Off Street Parking Regulations - Whitehall Borough

BOROUGH OF WHITEHALL<br />

OFF STREET PARKING REGULATIONS<br />

GENERAL INFORMATION SHEET<br />

<strong>Parking</strong> Surfaces - All off-STREET parking spaces shall be paved with an all-weather, dust free<br />

surface and all off-STREET parking shall be limited to paved areas. (180.104.1)<br />

Expansion/New <strong>Parking</strong> Surfaces - A permit from the <strong>Borough</strong> Code Enforcement <strong>Off</strong>icer is<br />

required prior to expansion of existing or creation of new parking surfaces. Contact the Code<br />

Enforcement <strong>Off</strong>ice for information and permit requirements. (180.106.1)<br />

PROHIBITED TYPES OF OFF-STREET PARKING IN ALL DISTRICTS<br />

<strong>Parking</strong> on improperly prepared area or surface except as subject to <strong>Borough</strong> approval on<br />

public property is prohibited (180.89.1.64.1).<br />

Outdoor storage or keeping of IMMOBILE VEHICLES on public or private property is<br />

prohibited (180.89.1.6). An IMMOBILE VEHICLE is defined as: Any mode of conveyance<br />

that may be partially dismantled, being used for spare parts and/or not properly licensed or<br />

inspected for use on the public roadways.<br />

Use of driveway on the front portion of a lot for the parking of vehicles other than licensed<br />

passenger AUTOMOBILES is prohibited (180.89.1.64). An AUTOMOBILE is defined as: A<br />

self-propelled, four-wheeled, free-moving vehicle primarily for personal conveyance on a street<br />

or roadway, including, if unmarked and devoid of advertising, vans and pickup trucks with a<br />

gross weight of five thousand (5,000) pounds, but not including trucks with a gross weight over<br />

five thousand (5,000) pounds, buses or vehicles equipped with living or sleeping quarters.<br />

Trucks and vans not conforming to the definition of AUTOMOBILE must be parked in<br />

accordance with the following:<br />

1. Except for loading or unloading of transient delivery, TRUCK parking in all<br />

Residential Districts is limited to double-wheel, single-axle TRUCKS having a<br />

maximum registered gross weight of eleven thousand (11,000) pounds and classified as<br />

Class 4 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation. Such<br />

parking shall be limited to the REAR YARD or inside a garage, as defined in this<br />

chapter (180.105.1).<br />

2. In Commercial Districts, TRUCK parking is permitted only for vehicles incidental to<br />

the operation of the business. (180.105.1)<br />

A trailer is defined as a vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle. Except for loading or<br />

unloading of transient delivery, trailer parking is prohibited in all Residential Districts,<br />

except in the REAR YARD, not visible from the STREET, or inside a garage. Trailer parking<br />

in Commercial Districts is permitted only for vehicles incidental to the operation of the<br />

business (180.105.2).

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RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKING WITHIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS<br />

One RECREATIONAL VEHICLE may be parked outdoors in the rear and shall not be closer<br />

than 7 _' to any side or rear property line. (180.107.2)<br />

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE parking at the front (areas abutting streets) is not permitted except<br />

temporarily for a maximum period of 72 hours prior to or following use (once in any seven (7)<br />

day period.) (180.107.2)<br />

A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE is any structure mounted on wheels or otherwise capable of<br />

being made mobile for the purpose of travel, recreational and vacation use. This definition<br />

includes but is not limited to travel trailers, collapsible trailers, pickup campers, chassis-mounted<br />

campers, tent trailers, motorized homes and boats on trailers.<br />

CONTINUANCE OF PARKING FACILITIES REQUIRED<br />

Whenever an occupancy permit has been issued and the plans so approved contain automobile<br />

parking and LOADING SPACE provisions, the subsequent use of such property shall be<br />

conditional upon the continuance and availability of the parking and LOADING SPACE<br />

provisions contained in such plans. Any other use of such property shall be a violation of this<br />

Article (180.106). Such provision shall be made in all districts for each separate use as follows:<br />

DWELLING: two (2) paved PARKING STALLS, one (1) of which shall be enclosed<br />

(180.104.1.1)<br />

Please contact the Code Enforcement <strong>Off</strong>icer for required parking regulations regarding<br />

uses other than single family dwellings.