A Northeast Philadelphia City Council member has successfully pushed an ordinance that prohibits the parking of vehicles with illegally tinted windows on city streets.Rafael Torres has been tinting windows for a decade and has a shop in Kensington. He said motorists tint their windows for, "privacy and to hold the heat from coming into the car."Northeast Philadelphia City Council member Mike Driscoll believes not everyone is trying to beat the heat with tinted windows.
He’s pushed an ordinance through City Council which makes it illegal to park a vehicle with blacked out windows on city streets. The state law says cars can have window tint rated at 70 percent VLT or lighter on all side windows of the car and on the rear windshield.MORE HEADLINES:His local ordinance applies the same standard but focuses on parking because the PA Motor Vehicle Code largely limits cities and towns from regulating the operation of vehicles.