[Adopted 12-21-1998 by Ord. No. 407]
This article shall be known as the "Township
of Tobyhanna Snow Emergency Parking Ordinance."
[Amended 10-14-2003 by Ord. No. 447]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A situation which shall be declared by the Township Manager
or the Emergency Management Coordinator.
All roadways and routes owned and maintained by the Township
of Tobyhanna.
Any member of the Pocono Mountain Regional Police
Department, or other employee of the Township of Tobyhanna engaged
in road work, shall be authorized to remove any vehicle abandoned
or parked upon any public highway or street in violation of the terms
and provisions of this article, and to take any said vehicle to an
area designated by the Township of Tobyhanna. The registered owner
of any said vehicle shall be promptly notified, in writing, of the
fact of the removal and of the place to which said vehicle has been
removed, where he/she may obtain the same upon payment of any and
all towing and storage charges.
Any person willfully violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon summary conviction before a District Justice,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 and not more than
$300 and the costs of prosecution, such fines to be collected as like
fines are now collected by law; and, in default, shall undergo imprisonment
not exceeding 30 days.
