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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 549: Residential Parking Permit Program, Section 549.08 Visitor Permit, by amending the regulations regarding visitors permits; also amending Section 549.02 Definitions, by amending the definition of Certified Resident and Motor Vehicle; and by adding a new Section 549.18 Residential Parking Permit Removal.
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Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title V, Traffic, Article VII-Parking, Chapter 549, Residential Parking Permit Program, Section 549.08 Visitor Permit is hereby amended as follows:
549.08 - Visitor Permits
The agency or group designated by the Parking Permit Officers is authorized upon application to issue no more than one (1) visitor parking permit per household or business of residential parking permit areas for use of bonafide transient visitors therein. The visitor's permits shall have all rights and privileges of a regular permit, except that use by the same vehicle shall be limited to no more than three (3) consecutive weekdays in a month unless additional use is approved by the enforcement office.
(Ord. 13-1993, eff. 5-25-93; Ord. No. 6-2008, § 2, eff. 5-27-08)
A certified resident or business operator must register the license plate number to the vehicle of a bonafide transient visitor therein. No more than three (3) visitors per household or business can be registered each day. Once a license plate number of the visitor is registered, the visitor shall have all rights and privileges of a regular parking permit. Each license plate number can be registered up to 18 days within a program year at no charge. After 18 days, there will be a fee of $5 a day for a license plate number registered from 19 days to 28 days within the same residential permit parking program area. After the 28th day, there will be a fee of $20 a day for a license plate being registered 29 or more days within the same residential permit parking program area.
Section 2. The Pittsburgh Code, Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 549: Residential Parking Permit Program, Section 549.02 Definitions is hereby amended as follows:
549.02 - Definitions
(b) CERTIFIED RESIDENT. A property owner having title to real property or a renter who has a valid apartment lease.
(b) CERTIFIED RESIDENT. A person who lives in a residence fronting or siding a residential parking permit area.
Section 3. The Pittsburgh Code, Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 549: Residential Parking Permit Program, Section 549.02 Definitions is hereby amended as follows:
549.02 - Definitions
(g) MOTOR VEHICLE. An automobile, truck, motorcycle or other motor-driven form of transportation not in excess of six thousand (6,000) pounds seven thousand (7,000) pounds of gross weight or vehicles six thousand (6,000) seven thousand (7,000) to ten thousand (10,000) pounds of gross weight upon verification of necessity of use in the residential parking permit area. (Ord. 2-1991, eff. 2-4-91)
Section 4. The Pittsburgh Code, Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 549: Residential Parking Permit Program, is hereby amended by adding the following:
§ 549.18 Residential Parking Permit Removal
A residential parking permit area, no less than one street block, shall be deemed eligible for removal and termination of the Residential Parking Permit Program if, based on the surveys and petitions sent out by the Parking Permit Officer, seventy (70) percent of the households per street block in that residential parking area petition in favor of having it removed. On verification of the signed petition, the Parking Permit Officer will recommend to the City Council the removal of the residential parking permit program in that area or block. Once removed, the street block or area must wait two (2) years before petitioning to be considered for permit parking again.