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Editor's Note: Former Part 7, Route 40 Parking, adopted 9/12/2019
by Ord. No. 8-2019, was superseded Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
This Part shall be known as the "Canton Township Parking Ordinance
of 2021."
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
The purpose of this Part is to amend Ordinance No. 8 of 2019,
regulating parking in the Township, by allowing parking East Belmont
Avenue from its intersection with Hilltop Lane (TR-584) to its intersection
with Spring Street and to retain all other rules and regulations regarding
parking as set forth in previous Township ordinances.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
The following words and phrases, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings given in this Part:
A street or highway intended to provide access to the rear
or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for
the purpose of through vehicular traffic.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel. The term includes a roadway
open to the use of the public for vehicular travel on grounds of a
college or university or public or private school or public or historical
park.
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading
or unloading property or passengers or in order to obey traffic flow
signals or regulations.
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular traffic travel, exclusive of the sidewalk, berm
or shoulder even though such sidewalk, berm or shoulder is used by
pedal cycles. In the event a highway includes two or more separate
roadways, the term "roadway" refers to each roadway separately but
not to all such roadways collectively.
Parking permit may be granted by the Township when a resident
must park permanently in the roadway or alley because of physical
handicap, or because there is no adequate available off-street parking.
Parking permit may be granted by the Township when a resident
does not have adequate available off-street parking because a temporary
visitation by nonresident family or invitees.
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving
or discharging passengers.
Canton Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
1.
Except when necessary to avoid 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
on United States Route 40 as located in Canton Township on the roadway
side of United States Route 40 as set forth in this Part.
B.
Except where otherwise provided in this Part, no person shall park
or leave standing any vehicle on any Township roadway or alley, nor
shall any person park on the traveled portion of any paved Township
roadway or alley.
C.
Standing and parking vehicles is expressly prohibited under the following
circumstances:
(1)
On any sidewalk.
(2)
Within any intersection.
(3)
On any crosswalk.
(4)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction which
would obstruct traffic.
(5)
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.
(6)
At any place where official signs prohibit the same.
(7)
In front of a public or private driveway.
(8)
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(9)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(10)
Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic
control signal located at the site of a roadway.
(11)
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
1.
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 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.
2.
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.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
1.
In addition to the penalties herein provided, whenever any police
officer and/or Code Enforcement Officer finds an attended vehicle
in violation of any provisions of this Part, the respective officer
and/or Code Enforcement 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, to a position off the roadway
where the vehicle will not interfere unduly with the normal movement
of traffic or constitute a safety hazard.
2.
In addition to the penalties herein provided, whenever any police
officer and/or Code Enforcement Officer finds an unattended vehicle
in violation of any provisions of this Part, 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 Township; 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.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
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Street
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Location
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Side
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Charles Street
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From Oakwood Avenue to 124 Charles Street
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Northwest
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East Belmont Avenue
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From Hilltop Lane to Spring Street
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West
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Elizabeth Street
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From Oakwood Avenue to Griffith Street unless parking available
then that must be utilized
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East
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[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
Any resident may apply at the Township building for a permit
for on-street parking for long-term special needs or for a short-term
special occasion. Special needs permits shall be renewed annually
by reapplication to the Township. All permits shall specify the location
and duration of permitted parking. The Township has the sole determination
in the granting of a permit under this section.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
The owner of any vehicle parked in violation of this Part shall
be prima facie guilty of such violation.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
The Board of Supervisors may by motion delegate to the Township
Police and/or Township Code Enforcement Officer the authority to determine
whether a violation exists and to serve such notice of violation upon
the owner/operator as the Board of Supervisors shall by motion determine.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
1.
It shall be the duty of enforcement personnel to report violations
of this Part by recording the following information:
2.
The enforcement officer reporting the violation shall attach to the
vehicle a notice to the owner or driver that the vehicle is parked
in violation of this Part and instructing the owner or driver to pay
the penalty indicated to the Township within seven calendar days.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
1.
For the first recorded violation of this Part in a single day, the
penalty shall be $25. For the second recorded, $50; provided, however,
that violations of the same provision of this Part may not be recorded
or reported more frequently than once every three hours. For the third
and each subsequent violation of this Part at the same location in
a single day the penalty shall be $100.
2.
Whoever fails to pay such penalties to the Township within seven
calendar days shall be subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions
of this Part.
3.
Upon default, any person, upon conviction before the district justice,
shall be punished by paying a fine of not more than $600 plus costs
and/or being imprisoned in the county jail up to 30 days.
4.
Presumption as to guilt. The owner of any vehicle parked in violation
of this Part shall be prima-facie guilty of such violation.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
In the event that any provision, section, sentence or portion
of this Part shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect
or impair any of the remaining provisions of this Part, as the provisions
are severable and would have been enacted had not such invalid provision
been included herein. All ordinances or part of ordinances which are
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
All ordinances or part of ordinances that are inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed.
[Ord. No. 7-2021, 12/9/2021]
This Part shall take effect five days after enactment.
