[Added 12-30-1996 by Ord. No. 546]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CHAINS
Full chains.
SNOW
Any precipitation depositing any accumulation on the streets of the Borough of Manheim, including sleet, hail, ice or freezing rain.
SNOW EMERGENCY
A state declared, as herein described, under which road conditions are hazardous for vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES
All streets within the Borough of Manheim so designated and marked as hereinafter set forth.
SNOW TIRES
Tires having treads designated for use in mud or snow and being in such condition as to serve the purpose for which they are designed.
VEHICLES
All motor vehicles using Borough streets, including all public and private transportation conveyances, trucks and other powered vehicles.
A snow emergency in the Borough can be declared either by the Governor of Pennsylvania or the Mayor in conjunction with the Borough Manager. Such a snow emergency declaration is intended to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the hazards of snow on the snow emergency routes named in § 205-66. After a snow emergency is declared, the Borough Manager will advise and coordinate all efforts within the Borough. Information on the existence of a snow emergency shall be given through radio, newspaper or other available media and information on the termination of the snow emergency shall be given through the same media sources. In cases where a disaster is declared, the Emergency Management Agency shall be activated and operable.
The Borough Manager with the approval of the Borough Council shall designate streets which are heavily traveled and are necessary thoroughfares for the movement of vehicular traffic through the Borough as "snow emergency routes." Such designation shall take into consideration state highway routes, fire apparatus emergency routes and other commonly traveled streets. Each route shall be posted with suitable signs or markers, not less frequently than once in each direction in one block, which signs shall bear the words "Snow Emergency Route" and may restrict parking in such block. A map of such routes shall be filed with the Borough Secretary, and other copies thereof shall be available for public examination in the office of the Borough Manager. The Borough Manager, with approval of Borough Council, may change said map from time to time.
The following streets are hereby designated as snow emergency routes. Other such routes may be designated by Borough Council from time to time:
A. 
Charlotte Street from Railroad Avenue to Colebrook Street.
B. 
Ferdinand Street from Snyder Street to South Oak Street.
C. 
Main Street.
D. 
High Street.
E. 
Hazel Street from Gramby Street to Ferdinand Street (east side only).
F. 
Stiegel Street from Penn Street to Main Street.
G. 
Gramby Street from Main Street to Laurel Street.
H. 
Rambler Road from Orchard Lane to Orchard Lane.
After a snow emergency is properly declared, no person shall at any time during the continuance of a snow emergency:
A. 
Park a vehicle or allow a vehicle to remain parked anywhere on any of the snow emergency routes designated in § 205-66.
B. 
Drive any vehicle on any snow emergency route designated in § 205-66 unless that vehicle is equipped with snow tires or chains.
A. 
Within a reasonable period of time after a termination of the snow emergency, the Borough Manager shall institute a program of clearing the cartway of snow on all other Borough streets not designated as snow emergency routes. By appropriate press releases to news media, the owners and operators of vehicles shall be instructed to remove their vehicles from Borough streets to facilitate plowing.
B. 
Failure to comply with the Borough's instructions may result in the ticketing or towing, at the owner's expense, of vehicles remaining on Borough streets.
C. 
The Fire Department may, through the use of its loudspeaker equipment, assist in informing and instructing the public as to its responsibilities in removing vehicles from Borough streets.
A. 
Any person at any time during a snow emergency parking a vehicle or allowing a vehicle to remain parked anywhere upon a snow emergency route shall be guilty of a violation of this article and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15 plus costs of prosecution.
B. 
Any person at any time during a snow emergency who shall drive a vehicle not equipped with snow tires or chains shall be guilty of a violation of this article and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 plus costs of prosecution.