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Township of Hatfield, PA General Parking Regulations
Ch 265 Art IV General Parking Regulations
§ 265-33 Vehicles to be parked within marked spaces.
§ 265-34 Parking prohibited at all times in certain locations.
§ 265-35 Parking prohibited in certain locations certain days and hours.
§ 265-36 Parking of commercial vehicles, trailers and motor homes prohibited certain hours.
§ 265-37 Parking time limited in certain locations certain days and hours.
§ 265-38 Handicapped parking zones established; parking otherwise prohibited.
§ 265-39 Standing or parking on roadway.
§ 265-40 Angle parking required on portions of certain streets.
§ 265-41 Residential permit parking.
§ 265-41.1 Parking of vehicles in fire lanes prohibited.
§ 265-42 Violations and penalties.
Township of Hatfield, PA / Part II: General Legislation / Vehicles and Traffic
Article IV General Parking Regulations
[Amended 4-23-1997 by Ord. No. 420J; 7-23-1997; 12-13-2000 by Ord. No. 467]
Sandstone Drive to terminus
Beech Street and Poplar Avenue
Northeast and northwest
From the westernmost corner of a 33-foot radial corner forming the intersection of Beech Street and Poplar Avenue east crossing Poplar Avenue then crossing Beech Street 33.38 feet to place of beginning
Bergey Road
Approximately 515 feet from the center of the intersection of Bergey Road and Cowpath Road extending to the center of the intersection of Bergey Road, and Lyn Rose Circle
Line Street and a distance of 2,440 feet north
A distance of 1,700 feet from south of Unionville Pike
Cowpath Road west to Lansdale Borough line
Bronze Drive
North Penn Road west to terminus
500 feet west of School Road
[Repealed 4-28-2004 by Ord. No. 526]
From 1,200 feet west of School Road west 315 feet
[Added 8-24-2005 by Ord. No. 539]
School Road and a point 500 feet from its intersection with School Road
Line Street north to Hatfield Borough line
Bergey Road to Hatfield Borough line
(Route 463) northwest of the bridge located on Cowpath Road, immediately west of the AM Kulp Elementary School property and southeast of the intersection with Foster Road
1,750 feet from edge of Bethlehem Pike east to the terminus of the cul-de-sacs
528 feet, beginning 1,578 feet from the center intersection of Elroy Road and Fairgrounds Road
528 feet, beginning 917 feet from the center intersection of Funks Road and Fairgrounds Road
Hatfield Borough line to Elroy Road
Line Lexington Road
Merel Drive and Valley Woods Road
[Added 4-25-2018 by Ord. No. 677]
From the apex of the turn at Logan Drive 542 feet west
From Logan Drive 455 feet west to the apex of the turn at Schwab Road (north)
From the apex of the turn at Schwab Road (south) 118 feet west to the Lansdale Borough boundary line
Lansdale Borough line and Cowpath Road
North Penn Road
Unionville Pike to terminus
Line Lexington Road north to terminus
Orvilla Road
Maple Avenue east 625 feet
Cowpath Road and Overbrook Road a distance of 200 feet
North Penn Drive to terminus
[Added 10-27-2004 by Ord. No. 532]
From a point at its intersection with Unionville Pike to a point 232 feet south of its intersection with Unionville Pike
From the center of the intersection of School Road and Orvilla Road to the center of the intersection of School Road and East Vine Street
Schwab Road
From the apex of the turn at Moyer Road 108 feet north on both sides of the road
Unionville Pike
From a point at its intersection with School Road to a point 623 feet east of its intersection with School Road
[Amended 3-22-2006 by Ord. No. 551]
Bethlehem Pike and a point 596 feet east
County Line Road and a point 2,014 feet west
Bethlehem Pike and County Line Road
West Walnut Street and Bethlehem Pike a distance of 815 feet
Forrest Hills Drive
[Added by Ord. No. 531]
The bulb of the northern cul-de-sac and 20 feet on each side from such bulb
Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
East side, Line Lexington Road north to terminus
Between 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
[Added 3-22-2006 by Ord. No. 551]
North, between a point 596 feet east of Bethlehem Pike and a point 2,014 feet west of County Line Road
Weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
[Amended 11-12-2008 by Ord. No. 577]
Prohibiting commercial vehicles, trailers and motor homes to be parked on roadways within Hatfield Township between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.:
Legislative intent. For the purposes of public safety, because of the size of certain vehicles and the dearth of available parking spaces, the Commissioners and the Police Department of Hatfield Township have deemed it necessary to prohibit certain vehicles from being parked on roads and highways within the Township.
Provisions. In accordance with the above legislative intent, parking of commercial trucks, except those with Pennsylvania license registration of Class 1 through 4b, shall not be parked on any roads or highways within Hatfield Township between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. No trailer or motor home of any class shall be parked on any roads or highways within Hatfield Township between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Violations and penalties. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus court costs and, in default of payment of same, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, unless a different penalty is prescribed by this chapter or the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania.[1] Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, the Township, through its solicitor, may institute injunctive, mandamus or any other appropriate action or proceeding at law or in equity for the enforcement of this section. Any court of competent jurisdiction shall have the right to issue restraining orders, temporary or permanent injunctions, mandamus or other appropriate forms of remedy or relief.
Little league ball diamond to the parking lot
Broad Street and Walnut Street
[Amended 7-25-2001 by Ord. No. 476; 2-26-2003 by Ord. No. 506]
The following areas are established as handicapped parking zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle, or allow it to remain parked, in any such zone, unless such vehicle displays a handicapped registration plate or disabled veterans registration:
Beginning 30 feet from the northeast corner of Overbrook Road and Cowpath Road, and continuing to the east along the north side of Overbrook Road an additional distance of 90 feet.
Beginning at 479 feet from the northeast corner of Denbeigh Drive and Fairgrounds Road, and continuing to the north along the east side of Denbeigh Drive an additional distance of 20 feet.
[Amended 8-28-2002 by Ord. No. 492; 12-11-2002 by Ord. No. 500]
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle on the streets of Hatfield Township designated as follows:
Denbeigh Drive
From a point at its intersection with Fairgrounds Road to a point 45 feet north of its intersection with Fairgrounds Road
From a point at its intersection with Fairgrounds Road to a point 62 feet north of its intersection with Fairgrounds Road
Derstine Road
[Added 6-26-2013 by Ord. No. 645]
1,769 feet from the apex of the curb radius on the north side of Cowpath Road and 233 feet to the apex of the curb radius on the south side of the intersection at Cowpath Road
From a point 810 feet west of Cowpath Road to a point 1,130 feet west of Cowpath Road
From a point 810 feet west of Cowpath Road to a point 1,110 feet west of Cowpath Road
[Added 11-18-2009 by Ord. No. 589]
From a point at its intersection with Welsh Road to a point at the Forty Foot Road exit of the Hatfield Pointe Shopping Center
From a point 361 feet west of Pinegrove Avenue to a point 399 feet west of Pinegrove Avenue
Findings and purpose. The Township finds that certain residential areas in the Township are subjected to commuter vehicle parking, therefore, depriving the residents of those areas of spaces in which to park their own vehicles; those residential streets are also subjected to a high degree of commuter traffic which substantially reduces the quality of the ambient air level; and the establishment of a parking permit program for certain affected areas should facilitate efficient movement of traffic by providing for parking preference during certain hours of the day and days of the week. Therefore, the Township considers it to be in the interest of the people of the Township to provide for the establishment of a residential permit parking program to insure primary access to available parking spaces by neighborhood residents and also to provide a cleaner ambient air level.
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, words and terms listed in this subsection, as follows, shall have the following meanings:
A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person not a resident of that residential area.
A person who owns or leases real estate within a residential area of which he is not a resident, but who owns or manages a business enterprise or professional office maintained at that address; for the purpose of this section, a proprietor shall be entitled to one parking permit for that business or professional office address.
A person who owns or leases real property within a residential area and who maintains either a voting residence, or bona fide occupancy, or both, at that address.
A contiguous area containing public highways or parts of public highways primarily abutted by residential property or residential and nonbusiness property (such as schools, parks, places of worship, hospitals and nursing homes).
Criteria. The residential areas designated in Subsection D of this section are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential parking on the basis of the following criteria:
During any period between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except legal holidays, the number of vehicles parked (or standing), legally or illegally, on the streets in the area is equal to 70% or more of the legal, on-street parking capacity of the area. For the purpose of this criterion, a legal parking space shall be 20 linear feet.
During the same period as specified in Subsection C(1), directly above, 10% or more of the vehicles parked (or standing) on the streets in the area are not registered in the name of a person residing in the area. For the purpose of this criterion, the latest available information from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Licensing of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding registration of motor vehicles shall be used; provided, in determining that a specific area identified as impacted and eligible for residential permit parking is designated as a residential permit parking area, the following factors are taken into consideration:
The local and metropolitan needs with respect to clean air and environment;
The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle miles driven in the Township;
The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion, illegal parking and related health and safety hazards;
The proximity of public transportation to the residential area;
The desire and need of the residents for residential permit parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs in connection with it; and
The need for parking in excess of the residential permit parking program in proximity to establishments located in the residential permit parking area and used by the general public for religious, health or educational purposes.
Designation of residential permit parking areas.
The following are designated as residential permit parking areas:
Bounded by and Including
Signs shall be erected along the streets in each residential permit parking area, indicating the days, hours, locations and conditions under which parking shall be by permit only.
Application for permit. Application for a residential parking permit shall be made to the Chief of Police by the person desiring the permit, who shall be only the owner or the driver of a motor vehicle who resides on or is a proprietor of property immediately adjacent to a street or other location within a residential parking permit area. A separate application shall be required for each motor vehicle, and each application shall be accompanied by a permit fee, set pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Commissioners, which shall be for the use of the Township, to be applied to the cost of administering the residential permit parking program. Each application shall contain the following information: The name of the owner or the driver, as the case may be, of the motor vehicle; the address of the resident or the proprietor, as the case may be; the make, model and registration number of the motor vehicle; and the driver number as taken from the applicant's current driver's license. At the discretion of the Chief of Police, the applicant shall be required, at the time of making application, to present his driver's license and the vehicle registration card.
Issuance of permit. Upon receipt of the application and the permit fee, and determination by him that the information upon the application shows that the applicant is entitled to a residential parking permit, the Chief of Police shall issue to the applicant a residential parking permit, which shall be valid for the remainder of the calendar year. The permit shall display the serial and registration numbers of the motor vehicles, the residential parking area number, and the expiration date. The permit shall be renewable annually before the expiration date, upon making application for renewal and payment of the permit fee. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section for any person to display other than the current and valid permit while standing or parking in a residential permit parking area at any time when those permits are to be displayed.
Temporary and exemption parking permits. Temporary parking permits may be issued by the Chief of Police, upon payment of a fee established pursuant to a resolution, to bona fide visitors of residents of a designated residential permit parking area, and exemption parking permits may be issued, without payment of a fee, to handicapped persons.
Responsibility of permit holder.
Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the holder of a residential parking permit shall be permitted to stand or park a motor vehicle operated by him in any designated residential parking area during those times when parking of motor vehicles is permitted in that area. While a vehicle for which a residential parking permit has been issued is so parked, that permit shall be displayed so as to be clearly visible through the windshield of the vehicle. A residential parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the holder a parking space within a designated residential permit parking area.
A residential parking permit shall not authorize its holder to stand or park a motor vehicle in any place where or at any time when stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles is prohibited or set aside for other specified types of vehicles, nor shall the permit exempt its holder from the observance of any traffic or parking regulation other than residential permit parking regulation or restriction.
No person other than the permit holder whose name appears on the permit shall use a residential parking permit or display it on a vehicle operated; any such use or display by a person other than the permit holder shall constitute a violation of this section by the permit holder and by the person who so used or displayed the parking permit.
It shall constitute a violation of this section for any person falsely to represent himself as eligible for a residential parking permit or to furnish false information in an application to the Chief of Police in order to obtain a residential parking permit.
Revocation of permits. The Chief of Police shall have authority to revoke the residential parking permit of any permit holder found to be in violation of any provision of this section. Upon written notification to him of the revocation, the permit holder shall surrender the permit to the Chief of Police. Failure to do so, when so requested, shall constitute a violation of this section; provided, any person receiving such a notice may, within 10 days after the date of the notice, appeal to Board of Commissioners for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of Board of Commissioners shall be final.
[Added 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 592]
Definitions: The following terms shall have the following definitions ascribed to them for purposes of this section only:
An area marked by signage or pavement striping or lettering as "No Parking – Fire Lane" or "No Parking By Order Of Fire Marshal" or similar wording or marking denoting an area as a fire lane in the Township of Hatfield.
PARK, PARKING or PARKED
The placement of a vehicle in a stationary position without a properly licensed operator sitting in the driver's seat or with a properly licensed operator sitting in the driver's seat who refuses to obey the lawful order of the Township Fire Marshal, or his designee, to remove the vehicle from a fire lane.
Any motor vehicle, pedacycle or other mode or means of transportation.
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this section, for any person to park a vehicle in a fire lane.
In the event of a fire or other emergency where a vehicle is parked in a fire lane that blocks access to a building, the Township Fire Marshal, or his designee, shall have the power to remove said vehicle at the sole cost and expense of the owner or operator of the vehicle. Neither the Township nor its employees, agents or others working under the Township's authority shall be liable for any damage to any vehicle parked in a fire lane in violation of this section.
In addition to the Hatfield Township Police Department, the Township Fire Marshal, or his designee, shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this section.
[Amended 4-12-1995 by Ord. No. 420D; 5-22-2002 by Ord. No. 488]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as specified in the Vehicle Code; [1] provided, it shall be the duty of the police officers and of parking enforcement personnel of the Township to report to the appropriate official all violations of any provision of this article, indicating, in each case, the section violated; the license number of the vehicle involved in the violation; the location where the violation took place; and any other facts that might be necessary in order to secure a clear understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
In order to facilitate the prompt payment of fines resulting from parking violations, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Motor Vehicle Code pertaining to parking violations, if any driver or owner of a motor vehicle issued a parking citation voluntarily appears within 72 hours after the issuance of said citation at the Hatfield Township Police Building and indicates his/her desire to plead guilty to the charge and pay a fine of $15 to Hatfield Township, no prosecution shall be pursued.