Source: http://lowerchitwp.com/township/traffic-code/
Timestamp: 2018-12-10 00:53:17
Document Index: 218831515

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 102', '§ 3733', '§ 6102', '§ 6109', '§ 6304', '§ 3111', '§ 6109', '§ 6109', '§ 6109', '§ 3101', '§ 3301', '§ 3361', '§ 3731', '§ 3741', '§ 4101', '§ 1911', '§ 4551', '§ 4901', '§ 3333', '§ 3351', '§ 3701']

Part Four - Traffic Code | http://lowerchitwp.com/township
Chap. 410. General Provisions and Definitions.
Chap. 420. Administration, Enforcement and Penalty.
Chap. 430. Public Ways.
Chap. 440. Operation of Motor Vehicles.
Chap. 450. Commercial and Heavy Vehicles.
Chap. 460. Parking.
CHAPTER 410 - General Provisions and Definitions
410.01 Adoption of traffic and parking regulations.
410.02 Definitions.
Definitions - see Vehicle Code § 102
Fleeing or eluding police officer - see Vehicle Code § 3733
General powers of local authorities - see Vehicle Code § 6102(b)
Specific powers of local authorities - see Vehicle Code § 6109
Authority to arrest without warrant - see Vehicle Code § 6304
Copies of accident reports - see ADM. 244.04
(a) Parking and the flow of traffic on Township streets shall be as the Board of Commissioners shall determine from time to time by resolution duly adopted.
(b) Such regulations as are adopted shall become effective upon the erection of official signs or markings in accordance with said resolutions.
(Ord. 77-1. Passed 4-18-77.)
As used in this Traffic Code, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) Abandoned motor vehicle - Any motor vehicle inoperable and left unattended on a public street for more than ninety-six hours, or a motor vehicle without registration plates left standing on a public street for more than ninety-six hours.
(Ord. 73-2. Passed 3-19-73.)
(b) Bus - A motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten persons, including the driver, and used for the transportation of persons, or a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
(c) Business District - The territory and land, excluding any in R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts, which are designated as GI (General Industrial), GC (General Commercial), and LI (Limited Industrial) Districts pursuant to the Lower Chichester Township Zoning Code.
(d) Commercial vehicle - Any vehicle, trailer or similar device, whether or not motor propelled, which carries goods, products and supplies of any description, normally delivered to or sold by any business or commercial enterprise. Commercial vehicle includes any motor vehicle which is used in a trade or business or which has advertised on the body of such vehicle a trade or business name.
(Ord. 90-3. Passed 5-21-90.)
(e) Disabled motor vehicle - Any vehicle which is inoperative or immobile by reason of mechanical or other difficulty or by reason of damage to said motor vehicle, or a motor vehicle which does not have affixed to it a current inspection sticker or a current registration plate.
A disabled motor vehicle shall also be one that has flat tires, broken windows, missing tires, an inoperative engine or transmission, or missing or damaged fenders, doors, headlights, tail lights, bumpers, hood, trunk or other parts, which make the vehicle inoperable, immobile, or unsafe.
(Ord. 92-15. Passed 4-20-92.)
(f) Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) - The value specified on the Federal weight certification label by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
(g) House trailer - A trailer which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily, and is equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways.
(h) House van - A motor vehicle commonly known as a van which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily, and is equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways.
(i) Motor home - A motor vehicle designed or adapted for use as a mobile dwelling or office.
(j) Motor vehicle - Any vehicle which is self-propelled.
(k) Park or parking - When prohibited, the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of property or passengers.
(l) Passenger car - A motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, designed for carrying ten passengers or less, and primarily used for the transportation of persons.
(m) Person - A natural person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation.
(n) Recreational trailer - A trailer designed or adapted and used exclusively for recreational purposes.
(o) Residence District - The territory and land, including any roads and/or highways, located in R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts, pursuant to the Lower Chichester Township Zoning Code.
(p) Semi-trailer - Any vehicle of the trailer type designed so that some part of its weight rests upon another vehicle.
(q) Trailer - A vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle.
(r) Truck - A motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
(s) Truck camper - A structure designed, used or maintained primarily to be loaded or affixed to a motor vehicle to provide a mobile dwelling, sleeping place, office or commercial space.
(t) Truck tractor - A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles, and not so constructed as to carry a load, other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
(u) Vehicle - Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used exclusively upon rails or tracks.
(v) Vehicle Code - The Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C.S.A.
CHAPTER 420 - Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
420.01 Speed timing devices.
420.02 Towing and impounding of vehicles.
420.99 General Traffic Code penalty; waivers.
The use of electrical and mechanical speed timing devices, including, but not limited to, excessive speed preventors, as set forth in Section 67 of the Vehicle Code, is hereby authorized for use by police officers of the Township.
(Ord. 82-8. Passed 10-18-82.)
(a) Bond Required. Each applicant for approval as a tower and impounder of vehicles shall file an indemnity bond with a corporate surety in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), indemnifying the Township of Lower Chichester and the owners of vehicles towed or impounded against any damage, liability, loss or injury arising out of or resulting from said towing and impounding.
(b) Charges. The charge to be made by said tower and impounder shall not exceed thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for towing during daylight hours, forty-five dollars ($45.00) for towing during night-time hours, fifteen dollars ($15.00) for dolly service and eight dollars ($8.00) for each day a vehicle is impounded.
(Res. 82-19. Passed 11-15-82.)
(a) Violations of Code. It is a summary offense for any person to violate any of the provisions of this Traffic Code. Every person convicted of a summary offense for a violation of any of the provisions of this Traffic Code, for which another penalty is not provided, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(b) Violations of Regulations. It is a summary offense for a person to violate any provision of any regulation promulgated under the authority of this Traffic Code. A person convicted of violating any provision of a regulation promulgated under the authority of this Traffic Code shall be sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(c) Waiver Fines. A fine of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each violation is hereby established for the following motor vehicle violations:
(1) Parking near fire plug.
(2) Parking in prohibited zone.
(3) Parking in front of firehouse, church, etc.
(4) Parking double.
(5) Parking on crosswalk.
(6) Parking on sidewalk.
(7) Parking in front of private drive.
(8) Blocking traffic.
(9) Parking too close to intersection.
(10) Parking on no parking side of street.
(11) Jumping curb.
(12) Illegal parking.
(13) Expired registration plates and/or inspection stickers.
(14) Parking in reserved for handicap space.
(Ord. 91-13. Passed 12-16-91.)
CHAPTER 430 - Public Ways
430.01 Stop intersections established.
430.02 One-way streets established.
430.03 Through streets established.
430.04 Repairing motor vehicles on public ways.
430.05 Deposit of oils on public ways.
430.06 Changing motor vehicle oils on public ways.
430.07 Lifting of motor vehicles on public ways.
430.08 Skateboards, all-terrain vehicles and motorized go-carts on public ways.
430.99 Penalty.
Traffic control devices - see Vehicle Code §§ 3111 et seq.
Power to prohibit or regulate use of designated streets - see Vehicle Code § 6109(a)(13)
Power to regulate and temporarily prohibit traffic on streets closed or restricted for construction, maintenance or special events - see Vehicle Code § 6109(a)(15)
Power to regulate persons upon skates, coasters, sleds or other toy vehicles - see Vehicle Code § 6109(a)(19)
(a) The following intersections are hereby designated as four-way stop intersections:
Laughead Avenue and Huddell Avenue
Yates Avenue and White Avenue
Laughead Avenue and Hewes Avenue
Hewes Avenue and Jones Drive
Hewes Avenue and Worrilow Street
(Ord. 377. Passed 7-20-64; Ord. 432. Passed 8-16-71; Ord. 85-4. Passed 10-21-85.)
(b) The following intersections are hereby designated as three-way stop intersections:
Huddell Avenue and Edward Street
Huddell Avenue and Worrilow Street
Edward Street and Beale Street
(Res. 79-17. Passed 5-21-79; Ord. 86-2. Passed 5-19-86.)
(c) A traffic stop sign shall be erected at the following intersections:
Hewes Avenue and Edwards Street
Bradley Street and Melling Avenue in the approximate location between Lots 42 and 43
Melling Avenue and Talleylyn Avenue in the approximate location between Lots 54 and 55
Ward Street and Norwood Street, on the southeast side of Ward Street
Ward Street and Lindsay Drive, on the west side of Ward Street
(d) No person, being the driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign, shall fail to stop at said stop sign before entering the intersecting roadway. In addition, every driver of a vehicle shall comply with the provisions of the Vehicle Code regarding stop signs, and, especially, 75 Pa. C.S.A. Section 3323.
(Res. 493. Passed 5-18-70; Ord. 89-2. Passed 9-18-89; Ord. 2004-04. Passed 8-18-04.)
The following streets are hereby established and designated as one-way streets to the extent and in the direction indicated:
Southbound between Edward Street and Worrilow Street
Ervin Avenue
Fronefield Avenue
Ginsburg Drive
Southbound between Ridge Avenue and Morton Street
Westbound between Chichester Avenue and Hewes Street
Westbound between Chichester Avenue and Hewes Avenue
Southbound between Worrilow Street and Ridge Avenue
Southbound between Hutchinson Street and Ridge Avenue
Talleylyn Avenue
Eastbound from Yates Avenue to Crosgrove Street
Eastbound between Summit Street and Yates Avenue and between Crosgrove Street and Baker Street
(Ord. 253. Passed 3-21-49; Ord. 269. Passed 12-15-52; Ord. 272. Passed 6-15-53; Ord. 273. Passed 6-15-53; Ord. 318. Passed 5-19-58; Res. 419. Passed 12-1-66; Ord. 442. Passed 10-16-72; Res. 473. Passed 6-19-69; Ord. 73-4. Passed 3-19-73; Ord. 74-3. Passed 3-18-74; Ord. 74-4. Passed 3-18-74; Res. 79-9. Passed 2-19-79; Res. 84-16. Passed 11-19-84.)
The following routes are hereby designated as "Thru Traffic Routes":
Route 1242 - Ridge Avenue from the Trainer Borough line east to Hewes Street.
Route 2436 - Ridge Avenue from Hewes Street to the State line.
Route 1416 - Market Street and Chichester Avenue from the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks to Laughead Avenue.
Route 418 - Twin Oaks Road or Market Street from the intersection of Route 1416 to Laughead Avenue.
State Highway I.R.S.A. Appl. 1242 from Station 0 1 00 (Hewes Avenue) to Station 37 1 85 (Trainer Borough line).
(Res. 61. Passed 6-16-30; Res. 223. Passed 8-20-51.)
No person shall permit or cause major repairs to be made upon any motor vehicle on any macadamized or other improved surface of a public highway and/or sidewalk area located in the Township. Major repairs shall mean such repairs as shall require more than two hours time to complete.
(Ord. 87-7. Passed 11-16-87.)
No person shall permit oils or other lubricants to drop or fall on any macadamized or other improved surface of a public highway and/or sidewalk area located in the Township.
No person shall change engine oil, transmission oil or any other lubricant on any macadamized or other improved surface of a public highway and/or sidewalk area located in the Township.
No person shall allow any motor vehicle to be placed upon automobile jacks, cinder blocks or any other device used to lift or hold in place a motor vehicle on any macadamized or other improved surface of a public highway and/or sidewalk area located in the Township for a period in excess of two hours.
No person shall ride, operate or use any skateboard, all-terrain vehicle or motorized go-cart upon any public sidewalk and/or public street or alley located within the Township.
(Ord. 90-2. Passed 1-15-90.)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 420.99 for general Traffic Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)
CHAPTER 440 - Operation of Motor Vehicles
440.01 Maximum speed limits established on certain streets.
440.02 Driving over curbs and sidewalks.
440.03 Cellular phones use restrictions.
440.04 Use of motor driven vehicles.
440.05 Violating crossing guard directions.
440.06 Portable electronic device use restrictions.
440.99 Penalty.
Obedience to and effect of traffic laws - see Vehicle Code §§ 3101 et seq.
Rules of the road - see Vehicle Code §§ 3301 et seq.
Speed - see Vehicle Code §§ 3361 et seq.
DUI - see Vehicle Code §§ 3731
Accidents and accident reports - see Vehicle Code §§ 3741 et seq.
Vehicle equipment - see Vehicle Code §§ 4101 et seq.
(a) The maximum speed of vehicles on the following streets is hereby fixed and limited to fifteen miles per hour.
Crosgrove Street
Ebright Drive
Huddell Street
Laughead Avenue east of Chichester Avenue to the Township line
Laughead Avenue between Chichester Avenue and Hewes Street
Maise Drive
Pechmann Drive
Worrilow Street
(Ord. 255. Passed 5-16-49; Ord. 339. Passed 9-19-60.)
(b) The speed on State highways from Station 0+00 right side to 20+36 right side shall be and is hereby limited to thirty-five miles per hour.
(Res. 366. Passed 9-16-63.)
No person shall drive any vehicle upon or over any curb or sidewalk in the Township without first having established a depressed curb and constructed an apron between said curb and sidewalk in accordance with the rules, regulations and ordinances of the Township pertaining thereto.
(Ord. 284. Passed 2-15-54.)
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish regulations regarding the use of mobile telephones in the Township of Lower Chichester (hereinafter the "Township") while driving a motor vehicle. It is the position of the Township that the operation of a motor vehicle on the public roadways while using a telephone may cause the operator to maintain less than full-time attention to the operation of said motor vehicle. The Township further believes that the regulation of the use of mobile telephones while operating a motor vehicle in the Township will enhance the safety of those persons operating motor vehicles as well as other drivers, passengers, pedestrians and the general populace of the Township.
(b) Definitions. Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of the following terms used in this section shall be as follows:
(1) "Mobile telephone" includes, but is not limited to cellular, analog, wireless and digital telephones.
(2) "Park," for an automatic transmission vehicle, means that the vehicle is in the park gear; for a standard transmission vehicle that the vehicle is in the neutral gear and the brake is being utilized or otherwise stationary.
(3) "Use" means to operate a mobile telephone in dialing, answering, talking, and listening.
(c) Application of Section. This section shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purpose and policies.
(d) Uses, Restrictions.
(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway while engaging in any conduct defined as use of a mobile telephone unless the operator maintains both hands on the applicable steering device.
(2) Paragraph (1) hereof does not apply to a person who is using a mobile telephone:
A. To contact police, fire, ambulance or other public safety forces;
B. While maintaining the vehicle in park position either on public or private property; or
C. With a "hands-free device" which allows the operator to maintain both hands on the vehicle while using the mobile telephone.
(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement officers, operators of emergency vehicles when on duty and acting in their official capacities.
(2) The use of emergency 911 phone numbers shall not be prohibited for any person operating a motor vehicle in the Township.
(f) Procedure upon Violation. Anyone who shall violate the provision of this section while operating his or her motor vehicle, in addition to any other violation of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, and to the extent that such violations occurred, shall upon conviction hereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75.00), plus costs of prosecution. Said fines to be payable to the Township treasury.
(Ord. 2003-1. Passed 1-20-03.)
(a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, motorcycle or tractor upon any sidewalk in the Township; nor shall any person operate a motor vehicle, tractor or motorcycle upon or across any sidewalk, except in order to gain access to or egress from a driveway or alley at such location where the curb, if such sidewalk is curbed, shall have been properly cut down for the said purpose.
(b) No person shall operate any motor driven vehicle or devices including, but not limited to: all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, mini-bikes, scooters, skateboards, power-wheels, pedalcycles, or motorized go-carts upon any sidewalk located in the Township.
(c) No person shall operate a motor driven vehicle, or devices, including but not limited to all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, mini-bikes, scooters, skateboards, power wheels, pedalcycles, motorized go-carts upon any street, way, alley or highway located in the Township. This section does not apply to any passenger motor vehicle, tractor or motorcycle which is a properly registered motor vehicle provided that said vehicle is operated by a properly licensed driver.
(d) Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate provisions of this section, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), plus costs and in default of payment of said fine and costs to a term of imprisonment not to exceed thirty days.
(e) This section shall not apply to any person who is physically handicapped, physically disabled, or is physically challenged and is operating a motorized device as a result of said handicap, disability or physical challenge, which device is recognized by the Americans With Disabilities Act, as a proper mode of conveyance.
(Ord. 2003-09. Passed 5-19-03.)
(a) Any person, upon proper notice or audible warning, who fails to comply with the directions of a duly posted crossing guard, between September 1 and July 1 of each year, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(b) In the case of a minor person, who is less than eighteen years of age, such first offense shall result in a warning summons being issued, which will be sent to the parent, or parents, or legal guardian of said minor person, and to the school. A second or subsequent offense shall result in the violation being charged against the parent, or parents, or legal guardian of the said minor person.
(c) The Board of Commissioners, and/or the Chief of Police, may change the said times during which this section is in effect.
(Ord. 2002-02. Passed 10-21-02.)
440.06 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USE RESTRICTION.
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish regulations regarding the use of portable electronic devices in the Township of Lower Chichester (Hereinafter the "Township") while driving a motor vehicle. It is the position of the Township that the operation of a motor vehicle on the public roadways, while using a portable electronic device; by sending and/or reading text messages; sending or reading e-mail messages; internet browsing; game playing; or any other use of the portable electronic device will cause the operator to maintain less than full time attention to the operation of said motor vehicle. The Township further believes that the regulation of the use of portable electronic devices, while operating a motor vehicle in the Township, will enhance the safety of those persons operating motor vehicles, as well as other drivers, passengers, pedestrians, property, and the general populace of the Township.
(1) "Portable Electronic Device" includes, but is not limited to, a wireless electronic communication device that provides for data communication other than by voice.
(2) "Use" means to operate a portable electronic device in:
A. Dialing
(3) "Park" means for an automatic transmission vehicle that the vehicle is in the park gear; for a standard transmission vehicle that the vehicle is in the neutral gear and the brake is being utilized or otherwise stationary.
(c) Title and application of section.
(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Lower Chichester Township Portable Device Ordinance.
(2) This section shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purpose and policies.
(d) Purpose of this section. It is the purpose of this section and the Policy of the Township to regulate the use of portable electronic devices, which are used while persons are operating a motor vehicle, in order to protect that person, as well as other drivers; passengers; pedestrians; property and the general populace of the Township.
(e) Uses and restrictions.
(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway, while using a portable electronic device or while engaging in any conduct defined as use of a portable electronic device.
(2) Division (1) does not apply to a person who is using a portable electronic device:
A. To contact police, fire, ambulance or other public safety forces; or
B. While maintaining the vehicle in park position either on public or private property.
(f) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement officers, operators of emergency vehicles when on duty and acting in their official capacities.
(g) Procedure upon violation. Violation of this section is a non-moving civil violation. To the extent that such violation occurs, a person shall upon conviction hereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than Seventy Five Dollars ($75.00), plus costs of prosecution. Said fines to be payable to the Township Treasury. Violation of this Ordinance does not prevent the enforcement of any other Ordinances and/or Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code Sections.
(Ord. 2009-02. Passed 8-17-09.)
CHAPTER 450 - Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
450.01 Operation of certain streets prohibited; exception.
450.02 Special permit required for operation of vehicles in excess of ten tons on Green Street; fee.
450.03 Parking on certain streets prohibited.
450.04 Operation on Ginsburg Drive prohibited.
450.99 Penalty.
Registration fees - see Vehicle Code §§ 1911 et seq.
Vehicles for transportation of school children - see Vehicle Code §§ 4551 et seq.
Size, weight and load - see Vehicle Code §§ 4901 et seq.
Projecting loads - see TRAF. 460.10
Parking - see TRAF. 460.12
450.01 OPERATION ON CERTAIN STREETS PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.
(a) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any truck, truck-tractor, truck trailer and/or tractor-trailer, as defined in the Vehicle Code, on Ormond Street between Market Street and Penn Street.
(Ord. 88-5. Passed 11-21-88.)
(b) No person shall operate a commercial vehicle on the following streets, except for local deliveries of food and household commodities:
Laughead Avenue (between Chichester Avenue and Market Street)
Ormond Street (between Market Street and Coastal Road)
Yates Avenue (between Ridge Avenue and Laughead Avenue)
(Ord. 249. Passed 12-27-48; Ord. 301. Passed 3-5-56; Ord. 318. Passed 5-19-58; Ord. 346. Passed 2-20-61; Ord. 413. Passed 12-16-68; Ord. 418. Passed 4-21-69; Res. 78-10. Passed 6-26-78.)
In order to protect the highway surface of Green Street and the sewer lines thereunder, no vehicles, including industrial machinery, and their loads shall be operated upon Green Street where said vehicle and load shall exceed ten tons, without a special permit.
This section shall be effective upon the erection of official signs at each end of Green Street designating such restriction.
The Secretary of the Township is authorized to issue special permits upon application to use Green Street where said vehicles and industrial machinery and loads are in excess of ten tons when, in the opinion of the Board of Commissioners, said use of the street will not damage the road surface or the sewers thereunder. The cost of said permit shall be two dollars ($2.00).
(a) In order to prevent a traffic hazard from existing or developing, no commercial vehicle in excess of one ton shall be permitted to park on the streets of the Township of Lower Chichester.
(Ord. 79-11. Passed 12-17-79.)
(b) No person shall park any truck, truck-tractor, truck-trailer and/or tractor-trailer, as defined in the Vehicle Code, on Ormond Street between Market Street and Penn Street.
In order to prevent endangering the safety of persons and property, no commercial vehicle shall be operated on Ginsburg Drive.
(Ord. 318. Passed 5-19-58.)
CHAPTER 460 - Parking
460.01 Temporary parking prohibitions.
460.02 Parking outside of marked spaces prohibited.
460.03 Overnight parking prohibited.
460.04 Diagonal parking permitted on certain streets.
460.05 Restrictions on diagonal parking.
460.06 Parking prohibited at all times at certain locations.
460.07 Parking prohibited in certain locations at certain hours.
460.08 Handicapped parking spaces.
460.09 Restrictions on vehicles permitted to be parked in Residential Districts.
460.10 Parking of vehicles with projecting loads prohibited.
460.11 Parking of abandoned vehicles prohibited.
460.12 Parking of commercial vehicles prohibited during certain times in Business Districts.
460.13 Parking of boats and house trailers prohibited.
460.14 Trailers as residences; parking of trailers on streets and private property prohibited; exception.
460.99 Penalty.
Moving stopped or parked vehicles - see Vehicle Code § 3333
Stopping, standing and parking - see Vehicle Code §§ 3351 et seq.
Unattended motor vehicles - see Vehicle Code § 3701
Parking of commercial and heavy vehicles - see TRAF. 450.03
Parking of abandoned, wrecked, junked or stripped automobiles on private property - see GEN. OFF. 674.01
(a) Whenever, in the judgment of the Township Commissioner having jurisdiction over the Police Department, parking conditions shall arise affecting the welfare of the Township for a temporary period of time not exceeding ninety days, said Commissioner shall have the authority to prohibit parking on any highway in the Township for said period of time by erecting or placing signs thereon.
(b) No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, attended or unattended, upon said highways after signs have been erected thereon.
(Ord. 362. Passed 8-22-62.)
No person shall stop or park any vehicle in such a manner as to overlap two or more marked-off parking spaces.
(Res. 79-23. Passed 11-19-79.)
No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand either wholly or partly within the limits of any public highway of the Township throughout the night.
(Ord. 164. Passed 8-18-30.)
Diagonal parking is permitted on Fronefield Avenue, Chadwick Avenue, Ervin Avenue, Cranston Avenue, Simpson Street and the 300 block of White Avenue.
460.05 RESTRICTIONS ON DRIVER'S DIAGONAL PARKING.
(a) No person shall park, stop or stand any vehicle of any character whatsoever, whether attended or unattended, in any diagonal parking area, which vehicle is more than twenty feet in length when measured from the outside of the front bumper to the rear of the back bumper, or any vehicle more than nine feet in width when measured from the side view mirror on the driver's side of the vehicle to the side view mirror on the passenger side of the vehicle. Further, no vehicle of any character whatsoever may be parked in any diagonal parking place with a projecting load upon it. Anything which is not a vehicle is prohibited from being parked, stopped or left in a street on which diagonal parking is permitted.
(b) No person shall park, stop or stand any bus, commercial vehicle, house trailer, motor home, truck with a GVWR exceeding three-fourths of a ton, recreational trailer, trailer, truck camper, truck tractor or house van on any street or in any parking place designed for diagonal parking.
No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon the hereinafter designated sides of the following streets, after proper official signs have been erected thereon:
Lyons Drive and Ridge Avenue
Blue Ball Avenue
P.B. & W.R.R. to Upper Chichester Township line
North side of Ridge Road to Upper Chichester Township line
Summit Street and Yates Avenue
East side of Summit Street to the Borough of Trainer line
Palmer Street and Chichester Avenue
A point sixty-eight feet south from the southerly curb line of Edwards Street to a point 160 feet south from the southerly curb line of Edward Street; from the north side of Chichester Avenue to a point 254 feet north from the north side of Chichester Avenue.
North side of Ridge Road to north side of Worrilow Street
East side of Market Street to west side of Summit Street
East side of Hewes Street to south side of Chichester Avenue
Maise Driv
P.B. & W.R.R. to south side of Laughead Avenue
Worrilow Street and West Ridge Road
East side of Green Street to its extreme east end
Ridge Avenue to Sterling Avenue
East side of Ward Street to west side of Market Street
East side of Market Street to west side of Yates Avenue
Ormond Street and Market Street, within forty feet of the intersection
Pechman Drive
North side of Norwood Street to its extreme north end
Borough of Trainer line to Delaware State line
Tallylyn Avenue
(Ord. 205. Passed 9-16-40; Ord. 251. Passed 2-21-49; Ord. 281. Passed 12-21-53; Ord. 318. Passed 5-19-58; Res. 77-11. Passed 3-21-77; Res. 78-11. Passed 6-26-78; Ord. 88-5. Passed 11-21-88; Ord. 94-5. Passed 12-19-94; Ord. 98-28. Passed 11-16-98.)
(a) Parking shall be prohibited in the following location on all days between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.:
Ridge Avenue to the intersection of Market Street and Chichester Avenue
(Ord. 361. Passed 4-24-62.)
(b) No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, for more than two hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., upon the hereinafter designated sides of the following streets, after proper official signs have been erected thereon:
North side of Worrilow Street to south side of Edward Street
North side of Ridge Road to south side of Worrilow Street
West side of Market Street to south side of Laughead Avenue
East side of Hewes Street to west side of Huddell Street
North side of Morton Street to south side of Ridge Road
North side of Worrilow Street to south side of Laughead Avenue
North side of Ridge Road to a point 160 feet south from the southerly curb line of Edward Street; from a point sixty-eight feet south from the southerly curb line of Edward Street to the south side of Chichester Avenue; from a point 254 feet north from the north side of Chichester Avenue to the south side of Laughead Avenue.
North side of Chichester Avenue to the Borough of Trainer line
North side of Ridge Road to south side of Laughead Avenue
North side of Chichester Avenue to south side of Laughead Avenue
North side of Ormond Street to south side of Laughead Avenue
(c) No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, for more than one hour, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., upon the hereinafter designated side of the following street, after proper official signs have been erected thereon:
P.B. & W.R.R. to south side of Ridge Road
(Ord. 205. Passed 9-16-40.)
No person, other than a handicapped person or disabled veteran, shall park any vehicle in an area where a sign has been erected indicating that the place is reserved for a handicapped person or disabled veteran.
(Ord. 82-6. Passed 5-17-82.)
(a) No person shall park, stop or stand any vehicle of any character whatsoever, whether attended or unattended, on any street located in a Residence District, pursuant to the Zoning Code of Lower Chichester Township, which Residence vehicle is more than twenty feet in length when measured from the outside of the front bumper to the rear of the back bumper, and which vehicle is more than nine feet in width when measured from the side view mirror on the driver side of the vehicle to the side view mirror on the passenger side of the vehicle. Further, no vehicle of any character whatsoever may be parked in any parking place with any projecting load upon it. Anything which is not a vehicle is prohibited from being parked, stopped or left on a residential district street.
(b) No person shall park, stop or stand any bus, commercial vehicle, house trailer, motor home, truck with a GVWR exceeding three-fourths of a ton, recreational trailer, trailer, truck camper, truck tractor or house van on any street located in a Residence District as defined by the Zoning Code of Lower Chichester Township.
No vehicle shall be parked on any street in the Township where its loads, products, materials or any goods will extend beyond the outside of the front bumper and the rear of the back bumper, or from the side of the driver side mirror to the side of the passenger side mirror, and/or extend in a vertical direction higher than one linear foot above the highest part of the vehicle.
(a) No abandoned motor vehicle, house trailer, semi-trailer or trailer shall be left standing on a public street more than ninety-six hours.
(b) Any such vehicle left standing in violation of subsection (a) hereof shall be removed from the street by the Township or its duly authorized agent.
(c) Upon removal by the Township, a written notice shall be sent to the last registered owner and all lien holders of record that the vehicle has been found in violation of this section and impounded by the Township and shall state where the vehicle is being held, and inform the owner and lien holders of their respective rights to reclaim the vehicle within thirty days after the date of the notice, upon payment of all towing and storage charges. The notice shall state that failure to reclaim the vehicle shall be deemed a consent to the destruction, sale or other disposition of the vehicle. If not reclaimed in accordance herewith, the Township or its agent, if so authorized by the Township, shall dispose of the vehicle.
(d) If the last registered owner cannot be ascertained, notice by one publication in one newspaper in the area shall meet the notice requirement.
No person shall park any bus, commercial vehicle, house trailer, motor home, recreational trailer, trailer, truck, truck camper, truck tractor or house van on any street in any area of the Township in GI, GC and LI Districts, as defined by the Zoning Code of Lower Chichester Township between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
No person, whether he or she is the owner, lessee or user thereof, shall park a boat or house trailer on the highways, streets or drives of the Township.
(Ord. 79-5. Passed 7-16-79.)
(a) In order to promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Township, the use of automobile trailers for dwelling purposes is hereby prohibited.
(b) No person shall park any automobile trailer, trailer coach or trailer on any street, alley or highway, or other public place or on any tract of land owned by any person, occupied or unoccupied, within the Township, except as provided in this section.
(c) Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street, alley or highway for not longer than two hours, subject to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for that street, alley or highway. Parking or stopping on tracts of land owned by any person for storage purposes shall be permitted, provided that any such trailer shall not be used as a place of abode or as a dwelling.
(Ord. 220. Passed 2-15-43.)
Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. In default of the payment of such fine, such person shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed five days for each offense. A daily occurrence will be computed as one that occurs between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 12:00 midnight of the same calendar day.
(Ord. 98-28. Passed 11-16-98.)
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