Beginning in 2024, the Borough parking enforcement, administration and Council have worked toward adopting ordinance 2025-1 which will amend Articles III and IV of Chapter 172 of the Jenkintown Code, in their entirety. This ordinance speaks to Parking within the Borough and is a comprehensive revision to the existing ordinance which had been last revised in its entirety in 2006. To that end Borough Council has held publicly advertised parking meetings with residents, property owners and business owners. Additionally, information was shared over Borough social media platforms and at regularly scheduled Council and Committee meetings. Through these meetings and information sharing sessions held with residents and business owners the Ordinance has seen many proposed revisions to address the concerns voiced during this process.
The proposed parking ordinance will now come back to Borough Council at the regularly scheduled Council meeting in July 2025 for consideration to advertise proposed ordinance 2025-1 as part of the legal adoption process. The proposed ordinance can be found hereopens PDF file . The latest proposed revisions are highlighted in yellow for clarity.
The proposed Ordinance will amend, in their entirety, Articles III and IV of Chapter 172 of the Jenkintown Code. The comprehensive revisions to Article III include provisions relating to: (1) general parking regulations, (2) angled parking regulations; (3) prohibited parking regulations including prohibitions at specific locations and on designated streets; (4) parking restrictions relating to vehicles in excess of 80 inches in width or 11,000 lbs of gross vehicle weight; (5) parking restrictions relating to mobile homes, RVs, boats, and certain trailers; (5) establishment of permit only parking zones and the authorization of the corresponding permitting process and fees; (6) designated 20-minute parking areas; and (7) buss, coach and taxicab parking regulations. The comprehensive revisions to Article IV include provisions relating to: (1) definitions including the Payment Parking Zones; (2) parking space and payment regulations; (3) violations and the duty to report/issue citations; (4) regulations authorizing temporary suspension of parking restrictions and erection of signage; and (5) designation of parking payment zones, hours, time limits and rates.
Once the Ordinance has completed the required legal process of adoption the appropriate parking regulatory, and informational signage will be installed throughout the Borough. The parking conditions will be monitored on an ongoing basis and all information gathered will be analyzed to determine the effectiveness of the Parking Ordinance and possible further revisions that may be necessary.