In order to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the hazards of excessive snow and ice on the highways or portions of highways named in § 179-40 below, either the Borough Council, the Mayor or the Police Department, in their discretion, may declare an emergency due to such hazards.
A.
After any such emergency shall have been declared, it shall be unlawful during the period of such emergency for any person to park a motor vehicle or tractor or to allow the same to remain parked on any highway or portion thereof named in Subsection B below, or to operate any motor vehicle or tractor on any such highway or portion thereof unless such vehicle or tractor shall be equipped with adequate equipment to provide sufficient traction to keep such vehicle or tractor in motion so that other traffic on such highways will not be blocked or seriously impeded.
A.
In order to assist the operators of motor vehicles and tractors in
determining the highways affected by this article, the Borough Council,
Mayor and Police Department or the Chief of Police shall place in
each affected block signs stating the conditions of the parking restrictions.
B.
The Mayor or the Chief of Police shall also, through radio, newspaper
or other available media, disseminate the information as to the existence
of such emergency.
Any person who shall park or abandon a motor vehicle, tractor, motorized vehicle or trailer upon or along any of the highways or potions thereof listed in § 179-40B at any time during a period of emergency declared as provided in § 179-39 shall be guilty of a violation of this article and subject to the following penalties:
A.
A fine of $50 plus cost of prosecution; and
B.
Removal of the vehicle or trailer from the affected roadway on authority
of the Mayor and/or Police Department, with the costs of removal and
storage to be assumed by the registered owner of said vehicle or trailer
and in addition to any fines levied.
