[Adopted 6-10-1996 by Ord. No. 350]
This article shall be known as the “Borough of Bradford Woods Snow Emergency Ordinance.”
The purposes of this article are to:
A. 
Prohibit the parking of vehicles on the cartways of public roads, streets, and highways within the Borough of Bradford Woods and to prevent their interference with snow removal and de-icing operations upon such public roads, streets, and highways during a snow emergency.
B. 
Prohibit the placing, casting, throwing, or leaving of any object, including snow and/or ice, onto the cartway of any road, street, or highway within the Borough of Bradford Woods, so as to facilitate safe travel thereon.
A. 
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words shall, for the purposes of this article, having the meanings herein indicated:
CARTWAY
The paved, traveled portion of a road, street, or highway.
PERSON
Any natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation, but excluding the Borough of Bradford Woods.
SNOW EMERGENCY
The period of time from commencement of any snowfall or other weather condition which causes snow removal or de-icing procedures to be performed by state, county, or Borough forces on any public roads, streets, or highways within the Borough of Bradford Woods until four hours after the snow stops falling or until the conclusion of such snow removal or de-icing procedures, whichever shall last occur.
VEHICLE
Every device which is or may be moved or drawn upon a road, street or highway.
B. 
Words in the singular shall include the plural, and those in the plural shall include the singular.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or to permit to be parked, any vehicle which they own or for which they are responsible upon the cartway of any public road, street, or highway within the Borough of Bradford Woods during a snow emergency.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, cast, throw or leave any object, including snow and/or ice, onto the cartway of any public road, street, or highway within the Borough of Bradford Woods.
A. 
Any police officer of the Northern Regional Police Department of Allegheny County who observes a violation of this article shall file a citation with the District Justice having jurisdiction thereof against the person responsible for such violation. If so requested by the Mayor or his designee, any such police officer shall have any vehicle parked in violation of this article towed, at the owner's expense, from the cartway to the towed vehicles compound or to an approved storage garage.
B. 
Removal and impounding of vehicles under this article shall be done only by approved storage garages that shall be designated from time to time by the Borough of Bradford Woods. Every such garage shall submit satisfactory evidence to the Borough that it is bonded or has acquired liability insurance in an amount satisfactory to the Borough as sufficient to indemnify owners of impounded and/or towed vehicles against loss or damage to those vehicles while in the custody of the garagekeeper or his agent for the purpose of towing or storage. Every approved storage garage shall submit to the Borough its schedule of charges for towing and storage of vehicles under this article and those charges shall be adhered to by the approved storage garage. No different schedule of charges shall be adopted without notice and approval of the Borough and no different charges shall be demanded of or collected from any person whose vehicle is removed or impounded under this article by any approved storage garage. The Borough shall delete from its list of approved storage garages any such garage that makes any unapproved charge in connection with any vehicle removed or impounded under this article.
C. 
Within 12 hours from the time of removal of any vehicle under authority granted herein, notice of the fact that the vehicle was removed shall be sent by or on behalf of the Borough to the owner of record of the vehicle. The notice shall designate the place from which the vehicle was removed, the reason for its removal and impounding, and the garage in which it was impounded.
D. 
The payment of any towing and storage charges authorized by this article shall, unless payment is made "under protest," be final and conclusive, and shall constitute a waiver of any right to recover the money so paid. If payment of any towing or storage charges is made "under protest," the offender shall be entitled to a hearing before a District Justice. Payment of towing and storage charges shall not relieve the owner or driver of any vehicle from liability for any fine or penalty for the violation of the provision of this article for which the vehicle was removed or impounded.
E. 
The Borough shall cause a record to be kept of all vehicles impounded under this article and shall be able at all reasonable times to furnish the owners or the agents of the owners of those vehicles with information as to the place of storage of the vehicle.
F. 
No vehicles shall be removed under the authority of this article if, at the time of the intended removal, the owner or the person for the time being in charge of the vehicle is present and expresses a willingness and intention to remove the vehicle immediately.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to the appropriate penalty set forth in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.). Each day of violation shall be considered a separate and distinct offense.