[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
Any individual requesting an on-street handicapped parking space within Elizabethville Borough shall submit an application to the Borough Council.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
The Chief of Police shall review all applications so submitted and shall make a recommendation to the Borough Council. Borough Council shall approve or reject all such applications.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
1. 
The criteria for the creation of a handicapped parking space shall be as follows:
A. 
The individual so requesting the space shall exhibit proof that they have qualified for a handicapped person's license plate under the regulations issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
B. 
No more than one handicapped parking space shall be issued to any one individual within Elizabethville Borough.
C. 
No more than one handicapped parking space shall be provided per dwelling unit within the corporate limits of Elizabethville Borough.
D. 
No handicapped parking space shall be provided for the location so requested if there exists a reasonably accessible and practicable off street parking space to serve such location.
E. 
The individual requesting the handicapped parking space shall first demonstrate that the individual has a physical impairment, such as a loss of use of a lower extremity or cardiopulmonary condition which substantially restricts movement or otherwise requires the use of a wheelchair, crutches, walker, or similar device for purposes of locomotion.
F. 
No handicapped parking space shall be created unless it can be demonstrated that the physical condition giving rise to the request is reasonably expected to persist for a period of no less than six consecutive months.
G. 
In considering an application for handicapped parking space, a report or letter from the applicant's treating physician may be considered, but, any such report shall not, by itself, be considered conclusive.
H. 
In the event that there is a material improvement in the physical condition of the applicant to the extent that the applicant would no longer qualify under the criteria set forth herein, the handicapped parking space shall be removed. Likewise, the handicapped parking space shall be removed if there is a change in the circumstances such that the handicapped parking space shall no longer be appropriate under the criteria referred to herein. There shall be no refund of any fees paid.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
For all applications for a handicapped parking space there shall be submitted, along with the application, an application fee of $25. Should the application be approved, the applicant, as a condition to the creation of the handicapped parking space by the erection of appropriate signs and the like, shall deposit with the Borough the actual cost of the materials plus the actual labor cost to the Borough to establish the handicapped parking space, the total of which shall not exceed $350.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
This Part shall not limit the discretion of the Borough Council of Elizabethville Borough to establish handicapped parking areas at other locations where the Borough deems appropriate.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
Upon approval of a request for a handicapped parking space in accordance with the terms of this Part, the individual requesting said handicapped parking space shall be given a parking permit by the Borough. This handicap parking permit shall be prominently displayed at all times where the motor vehicle is parked within its designated parking area.
[Ord. No. 308, 2/12/2001]
Any person not holding a valid permit to do so, who shall park his motor vehicle in any designated handicapped parking space, shall be in violation of this Part and shall, upon conviction thereof, before a District Magistrate, be subject to a fine for each offense of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and upon default in payment of said fine and costs, be imprisoned in the Dauphin County Prison for a period not in excess of 30 days.