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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Five: Article VII, Chapter 541: GENERAL PARKING REGULATIONS; by amending language to Section 541.09 PUBLIC PARKING AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURGH to allow the issuance of parking tickets both in person and through the mail.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S. § 6109, the City may regulate highways and streets within their physical boundaries as a reasonable exercise of its police powers;
WHEREAS, the regulation of on-street parking has traditionally been accepted as a reasonable exercise of the City’s police powers;
WHEREAS, the Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh (PPAP), pursuant to agreement with the City, has and exercises all powers necessary or convenient for the administration, supervision and enforcement of an efficient system of on-street parking regulation;
WHEREAS, the powers granted to the PPAP, include, but are not limited to, issuing parking tickets for illegally parked vehicles;
WHEREAS, the issuance of parking tickets in person and by mail further compliments PPAP’s ability to exercise all powers granted to it pursuant to Pittsburgh Municipal Code §541.09 and applicable state law.
The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code is hereby amended at Title Five: Article VII, Chapter 541: GENERAL PARKING REGULATIONS, Section 541.09 PUBLIC PARKING AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURGH as follows:
(A) The Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh shall, pursuant to agreement with the City, have and exercise all powers necessary or convenient for the administration, supervision and enforcement of an efficient system of on-street parking regulation. The powers shall include the following powers and rights:
(1) To issue parking tickets, by placing them on the windshields thereof, by delivering them to the drivers thereof, or by mailing them by first class mail to the registered owners thereof for illegally stopped or parked vehicles;
(2) To administer, supervise and enforce the Residential Permit Parking Program in Chapter 549; and
(3) To own or lease any personal property used in connection with the exercise of any power provided herein.
(B) The authority established in division (a) shall not supersede, diminish or restrict the exercise by the City of its full police powers, which include, but are not limited to, the power to establish parking ordinances and regulations and charges for on-street parking.
(C) Ordinance No. 1, effective February 4, 2000, extended the term of existence of the Parking Authority until January 31, 2050, pursuant to the Parking Authority Law, Act of 1967, P.L. 458, as amended.