[Ord. 2-7-95-1, 2/7/1995, § 1; as amended by Ord. 97-12-16-2, 12/16/1997, § 1]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
Any day not a Sunday or a national holiday.
Hours between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any business day.
That person in whom legal title to premises is vested.
Natural person, partnership, corporation, association or
any other legal entity.
That hard surfaced area designed for pedestrian travel parallel
to a street, between the street and the abutting property owner.
The entire width between the boundary lines of a way that
is publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes
of vehicular travel.
That person in sole possession and control of any lot or
parcel of land in the Township.
Any self-propelled motorized vehicle licensed to travel upon
the streets, roads and highways of the Township.
Precipitation in the form of sleet, ice, freezing rain, or
snow, or combination thereof, creating the need for snow or ice removal,
salting or cindering operations, or creating hazardous driving conditions.
Any precipitation accumulating to a depth of one inch shall be presumptively
deemed to created hazardous driving conditions, and this Part shall
go into effect when such precipitation first accumulates to a depth
of one inch.
[Ord. 2-7-95-1, 2/7/1995, § 2]
Every person in charge or control of any building or lot of
land fronting or abutting on a paved sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant,
occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall remove and clear away, or cause
to be removed or cleared away, snow and/or ice from a path of at least
30 inches in width from so much of said sidewalk as is in front of
or abuts on said building or lot of land. Where premises are owner-occupied
or unoccupied or vacant, or where there is a multiple-business or
multiple-dwelling use of the property, designed to be used by more
than one tenant, the owner shall be responsible for the requirements
of this Part. In cases where one tenant shall be the sole occupant
of the premises, then the tenant shall be responsible for the requirements
of this Part.
A.
Except as provided in Subsection B hereof, snow and ice shall be removed from sidewalks within 12 hours after the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain; provided, however, that snow or ice that has fallen or formed after 6:00 p.m. of any evening may be removed no later than 12 hours after daybreak of the following day.
B.
In the event snow and/or ice on a sidewalk has become so hard that it cannot be removed without likelihood of damage to the sidewalk, the person charged with its removal shall, within the time mentioned in Subsection A hereof, place enough sand or other abrasive on the sidewalk to make travel reasonably safe and shall, as soon thereafter as weather permits, clear a path in said sidewalk of at least 30 inches in width.
[Ord. 2-7-95-1, 2/7/1995, § 3]
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow or
ice on or immediately next to a fire hydrant or on any sidewalk or
roadway, except that snow and ice may be piled by the Township on
public cartways incident to the clearing of cartways.
[Ord. 2-7-95-1, 2/7/1995, § 4]
No person shall park, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle
on any public street, road or highway or its adjacent right-of-way
within the boundaries of the Township during a winter storm or during
the forty-eight-hour period following the cessation of precipitation
or any other period when snow removal or plowing is being conducted.
[Ord. 2-7-95-1, 2/7/1995, § 5]
Every person in charge or control of any building or lot of
land on which, or adjacent to which, is located a fire hydrant shall
be required to uncover the hydrant to the extent that at least half
of the hydrant shall be visible from the cartway.
[Ord. 2-7-95-1, 2/7/1995, § 6; as amended by Ord. 97-4-15, 4/15/1997; and by Ord.
2004-07, 12/7/2004, § 1]
Any person firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 2-7-95-1, 2/7/1995; as added by Ord. 2003-03, 3/4/2003, Art. III]
1.
Obstructing of Sidewalk, Street, or Highway Prohibited. It shall
be unlawful for any person to park, place, or, in the case of a person
who is the owner, lessee or otherwise has an interest in the object
allow to remain any object other than a motor vehicle in the street
or highway of the Township of Plumstead from November 1 of each year
through April 1 of the following year. It shall further be unlawful
for any person to park, place, or, in the case of a person who is
the owner, lessee or otherwise has an interest in the object allow
to remain any object on the sidewalk of the Township of Plumstead
from November 1 of each year through April 1 of the following year.
2.
Authority to Remove and Impound. The Township of Plumstead shall
have the authority to remove and impound, or to order the removal
and impounding of, any nonmotorized object or vehicle found in the
street or highway or on the sidewalk in violation of this Part.
3.
Restrictions Upon Removal of Objects. No objects shall be removed
under the authority of this Part if, at the time of the intended removal,
the owner or the person in charge of such object is present and expresses
a willingness and intention to remove the object immediately.
4.
Designation of Approved Storage Areas. Removal and impounding of
objects under this Part shall be done only by Township of Plumstead
personnel or approved agents that shall be designated, from time to
time, by the Board of Supervisors. Every such approved agent shall
submit evidence to the Township of Plumstead that it is bonded or
has acquired liability insurance in an amount satisfactory to the
Board of Supervisors as sufficient to indemnify owners of impounded
objects against loss or damage to those objects in the custody of
the approved agent. The approved agents shall have an approved storage
area and shall submit to the Township of Plumstead a schedule of charges
for removal and storage of objects under this section, and, when the
schedule is approved by the Board of Supervisors, those charges shall
be adhered to by the approved storage agent; no different schedule
of charges shall be demanded of or collected from any person whose
object is removed or impounded under this section by any approved
storage agent. The Board of Supervisors shall delete from its list
of approved storage agents and areas any such agent that makes any
unapproved charge in connection with any objects removed or impounded
under this section.
[Ord. 2-7-95-1, 2/7/1995, § 7; as amended by Ord. 2003-03, 3/4/2003, Art. I and II]
Any vehicle parked or left unattended on any public street,
road or highway or its adjacent right-of-way during the forty-eight-hour
period following a winter storm shall be deemed to be abandoned, and
any Township police officer or road worker may arrange for the vehicle
to be towed and stored at an approved storage lot as shall be approved
from time to time by the Township Police Chief. In addition to the
fines provided herein, the owner of the vehicle shall be responsible
for towing and storage charges before the owner may obtain the vehicle.
