[Adopted 2-22-1966 (Sec. 15:2 of the 1975 General Ordinances)]
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which a person or persons or property is or may be transported upon a highway, excepting a device used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 09-OR-024; 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-OR-028]
A state of emergency is hereby declared to exist whenever there shall be a snowfall of four inches or more, or whenever there shall be an accumulation of snow or drifts of four inches or more, as determined by the Director of Public Safety, and said emergency shall be presumed to continue for a period of 72 hours after the cessation of said snowfall.
In order that the municipality may have the opportunity to clear the streets and highways of snow and to open said streets and highways in the Township of Burlington to traffic, during the period of the emergency aforesaid, no vehicles howsoever propelled shall be allowed to stand or park, whether attended or not, upon the highways of the Township of Burlington except for picking up or discharging passengers in the case of an omnibus or for picking up or delivering essential merchandise or commodities in the case of other vehicles.
Said emergency shall be presumed to continue beyond the seventy-two-hour period provided aforesaid on those streets of the Township of Burlington from whence the snow has not been removed, and no vehicle shall be allowed to stand or park, whether attended or not, on said street or highway until the snow shall have been cleared therefrom, provided signs are placed or posted indicating that parking is prohibited along said streets while the municipality is engaged in or about to engage in the clearance or removal of snow therefrom. Said signs prohibiting parking to enable the clearance and removal of snow shall be posted when work is about to commence and shall be removed when the work is complete.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 09-OR-024]
Whenever a vehicle is found parked or left standing in violation of the provisions of this chapter, any police officer of the Township of Burlington may remove or secure the removal of such vehicle to such garage or other place as may be designated by the Director of Public Safety for the impounding of such vehicles, and such vehicles shall be there retained and impounded until the persons or person owning said vehicle shall pay the cost of such removal, together with storage charges.
Immediately after a vehicle has been removed, the Director of Public Safety, or any member of the Police Department acting for him, shall give written notice thereof to the registered owner or owners by personal service or by mailing the said notice by registered or certified mail addressed to the said owner or owners at his or their last known address or addresses.