[Ord. 2015-7, 5/4/2015]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
An emblem or permit issued by the Borough of Forty Fort in
the exercise of its discretion, as a revocable license, to a handicapped
person, upon payment of the fees and charges herein ordained, taking
into account the location of the handicapped parking space, traffic
ordinances of the Borough of Forty Fort, provisions of the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code, or any emergency or other traffic regulation presently
or hereafter promulgated by the municipality.
A person who shall qualify for the issuance of a handicapped
motor vehicle registration plate or placard by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of § 1338
of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, as presently in effect or
hereafter amended.[1]
A motor vehicle owned by the handicapped person or a family
member residing with or at the residence of the handicapped person
within the Borough, and for which a handicapped motor vehicle registration
plate or placard has been issued by the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Such space as the Borough may determine, from time to time,
is reasonably required for the parking of a vehicle permitted by this
Part, in order to accomplish the objective thereof, and which shall
be nonexclusive, as hereinafter ordained.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1338.
[Ord. 2015-7, 5/4/2015]
1.
A handicapped person, as hereinbefore defined, may apply, in writing,
to the Borough for the issuance of a handicapped parking permit, in
accordance with the provisions of this Part, for which, if issued,
the applicant shall pay to the Borough upon issuance an initial fee
of $100. The initial application fee shall cover the cost of signs
to be supplied and installed by the Borough designating a parking
area as a handicapped parking area and a current-year parking permit
sticker.
2.
On or before January 31 of each year, the holder of a handicapped
parking permit shall recertify his or her need and eligibility for
said permit on a form to be supplied by the Borough. An annual fee
of $25 shall be charged for the renewal of a handicapped parking space
for the maintenance of said space. The owner of the vehicle parking
in said parking space must purchase their current-year parking permit
sticker.
3.
No permit shall be granted to any Borough resident who shall have
available any off-street parking or a driveway serving the residence
of any such resident.
4.
Only one permit shall be issued to a resident or family unit residing
at a specific address, and such permit, which shall be a revocable
license, shall be issued only to the disabled applicant.
5.
Any permit issued pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Part
shall be nontransferable, subject to all present and future Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code, Borough traffic and street cleaning and snow removal
regulations and ordinances of the Borough of Forty Fort.
6.
The handicapped parking spaces provided pursuant to the terms and
provisions of this Part shall be nonexclusive; and the holder of a
permit therefor may not exclude or prohibit parking in such space
by another vehicle to which a handicapped motor vehicle registration
plate or placard has been issued by the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
7.
Within 30 days after the death of a person to whom a handicapped
parking permit has been issued, the personal representative of the
deceased shall inform the Borough of Forty Fort of the death. If there
is no personal representative, the spouse or, if there is no spouse,
the next of kin of the deceased shall inform the Borough of the death.
Upon receipt of the notification, the handicapped parking sign shall
be removed by the Borough of Forty Fort at the Borough's expense.
[Ord. 2015-7, 5/4/2015]
1.
Any person to whom a handicapped parking permit has been issued pursuant
to the terms and provisions of this Part and who shall violate any
of the terms and provisions hereof shall be subject to revocation
of the permit so issued and the removal of handicapped parking signs
installed by the Borough designating the permitted area as a handicapped
parking area for the applicant.
2.
Any person not possessing a handicapped placard or a handicapped
registration plate issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation who shall park in or occupy a handicapped parking
space designated and established by this Part shall, upon conviction
of such violation, be subject to a fine of not more than $50.
3.
Any person not possessing a handicapped placard or a handicapped
registration plate issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation who shall park in or occupy a handicapped parking
space designated and established by this Part shall be summarily subject
to the removal of any vehicle or object so parking in such place by
the Borough of Forty Fort's Police Department, acting through its
designated vehicle tower, in order to protect the health, welfare
and safety of the handicapped person to whom a handicapped parking
permit has been issued; and all costs incurred in the removal of any
such vehicle or object shall be at the cost of the owner thereof.
