[Amended 6-10-1993 by Ord. No. 1733]
In order to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the hazards of excessive snow and ice on the highways or portions of the highways named in §
156-40 below, a snow and ice emergency exists whenever snowfall exceeds two inches in a twenty-four-hour period or whenever the Chief of Police, in his discretion, may declare an emergency due to such hazards.
[Amended 6-10-1993 by Ord. No. 1733]
A. Whenever any such emergency exists, it shall be unlawful during the period of such emergency for any person to park a motor vehicle or tractor or to allow the same to remain parked on any highway or portion thereof named in Subsection
B below, or to operate any motor vehicle or tractor on any such highway or portion thereof unless such vehicle or tractor shall be equipped with adequate equipment to provide sufficient traction to keep such vehicle or tractor in motion so that other traffic on such highways will not be blocked or seriously impeded.
B. The highways or portion thereof to which the provisions of this article shall be applicable during all periods of emergency declared as provided in §
156-39 above shall be designated by resolution by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Abington. Such streets shall be established from time to time.