[Ord. 2015-11-08, 11/16/2015[1]]
1.
CARTWAY
CURB
EMERGENCY STORM
PARKING
POLICE DEPARTMENT
SHOULDER
SIDEWALK
STREET
TOWNSHIP
WINTER STORM
The following words, terms and phrases used in this Part shall have
the meanings given herein. All other words and phrases when used in
this Part shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the most-current
amendment of the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, except in those instances
where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
The portion of a street, alley, access drive, or driveway,
whether paved or unpaved, intended for vehicular use.
A raised line of concrete, stone, or asphalt at and/or forming
the edge of the paved cartway.
Any storm, including a winter storm, that creates a significant
danger to life and/or property in New Britain Township or a portion
thereof as determined by the Township.
The standing of a vehicle, except a police or fire vehicle,
ambulance or official vehicle of the Township or commonwealth, whether
occupied or not, upon a street other than temporarily for the purpose
of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading, or in obedience
to traffic regulations or traffic signs and signals.
The New Britain Township Police Department, its Chief, sworn
officers and civilian employees.
The unpaved, improved portion of any street that runs parallel
to the cartway.
A pedestrian public path for public use located within the
right-of-way or easement of any public or Township-maintained street,
usually constructed of asphalt, concrete, stone, or brick.
Any public highway, road, or roadway within the Township,
including the cartway, curb, and shoulder of such highway, road, or
roadway.
The Township of New Britain, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Precipitation in the form of sleet, ice, freezing rain, snow
or any combination thereof.
2.
Words used in the singular include the plural; words used in the
plural include the singular; and words used in the present tense include
the future. Personal pronouns, his, her, and their, are gender-neutral.
The word "shall" is mandatory. The words "advised" and "advisory"
are discretionary.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded former Part
1, Storm Emergencies, adopted 9/9/2002 by Ord. 02-09-01.
[Ord. 2015-11-08, 11/16/2015]
1.
Special Powers. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Supervisors,
the Township Manager, and/or the Township Emergency Management Coordinator,
hereinafter "designated officials," are hereby granted the following
special powers to regulate parking:
A.
Any designated official may establish temporary parking regulations
effective during the period of an emergency storm.
B.
Such emergency and/or temporary regulations shall be enforced by
the Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations.
C.
No person shall park a vehicle in violation of any such regulations.
2.
Parking During Winter Storms.
A.
It shall be unlawful to park or allow to be parked any motor vehicle
on any street following the deposit or accumulation of ice or snow
of one inch or greater in depth, until the snow and/or ice has been
cleared and all salting and cindering operations have ceased.
B.
Within one hour of the commencement of a winter storm, it shall be
the duty of the owner and/or operator of any motor vehicle which has
been parked on any street to remove said vehicle from the street.
[Ord. 2015-11-08, 11/16/2015]
1.
Whenever any motor vehicle is found to be parked or stopped in violation of the restrictions of this Part, the Chief of Police and/or Superintendent of Public Works may issue instructions to an authorized towing service to remove the vehicle from the street to a place of safety or other location as may be designated by the Township in accordance with the requirements set forth in Chapter 15 of this Code concerning the towing and impoundment of vehicles.
2.
Within 24 hours after the removal of such vehicle, notice of the
fact that such vehicle has been impounded shall be sent by the New
Britain Township Police Department to the owner of record. The notice
shall designate the place from which the vehicle was removed and the
reason for its removal and impounding and advise where the vehicle
has been impounded. Such notice shall state that the payment of such
towing and storage charges, unless such payment is made "under protest,"
shall be final and conclusive and shall constitute a waiver of any
right to recover the money so paid. The notice shall contain the words
"if the towing and storage charges are paid under protest, the owner
or operator shall be entitled to a hearing on the matter before the
Magisterial District Judge."
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Any person who shall violate or permit violation of any provision
of this Part shall pay a civil penalty of not more than $600, together
with all court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees actually
incurred by the Township. Each day that a violation continues shall
constitute a separate offense.
