[Adopted 2-23-1988 by Ord. No. 5029]
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words or
phrases shall be construed according to the definitions set forth
below:
Vehicles not designed or used primarily for the transportation
of persons or property, and only incidentally operated or moved over
a highway, including, but not limited to, ditch-digging apparatus,
well-boring apparatus, earthmoving and construction and maintenance
machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders,
snowplows, ditchers, graters, finishing machines, road rollers, scarifiers,
earthmoving carry-alls, scrapers, power shovels, and draglines, and
self-propelled cranes and tractors other than truck tractors.
A vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle, including,
but not limited to, box trailers, flatbed trailers, boat trailers,
truck campers, full trailers, semitrailers, modular housing undercarriages,
mobile homes, house trailers, and utility trailers.
A.
Trailers. No person shall park any trailer on any street, alley,
or highway within the City that is not appropriately attached to an
undertow by a motor vehicle.
B.
Special mobile equipment. No person shall park any special mobile
equipment on any street, alley, or highway within the City that is
not engaged in or about to be engaged in active construction work
either on the roadway or other construction site.
C.
It shall be a violation of this article and a summary offense for
any person, corporation, or other entity to close or materially impede
the traffic on any City highway or byway, including alleys, without
first providing 48 hours' notice to the City of Altoona Public Works
Department and securing the approval of the designated head of that
Department. Violators of this section of the article shall be cited
and instructed by appropriate personnel to dispense immediately with
the obstruction.
[Added 2-10-1999 by Ord. No. 5454]
Provided, however, that the provision of § 633-13 above shall allow for the temporary parking of said defined trailers and special mobile equipment for emergencies or emergency repairs for a period of not longer than one hour, subject to all other prohibitions, regulations, or limitations imposed by traffic regulations of Chapter 700, Vehicles and Traffic, or other ordinances of the City.
Upon official notification by the City of a violation of this
article, the owner will remove said trailer or special mobile equipment
in violation from the street, alley, or highway within 24 hours. If
the trailer or special mobile equipment has not been removed, and
the owner has not shown cause for a time extension, the City shall
move or cause to be removed at the owner's expense said equipment
in violation to a suitable facility, where it may be reclaimed by
the owner upon payment of costs.
It shall be the duty of the Traffic Division Coordinator of
the Altoona Police Department or an officer of the Altoona Police
Department to enforce the provisions of this article.
[Amended 2-10-1999 by Ord. No. 5454[1]]
Violations of this article shall be punishable by a fine of
not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding
90 days, or both. Each day that the blockage continues shall constitute
a separate violation of this article.
