Borough of Middletown, PA Article VI Snow and Ice Emergencies

§ 252-32 Declaration of emergency.

A. A declaration of snow emergency may be made by the Mayor, in his discretion, in order to facilitate the movement of traffic on all streets and to combat the hazards or imminent hazards of excessive snow and ice on streets named as snow emergency routes in § 252-34 hereof. Such declaration shall remain in effect until officially terminated by the Mayor when the facts warrant.

B. Information as to any such snow emergency and declaration thereof by the Mayor or imminent anticipation thereof may be disseminated by the Mayor through available media of communication, including radio or television.

§ 252-33 Driving restrictions.

During such snow emergency, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any kind of motor vehicle on any street unless such vehicle shall be equipped with adequate equipment to provide sufficient traction to keep such vehicle in motion so that other traffic will not be blocked or seriously impeded. It shall be a violation thereof also for the operator of a noncommercial passenger vehicle which stalls on any street during such emergency, if such stalling shall have been by reason of the failure to have such vehicle equipped with skid chains or with snow tires having antiskid patterns impressed or cut into the treaded surfaces to form bars, buttons or blocks especially designed to give effective traction on snow.

§ 252-34 Snow emergency streets designated; no parking.

[Amended 11-7-1994 by Ord. No. 1059, approved 11-7-1994; 6-4-2019 by Ord. No. 1363]

During such emergency, it shall be unlawful for any person to park, or to permit to remain parked, on any street named below any type of motor vehicle, boat, boat trailer, camper, recreational vehicles or any trailer used for the purpose of hauling motor vehicles or other items, with respect to the north side of east-west streets or with respect to the east side of north-south streets, unless otherwise indicated. However, upon complete removal of all snow from the total parking area, on such side of the street in front of any property, parking will at once become again permissible, so long as there is no interference with the snow removal program of the Borough and no interference with traffic during the remainder of such emergency.

Name of Street	Side	Location
Adelia Street	East	From Emaus Street to East Main Street
Ann Street	North	From Swatara Creek west to Grant Street
Emaus Street	North	From Adelia Street west to Wood Street
Grant Street	East	From Ann Street to Wilson Street
Main Street	Both	From Swatara Creek to Apple Avenue
Roosevelt Street	North	From Vine Street west to Union Street
Union Street	Both	From Ann Street to Park Circle Road
Union Street	East	From Ann Street to its southern limits
Vine Street	East	From Water Street to Aspen Street

§ 252-34.1 Dumpsters on snow emergency routes; exemptions.

[Added 11-7-1994 by Ord. No. 1062, approved 11-7-1994]

It shall be unlawful for any dumpster to be placed on a designated snow emergency route at any time from December 1 of any year through March 31 of the following year, except through the acquisition of a special exemption granted by Middletown Borough Council, and then only for the specified period of time that is approved by Middletown Borough Council. Violators will be prosecuted in accordance with § 235-27 of Article VI.

§ 252-34.2 Placement of objects to reserve parking spaces.

[Added 11-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1063, approved 11-7-1994]

It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person from December 1 of any year and continuing until March 31 of the following year to place or cause to be placed any item whatsoever for the purpose of reserving parking spaces on any street in the Borough during any periods of precipitation, whether or not a snow emergency has been declared.

§ 252-35 Map of streets affected; posting of signs.

The Borough Manager shall cause to be prepared an official map, available at the Borough office, designating such snow routes and clarifying the side of each such street on which parking is prohibited, official copies of such map to be admissible in evidence. On such snow routes, around the utility poles, the Mayor and Chief of Police, through Borough personnel, are authorized to place signs reading SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTE and may add thereto reference to this article.