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Timestamp: 2019-02-23 00:49:04
Document Index: 219360184

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 448', '§ 448', '§ 448', '§ 448', '§ 448', '§ 448']

Township of Upper Providence, PA Snow Emergency Parking
§ 448.01 Snow and weather emergency plans.
§ 448.02 Snow emergency streets.
§ 448.03 Snow parking and traffic emergency plan.
§ 448.04 Removal of vehicles.
§ 448.05 Exceptions.
§ 448.99 Penalty.
Chapter 448 Snow Emergency Parking
Parking of construction vehicles — See Part Twelve, Title Four, Appendix A, Sec. IV.
448.01 Snow and weather emergency plans.
448.02 Snow emergency streets.
448.03 Snow parking and traffic emergency plan.
448.04 Removal of vehicles.
448.05 Exceptions.
448.99 Penalty.
[Ord. No. 277, passed 11-10-1994]
Council shall prepare snow and weather emergency plans for use within the Township and inform the public of the details of such plans. Such plans may include, but shall not be limited to, provisions for warning motorists and pedestrians; prohibiting parking on designated streets or parts thereof; requiring chains or snow tires on vehicles operating on designated streets; removing and storing vehicles that are parked on designated streets; early dismissal of Township employees or excusing Township employees under the Council's jurisdiction from reporting for duty; posting guidance and warning signs and markings on designated streets; and removal of snow, sleet, hail and ice.
All Township roads and streets north of Route 1 By-Pass, all cul-de-sacs and the following Township roads and streets are hereby designated as snow emergency streets and shall be posted as such:
Township portion
Braves Trail
Calabrese Drive
Dash Avenue (off Collins)
Dyanna Lane
Evans Boulevard
Farnum Road
Gayley Street
Ridge Road to State Road
Park Avenue to Orange Street
Mancil Road
Media Station Road
Lincoln Street to Township line
Overhill Circle
North Overhill Road
South Overhill Road
South Ridley Creek
Bobbin Mill Road to Crum Creek Road
Twyckenham Road
Upper Providence Township portion
Declaration of snow emergency. A snow emergency shall be declared whenever the National Weather Service advises or warns of an accumulation of ice, sleet, hail or snow at, or in excess of, two inches in the Delaware Valley, and precipitation actually begins.
Parking prohibited. On any street or portion thereof designated as a snow emergency street and so marked by appropriate signs, no person shall, while the snow parking and traffic emergency is in effect, park or permit any vehicle to remain parked on any such street or portion thereof so marked.
Obstruction of traffic. Whenever a snow emergency is in effect, it shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or impede traffic on any street designated and posted as a snow emergency street.
Depositing snow, etc., in streets. Whenever a snow parking and traffic emergency is in effect, it shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or impede traffic or hinder snow removal or cindering operations by shoveling, throwing or in any manner placing snow, sleet, hail or ice into any street.
Whenever any vehicle shall be found on any Township street in such a manner as to obstruct or impede traffic or hinder snow removal or cindering operations when a snow parking and traffic emergency is in effect, the vehicle may be removed at the owner's expense to an area designated by Council. Persons designated by Council to remove such vehicles shall notify the Chief of Police immediately following such removal. Such authorized persons shall give the type of vehicle, the license tag number, the place of removal, the time of removal, the cause of removal, the place to which the vehicle has been removed and such other information as required. The Chief of Police shall attempt to notify the owner of such vehicle, as soon as it is reasonably possible, of the removal and location of the vehicle.
Certain vehicles are excepted from the provisions of this chapter as follows:
Commercial vehicles making emergency deliveries.
Ambulances and vehicles carrying sick or injured persons.
Vehicles engaged in snow plowing or removal or cindering operations on Township streets.
Physicians responding to sick calls.
Vehicles carrying United States mail.
Hearses and motor vehicles in funeral processions.
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300, together with costs of prosecution.