[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Metal as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets, roads and sidewalks — See Ch. 21.
[Adopted 4-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-002]
A. 
The Township recognizes that leaving of unattended motor vehicles parked on Metal Township roads has the significant potential to create traffic hazards by creating traffic obstructions, interfering with visibility at intersections and driveway entrances unto Township roads and is a significant interference with snow removal and other diverse road maintenance activities by the Township.
B. 
The Metal Township Board of Supervisors has determined it to be in the public interest and necessary for the safety of persons using Township roads; to expedite the flow of vehicular traffic and emergency response vehicles; and to insure the welfare and safety of the public, to generally prohibit motor vehicle parking on Township roads at all times.
For the purpose of this article, the terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as now enforced or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted.
Except as is hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle upon the cartway, or within two feet adjacent to the cartway, of Township roads. For the purposes of this article, the road cartway is the paved or main travel portion of the roadway.
There shall be excepted from this prohibition the temporary parking of a vehicle on Township roads upon the occurrence of a vehicle breakdown or other emergency that disables the vehicle. Vehicles so parked as a result of vehicle break-down or other emergency shall be removed from the prohibited area within 24 hours. This exception is not intended to authorize any parking on the road cartway unless the vehicle breakdown or other necessitating emergency occurs at a location where removal from the road cartway is physically impossible. This exception is not allowed during snow storms or during the time required for snow removal following a snow storm.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for owners, occupants or tenants of property to dump, throw, shovel, pile or push any snow or ice removed from driveways or walkways into any public highway or street. No snow, ice, slush, or a combination thereof, shall be pushed or deposited into any drainage area, stream, river, culvert or catch basin. No snow, ice, slush, or a combination thereof, shall be deposited, pushed or maintained at or near an intersection, in a manner or at a location which creates a traffic hazard by impairing visibility from or of a public highway.
B. 
No person shall damage any Township property including, but not limited to, traffic signs, culverts, etc., while removing snow, ice, slush, or a combination thereof. Any damage to Township property shall be repaired or replaced in accordance with the requirements of the Township, at the expense of the property owner and/or snow removal agency.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon summary conviction before a magisterial district judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $300 and not more than $500 and costs of prosecution; such fines to be collected as like fines are now collected by law; those in default of the payment thereof shall undergo imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.