[Adopted 10-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-11]
A.
In order to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the hazards of excessive snow and ice on streets/highways or portions of streets/highways designated in § 285-56 of this article, a snow and ice emergency exists whenever the National Weather Service advises that snowfall is expected to exceed three inches in a twenty-four hour period in the Delaware Valley or whenever the Township Manager, in his discretion, declares an emergency due to such hazards.
B.
The Township Manager shall, through the public access
cable channel, disseminate information as to the existence of such
emergency.
A.
Whenever a snow emergency exists, it shall be unlawful during the period of such emergency for any person to park a motor vehicle or to allow a motor vehicle to remain parked on any street/highway or portion thereof designated in § 285-57 of this article or to operate any motor vehicle on any such street/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 street/highway will not be blocked or seriously impeded.
B.
Such prohibiting of parking as detailed in Subsection A above shall remain in force until the snow removal operations have been completed.
C.
The streets/highways or portions thereof to which the provisions of this article shall be applicable during all periods of an emergency declared as provided in § 285-55 above shall be designated by resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Marple Township. Such streets/highways shall be established from time to time.
A.
The following streets/highways have been designated
as snow emergency streets/highways within the Township of Marple:
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Anthony Avenue
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Atwater
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Beechtree Drive
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Cambridge Road
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Candlewood Road
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Canterbury Drive
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Central Boulevard (North and South)
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Cherry Hill Lane
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Crum Creek Road
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Davis Avenue
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Gilbert Street
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Gradyville Road
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Harding Avenue
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Hastings Boulevard
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Highland Avenue
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James Road
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Jamestown Road
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Kent Road
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Langford Road
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Langstoon Road
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Lovell Avenue
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Malin Road (North and South)
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Marpit Road
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Marplewoods Drive
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Martins Run Road
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Meadowbrook Lane
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Morton Avenue
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New Ardmore Avenue (North and South)
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Old Cedard Grove Road
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Parkview Road
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Pennview Avenue
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Red Hill Drive
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Reed Road
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Rockhill Road
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Springhouse Road
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Sussex Boulevard
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Sylvan Drive
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Trout Run Road
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Warren Boulevard
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Williamsburg Drive
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Worthington Drive
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B.
In addition, all culs-de-sac and dead-end streets
are also designated as snow emergency streets/highways.
A.
In order to assist the operators of motor vehicles
in determining the streets/highways affected by this article, the
President of the Board of Commissioners or the Chief of Police shall
have erected on those streets/highways so designated signs reading
as follows:
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SNOW
EMERGENCY
ROUTE
NO PARKING
CHAINS OR
SNOW TIRES REQUIRED
VEHICLES TOWED AWAY
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B.
These signs shall be erected at no greater distance
than 1/2 mile according to DOT standards.
A.
Vehicles parked in violation of this article shall
be removed by a person authorized to perform such removal, at the
direction of the Marple Township Police Department, to a nearby garage
or other nearby place of safety.
B.
When a motor vehicle has been removed and impounded
as authorized, the Marple Township Police Department shall immediately
attempt to verbally notify the owner of such vehicle of its removal
and impoundment. Such notice shall indicate the place from which the
vehicle was removed, the reason for the vehicle's removal and the
location of the vehicle's impoundment. A written notice of the aforesaid
facts shall be mailed by certified mail to the registered owner of
the vehicle within 24 hours after the time of the vehicle's removal.
C.
To reclaim a motor vehicle towed and impounded as a result of a violation of this article, the owner of the vehicle must pay to the person, firm or corporation which towed and impounded the motor vehicle the costs of towing and storage. (See Chapter 277 Towing.)
D.
No vehicle shall be removed and impounded under this
article if, at the time of such intended removal, the owner or person
in charge of the vehicle is present and expresses a willingness and
intention to remove such vehicle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place
or have placed in the streets/highways, by any means, any snow or
ice being removed from the sidewalk, driveway or any other portion
of the property. The property owner or tenant shall be deemed responsible
for any snow or ice found in the roadway.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600,
together with costs of prosecution.
