Whenever
the Mayor or the Chief of Police of this municipality has declared
that a snow emergency exists due to the covering or partial covering
of any of the street in the municipality by snow, sleet or freezing
rain, no vehicle shall be permitted to park on any of the streets,
designated to be subject to the snowstorm emergency, until such emergency
has been declared over by the said Mayor or Chief of Police.
Removal
of vehicles authorized. The Chief of Police is authorized and empowered
to take possession of and to remove any disabled vehicle at any time
and any parked vehicle or vehicle abandoned so as to obstruct traffic
or snow removal on any of the streets of the municipality during such
times as the snowstorm emergency is in effect.
Upon the
declaration of an emergency, there shall be no parking upon the streets
or locations where temporary "Emergency No Parking" signs are displayed.
The Chief of Police or, in his/her absence, the ranking police officer
is authorized to declare an emergency and to direct the posting of
"Emergency No Parking" signs when such conditions are in the interest
of the public safety, health, and welfare of the residents and visitors
to the Borough. Notification that "Emergency No Parking" signs are
being or will be posted shall be given to the operator or owner of
any vehicle which has been parked prior to the posting of the signs.
Removal
of vehicles authorized. The Chief of Police is authorized and empowered
to take possession of and to remove any parked vehicle or vehicle
abandoned in violation of this section.