The Township Manager or his designee is empowered to declare
a snow and ice emergency.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on any public street
or road during the course of any snowstorm, ice storm or snowfall
during the course of which or following which any salting, cindering,
plowing or other snow or ice removal operations are undertaken by
the Township or by any other governmental unit authorized to undertake
such operations or by any private contractors under contract for such
operations to the Township or to any other governmental unit authorized
to undertake such operation. It shall further be unlawful to park
any vehicle on any public street or road following such storm for
a period of 12 hours or until the completion of any salting, cindering,
plowing or snow removal operations as aforesaid, whichever period
is greater. A snowstorm, ice storm, or snowfall requiring salting,
cindering, plowing or other snow removal operations as aforesaid shall
be construed to mean any such snowstorm, ice storm or snowfall during
or immediately following which the Township or other governmental
unit or private contractor under contract to the Township or other
governmental unit actually undertakes such operations and shall include
but not be limited to any storm during which there is an accumulation
of at least one inch of snow as measured at Philadelphia International
Airport by the National Weather Service or other official governmental
body authorized to make such measurement.
The Township is hereby authorized to remove and impound or to
order the removal and impounding of any vehicle parked on any street
or roads or sidewalks of West Bradford Township in violation of the
provisions of this article, providing that no vehicle shall be removed
or impounded except in adherence to the provisions of this article.
The Township by resolution shall designate an approved storage
facility as a pound for the storage of such impounded vehicles, and
every such approved storage facility shall post a bond in an amount
fixed by the Township by resolution from time to time, said bond to
be filed with the Board of Supervisors for indemnifying of the owner
of any such impounded vehicle against the loss thereof or injury or
damage thereto while in the custody of such storage garage.
The Township shall by resolution from time to time fix and establish
the charges that shall be made for the towing and storage of any vehicle
removed and impounded under the authority of this article.
The Township shall have the right to remove and impound vehicles that are parked illegally as set forth in § 415-34 hereof.
Within 12 hours from the time of the removal of any vehicle
and under the authority of this article, notice of the fact that such
vehicle has been impounded shall be sent by the Township to the owner
of record of such vehicle; such notice shall designate the place from
which such vehicle was removed, the reasons for its removal and impounding,
and the place to which it shall have been impounded.
The payment of any towing and impounding charges as authorized
by this article shall, unless such payment shall have been made under
protest, be final and conclusive and shall constitute a waiver of
any right to recover the monies so paid.
In the event that any towing and impounding charges so imposed
shall be paid under protest, the offender shall be entitled to a hearing
before Magisterial District Judge or court of record having jurisdiction,
in which case such offender shall be proceeded against and shall receive
such notice as is provided by the Vehicle Code as in other cases of
summary offenses and shall have the rights as to appeal and waiver
of hearing as therein provided.
The Township shall keep a record of all vehicles impounded and
shall be able at all reasonable times to furnish the owners or agents
of the owners thereof with information as to the place of the storage
of such vehicles.
The paying of towing and storing charges shall not operate to
relieve the owner or operator of any vehicle from liability for any
fine or penalty for the violation of any law or ordinance on account
of which such vehicle was removed and impounded.
No vehicles shall be removed under the authority of this article
if, at the time of the intended removal thereof, the owner or person
in charge of such vehicle is present and expresses a willingness and
intention to remove such vehicle immediately.
It shall be a violation of this article if any person deposits
snow from private property onto any Township street or road.
A notice of violation may be issued followed by a citation,
or a citation may be issued without being preceded by a notice of
violation.
A.
Any action by any person, firm, corporation or other entity which
violates or does not comply with any provision of this article or
any regulation thereof shall be punishable by fine(s) as established
in this section. Each day that a violation occurs shall be considered
a separate violation.
B.
Any owner or occupant of a dwelling unit, any person, firm, corporation
or other entity in violation of any portion(s) of this article shall
be issued a notice of violation and be ordered to pay a fine of $20,
payable to the Township of West Bradford within 14 days of issuance
of such a notice.
C.
Failure to respond to the notice of violation set forth in Subsection B above by payment of the fine aforesaid, which payment must be made to the Township of West Bradford within 14 days of issuance of such notice, shall result in the issuance of a citation to the defendant. Thereafter, the prosecution shall proceed in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure and, upon conviction for the offense, the defendant shall be ordered to pay the fine hereinabove set forth or, in the case of subsequent violations, as set forth in Subsection D below, together with the costs of prosecution, and/or to be incarcerated in the County Prison for not more than five days.
D.
The fine for the first violation of this article shall be $20; for
any subsequent conviction, the fine shall be not less than $50 and
may be punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 and/or be incarcerated
in the County Prison for not more than five days.
