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75 Pa. C. S. § 3354. Additional parking regulations

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75 Pa. C. S. § 3354. Additional parking regulations

    (a) TWO-WAY HIGHWAYS.-- Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle standing or parked upon a two-way highway shall be positioned parallel to and with the right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.

   (b) ONE-WAY HIGHWAYS.-- Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle standing or parked upon a one-way highway shall be positioned parallel to the curb or edge of the highway in the direction of authorized traffic movement with its right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder, or with its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder.

   (c) ANGLE PARKING.-- Local authorities may permit angle parking on any highway after an engineering and traffic study has determined that the highway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic, except that on a State-designated highway prior approval of the department shall also be obtained.

   (d) PERSON WITH A DISABILITY AND DISABLED VETERANS.--

   (1) When a motor vehicle bearing a person with a disability or severely
   disabled veteran plate or displaying a person with a disability or
   severely disabled veteran parking placard as prescribed in this title
   is being operated by or for the transportation of the person with a
   disability or severely disabled veteran, the driver shall be relieved
   of any liability for parking for a period of 60 minutes in excess of
   the legal parking period permitted by local authorities except where
   local ordinances or police regulations provide for the accommodation of
   heavy traffic during morning, afternoon or evening hours.

   (2) At the request of a person with a disability or severely disabled
   veteran, local authorities may erect on the highway as close as
   possible to the person's or veteran's place of residence a sign or
   signs indicating that that place is reserved for a person with a
   disability or severely disabled veteran, that no parking is allowed
   there by others, and that any unauthorized person parking there shall
   be subject to a fine and may be towed The absence of a sign stating
   the penalty amount indicated in subsection (f) at parking spaces
   designated with an international symbol for access for persons with
   disabilities on a sign shall not preclude the enforcement of this
   subsection A vehicle may only be towed under this paragraph if the
   parking space is posted with a sign indicating that vehicles in
   violation of this section may be towed.

     (3) (i) Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing a person
     with a disability or severely disabled veteran registration plate or
     displaying a person with a disability or severely disabled veteran
     parking placard when such vehicles are being operated by or for the
     transportation of a person with a disability or a severely disabled
     veteran, no person shall park a vehicle on public or private property
     reserved for a person with a disability or severely disabled veteran
     which property has been so posted in accordance with departmental
     regulations Regulations shall require that parking spaces
     designated with an international symbol for access for persons with
     disabilities on a sign are posted with a sign stating the penalty
     amount indicated in subsection (f) and that vehicles in violation of
     the subsection may be towed and require that signs be replaced when
     they become either obsolete or missing with all costs to replace the
     necessary signs to be borne by the persons responsible for signing
     the particular location The absence of a sign stating the penalty
     amount at parking spaces designated with an international symbol for
     access for persons with disabilities shall not preclude the
     enforcement of this subsection A vehicle which is unlawfully parked
     in a designated person with a disability parking area may be removed
     from that area by towing and may be reclaimed by the vehicle owner
     upon payment of the towing costs A vehicle may only be towed under
     this paragraph if the parking space is posted with a sign indicating
     that vehicles in violation of this section may be towed.

     (ii) Local authorities shall have the power and may, by ordinance or
     resolution, authorize a person with a disability and severely
     disabled veterans to issue statements to violators or violating
     vehicles for violation of subparagraph (i) The form of the
     statement shall be as prescribed by the local authorities.

     (iii) No occupancy or driveway permit may be issued to a person whose
     property is reserved for a person with a disability or a severely
     disabled veteran if the property is not posted with a sign stating
     the penalty amount indicated in subsection (f).

   (e) UNAUTHORIZED USE.-- An operator of a vehicle bearing a person with a disability or severely disabled veteran plate or displaying a person with a disability or severely disabled veteran parking placard shall not make use of the parking privileges accorded to a person with a disability and severely disabled veterans under subsection (d)(3) unless the operator is a person with a disability or a severely disabled veteran or unless the vehicle is being operated for the transportation of a person with a disability or severely disabled veteran.

   (E.1) MOTORCYCLE PARKING.-- Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6301 (relating to prosecutions under local ordinances superseded by title) regarding parking violations, a local ordinance may not prohibit nor cite as a violation the parallel or angle occupancy by one or more motorcycles in any parking space on any highway otherwise available for parking for other individual vehicles, provided that the space occupied by one or more motorcycles does not exceed the space within which a single vehicle must park In the instance of a violation applicable to any single vehicle, each motorcycle so parked shall be individually liable for any violation as if the motorcycle were the sole occupant of the parking space.

   (f) PENALTY.-- A person violating subsection (a), (b) or (d)(1) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $ 15 A person violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) or (e) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $ 50 nor more than $ 200 If a person is convicted under subsection (d)(2) or (3) in the absence of a sign stating the penalty amount, the fine imposed may not exceed $ 50.

   (g) SPECIAL PENALTY; DISPOSITION.--

   (1) In addition to any other penalty imposed under this section, a
   person who is convicted of violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) shall be
   sentenced to pay a fine of $ 50.

   (2) All fines collected under this subsection shall be disposed of as
   follows:

     (i) Ninety-five percent shall be paid to the Department of Revenue,
     transmitted to the Treasury Department and credited to the Department
     of Public Welfare for use for the Attendant Care Program.

     (ii) Five percent shall be paid to the municipality in which the
     offense occurred.

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