A. 
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 article for any person to park a vehicle or allow it to remain parked otherwise.
B. 
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:
(1) 
Stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle is expressly prohibited under the following circumstances:
(a) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of the street.
(b) 
On any sidewalk.
(c) 
Within any intersection.
(d) 
On any crosswalk.
(e) 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone.
(f) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction which would obstruct traffic.
(g) 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure.
(h) 
On any railroad tracks.
(i) 
On public or private property which is expressly reserved for handicapped persons or disabled veterans when said property has been posted in accordance with the regulations of PennDOT.
(j) 
At any place where official signs prohibit same.
(k) 
Any roadway where parking would impede the flow of traffic.
(2) 
Standing and parking of vehicles is expressly prohibited under the following circumstances:
(a) 
In front of a public or private driveway.
(b) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(c) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(d) 
Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal located at the site of a roadway.
(e) 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or, when properly posted, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance.
(f) 
Any place where official signs prohibit same.
(3) 
Parking a vehicle is expressly prohibited under the following circumstances:
(a) 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(b) 
On any on ramp or off ramp to a limited-access highway.
(c) 
Any place where official signs prohibit parking.
C. 
Parking on private property.
(1) 
No person shall park or leave unattended a vehicle on private property without the consent of the owner or other person in control of possession of the property except in the case of an emergency or disablement of the vehicle, in which case the operator shall arrange for the removal of the vehicle as soon as possible.
(2) 
The provisions of § 127-31C(1) of this section shall not apply to private parking lots unless such lots are posted to notify the public of any parking restrictions, in which case the operator of a vehicle should not violate said posted restrictions. For the purpose of this section, "private parking lot" means a parking lot open to the public and used for parking with or without charge.
D. 
Manner of parking.
(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 all cases in the direction of authorized traffic movement. The vehicles shall be parked such that the right-hand wheels are within 12 inches of the right-hand curb, or in the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.
(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.
A. 
No commercial equipment, including but not limited to trucks, tandems in excess of one-ton capacity, tractor-trailers, tractors or other commercial construction or cargo-moving vehicles or equipment, shall be parked upon any highway within the Township. Furthermore, no commercial equipment as described in this subsection shall be parked or stored upon any highway in the Township after completion of the working day.
B. 
The following shall be excepted from the restrictions set forth in Subsection A of this section:
(1) 
Any commercial equipment described in this section may legally park for the purpose of delivering goods or rendering services during the normal course of business, provided that such vehicle does not substantially impede the flow of vehicular traffic.
(2) 
Vehicles being used for the purpose of road construction shall be permitted to park, stand or stop on any highway within the Township when construction is in progress upon said highway.
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
Name of Street
Side
Location
Andrew Avenue
Both
At cul-de-sac
Bradfield Drive
[Repealed 9-19-2022 by Ord. No. 337-2022]
Bradfield Drive
[Added 9-19-2022 by Ord. No. 337-2022]
East
Shady Oak Drive to cul-de-sac
Bradfield Drive
[Added 9-19-2022 by Ord. No. 337-2022]
West
Entire length
Brookfield Drive
Both
At cul-de-sac
Brooklane Court
Both
At cul-de-sac
Campus Road
Both
East College Avenue to Bear Creek Road
Canvasback Lane
South
Entire length
Cleremont Court
Both
At cul-de-sac
Cloverleaf Road
Both
PA 283 eastbound ramps to PA 283 westbound ramps
Dairy Lane
Both
At cul-de-sac
Deerfield Drive
Both
At cul-de-sac
Deerfield Drive
South
Springville Road to cul-de-sac
East College Avenue
North
Kiwanis Boulevard to Elizabethtown Borough line
Fieldstone Circle
Both
At cul-de-sac
Gantz Meadows
Both
At northern cul-de-sac
Gantz Meadows
Both
At southern cul-de-sac
Hampden Road
Both
At cul-de-sac
Hershey Road (SR 0743)
Both
At PA Route 283
Hillside Road
Both
At cul-de-sac
Hilltop Circle
Both
At cul-de-sac
Honeysuckle Court
Both
At cul-de-sac
Indian Rock Circle
Both
At cul-de-sac
Indian Rock Circle
North
King Court to cul-de-sac
Indian Rock Circle
South
Old Hershey Road to King Court
Ironstone Drive
Both
At cul-de-sac
King Court
Both
At cul-de-sac
Knoll Drive
Both
At cul-de-sac
Knoll Drive
North
Entire length except at cul-de-sac
Larkspur Lane
Both
Sager Road eastward to terminus of Larkspur Lane
Mark Drive
Both
At cul-de-sac
Market Street Square
—
At fire lane
Midland Circle
Both
At cul-de-sac
Mill Road
Both
Conewago Creek to Cassell Road
Old English Lane
Both
At cul-de-sac
Park View Drive
Both
At cul-de-sac
Radio Road
East
Willow Street to the Conoy Creek
Ridgeview Road South
Both
At cul-de-sac
Rosebud Lane
Both
At cul-de-sac
Sager Road
Both
At cul-de-sac
Schwanger Road
Both
Campus Road to Cloverleaf Road
Shady Oak Drive
Both
Entire length
Shady Oak Drive
South
Harrisburg Avenue to 1923 Shady Oak Drive
Sheaffer Road
Both
Bear Creek Road to Hickory Run Drive
South Market Street (SR 0230)
North
2389 South Market Street
Violets Path
Both
At cul-de-sac
Waterfowl Way
Both
Entire length
West Main Street (SR 0230)
North
1105 West Main Street
West Main Street (SR 0230)
South
2044-2050 West Main Street
Wigeon Way
North/east
Entire length
Windemere Court
Both
At cul-de-sac
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:
Name of Street
Side
Authorized Purpose or Vehicle
Location
Homestead Road
South
Fire Department Mount Joy (draft site)
2664 Homestead Road, adjacent to pond
Homestead Road
South
Fire Department Mount Joy (draft site)
2914 Homestead Road, adjacent to pond
Indian Rock Circle
[Added 9-19-2022 by Ord. No. 337-2022]
North
Handicapped parking
449 Indian Rock Circle
Rissermill Road
West
Fire Department Mount Joy (draft site)
1267 Rissermill Road, adjacent to pond
Valleyview Road
South
Fire Department Mount Joy (draft site)
1959 Valleyview Road, adjacent to dirt lane on east side of pond
A. 
Violations of the parking regulations. Except as provided in Subsection B below, any person violating any parking regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be fined $20 plus costs of prosecution.
B. 
Violations of § 127-32. Any person violating the provisions of § 127-32 of this article shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be fined $30 plus costs of prosecution.
C. 
Reduced penalty. In all cases where a police officer or a parking enforcement agent of the Township first gives notice to a person of any violation of parking regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, either by personal service to the offending operator or by affixing to the vehicle in violation a ticket noting the date, time and location of the offense, nature of the offense charged and the license registration of the vehicle in violation, prosecution shall not be instituted for 72 hours thereafter. If, during said seventy-two-hour period, the offending operator voluntarily, either in person at the Police Department office or by mail, enters a plea of guilty and pays a fine of $10 for violating any parking regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter or a fine of $10 for violating any provision of § 127-34, no prosecution for said offense shall thereafter be brought so long as the envelope is postmarked within 72 hours of the violation.