[Adopted 11-1-2000 by Ord. No. 439]
Following the effective date of this article,
it shall be unlawful to park or allow to be parked any motor vehicle
or other vehicle on any street or road which is part of the Township
system after the start of a snowfall and until the snow has stopped
falling and the snow has been completely plowed for the full width
of the cartway.
Any member of the Rostraver Township Police
Department, or any employee of Rostraver Township engaged in road
work, is hereby authorized to remove any vehicle abandoned or parked
upon any public highway or street in violation of the terms and provisions
of this article and to take any said vehicle to the nearest garage
or other place of safety. The registered owner of any said vehicle
shall be notified of the fact of the removal and of the place to which
said vehicle has been removed, where he or she may obtain the same
upon payment of any and all towing and storage charges. Neither the
Township nor any of its officers or employees shall be held responsible
for any damage to any vehicle occurring as a result of towing and/or
storage of a vehicle parked in violation of this article.
A.
It shall be unlawful for owners, occupants or tenants
of property to dump, throw, shovel, pile or push any snow or ice removed
from driveways or walkways into any public highway or street.
B.
No snow, ice, slush, or a combination thereof shall
be pushed or deposited into any drainage area, stream, river, culvert
or catch basin.
C.
No snow, ice, slush or combination thereof shall be
deposited, pushed or maintained within a commercial, manufacturing,
light industrial or multiple-family zoning district parking facility,
or at or near an intersection in any zoning district, in a manner
or at a location which creates a traffic hazard by impairing visibility
from or of a public highway.
D.
No person shall damage any Township property, including
but not limited to traffic signs, culverts, etc., while removing snow,
ice, slush or a combination thereof. Any damage to Township property
shall be repaired or replaced in accordance with the requirements
of the Township at the expense of the property owner and/or snow removal
agency.
A.
Fire hydrants shall not be covered. The owner is hereby
required to remove or cause to be removed all snow, ice, slush or
any combination thereof or any accumulation and/or impediment which
would limit access to, from and/or around all of the fire hydrants
which are located on said property, so as to provide immediate access
by fire rescue personnel in cases of emergency. In cases involving
a storm, fire hydrants shall be cleared of all snow, ice, slush or
any combination thereof within 24 hours following the storm. In any
event, any accumulation shall be removed not less than once in every
twenty-four-hour period.
B.
In all other cases involving the accumulation of natural
and/or man-made items around fire hydrants the owner is responsible
for the immediate removal of said items. In either case, fire hydrants
shall be cleared sufficiently so emergency personnel have total access
to hydrants. This is necessary to allow for fire hose connections
to be made to access water in the event of a fire. The owner of a
property shall be responsible for conforming to the requirements of
this section where such property is occupied by said owner or is unoccupied
or vacant.
C.
In cases where the owner, occupant or tenant as aforesaid shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this section of this article, or within the time period required herein, the Township of Rostraver, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, may, in its discretion, proceed immediately to clear the snow, ice, slush or any combination thereof or accumulation and/or impediment which would limit access to, from and/or around fire hydrants and to collect the expenses, with any additional amount allowed by law, from fine or penalty imposed under § 166-18 of this article. In no case is the Township of Rostraver liable if it does not exercise the Township option for removal of snow, ice, slush or any combination thereof or accumulation and/or impediment which limit access to, from and/or around fire hydrants as defined within § 166-17.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon summary conviction before a District Magistrate,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 and not more than
$100 and the cost of prosecution, such fines to be collected as like
fines are now collected by law, and in default shall undergo imprisonment
not exceeding 30 days.
