The Police Department is hereby authorized to provide for the marking off of individual parking spaces in the parking zones and areas designated and described in § 156-37, said parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or marked on the curbing or surface of the highway or area. At each space so marked off, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space so designated.
A. 
In said parking meter zones, parking meters shall be installed upon the curb, sidewalk or pavement immediately adjacent to the parking spaces provided in § 156-37 of this article. The Police Department shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of such parking meters.
B. 
Each device shall be so set as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the deposit of the appropriate coin for the period of time hereinafter prescribed. Each device shall be so arranged that, upon the expiration of the lawful time limit, it will indicate by a proper, visible signal that the lawful parking period has expired, and in such case the right of such vehicle to occupy such space shall cease and the operator, owner, possessor or manager thereof shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.
A. 
When a parking space in any parking meter zone is parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked so that the foremost part of such vehicle shall be nearest to the parking meter; provided, however, that where double parking meters are installed upon one standard so as to serve two parking spaces, any vehicle parked in the space just beyond the parking meters shall be parked so that the rear bumper of such vehicle shall be nearest to the parking meters. When a parking space in any parking meter zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to such meter.
B. 
Where lines or markings painted or placed upon the curb, sidewalk, highway and/or paved surface adjacent to each parking meter provide for parking at an angle and not parallel or perpendicular to the curb, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle to cross the center line of the highway to enter or leave said parking area.
When any vehicle shall be parked in any space adjacent to which a parking meter is located in accordance with the provisions of this article, the operator shall, upon entering the said parking space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited such coin or coins of the United States as is required for such parking meter and as is designated by proper instructions on the parking meter, and failure to deposit such coin or coins shall constitute a breach of this article and shall subject such person to the penalty prescribed hereafter. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins and placing said meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of parking time which has been prescribed for the zone in which said parking space is located and for which a coin or coins is or are deposited, as indicated on the parking meter. If said vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time limit so fixed for such parking space, the parking meter shall, by its violation signal, dial or pointer, indicate such illegal parking, and in that event such vehicle shall be considered as parked overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time. The parking of a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time in any such space where any such parking meter is located shall be a violation of this article and punishable as hereinafter set forth.
[Added 5-12-1983 by Ord. No. 1563]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR PLATE
As defined in the Vehicle Code.
DISABLED VETERAN
Any veteran who is eligible to receive a disabled veteran plate or disabled veteran placard as defined in Section 1342 of Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1342, or any subsequent amendment thereto.
DISABLED VETERAN PLACARD
As defined in Section 1342(b) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1342(b), or any subsequent amendment thereto.
DISABLED VETERAN PLATE
As defined in Section 1342(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1342(a), or any subsequent amendment thereto.
HANDICAPPED PARKING PLACARD
As defined in Section 1338(b) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1338(b), or any subsequent amendment thereto.
HANDICAPPED PLATE
As defined in Section 1338(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1338(a), or any subsequent amendment thereto.
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON
Any person who is eligible to receive a handicapped plate or handicapped parking placard as defined in Section 1338 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1338, or any subsequent amendment thereto.
PRISONER OF WAR PLATE
As defined in the Vehicle Code.
B. 
Exemption for disabled veterans, handicapped persons, former prisoners of war and Congressional Medal of Honor holders from parking time limits and parking meter fees.
(1) 
When a motor vehicle bearing a disabled veterans plate, disabled veteran placard, a handicapped plate, a handicapped placard, a prisoner of war plate or a Congressional Medal of Honor plate is being operated by or for transportation of a disabled veteran or a physically handicapped person, the driver shall be entitled to park without limitation as to time and without payment of any parking meter fees on streets where parking is limited but not prohibited by Abington parking regulations or by the Vehicle Code.
(2) 
Such motor vehicles shall comply with all parking prohibitions.
C. 
Any parking place in Abington Township which is prominently marked restricted for use only by handicapped motor vehicle operators (or for transportation of a handicapped person) may only be lawfully utilized by motor vehicles prominently displaying license plates or placards, described in these regulations.
D. 
Eligibility requirements for special parking privileges.
(1) 
Disabled veteran plate and/or handicapped plate and/or parking placards and/or handicapped parking placard and/or prisoner of war plate and/or Congressional Medal of Honor plate shall be prominently displayed on the motor vehicle.
(2) 
Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing registration plates or parking placards issued to disabled veterans, physically handicapped persons, former prisoners of war or Congressional Medal of Honor holders, no person shall park a vehicle in parking spaces reserved for these persons.
E. 
The only placard recognized by this section is the placard issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person:
A. 
To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone as herein described, or to deposit in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the particular parking meter zone.
B. 
To permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while said meter is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking space.
C. 
To park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking meter space or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings.
D. 
To deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article.
E. 
To deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or metal substance or other substitute for lawful corns.
F. 
To park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any parking meter space where the meter does not register lawful parking.
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Editor's Note: Former § 156-34, Report of violations; citations, was repealed 8-8-1985 by Ord. No. 1590. See now Ch. 157, Vehicles, Parking of.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to designate some proper person or persons to make regular collections of the moneys deposited in said meters.
A. 
Temporary suspension of provisions. The provisions of this article may be temporarily suspended by the Mayor and he may prescribe temporarily such other rules and regulations as traffic conditions may require.
B. 
Suspension of provisions on designated holidays. The use of parking meters throughout the Township of Abington is hereby dispensed with on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
C. 
Erection of signs. The Mayor is authorized to erect or cause to be erected appropriate signs notifying the operators of motor vehicles of the provisions of this article.
D. 
Tokens. Where the deposit of any coin or coins is required under the provisions of this article, it shall be permissible to use such token or tokens for that deposit as shall be designated and approved by the Mayor.
A. 
On-highway parking zones. Parking meter zones are hereby established upon the highways or parts of highways described below, with maximum parking time periods as indicated:
[Amended 12-9-1976 by Ord. No. 1438]
(1) 
All days, except Sundays and holidays, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and on Saturday and during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday:
Zone
Name of Highway
Side
Time Limit
Location
10
Mt. Carmel Avenue
Both
2 hrs.
From Easton Road to Woodlyn Avenue
9
Geneva Avenue[1]
South
2 hrs.
From Easton Road to a point 93 feet west thereof
8
Easton Road
East
2 hrs.
From Keswick Avenue to Oakdale Avenue
7
Easton Road
[Amended 6-9-2022 by Ord. No. 2192]
East
2 hrs.
From 337 North Easton Road to Parkdale Avenue
6
Wharton Road
[Repealed 7-13-1978 by Ord. No. 1467]
5
Keswick Avenue
Both
2 hrs.
From Easton Road to Abington Avenue
4
Susquehanna Street Road
[Repealed 7-13-1978 by Ord. No. 1467]
3
Old York Road
[Repealed 7-13-1978 by Ord. No. 1467]
—
Horace Avenue
[Added 6-13-1991 by Ord. No. 1696]
North
30 mins.
4 parking spaces on the 1900 block in front of Abington Memorial Hospital entrance
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 7 of Ord. No. 1511, adopted 8-14-1980, provided for the parking meter to be removed on the south side of Geneva Avenue on the southwest corner of Easton Road.
(2) 
From 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., seven days a week:
Zone
Name of Highway
Side
Time Limit
Location
1 and 2
Horace Avenue
Both
2 hrs.
From Old York Road to Highland Avenue
11
Woodland Road
[Added 7-13-1978 by Ord. No. 1467]
North
2 hrs.
From a point 30 feet west of Old York Road for a distance of 140 feet along Woodland Road
(3) 
From 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday:
[Added 3-13-1980 by Ord. No. 1502B]
Name of Highway
Side
Time Limit
Location
Keith Road
Both
2 hrs.
Between Old York Road and Highland Avenue
B. 
Off-highway parking zones. Off-highway parking meter areas are hereby established as described below, the maximum parking time periods as indicated on all days, except Sundays and holidays, during the hours of to . The use of meters in such parking meter areas shall be subject to the provisions of this article governing the use of meters generally.
Area
Time
Limit
Location
(Reserved)
[Amended 4-6-1982 by Ord. No. 1539; 3-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1809]
The charge for the zones established above shall be $0.25, in the form of a twenty-five-cent coin, for parking 60 minutes or any portion thereof.