Borough of Washington, NJ
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2022-09-20
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 85 Vehicles and Traffic
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Article IX Snow Emergencies
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 Civil Service
- Ch 7 Claims Approval
- Ch 8 Claims for Damages
- Ch 10 Fire Department
- Ch 10A Green Team
- Ch 11 Hazardous Material Response Reimbursement
- Ch 13 Officers and Employees
- Ch 17 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 21 Alarm Devices and False Alarms
- Ch 22 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 Bicycles
- Ch 29 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 33 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 Curfew
- Ch 35 Dogs and Cats
- Ch 35A Agricultural Animals, Keeping of
- Ch 37 Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 39 Government Record Fees
- Ch 40 Firearms
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 42A Fire Zones
- Ch 43 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 44 Fire Control Measures
- Ch 44A Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 45 Food Handling
- Ch 47 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 49 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 50 Insurance
- Ch 52 (Reserved)
- Ch 53 Library Property
- Ch 54 Licensed Occupations
- Ch 55 Littering
- Ch 56 (Reserved)
- Ch 57 Stormwater Control
- Ch 58 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 61 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 64 Parks, Borough
- Ch 65 Abandoned and Foreclosed Property Registration and Maintenance
- Ch 66 Rental Property
- Ch 68 Secondhand Goods and Precious Metals
- Ch 69 Sedimentation and Soil Erosion Control
- Ch 70 Sewers
- Ch 71 (Reserved)
- Ch 72 Smoking
- Ch 73 Soil Removal
- Ch 74 Special Improvement District
- Ch 75 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 76 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 78 Swimming Pools
- Ch 79 Taxation
- Ch 80 Taxicabs
- Ch 83 Trees
- Ch 84 Vandalism, Graffiti and Other Property Offenses
- Ch 84A Vehicles, Abandoned and Inoperable
- Ch 85 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 85 Art IX Snow Emergencies
- § 85-39 (Reserved)
- § 85-40 Parking restrictions during snow removal periods.
- § 85-41 Removal and impoundment of vehicles.
- § 85-42 (Reserved)
- Ch 87 Towing and Storage of Motor Vehicles
- Ch 89 Water
- Ch 91 Weeds and Obnoxious Growths
- Ch 94 Zoning and Land Development
- Appendix
- Ch A96 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A97 Sewer Agreement
- Ch A98 Street Ordinances
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 11-22-2005 by Ord. No. 19-2005]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 85-39, Snow removal conditions,
was repealed 10-7-2008 by Ord. No. 9-2008.
[Amended 10-7-2008 by Ord. No. 9-2008; 12-2-2014 by Ord. No. 4-2014; 10-3-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-16]
Whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation is such that it
covers the streets or highways or thoroughfares, an emergency shall
exist, and no vehicle shall be parked on the streets or highways of
Washington Borough. The above parking prohibition shall remain in
effect until after the snow has ceased and the streets or highways
or thoroughfares have been plowed and/or treated sufficiently and
to the extent that parking will not interfere with the normal flow
of traffic.
[Amended 10-7-2008 by Ord. No. 9-2008; 12-2-2014 by Ord. No. 4-2014; 10-3-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-16]
The Police Department serving the Borough of Washington and
the Code Enforcement Officer are authorized to remove or have removed
all vehicles from a Borough street, road, alley or thoroughfare to
the nearest garage or place of safety under the following circumstances
or conditions:
A.
If the operator of a motor vehicle does congest, obstruct or unduly
restrict a free, clear and unimpeded movement of traffic by parking,
stopping, standing or driving his registered vehicle.
B.
If the operator of a motor vehicle should fail to remove his registered
vehicle from any street or alley within the Borough after snow has
fallen and the accumulation is such that it covers the street or alley.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 85-42, Snow emergency no
parking, added 12-13-2005 by Ord. No. 20-2005, was repealed 10-7-2008
by Ord. No. 9-2008.
