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.
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.