In order to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat
the hazards of excessive snow and ice on the highways of the Township,
the Township Manager, in his discretion, may declare an emergency
due to such hazards.
After any such emergency shall have been declared, it shall be unlawful during the period of such emergency for any person to stop or park any type of a motor vehicle or to allow the same to remain stopped or parked on any highway or portion thereof named in § 330-28 of this article or to operate any type of motor vehicle on any such highway or portion thereof unless such vehicle shall be equipped with adequate equipment to provide sufficient traction to keep such vehicle in motion so that other traffic on such highways will not be blocked or seriously impeded.
In order to assist the operator of such motor vehicles in determining the highways affected by this article, the Police Department shall place around the utility poles on the highways or portions thereof designated in § 330-28 of this article signs reading as follows:
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Snow Emergency Route
Snow Tires or Chains Required
No Parking During Emergency
Vehicles Towed Away
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[Amended 11-14-2011 by Ord. No. 1604]
The highways or portions thereof to which the provisions of this article shall be applicable during all periods of emergency declared as provided in the first section of this article (Article IV, § 330-25) shall be the following-named streets, or portions thereof, when duly posted:
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Street Name
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Location
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Bensal Road
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From Exton Road to Newton Road
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Blair Mill Road
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From Welsh Road to County Line Road
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Brook Street
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From York Road to the PW Yard
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Byberry Road
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From Pioneer Road to Warminster Road
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Centennial Road
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From Pioneer Road to County Line Road
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Center Avenue
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From Moreland Avenue to York Road
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County Line Road
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From Blair Mill Road to UMT border
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County Line Road
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From Warminster Road to Short (UMT border)
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Davisville Road
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From Moreland Road to County Line Road
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Division Avenue
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From Moreland Road to Greyhorse Road
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Easton Road
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From Blair Mill Road to Moreland
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Edgehill Road
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From Moreland Road to Huntingdon Road
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Exton Road
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From Davisville Road to Bensal Road
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Fitzwatertown Road
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From Moreland Road to York Road
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Greyhorse Road
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From Division Avenue to Terwood Road
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Horsham Road
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From Blair Mill Road to Castello Avenue (UMT border)
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Huntingdon Road
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From Terwood to Edgehill Road
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Mill Road
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From Easton Road to York Road
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Moreland Avenue
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From Blair Mill Road to Edgehill Road
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Newton Road
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From Bensal Road to Warminster Road
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Orangemans Road
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From Byberry Road to Pioneer Road
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Overlook Avenue
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From Davisville Road to Edgehill Road
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Pioneer Road
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From Byberry Road to Davisville Road
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Pioneer Road
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Orangemans Road to Centennial Road
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Terwood Road
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From York Road to Paper Mill (UMT border)
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Warminster Road
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From York Road to County Line Road
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West Moreland Avenue
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From Blair Mill Road to Flamingo Road (UMT border)
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York Road
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From Moreland Road to Newington Drive (UMT border)
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Any person who shall operate during a period of emergency a motor vehicle upon any highway listed in § 330-28, and subsequently become immovable due to inadequate equipment, shall be guilty of a violation of this article and, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $25 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment, undergo imprisonment for not more than 10 days.
