[Amended 11-15-2010 by Ord. No. 10-05]
No person shall park, store or stand any motor vehicle on any street within the Township during the period of time commencing one hour after snow begins to fall within the Township and ending 12 hours after snow ceases to fall within the Township.
[Added 1-24-1995 by Ord. No. 95-01]
There shall be no requirement upon the Township to officially declare or announce "a snow or ice emergency" as a condition precedent to the issuance of vehicle citations to vehicles found in violation of § 470-501 of this article. The Township Manager is authorized and directed to use reasonable efforts to publicize the adoption of this article and its terms to the residents of the Township of Middletown at the appropriate time.
[Amended 11-15-2010 by Ord. No. 10-05]
A. 
In accordance with § 470-108 of this chapter of the Township's Code, any police officer, together with the Director of Public Works, any Superintendant or Assistant Superintendant within the Public Works/Highways Department, or any other duly designated parking enforcement officer of the Township, is authorized and empowered to enforce the parking regulations set forth in this article.
B. 
Any police officer or other duly designated parking enforcement officer of the Township, as more specifically set forth and described above, who observes a violation of this article shall issue a parking violation notice, on a form as shall be approved by the Township from time to time, and which notice shall contain the following information:
(1) 
The date and hour of the violation;
(2) 
The date and hour of the issuance of the parking violation notice;
(3) 
The location at which the vehicle is, or has been, parked, stored or left standing in violation of this article;
(4) 
The license or registration number, and the state of issuance of the license or registration, of the vehicle;
(5) 
The make and model of the vehicle;
(6) 
The section or sections of this article violated;
(7) 
The penalties associated with the violation or violations; and
(8) 
Any other facts that, in the opinion of the officer, may be useful for a thorough description of the vehicle and/or the circumstances attending the violation.
C. 
The police officer or other duly designated parking enforcement officer shall place on, or attach to, the subject vehicle the parking violation notice. The parking violation notice shall further advise the owner and/or driver of the subject vehicle that the failure to either report to the Township and pay the prescribed penalties within five calendar days following the date of the notice, or to place the prescribed penalties within the envelope provided with the parking violation notice and mail the same to the Township within five calendar days following the date of the notice, shall result in the issuance of one or more criminal citations, which shall be forwarded to and filed with the appropriate Magisterial District Judge for the assessment of penalties, fines and costs.
D. 
The failure by the owner and/or driver to pay the prescribed penalties to the Township within five calendar days following the date of issuance of a parking violation notice shall result in the institution of criminal proceedings against the owner or owners of the subject vehicle by issuance of a citation, which shall be forwarded to and filed with the appropriate Magisterial District Judge.
[Added 1-24-1995 by Ord. No. 95-01; amended 12-14-1999 by Ord. No. 99-20; 11-15-2010 by Ord. No. 10-05; 9-5-2023 by Ord. No. 23-02]
A. 
Any person, including but not limited to a corporation, partnership or other legal entity, who violates any provision of this article shall pay to the Township a penalty of not more than $50 and costs for each such violation. Failure to pay all prescribed penalties to the Township within five calendar days following the date of issuance of a parking violation notice shall result in the institution of criminal proceedings against the owner or owners of the subject vehicle by issuance of a citation, which shall be forwarded to and filed with the appropriate Magisterial District Judge.
B. 
All penalties assessed by and paid to the Township for violations of this article shall be paid to and collected by the Township Cashier and shall become general funds of the Township.
C. 
Any person, including but not limited to a corporation, partnership or other legal entity, who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction by the Court, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 for each and any such violation, together with all costs as may be assessed by the Court and/or the commonwealth.