[HISTORY: Adopted by Board of Commissioners of the Township of Springfield
1-9-1979 as Ord. No. 1004. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and Traffic - See Ch. 138.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, including the operator,
lessee or owner of any vehicle, to park any vehicle or to allow any vehicle
to remain parked on any public roadway, street or highway in the township
as designated on the Plan of Snow Emergency Streets or where designated by
signs so designating at any time after one hour of continuous snowfall.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of off-street parking facilities,
such as lots for tenants in apartment houses, streets and lots for townhouse
owners, motels and hotels, to permit the accumulation of snow after a continuous
fall of one hour.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or have placed in the street
any snow or ice being removed from the sidewalk and/or driveway portion of
the property. The property owner or tenant shall be deemed responsible for
any snow or ice found in the roadway.
Any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 117-1, 117-2 and 117-3, upon summary conviction before the local District Justice, shall be sentenced to pay a fine in the amount of $25 and the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment thereof, shall undergo imprisonment in the Delaware County Prison for a period of up to 10 days.
A.
In addition to the foregoing, should the Police Department
determine that the parking of a vehicle creates a threat to the safety of
the community during the emergency, such vehicle may be removed and impounded
by the township. In such case, said vehicle shall be stored in such storage
areas and garages as are approved from time to time by the Board of Commissioners
by resolution.
B.
Within 12 hours from the time of the impounding of such
vehicles or ascertainment by the Police Department as to the identity of the
owner of such vehicle, notice of the fact that such vehicle has been impounded
shall be sent by the Police Department to the owner of record of such vehicle,
designating the place from which said vehicle was removed, the reason for
its impounding and the place in which it has been impounded.
C.
The payment of such charges assessed above, unless such
payment shall be made under protest, shall be final and conclusive and shall
constitute a waiver of any right to recover the money so paid by the owner
of the motor vehicles so impounded. In the event that the towing and impounding
charges are paid under protest, the offender shall be entitled to a hearing
before a District Justice or a Court of Record having jurisdiction. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the owner of the impounding area or garage shall have a lien
on the vehicle until the towing and storage charges are paid.
D.
No vehicle shall be removed under the terms of this ordinance
if, at the time of such intended removal, the owner or person in charge of
such vehicle for the time being is present and expresses a willingness and
intention to immediately remove said vehicle.