[Added 6-18-2007 by Ord. No. 550-2007[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was vetoed by
the Mayor; said veto was overridden. The ordinance also provided for
the repeal of former Art. IX, Alternate Side-to-Side Parking and Snow
Emergency Routes, added 12-12-1994 by Ord. No. 446, as amended..
A.
Authority of Mayor to declare snow emergency. In order to further
facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the hazards of snow
and ice on the snow emergency routes named below, the Mayor, in his
discretion, or in his absence, Council President or Vice President,
as per the Pennsylvania Borough Code, may declare a snow and ice emergency
(designated in this article as a "snow emergency"). Information on
the existence of a snow emergency may be given by the Borough through
radio, newspaper, television or other available media, and information
on the termination of the snow emergency may be given by use of the
same media.
[Amended 10-27-2014 by Ord. No. 617-2014]
B.
Travel restrictions. After any snow emergency is declared,
it shall be unlawful, at any time during the continuance of the emergency,
for any person to drive or operate any motor vehicle on any such snow
emergency route, unless that vehicle is equipped with snow fires or
chains. All-weather tires will be considered as snow tires for purposes
of this subsection. After any snow emergency is declared, it shall
be unlawful, at any time during the continuance of the emergency,
for any person to park any motor vehicle on any such snow emergency
route.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 651-2019]
C.
Designation of emergency routes. The following streets
are designated as snow emergency routes because they are necessary
for the proper transit of emergency vehicles into and through the
Borough during a snow emergency.
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Name of Street
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Limits
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|---|---|
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Bankway
|
First Street to Bridge Street
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Bridge Street
|
Between Ninth Street and Third Street
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Bridge Street
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Between Route 443 and Bankway
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Carbon Street
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Between Second Street and First Street
|
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First Street
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Division Alley to Bankway
|
|
Iron Street
|
Between Sixth Street and First Street
|
|
Mahoning Street
|
Between the Borough Line at Gypsy Hill Road
and Third Street
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Ninth Street
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Between Route 443 and Mahoning Street
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|
North Street
|
Between Third Street and First Street
|
|
Ochre Street
|
Between Second Street and First Street
|
|
Second Street and Constitution Avenue
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 651-2019] |
Between Ochre Street and Carbon Street
|
|
Sgt. Stanley Hoffman Boulevard
|
Between Bankway and First Street at Ochre Street
|
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Sixth Street
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Between Iron Street and Mahoning Street
|
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South Street
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Between Third Street and First Street
|
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Third Street
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Between Bridge Street and North Street
|
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Twelfth Street
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Between Mahoning Street and Cypress Street
|
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Editor’s Note: Former § 213-77.1, Prohibited parking
during or after snowstorm, added 10-27-2014 by Ord. No. 617-2014,
as amended, was repealed 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 626-2015.
No person, including but not limited to the
owner or possessor of any vehicle, parked within the Borough of Lehighton,
may dispose of any accumulation of snow and/or ice from the vehicle
in the Borough or elsewhere onto either the traveling portion of any
adjoining sidewalk, street or alley of the Borough, or onto any portion
of any sidewalk, streets, or alleys of the Borough which have previously
been cleared of snow. In addition, no person, including but not limited
to the owner or possessor of any vehicle, may dispose of any accumulation
of snow and/or ice from any vehicle in the Borough or elsewhere in
such a manner as to impede, hinder or prevent the removal of parked
vehicles or the parking of vehicles on any such streets and alleys
or in such a manner as to impede, hinder or prevent pedestrian traffic
on the sidewalks of the Borough.
[Amended 10-27-2014 by Ord. No. 617-2014]
No person shall be permitted to plow the streets or alleys of
the Borough of Lehighton so as to leave an accumulation of snow and/or
ice within the streets or alleys of the Borough, unless a permit and
all required documents have been sought from and approval given by
the Borough Secretary.
[Amended 10-27-2014 by Ord. No. 617-2014]
A.
Any person who operates a motor vehicle contrary to any of the provisions
of this article shall be guilty of a violation of this article and
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs.
B.
Any person who disposes of snow contrary to the provisions of this
article shall be guilty of a violation of this article and shall be
sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs.
C.
Any person who plows snow contrary to the provisions of this article
shall be guilty of a violation of this article and shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of $100 and costs.
