As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PARKING
The standing of a vehicle, except a Police or Fire Department vehicle or ambulance, whether occupied or not, upon or within designated fire lanes otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading or in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals.
The Board of Supervisors of Lancaster Township shall hereafter have the authority to designate certain areas of both private and public property as fire lanes. Said areas shall be clearly marked and designated as fire lanes and shall be accompanied by appropriate signs prohibiting parking in said areas so designated. The marking and designating of said fire lanes shall be approved by an official designated by the Board of Supervisors who, as a result of his position with the Township, shall be qualified to determine whether the designation of said fire lanes is necessary for the promotion of public safety and health.
The parking of motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, horse-drawn carriages or otherwise obstructing said fire lanes is hereby prohibited at all times, and the parking or obstructing of said fire lanes by motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles or horse-drawn carriages is hereby deemed to be a violation of this article, subjecting the violator to the penalties hereinafter prescribed.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a summary offense and shall be sentenced to pay a fine as established by ordinance by the Lancaster Township Board of Supervisors and known as the "Schedule of Fees," together with costs of prosecution.[1] Such fines and costs shall be collected in a manner provided by law for the recovery of fines and penalties for the violation of Township ordinances; and in default of payment thereof, the violator shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 10 days.
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Editor's Note: The current Schedule of Fees is on file in the Township offices.