Whenever any of the following words are used
in this article, they shall have the respective meanings as follows:
Full chains, strap chains or other types of chains mounted
on the rear wheels (or the front wheels of a front wheel drive) of
a motorized vehicle.
Any Township employee designated from time to time by the
Township Manager as the Emergency Coordinator.
Any precipitation depositing any accumulation of snow, sleet,
hail, ice or freezing rain on the streets of the Township.
A state of highway conditions that are hazardous and dangerous
to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and so declared by the Emergency
Coordinator.
Tires having treads designed for use in snow, which tires
must be in such condition as to serve the purpose for which they are
designed.
All self-propelled motorized vehicles using Township streets
and highways, including taxicabs, but excluding other public transportation
conveyances.
Between November 1 and March 31 of each and every calendar year, no vehicle shall be parked on the odd numbered, postal address side of any street or road in the Township when snow, as defined in § 138-27, starts to fall, unless there shall be no off-street parking available at or within 300 feet of the residence property owned, occupied, used or visited by the operator or possessor of such vehicle or business establishment.
A.
When, in the opinion of the Emergency Coordinator,
the actual or expected precipitation of snow will create hazardous
or dangerous highway conditions for vehicular or pedestrian traffic,
he shall have authority to declare a "snow emergency."
(1)
The Emergency Coordinator shall immediately inform
the public of the snow emergency by issuing a press release to the
local radio and news services.
B.
One hour after a snow emergency has been declared
and during its existence:
(1)
Any person who drives a vehicle without chains or
snow tires upon any street or road within the Township (except for
the purpose of removing it from said street or road), and allows such
vehicle to become stalled or incapable of moving under its own power,
or who leaves such vehicle unattended, shall be in violation of this
article and shall be subject to the penalties hereafter set forth.
(2)
Any vehicle parked, stalled, incapable of moving under
its own power or left unattended upon any street or road of the Township
may be removed or towed away to any other location by the Police Department
or any person authorized by the Emergency Coordinator.
(3)
The Emergency Coordinator may declare any street or road of the Township to be free from the restrictions herein imposed, when in his opinion the weather or street conditions warrant such an exclusion. The Emergency Coordinator shall give notice of his determination in the manner provided for in Subsection A(1).
No person shall deposit snow, as defined in § 138-27, or have snow deposited, upon any street or road in the Township.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $50, plus costs of prosecution.
