Article 519 HANDICAPPED PARKING REGULATIONS

Article 519
HANDICAPPED PARKING REGULATIONS

Sections:

519.01 Special use parking spaces established.

519.03 Display of special license or placard.

519.01 Special use parking spaces established.

Those metered parking spaces identified in Schedule M and those nonmetered parking spaces identified and described upon Schedule M shall be designated as “handicapped parking spaces.”

Schedule M
Metered On-Street Parking Spaces Designated as Handicapped Parking Spaces
Number	Street	Side	Between
229	Market Alley	North	Market Street/Mulberry Street
237	Market Street	East	Arch Street/Clinton Court
308	Park Avenue	West	Clinton Court/Chestnut Street
331 – 332	Park Avenue	West	W. Steers Street/North Street
354	Park Avenue	East	Chestnut Street/Market Alley
412	W. Center Street	North	Water Street/Mulberry Street
529	Chestnut Street	North	S. Main Street/Chancery Lane
912	Market Alley	West	Mulberry Street/Market Street
926	W. Cherry Street	South	Mulberry Street/Market Street
1044	S. Main Street	West	Clinton Court/Chestnut Street
1400	E. Center Street	North	E. Diamond Park/Chancery Lane
1412 – 1413	E. Center Street	South	E. Diamond Park/Chancery Lane


Nonmetered Parking Spaces Designated as Handicapped Parking Spaces
Street	Side	Location
Walnut Street	South	First parking space west of Water Street
N. Main Street	West	792 N. Main Street
Pine Street	South	372 Pine Street

(Ord. 3684 § 9, 2011; Ord. 3663 § 2, 2009)

519.02 Limitation upon use.

No person other than a person to whom the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation or any other duly authorized governmental entity has issued a disabled, disabled veteran, or handicapped registration plate, or disabled, disabled veteran, or handicapped parking placard shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any parking space designated for handicapped parking. (Ord. 3663 § 2, 2009)

519.03 Display of special license or placard.

No otherwise qualified user of any handicapped parking space shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any such place unless that vehicle is clearly marked with the special disabled, disabled veteran, or handicapped registration plate or disabled, disabled veteran, or handicapped parking placard issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation or other duly authorized governmental entity. Absence of the clear and prominent display of a currently valid disabled, disabled veteran, or handicapped registration plate or placard upon any vehicle parked in any handicapped parking space shall be conclusive evidence of a violation of this article. (Ord. 3663 § 2, 2009)

519.04 Other regulations continued.

Except for the limitation upon the class of lawful users of handicapped parking spaces, subject to the applicable provisions of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, all time limitation, meter rate and other parking regulations of this traffic code shall continue to be in full force and effect as to all handicapped parking spaces. (Ord. 3663 § 2, 2009)

519.99 Penalty.

Any person who is convicted of or who pleads guilty to a violation of MMC 519.02 or 519.03 shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00 and costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fines and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 10 days. (Ord. 3663 § 2, 2009)