For the purpose of this Article V of Chapter 430, the following special definitions, in addition to those referred to in § 430-1 of this Chapter 430 shall apply:
BARRICADE
Any object visible for 100 feet in clear weather that is used to block off any area of a street or highway.
BUSINESS DAY
Any day other than a Sunday, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day or New Year's Day; all other holidays shall be considered business days.
BUSINESS HOURS
The hours between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on any business day.
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
The portion of Penn Avenue bounded by Fourth Avenue and Seventh Avenue.
CINDER
Any abrasive material to be put on hard snow or ice areas, including but not limited to, cinder, sand, fine gravel, sawdust, salt or fine crushed stone.
COMMON STREETS
Those streets or roadways that are not snow emergency routes, as defined in this section, and which are less than 30 feet wide between curblines.
DIRECTOR
The Mayor, or in his absence, the Chief of Police.
PERSON
Any person, partnership, co-partner, corporation, joint stock company, syndicate, tenant, property owner (real and personal), occupant, lessor or agent in control of a building.
SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES
Those streets designated and marked as such in accordance with § 430-43A of this Chapter 430.
SNOW MEASUREMENT
The average of three or more readings in any area established by the Director.
SNOW TIRES
Any tires mounted on drive wheels of motor vehicles which are specifically designed by the manufacturers to give effective traction on snow, mud or ice-covered streets by means of extra-duty treads with special high-traction patterns, except that no tire so defined shall be construed to be a snow tire if it is worn to less than 3/16 inches tread depth or is damaged or worn to the extent that its performance would be substantially impaired.
TIRE CHAINS
Any hard metal chains mounted on drive wheels of motor vehicles which cross the tread of each tire laterally in at least eight different places.
A. 
The following streets or portions of streets within the Borough are designated as snow emergency routes:
Name of Street
Limits
Buttonwood Street
Entire length
Fifth Avenue
From traffic circle to Museum Road
Museum Road
Entire length
North Fourth Avenue
Entire length
Parkside Drive North
Entire length
Parkview Road
Entire length
Penn Avenue
Entire length
Pine Street
From South Third Avenue to South Fifth Avenue
Reading Avenue
From traffic circle to Eighth Avenue
Reading Avenue
From traffic circle to North Fourth Avenue/Summit Street
Seventh Avenue
From Penn Avenue to Parkside Drive North
Third Avenue
From Penn Avenue to Sunset Road
Traffic circle
Entire length
B. 
In order to assist operators of vehicles in determining the streets affected by this chapter, the Director shall cause to be placed on poles along streets or portions of streets listed in Subsection A of this § 430-43 signs complying with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regulations to indicate that the street or portion of a street is a snow emergency route.
A. 
Whenever the Director finds, on the basis of falling snow, sleet or freezing rain, or on the basis of a forecast by the U.S. Weather Bureau or other weather forecasting service of snow, sleet or freezing rain, that weather conditions will make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic be expedited and that parking or standing on Borough streets be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing and other purposes, the Director shall put into effect a parking prohibition on parts of or all snow emergency routes as necessary by declaring it in a manner prescribed in § 430-49 of this Chapter 430.
B. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this § 430-44, a parking prohibition shall automatically go into effect on any part of a snow emergency route on which there has been an accumulation of snow and/or ice of four inches or more between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
C. 
Once in effect, a prohibition under this § 430-44 shall remain in effect until terminated by an announcement by the Director in accordance with § 430-50 of this Chapter 430, except that any street area that has become substantially clear of snow and ice from curb to curb for the length of an entire block shall automatically be excluded from the prohibition under this § 430-44. While the prohibition is in effect, no person shall park or allow to remain parked any vehicle on any portion of a snow emergency route to which it applies. However, nothing in this § 430-44 shall be construed to permit parking at anytime or place where it is prohibited by law or by any other provision of this chapter.
Whenever the Director finds, on the basis of the amount of snow and after snow emergency routes have been opened, that parking on common streets must be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing and other snow removal purposes, the Director shall put into effect a parking prohibition on parts or all of the common streets by giving 12 hours advance notice in the manner prescribed by § 430-49 of this Chapter 430. Those prohibitions and restrictions shall remain in effect until terminated by the Director in accordance with § 430-50 of this Chapter 430, except that any street area which has become substantially clear of snow and ice from curb to curb for the length of an entire block shall automatically be excluded from the prohibition or restriction.
A. 
No person operating a motor vehicle on a snow emergency route on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice shall allow that vehicle to become stalled wholly or partly because its drive wheels are not equipped with tire chains or snow tires providing effective traction.
B. 
No person operating a motor vehicle on a part of any snow emergency route on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which there is a parking prohibition in effect shall allow that motor vehicle to become stalled because the motor fuel supply is exhausted or the battery has become inoperative.
C. 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any snow emergency route on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice if that vehicle does not have all windows clear of snow and ice.
D. 
No person shall operate a motorcycle, motor scooter or bicycle on any snow emergency route on which there is a covering of snow or sleet, consisting of one or more inches, or any presence of ice.
E. 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle without tire chains on any snow emergency route on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice more than eight inches in depth.
Members of the Police Department are authorized to remove a vehicle or to have it removed from a street when:
A. 
The vehicle is parked on a part of a snow emergency route on which a parking prohibition is in effect.
B. 
The vehicle is stalled on part of a Snow Emergency Route on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice and on which there is a parking provision or other operating restriction in effect, and the owner of person who is or was operating the vehicle does not appear to be removing it, or it appears that the operator is not able to remove it, in accordance with the provisions of this Article V of Chapter 430.
C. 
The vehicle is parked in violation of any parking provision of the law or of this chapter and is interfering with or is about to interfere with snow removal operations.
A. 
Whenever a vehicle becomes stalled for any reason, whether or not in violation of any other section of this Article V of Chapter 430 on any part of a snow emergency route or other Borough street on which there is a snow emergency parking prohibition or restriction in effect and on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice, the person operating that vehicle shall take immediate action to move the vehicle by towing it or pushing it off that snow emergency route or other street either onto the first cross street which is not a snow emergency route or onto the public space portion of a nearby driveway. No person shall abandon or leave his or her vehicle in the roadway of a snow emergency route or other Borough street on which there is a snow emergency parking prohibition or restriction in effect (regardless of whether he or she indicates, by raising the hood or otherwise, that the vehicle is stalled), except for the purpose of securing assistance during the actual time necessary to go to a nearby telephone or to a nearby garage, service station or other place of assistance and then to return without delay.
B. 
Any person in charge of a Borough-owned vehicle shall have authority to use that vehicle for pushing or otherwise moving any stalled vehicle remaining in violation of this § 430-48, without the Borough's incurring liability for damage resulting to the vehicle.
After the Director declares that a snow emergency exists, such declaration shall be announced publicly by means of a radio and/or television message requested to be broadcast from any radio or television station with a normal operating range covering the Borough. The Director may also have the declaration announced further in newspapers of general circulation in the Borough when feasible. Each announcement shall describe the action taken by the Director, including the time it became or will become effective, and shall describe the streets or areas affected, its parking prohibition or restrictions and other traffic regulations declared by the Director, which shall not go into effect until at least two hours after the first announcement.
Whenever the Director finds that some or all of the conditions which gave rise to a parking prohibition or restriction in effect under this Article V of Chapter 430 no longer exist, he shall declare the prohibition or restriction terminated in the manner prescribed for announcements by § 430-49 of this Chapter 430 for declaration of the snow emergency, and the termination shall become effective immediately upon announcement.
A. 
In addition to the signs referred to in § 430-43B of this Chapter 430, the Director may have special signs or placards placed to indicate that a snow emergency is in force and any special parking restrictions in effect during that emergency.
B. 
The Mayor and the Chief of Police are jointly authorized to barricade any street and to redirect traffic whenever necessary to plow, clear or otherwise remove snow. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle around, through or over any such barricade.
C. 
Upon orders of the Director, Borough-controlled or operated equipment may be driven or operated in any direction upon any street.
In any prosecution with regard to a vehicle parked, left or otherwise in violation of any provision of this Article V of Chapter 430, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked, left or otherwise in violation of a provision of this Article V of Chapter 430, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the defendant was the person who parked, left or otherwise operated the vehicle in violation of this Article V of Chapter 430.
A. 
If at any time during a period of snow emergency declared under § 430-49 of this Chapter 430 a person shall park a motor vehicle or allow a motor vehicle to remain parked anywhere upon a snow emergency route, that person shall be guilty of a violation of this Article V of Chapter 430 and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $25 and costs.
[Amended 4-20-2010 by Ord. No. 990]
B. 
If at any time during a period of snow emergency declared under § 430-49 of this Chapter 430 a person shall operate a motor vehicle upon a snow emergency route without having that vehicle equipped with snow tires or tire chains, or shall allow it to become stalled in violation of § 430-48 of this Chapter 430, that person shall be guilty of a violation of this Article V of Chapter 430 and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25.