authorized Purpose or Vehicle
(Reserved)
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-407]
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 on the following named streets on 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)
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-408]
1. 
Only angle parking shall be permitted on the following portions of streets:
Street
Side
Between
(Reserved)
2. 
On all streets where angle parking is required, every vehicle parked at the angle shall be parked with its front nearest the curb.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-409]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or to allow the same to remain parked, at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on any of the following portions of the highways of the Township, on the days hereby respectively designated for street sweeping purposes:
Street
Between
Day
(Reserved)
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-410]
1. 
Findings and Purpose. The Township finds that:
A. 
Certain residential areas in the Township are subjected to commuter vehicle parking, therefore depriving the residents of those areas of spaces in which to park their own vehicles.
B. 
Those residential streets are also subjected to a high degree of commuter traffic which substantially reduces the quality of the ambient air level.
C. 
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 Township considers it to be in the interest of the people of the Township 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.
2. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, words and terms listed in this subsection, as follows, shall have the following meanings:
COMMUTER VEHICLE
A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person not a resident of that residential area.
PROPRIETOR
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.
RESIDENT
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.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
A contiguous area containing public highways or parts of public highways primarily abutted by residential property or residential and nonbusiness property (such as schools, parks, places of worship, hospitals and nursing homes).
3. 
Criteria. The residential areas designated in Subsection 4 of this section are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential parking on the basis of the following criteria:
A. 
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.
B. 
During the same period as specified in Subsection 3A, 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.
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:
(1) 
The local and metropolitan needs with respect to clean air and environment.
(2) 
The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle miles driven in the Township.
(3) 
The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion, illegal parking and related health and safety hazards.
(4) 
The proximity of public transportation to the residential area.
(5) 
The desire and need of the residents for residential permit parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs in connection with it.
(6) 
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.
4. 
Designation of Residential Permit Parking Areas. The following are designated as residential permit parking areas:
Area
Bounded By and Including
(Reserved)
Signs shall be erected along the streets in each residential permit parking area, indicating the days, hours, locations and conditions under which parking shall be by permit only.
5. 
Application for Permit. Application for a residential parking permit shall be made to the Chief of Police 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 permit fee, set pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Supervisors, which shall be for the use of the Township, 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 Chief of Police, the applicant shall be required, at the time of making application, to present his driver's license and the vehicle registration card.
6. 
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 Chief of Police 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 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.
7. 
Temporary and Exemption Parking Permits. Temporary parking permits may be issued by the Chief of Police, upon payment of a fee established pursuant to a resolution, to bond 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.
8. 
Responsibility of Permit Holder.
A. 
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.
B. 
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.
C. 
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.
D. 
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 Chief of Police in order to obtain a residential parking permit.
9. 
Revocation of Permits. The Chief of Police 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 Chief of Police. 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 Board of Supervisors for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of the Board of Supervisors shall be final.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-411]
Any person who violates any provision of this part, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15 and costs. Provided, it shall be the duty of the police officers and of parking enforcement personnel of the Township to report to the appropriate official all violations of any provision of this part 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 part. The notice shall contain instructions to the owner or driver of the vehicle that if he will report to the office of the Chief of Police and pay the sum of $10 within 48 hours after the time of the notice, or if he will place the sum of $10, enclosed within the envelope provided, in any of the special parking fine boxes installed at various locations within the Township, that act will save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine and costs prescribed in the first sentence of this section.