Source: https://www.ecode360.com/9318178
Timestamp: 2019-11-17 08:29:58
Document Index: 640601168

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 149', '§ 149', '§ 149', '§ 149', '§ 149', '§ 149', '§ 149', '§ 149', '§ 149', '§ 149', '§ 149']

Township of Caln, PA Snow and Ice Emergencies
Ch 149 Art V Snow and Ice Emergencies
§ 149-39 Declaration of emergency.
§ 149-40 Parking prohibited on certain streets.
§ 149-41 Placement of signs.
§ 149-42 Violations.
In order to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the hazards of excessive snow and ice on the highways or portions of highways named in § 149-40 below, the Board of Commissioners, in its discretion, may declare an emergency due to such hazards.
After any such emergency shall have been declared, it shall be unlawful during the period of such emergency for any person to park a motor vehicle or tractor or to allow the same to remain parked on any highway or portion thereof named in Subsection B below, or to operate any motor vehicle or tractor on any such highway or portion thereof unless such vehicle or tractor shall be equipped with adequate equipment to provide sufficient traction to keep such vehicle or tractor in motion so that other traffic on such highways will not be blocked or seriously impeded.
The highways or portions thereof to which the provisions of this article shall be applicable during all periods of emergency declared as provided in § 149-39 above shall be as described below:
[Amended 8-24-1978 by Ord. No. 1978-5]
From Toth Avenue to North Caln Road
From Embreeville Road to South Bailey Road
From North Bailey Road to Bondsville Road
To East Lincoln Highway
From East Lincoln Highway to Humpton Road
From East Lincoln Highway to Fisherville Road
From Thirteenth Avenue to Seventeenth Avenue
To Wayne Avenue
From Olive Street to Township line
To Township line
From East Lincoln Highway to Quarry Street
To Loomis Avenue
In order to assist the operators of motor vehicles and tractors in determining the highways affected by this article, the Board of Commissioners or the Chief of Police shall place around the utility poles on the highways or portions thereof designated in § 149-40B above signs reading as follows:
The Board of Commissioners or the Chief of Police shall also, through radio, newspaper or other available media, disseminate information as to the existence of such emergency.
Any person who shall park a motor vehicle or tractor upon or along any of the highways or portions thereof listed in § 149-40B at any time during a period of emergency declared as provided in § 149-39 shall be guilty of a violation of this article.
Any person who shall operate a vehicle or tractor upon any highway or portion thereof listed in § 149-40B, which such vehicle or tractor shall become stalled upon any of such highways during a period of emergency declared as provided in § 149-39 of this article, if such stalling shall have been by reason of the failure to have such vehicle or tractor equipped with the equipment hereinabove prescribed, shall be guilty of a violation of this article.