PRINTER'S NO. 627
No. 595 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY LEWIS, MESSINGER, SCANLON, O'PAKE, EARLY, MELLOW
AND ORLANDO, MARCH 27, 1979
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 27, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581),
2 entitled, "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending
3 and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," authorizing
4 the establishment or designation of certain reserved areas to
5 be used solely for parking by handicapped individuals.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Clause (46) of section 1202 and section 2903, act
9 of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as "The
10 Borough Code," are amended to read:
11 Section 1202. Specific Powers.--The powers of the borough
12 shall be vested in the corporate authorities. Among the specific
13 powers of the borough shall be the following, and in the
14 exercise of any of such powers involving the enactment of any
15 ordinance or the making of any regulation, restriction or
16 prohibition, the borough may provide for the enforcement thereof
17 and may prescribe penalties for the violation thereof or for the
18 failure to conform thereto:
19 * * *
1 (46) Parking lots. To acquire by lease, purchase or eminent
2 domain any land which the corporate authorities may deem
3 necessary or desirable for the purpose of establishing and
4 maintaining parking lots, and to regulate the use thereof, and
5 to regulate parking and provide parking accommodations so as to
6 promote the convenience and protection of the public and to
7 establish or designate, at the discretion of the corporate
8 authorities, areas exclusively reserved for parking by
9 handicapped individuals and to post signs regulating such areas.
10 The right to regulate the use of the lots shall include the
11 right to impose fines and fees for violation of any law or
12 ordinance regulating parking.
13 * * *
14 Section 2903. Licensing Parking Lots Operated for Profit.--
15 Any borough may, by ordinance, regulate the business of
16 operating parking lots for profit within the borough and may
17 require such lots to reserve areas exclusively for parking by
18 handicapped individuals. License or permit fees may be charged
19 and collected from the operators of such parking lots. Any
20 borough adopting such a regulatory plan shall require from each
21 operator of such a parking lot a bond to be approved by council
22 for the protection of the public from loss of or damage to
23 vehicles parked, stored or placed under the jurisdiction of such
24 parking lot operator: Provided, That nothing in this section
25 shall apply to parking lots operated by a municipal authority or
26 a parking authority.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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