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ORDINANCE amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Five: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 541.07: Penalty, Chapter 543.01: Parking Meter Zones and Rates, Chapter 543.09: Penalty and Chapter 545.05: Penalty, so as to enable dynamic pricing in certain neighborhoods.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh City Code is hereby amended at Title Five: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 541.07: Penalty, Chapter 543.01: Parking Meter Zones and Rates, Chapter 543.09: Penalty and Chapter 545.05: Penalty, as follows:
§ 543.01 - PARKING METER ZONES AND RATES.
(a) The following on-street surface parking meter zones are hereby established, and the boundaries of each such zone shall be as set forth in the maps contained in Appendix 1 to this Ordinance:
• Downtown
• Oakland - Zone 1
• Oakland - Zone 2
• Oakland - Zone 3
• Oakland - Zone 4
• Shadyside
• Strip District
• North Shore
• South Side
• Squirrel Hill
• North Side
• Uptown
• Brookline
• Mount Washington
• Bloomfield/Garfield
• East Liberty
• Lawrenceville
• Mellon Park Area
• Beechview
• Allentown
• West End
• Carrick
(b) Parking meter zones shall have the following rates and hours of operation:
The following hourly on-street metered parking fees are enforceable Monday through Saturday per the schedule below. Enforcement will begin at 8:00 a.m. in all zones and will conclude at [either 6:00 p.m. or 10:00 p.m., as specified.] the time specified in the schedule below.
Location |
[1/1/2013] 1/1/2014
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[1/1/2014] 1/1/2015
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[1/1/2015] 1/1/2016
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Enforced 8 a.m. until: |
Downtown |
3.00 |
[3.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[3.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[6:00 p.m.] Dynamic Hours |
Oakland-Zone 4 |
2.00 |
[2.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[2.00] Dynamic Pricing
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6:00 p.m. |
Oakland-Zone 1, 2 |
2.00 |
[2.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[2.00] Dynamic Pricing
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6:00 p.m. |
Shadyside |
1.00 |
[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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6:00 p.m. |
Strip District |
1.00 |
[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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6:00 p.m. |
North Shore |
2.50 |
[2.50] Dynamic Pricing
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[2.50] Dynamic Pricing
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6:00 p.m. Dynamic Hours |
Oakland-Zone 3 |
2.00 |
[2.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[2.00] Dynamic Pricing
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6:00 |
South Side |
1.00 |
[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[6:00 p.m.] Dynamic Hours
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Squirrel Hill |
1.00 |
[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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6:00 p.m. |
North Side |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
6:00 p.m. |
Uptown |
1.00 |
[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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6:00 p.m. |
Brookline |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
6:00 p.m. |
Mount Washington |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
6:00 p.m. |
Bloomfield/Garfield |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
6:00 p.m. |
East Liberty |
1.00 |
[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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[1.00] Dynamic Pricing
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6:00 p.m. |
Lawrenceville |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
6:00 p.m. |
Mellon Park Area |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
6:00 p.m. |
Beechview |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
6:00 p.m. |
Allentown |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
6:00 p.m. |
West End |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
6:00 p.m. |
Carrick |
0.50 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
6:00 p.m. |
SECTION 2. Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, §541.07: Penalty, shall be amended as follows:
Whoever violates any provision of this Chapter where another penalty is not otherwise provided shall pay a penalty of not more than [twenty five dollars ($25.00)] thirty dollars ($30.00) and costs equivalent to the costs for summary offenses established by the governing authority as provided in the Judicial and Judiciary Code (See 42 P.S. 1725.1). Whoever violates § 541.01(c)(4) shall pay a penalty of [twenty-five dollars ($25.00)] thirty dollars ($30.00) and costs equivalent to the costs for summary offenses established by the governing authority and provided in the Judicial and Judiciary Code (42 P.S. 1725.91), provided, however, that all summary citations issued for violations of § 541.01(c)(4), shall specify prominently, in writing, that citations for violations of the street cleaning provisions shall be null and void if the citation is issued after street cleaning takes place on that day or if no street cleaning actually occurs that day.
SECTION 3. Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, §543.09: Penalty, shall be amended as follows:
(a) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any provision of §§ 543.02 to 543.05 shall be fined [twenty dollars ($20.00)] thirty dollars ($30.00) and costs equivalent to the costs for summary offenses established by the governing authority as provided in the Judicial and Judiciary Code (see 42 P.S. Sec. 1725.1). Whoever violates or fails to comply with any provision of §§ 543.02 to543.05 within the Central Business District and Oakland areas shall be fined [thirty dollars ($30.00)] forty ($40.00) and costs equivalent to the costs for summary offenses established by the governing authority as provided in the Judicial and Judiciary Code (see 42 P.S. Sec. 1725.1). After the vehicle is found in violation and a violation notice is issued, a separate violation shall be deemed committed for every subsequent two-hour period the vehicle is parked in violation of this Chapter.
(b) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any provision of § 543.07 shall be fined a minimum of eighty dollars ($80.00) and any costs pertaining to repair or replacement of damaged meters.
(c) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any other provision of this Chapter shall be fined a minimum of eighty dollars ($80.00).
SECTION 4. Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, §545.05: Penalty, shall be amended as follows:
(a) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any provisions of this Chapter shall be fined [twenty dollars ($20.00)] twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and costs equivalent to the costs for summary offenses established by the governing authority as provided in the Judicial and Judiciary Code (see 42 P.S. Sec. 1725.1). Whoever violates or falls to comply with any provision of this Chapter within the Central Business District and Oakland areas shall be fined thirty dollars ($30.00) and costs equivalent to the costs for summary offenses established by the governing authority as provided in the Judicial and Judiciary Code.
(b) All fines and forfeitures collected for conviction, from any person charged with a violation of this Chapter shall be paid into the City Treasury.
[(c) Assuming an average rate of inflation, no rate increases will be required by this transaction until January 1, 2017. For the life of any debt associated with this transaction, the board of the authority will increase rates so as to comply with all bond covenants. If no rate adjustment ordinance is so adopted, then the rates for the immediately preceding period shall remain in effect.
Appendix 1
Zone Maps]
(c) "Dynamic Pricing" is defined as the adjustment, from time to time, of on-street parking meter rates by the Director of Finance of the City of Pittsburgh in order to more efficiently balance parking supply and demand.
(d) "Dynamic Hours" is defined as the adjustment, from time to time, of on-street parking meter hours and days by the Director of Finance of the City of Pittsburgh in order to more efficiently balance parking supply and demand. Under a Dynamic Hours designation, no parking meter zone shall have enforcement prior to 8 a.m. or later than 10 p.m. on any day of the week and no Dynamic Hours designated meter parking zone shall be enforced on Sundays.
(e) The Director of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority is hereby authorized to cause parking meters to be installed and meter spaces to be designated in parking meter zones in accordance with the parking meter zones map attached to this ordinance and with the dynamic pricing and dynamic hours established from time to time by the Director of Finance of the City of Pittsburgh.
(f) Parking meter zones shall be in effect only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday unless the zone is designated as "Dynamic Hours", in which case the hours shall be set in accordance with the dynamic pricing and hours model issued from time to time by the Director of Finance of the City of Pittsburgh.
(g) The maximum continuous legal time a vehicle may be parked in the same spot shall not be less than two (2) hours in a parking zone and shall be set by the Director of Finance of the City of Pittsburgh.
(h) Dynamic Hours of parking meter enforcement extended after 6 p.m. in the South Side parking meter zone shall only take effect after a comprehensive parking management plan has been created in accord with the City of Pittsburgh's Responsible Hospitality Sociable City Plan best practices for this neighborhood, as determined by the Director of Finance and the Councilperson who represents the South Side parking meter zone at the time of adoption of the plan.
[The Director is hereby authorized to cause parking meters to be installed and meter spaces to be designated in parking meter zones. Parking meter zones shall be in effect only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Rates and the legal time for such parking meter zones shall be set by the City Treasurer in accordance with the Parking Meter Zones Master Plan, but the period of legal time shall not be less than two (2) hours in a neighborhood business district.
Within six (6) months of the effective date of this section and every third year thereafter, the Director shall review all parking meter zones and all rates, legal time and enforcement practices and, any other rules or regulations pertaining to metered spaces, and based on the review submit legislation titled the Parking Meter Zones Master Plan. The Parking Meter Zones Master Plan shall include a comprehensive description of all designated parking meter zones with all rates, legal time, enforcement practices, and any other rules and regulations which apply to a parking meter zone with an explanation of such rates, legal time, enforcement practices, rules or regulations. Council shall hold a public hearing on the Parking Meter Zones Master Plan before final action is taken.]