Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or
to protect the safety of any person or vehicle, or in compliance with
law or the direction of a police officer or official traffic control
device, the following prohibitions shall be in effect:
A. Stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle is expressly prohibited
under the following circumstances:
(1) On the roadway side of any stopped vehicle stopped or parked at the
edge or curb of the public road.
(5) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction which
would obstruct traffic.
(6) On public or private property which is expressly reserved for handicapped
persons or disabled veterans where said property has been posted in
accordance with the regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation.
(7) At any place where official signs prohibit same.
B. Standing and parking vehicles is expressly prohibited under the following
circumstances:
(1) In front of a public or private driveway.
(2) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(4) Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic
control signal located at the side of a road.
(5) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or, when
properly posted, on the side of a public road opposite the entrance
of any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance.
(6) At any place where official signs prohibit same.
The provisions hereafter set forth in this section shall apply
to snow and ice clearing in the Township:
A. In order to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the
hazards of snow and/or ice on the Township's public roads, the
Township's Director of Public Works or the Chair of the Board
of Supervisors in the Director's absence or incapacity may declare,
in their sole discretion, a snow emergency. Information on the existence
of a snow emergency may be given by the Director of Public Works or
the Chair of the Board of Supervisors through radio, television, newspaper
or other available media. Information on the termination or modification
of the snow emergency may be given by use of this same media. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a snow emergency shall be deemed automatically in effect
where there has been a snowfall of four inches or greater in the Township,
until such time as the Township roads have been cleared of snow.
B. Whenever a snow emergency has been declared by the Township or is
deemed in effect, it shall be unlawful to park a vehicle on any public
road and right of way, in the Township.
C. It shall be unlawful to throw, shovel or otherwise move, pile or
dump snow or ice removed from sidewalks, driveways or other areas
onto any public road.