[Adopted 5-21-1984 by Ord. No. 329; amended
in its entirety 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 494]
A.
It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle or permit the same to
be parked on or along any portion of a road located within the Township
of Tobyhanna and maintained by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that
is posted with signs approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
prohibiting parking.
B.
It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle or permit the same to
be parked on or along any portion of a Tobyhanna Township road that
is posted with Township-approved signs prohibiting parking.
C.
Designation of no-parking area. It shall be unlawful to park any
vehicle at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 940 and Pennsylvania
Route 115 within the Village of Blakeslee, Township of Tobyhanna,
Monroe County, Pennsylvania, including, but not limited to, the areas
at said intersection that are posted with no-parking signs in each
direction of the intersection.
D.
Parking, stopping and standing prohibited at all times in certain
locations pursuant to the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code and locations
specifically marked and/or posted.
(1)
PARK or PARKING
STAND or STANDING
STOP or STOPPING
Definitions. Words and phrases used in this article shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 101 et seq., as amended, and the terms "park," "stand"
and "stop" shall be defined as follows for purposes of this article:
When prohibited, the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in receiving or discharging passengers.
(2)
Parking, stopping and standing prohibited locations. 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 directions
of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person
shall:
(a)
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
[1]
Within an intersection.
[2]
On a crosswalk.
[3]
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
[4]
At any location where there is an official marking and/or posting
prohibiting stopping.
[5]
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within 30 feet of
points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone,
unless a different length is indicated by official traffic-control
devices.
[6]
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when
stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
[7]
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a roadway or
within a roadway tunnel.
[8]
On any railroad tracks.
(b)
Stand or park a vehicle:
[1]
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
[2]
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop
sign, yield sign or traffic-control signal located at the site of
a roadway.
[3]
Where the vehicle would prevent the free movement of a streetcar.
[4]
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
[5]
At any location where there is an official marking and/or posting
prohibiting standing.
[6]
In front of a public or private driveway.
[7]
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
[8]
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.
[9]
Alongside or adjacent to any curb that has been painted yellow
by an authorized representative of the Township and/or state.
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.
In the event a motor vehicle is parked on or along any portion
of road as set forth above in violation of this article and said motor
vehicle is unattended, and the whereabouts of the operator or owner
of said motor vehicle cannot be ascertained, proper Township police
authorities may direct that said motor vehicle be towed to a site
designated by Township authorities, and all costs incurred in towing
and storage of the vehicle shall be borne by and the responsibility
of the owner and/or operator of said motor vehicle after the identity
of the same is determined by appropriate Township officials, and the
owner and/or operator shall be subject to the penalties as set forth
herein.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary,
the parking of any motor vehicle on or along any portion of a road
hereinafter defined shall be permitted in the event of an emergency
or upon direction of the Pocono Regional Police Department, Tobyhanna
Township Volunteer Fire Company or other authorized emergency service
organizations existing and operating within the Township.
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be
guilty of a summary offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $35 and not more than $1,000,
plus costs, or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues, or is permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate
offense.