Article 525
OFF-STREET PARKING
Sections:
525.01 Metered and reserved parking lots established.
525.02 Parking time limits and charges.
525.02A Parking time limits and charges.
525.02B Effective date of parking limits and rates set forth in MMC 525.02A.
525.03 Days and hours of operation.
525.04 Placement and characteristics of meters.
525.05 Parked vehicles to be within individual parking spaces.
525.06 Manner of parking at meters.
525.07 Overtime parking violation.
525.08 Unlawful to tamper with meters - Exceptions.
525.09 Metered parking lots for private passenger vehicles only.
525.10 Duty of peace officers - Effect of waiver payment.
525.11 Reserved off-street parking.
525.12 Parking in handicapped parking spaces.
525.13 Parking meter bags.
525.99 Penalty.
525.01 Metered and reserved parking lots established.
The following are hereby established as the metered, unmetered, and
reserved parking lots operated by the city, such lots and meter
numbers to be indicated on an official map on file in the city
engineer's office:
(A) "Academy Theatre Lot" bounded on the north by West Cherry Street
and on the south by Chestnut Street (metered);
(B) Repealed by Ord. 3684;
(C) "Keystone View Lot" bounded on the north by West Center Street, on
the east by Seminary Alley, and on the west by Market Street (metered
and reserved);
(D) "Market Square Parking Ramp" with an entrance to Market Square via
Mulberry Street (both metered and reserved) and with an exit on West
Center Street via Mulberry Street;
(E) "Mill Run Parking Ramp" with entrances and exits on Market Street,
Mulberry Street, and Water Street (both metered and reserved plus up
to 10 unmetered spaces reserved for DEP visitor parking);
(F) "Park Avenue Central Lot" bounded on the north by West Center
Street, on the south by West Cherry Street, and on the east by North
Cottage Street (both metered and reserved);
(G) "Robert Smith Memorial Lot" bounded on the south by Arch Street,
on the west by Park Avenue, on the north by Clinton Court, and on the
east by Federal Court (both metered and reserved);
(H) Unnamed lot bounded on the east by Mulberry Street and on the west
by Water Street (reserved);
(I) Unnamed lot bounded on the south by Pine Street and on the west by
Market Street (reserved); (Ord. 3684 § 10, 2011; Ord. 3668 § 8, 2009;
Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004)
525.02 Parking time limits and charges.
(A) The maximum length of time allowed in metered parking shall be as follows:
(1) Two hours in the Academy Theatre Lot, Keystone View Lot, Mill Run
Parking Ramp, and portions of Market Square Parking Ramp;
(2) Five hours in the county-owned lot; and
(3) Twelve hours in the Arch Street Lot, Park Avenue Central Lot,
Robert Smith Memorial Lot, and portions of Market Square Parking Ramp.
(B) The rate charged for metered parking shall be $0.10 for 30 minutes
in all lots and parking ramps, and $0.25 for 45 minutes on the first
level of Market Square Parking Ramp, for 60 minutes in Mill Run
Parking Ramp, and for 90 minutes in the Academy Theatre, Arch Street,
county-owned, Keystone View, Park Avenue Central, and Robert Smith
Memorial Lots and the sixth level of Market Square Parking Ramp.
(C) Effective for the city fiscal year beginning January 1, 2005, the
city council of the City of Meadville shall establish the monthly per
vehicle rental fees for reserved covered parking spaces and reserved
uncovered parking spaces for the following year as part of the general
fund budget ordinance. Said fees shall be paid to and collected by the
city treasurer. These rates shall not apply to parking stalls covered
by individual written agreements between the city and renter in
existence as of the date of enactment of the ordinance codified in
this section. (Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004)
525.02A Parking time limits and charges.
(A) The maximum length of time allowed in metered parking in the
following lots shall be as follows:
(1) Two hours in the Academy Theatre Lot, Keystone View Lot, Mill Run
Parking Ramp, and indicated portions of Robert Smith Memorial Lot and
Market Square Parking Ramp;
(2) Five hours in the Park Avenue Central Lot and indicated portions
of Robert Smith Memorial Lot and Market Square Parking Ramp.
(B) The rate charged for metered parking shall be $0.25 for each one
hour in all lots and parking ramps. (Ord. 3684 § 11, 2011; Ord. 3670 §
2, 2009; Ord. 3668 § 9, 2009)
525.02B Effective date of parking limits and rates set forth in MMC 525.02A.
The parking limits and rates set forth in MMC 525.02A shall replace
and be in effect at the time each off-street meter/machine within the
designated parking lots and ramps is replaced or recalibrated to
calculate the time limits and rates based on the parking limits and
rates established by MMC 525.02A. At that time, a notice shall be
posted on the meter/machine to give notice of the new parking
meter/machine limits and rates as established by MMC 525.02A. Until
each meter/machine is recalibrated for the new rates and limits, the
parking meter/machine limits and rates shall be as set forth in the
existing MMC 525.02. MMC 525.02(A) and (B) shall be void and of no
effect at the time all off-street parking meters/machines have been
recalibrated for the parking limits and meter/machine rates as set
forth in MMC 525.02A. (Ord. 3668 § 9, 2009)
525.03 Days and hours of operation.
Each parking meter and each reserved stall in each parking lot in the
City of Meadville as identified and set forth above shall be in
operation and the provision of this article regulating such operation
shall apply only between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on days
other than Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. The addition or
removal of any parking meter shall not be performed without the prior
approval of the city council of the City of Meadville. (Ord. 3610 § 2,
2004)
525.04 Placement and characteristics of meters.
Parking meters installed in the lots shall be placed immediately
adjacent to the individual parking spaces that shall be marked off in
such lots. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as
to show whether the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not
legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a
proper legend the legal time established by this article, the duration
of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of such period,
shall indicate illegal or overtime parking. (Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004)
525.05 Parked vehicles to be within individual parking spaces.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the various
metered parking lots hereby established, adjacent to each parking
meter, for the purpose of designating the parking space for which such
meter shall be used. Each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking meter
shall be parked within the lines or markings so placed and applicable
to such meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article
for any person:
(A) To park any vehicle across any such line or marking; or
(B) To park any vehicle in such a position that such vehicle shall not
be within the area so designated by such lines or markings; or
(C) To park a vehicle elsewhere in any such lot other than in an
individual parking space adjacent to a parking meter. (Ord. 3610 § 2,
2004)
525.06 Manner of parking at meters.
No person shall park any vehicle in any of the parking lots otherwise
than with the foremost part of the parked vehicle nearest to the
parking meter applicable thereto. (Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004)
525.07 Overtime parking violation.
When any vehicle is parked at a parking meter/machine space in a
designated metered lot, when meters/machines are in operation, upon
entering the parking space, the coin or coins of the United States
designated and required for the parking time desired or for the time
limit established in each lot as set forth above shall be deposited in
the parking meter/machine. If the vehicle shall remain parked beyond
the limits prescribed or beyond the time paid for, as set forth in MMC
525.02 or 525.02A as applicable, and the parking meter/machine shall
indicate illegal parking, then such vehicle shall be considered as
parked overtime and beyond the legal time fixed. The parking of a
vehicle overtime or beyond the period of time fixed now or hereafter
by the provisions of MMC 525.02 or 525.02A as applicable, in any
designated metered parking lot where a meter/machine is located, shall
be a violation of this article and punished as hereinafter provided.
No person shall cause, allow or permit any vehicle registered in his
name to be parked overtime or beyond the lawful period of time as
above described. (Ord. 3668 § 10, 2009; Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004)
525.08 Unlawful to tamper with meters - Exceptions.
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this article, for any person
to deface, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the
usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this
article. Nothing herein shall apply to the servicing or opening of
parking meters by officers, employees and/or peace officers of the
city under the direction of the city manager and/or council. (Ord.
3610 § 2, 2004)
525.09 Metered parking lots for private passenger vehicles only.
The metered and nonmetered parking lots are hereby established for the
parking of private passenger vehicles only, and it shall be unlawful,
and a violation of this article, for any person to park any vehicle
exceeding the size of an automobile, pickup truck or passenger van,
including but not limited to bus, tractor, trailer, tractor-trailer,
recreational van or commercial truck, in any such lot. (Ord. 3610 § 2,
2004)
525.10 Duty of peace officers - Effect of waiver payment.
It shall be the duty of the peace officers of the city, acting in
accordance with instructions of the chief of police, to report:
(A) The name of the parking lot, and the number of the parking meters
therein that indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space
adjacent thereto is, or has been, parked in violation of any of the
provisions of this article;
(B) The date and hour of such violation;
(C) The state license number of such vehicle;
(D) Any other facts, the knowledge of which shall be necessary for a
full understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
Every such peace officer shall also place upon such vehicle a notice
to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle was parked in
violation of the provisions of this article, and instructing such
owner or operator concerning the penalty and payment thereof. (Ord.
3668 § 11, 2009; Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004)
525.11 Reserved off-street parking.
(A) No person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any
off-street parking space marked as a "Reserved" off-street parking
place other than the tenant of such space or the permittee of such
tenant, during the hours delineated in MMC 525.03.
(B) Any person parking or permitting the parking of any vehicle in
violation of the provisions of subsection (A) of this section shall
for each and every violation, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of
$30.00. (Ord. 3668 § 12, 2009; Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004)
525.12 Parking in handicapped parking spaces.
(A) Parking spaces designated as handicap-only parking shall be in
accordance with Article 519 MMC, Schedule M.
(B) No person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any
off-street parking space marked as "Handicapped" unless the vehicle
displays an approved handicapped certificate, sticker or plate.
(C) Any person parking or permitting the parking of any vehicle in
violation of the provisions of subsection (B) of this section shall
for each and every violation, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine in
accordance with MMC 519.99. (Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004)
525.13 Parking meter bags.
The parking meter bags regulations as set forth in MMC 521.15 or
Article 521 MMC are hereby incorporated as the parking meter bags
regulations of and for this article. (Ord. 3610 § 2, 2004)
525.99 Penalty.
Any person who violates any provision of this article, except MMC
525.08, 525.11 and 525.13, shall be subject to a penalty as follows:
(A) If penalty paid at courtesy box or city police headquarters within
48 hours of the issuance of the traffic ticket: $10.00.
(B) If penalty paid more than 48 hours, but within 10 days after the
issuance of the traffic ticket: $15.00.
(C) If penalty paid more than 10 days after the issuance of a traffic
ticket, but before the issuance of a citation pursuant to the terms of
this article: $30.00.
(D) If penalty is not paid within 15 days after the identity of the
owner of the vehicle is determined, a citation shall be filed with the
district magistrate and, upon conviction, violators shall be sentenced
to pay a fine as set forth below.
(E) Time of payment for the purpose of this article shall be the time
of the receipt of payment by the City of Meadville either in a
courtesy box or at Police Headquarters, 984 Water Street, Meadville,
Pennsylvania.
(F) Each hour or part of an hour during which any person parks or
permits or causes a vehicle owned by him to be parked in violation of
this article shall be considered separate and distinct offenses for
which separate traffic tickets, citations and fines shall be issued,
levied and collected.
(G) Any person convicted of the violation of any term or provision of
this article (or of aiding, abetting or assisting in the violation of
any term or provision of this article) shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $300.00 and may be
sentenced to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 10 days.
Any person who violates MMC 525.08 and 525.13 shall, upon conviction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $30.00 and not more than
$300.00, together with costs, and upon failure to pay said fines and
costs, may be sentenced to imprisonment for a period of time not to
exceed 10 days. (Ord. 3668 § 13, 2009; Ord. 3616 §§ 3, 4, 2005; Ord.
3610 § 2, 2004)
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