[Adopted 2-8-1988 by Ord. No. 1-88 (Ch. 121, Art. III, of the 1990 Code)]
Parking of any vehicle on any portion of a public road, street or highway is prohibited whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation is such that it covers the public road, street or highway in the Township of Harding.
Said parking prohibition shall remain in effect after the snow has ceased and until the streets, roads or highways have been plowed sufficiently and to the extent that parking will not interfere with the normal flow of traffic.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
SNOW
Any precipitation depositing any accumulation on the streets, roads or highways, including snow, sleet, hail, ice or freezing rain.
As to § 250-14 of this article, regulatory and warning signs in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-198 shall be erected and maintained at street, road or highway entrances for motor vehicles into this Township.
During extreme weather conditions, when a vehicle is not able to proceed and must be parked on any street, road or highway in the Township, the operator of such vehicle must, by the quickest means of communication, notify a police officer of the Township on duty and/or the Superintendent of Public Works of such vehicle.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this article shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic, and any police officer may provide for the removal of such a vehicle. The owner of such vehicle shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession of such vehicle.
Upon the declaration of an emergency, there shall be no parking upon any public road or street, or portion thereof, in the Township of Harding where either a permanent or temporary emergency no-parking sign is displayed. The ranking Harding Township police officer on duty is authorized to declare such emergency and to direct the posting of temporary emergency no-parking signs when, in his judgment, weather conditions, accident, fire, public celebration or other similar emergency situation requires the avoidance of hazards or other conditions which interfere with the free flow of traffic. 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 said signs. Placing written advice of such posting on or in such a parked vehicle shall be deemed sufficient notification hereunder.
[Amended 3-31-2010 by Ord. No. 06-10]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute, every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this article shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $110 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.