[Adopted 12-16-2020 by Ord. No. 1030]
A.
In order to encourage and support the use of electric vehicles within
the Borough, Borough Council hereby establishes publicly available
electric vehicle charging stations within the Borough.
B.
For purposes of this article, an "electric vehicle" is one that operates
either partially or exclusively on electrical energy supplied from
the grid or an off-grid electricity source that is stored on board
for motive purpose. An "electric charging station" is equipment that
has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy to a battery
or other energy storage device on an electric vehicle.
C.
The proper officers of the Borough are hereby authorized and directed
to enter into the necessary contracts for the purchase, installation,
maintenance, and repairs of electric charging stations and electrical
supply service, and may pay for the same, in whole or in part, from
the receipts, funds, and revenues received from the operation of the
electrical charging stations.
The Borough of Narberth administration is hereby authorized
to designate, by the installation of appropriate signage, parking
spaces for the exclusive use of charging electric vehicles. Such signage
shall be consistent with the U.S. Federal Highway Administration Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for electric charging stations.
[Amended 12-21-2023 by Ord. No. 1062]
Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., each day of the
week, where signs designating a parking space for the exclusive use
of recharging electric vehicles are installed, no person shall park
a vehicle upon any street, municipal parking lot, municipal parking
garage, or portion of any street, parking lot, or parking garage so
designated and within such parking space unless such vehicle is an
electric vehicle and is connected to an electric charging station
for the purpose of charging the electric vehicle. An electric vehicle
must disconnect from the electric charging station and vacate the
parking space within one hour after the electric vehicle has finished
charging.
The Borough may establish reasonable charges for the use of
electrical energy supplied from the electric charging station in accordance
with fee schedules adopted by resolution of the Borough Council. Such
fees shall be established in an amount to cover the costs of installation,
supervision, operation, maintenance, inspection, control, and use
of the electric charging stations and the electric energy supplied.
Any business, multiple-family dwelling, or owner of a private
parking lot maintained for use by the general public is hereby authorized
to designate, by the installation of appropriate signs, parking spaces
for the exclusive use of parking and/or charging electric vehicles.
Enforcement, costs, and maintenance shall be responsibility of the
owner of the private property.
[Added 1-19-2022 by Ord. No. 1041; amended 12-21-2023 by Ord. No.
1062]
A.
Any person or entity violating the provisions of this article, or
aiding, abetting or assisting in the violation of this article, by
parking a nonelectric vehicle in a parking space designated for the
exclusive use of recharging electric vehicles, by failing to vacate
a parking space within one hour after the electric vehicle has reached
a full charge, or through any other violation noted in this article,
shall receive a citation in the amount of $20. Each hour that the
violation continues to occur shall be considered a separate offense.
Each police officer or the parking enforcement officer shall place
on a vehicle in violation of this article a notice to the owner thereof
that such vehicle has been parked in violation of the provisions of
this article and instructing such owner as to provisions for payment
of such violation or penalties for failure to pay such violation.
Each such owner may, within 10 days of when such notice was attached
to such vehicle, pay the citation amount at the Borough office or
in a designated payment box, as provided on the parking citation,
as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation.
B.
The failure of a vehicle owner to make payment as designated on the
parking citation within the ten-day period shall render such owner
subject to additional court costs and fees associated with the filing
and prosecution of the violation. After such ten-day period, such
owner shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $20 for
each offense, and all costs related thereto, to be collected as fines
and penalties.
