Parking meter zones are established upon and along certain streets
in the Township, as follows:
Name of Street
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Side
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Location
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Broadway Avenue
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Both
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From Ninth Street to 612 Broadway
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Dohrman Street
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Both
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From Woodward Avenue to Russellwood Avenue
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Valley Street
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West
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From Broadway to Derby Alley
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Parking meters shall be operated, by the deposit of a coin in the meter, as prescribed by §
655-46, and the parking rates for specified lengths of time, as well as the maximum parking times prescribed in §
655-42, shall apply at all times between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Saturday, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Friday, in the parking meter zones listed in §
655-42; provided, however, the requirements of this article as to parking time limit and as to deposit of coins in meters shall not apply on Township holidays.
Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established by §
655-42 of this article shall be placed upon the curb or sidewalk and immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces described in §
655-45 of this article. Each parking meter shall be placed or set so as to show that the parking space adjacent to that meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Township, and when the adjacent space is occupied by a vehicle, the parking meter shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of that period, shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the curb,
sidewalk or roadway adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose
of delineating the parking space for which that meter shall be used.
Every vehicle parked at any parking meter shall be parked wholly within
the lines or markings so placed and applicable to that meter. It shall
be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person to park
a vehicle across any such line or marking, or to park a vehicle in
such a position that that vehicle is not wholly within the area designated
by those lines or markings.
[Amended 3-10-2020 by Ord. No. 1012]
Whenever a vehicle is parked in any space that requires the payment of money into a parking meter at any time in the period referenced in §
655-43 of this article, upon parking the vehicle within the specified parking space, the operator shall immediately deposit, or cause to be deposited, coins of the United States of America as specified in the legend of the parking meter. Upon depositing coins into the parking meter, thereby placing the meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle for the time indicated on the meter. If any vehicle shall remain in any parking space for any length of time longer than specified on the parking meter, whereby the time has expired for the amount of time paid for lawfully occupying that parking space, the vehicle shall be considered as having been parked in overtime and the parking of such vehicle shall be a violation of this article, subject to fines and penalties as provided in this article.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit in any parking
meter installed under the provisions of this article any slug or other
substitute for a coin of the United States of America.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any
person to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter installed
under the provisions of this article any coin for the purpose of increasing
or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking
time of 15 minutes in any fifteen-minute parking meter zone, 1/2 hour
in any half-hour parking meter zone, one hour in any one-hour parking
meter zone, or two hours in any two-hour parking meter zone.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any
person to permit a vehicle to remain in a parking space adjacent to
a parking meter installed under this article when that meter displays
a signal indicating that the vehicle has already been parked there
beyond the period of time prescribed for that parking space or the
time for which a coin or coins was deposited in that meter for the
parking of that vehicle.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any
person to deface, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or
impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions
of this article, provided nothing in this section shall apply to the
servicing or opening of parking meters by officers, employees or police
officers of the Township under the direction of the Chief of Police
or Board of Commissioners.
[Amended 11-9-1993 by Ord. No. 760; 1-13-2015 by Ord. No. 976; 3-10-2020 by Ord. No. 1012]
A. Any person who violates any portion of this article with the exception of §
655-50 (Meter tampering prohibited) and with the exception of §
655-51B, below, and who fails to pay the fine set forth in §
655-51B, shall be subject to pay the fine of $25 within three business days, and if such fine is not paid within three business days, then it is increased to $50.
B. Any person who violates any provision of this article for the following
offenses shall be subject to pay the fine of $45 within three business
days, and if such fine is not paid within three business days, then
it is increased to $75:
(2) Parking
during prohibited hours/areas.
(4) Parking
on wrong side of road.
(5) Parking
in a no-parking zone.
(6) Parking
within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(7) Parking
within 20 feet of an intersection.
C. Any person
who violates parking in a handicapped-designated area and who fails
to have an application to park their vehicle in a handicapped-designated
area shall be subject to pay the fine of $200 within three business
days, and if such fine is not paid within three business days, then
it is increased to $400.
D. Any person who violates any portion of §
655-50 (Meter tampering prohibited) of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $250, and costs, and, if such fine is not paid within three business days, then it is increased to not less than $500 and not more than, and/or be subject to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.