[Amended 2-21-2008 by Ord. No. 855]
A. A snow emergency will automatically go into effect
when a winter storm warning or heavy snow warning is issued by the
National Weather Service. The snow emergency shall stay in full effect
until the National Weather Service expires the warning notice.
B. The Snow Emergency Director reserves the right to
extend the snow emergency after the National Weather Service terminates
the warning notice to allow for the removal of accumulated snow piles
within the Borough. The Snow Emergency Director is only required to
remind the citizens of a snow emergency in effect by announcement
over the local radio station if the emergency is extended beyond the
expiration of the warning notice issued by the National Weather Service.
The following regulations shall apply during
snow emergencies:
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle
or to allow the same to remain parked on any permanent snow emergency
street or on any temporary emergency street posted as such. The fine
shall be $25 for each twenty-four-hour period the vehicle is in violation.
[Amended 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834]
B. Any vehicle that shall become stalled, incapable of
moving under its own power or left unattended upon any traffic lane
of any snow emergency street shall be deemed to be operated and/or
parked in violation of this article, and the owner or operator of
such vehicle shall be guilty of a violation of this article.
C. Borough authorities may remove, by any means authorized
by law, any vehicle parked in violation of this article or stalled
or otherwise inoperative upon any snow emergency street, as herein
prohibited, which is constituting an extreme hazard to public safety
and/or which jeopardizes the orderly performance of snow emergency
functions by the Borough's Public Works Section.
D. It shall be unlawful at any time for any person to
operate any motor vehicle on any such snow emergency route or street,
unless that vehicle is for emergency purposes. Said prohibition shall
apply to all streets of the borough and the owner of the vehicle shall
be guilty of a violation of this article.
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770; amended 9-26-2005 by Ord. No.
834]
E. This chapter shall not prevent the operation of any
motor vehicle or tractor by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any
of its agents or employees who are involved in snow removal operations.
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
F. This chapter shall not prohibit any individual from
using the highway if it is lawful to do so during a snow emergency
declared by the Mayor of the Borough.
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
G. This chapter shall not prohibit any person or corporation
that is a licensed contractor for purposes of snow removal in Sayre
Borough and has proper vehicle insurance, liability insurance, proper
motor vehicle license and a properly inspected vehicle who has previously
submitted the snow routes in which it intends to operate from being
allowed by the Mayor to operate to remove snow during a declared snow
emergency.
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
H. Said licensee or motor vehicle operator shall apply
to the Mayor of the Borough for the permission to operate during a
snow emergency, and said Mayor's approval shall be contingent upon
the requirements set forth in the above-mentioned subsection. In the
event that the Mayor rejects the application of a licensed contractor
to operate during a snow emergency, the applicant shall have a right
to appeal said decision of the Borough Council, which shall vote thereon
after a hearing is afforded to the licensed contractor.
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
[Amended 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of up to $300, plus costs of prosecution and, in addition,
any other costs incurred by the Borough in removal of said vehicle,
and in default of payment of such fines and costs, to imprisonment
in accordance with the provisions of law.