[Adopted 6-1-1960 by Ord.
No. 5; amended in its entirety 3-5-2007 by Ord. No. 5-A]
For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms
shall have the meaning ascribed to them herein:
The Nottingham Township Zoning Officer and/or any individual
as designated by the Board of Supervisors shall be designated Enforcement
Officers under this article.
The stopping of a motor vehicle at any one place for a period in excess of one hour, except as provided for in § 390-4.
A road surface, and/or berm of the road surface, if any;
any road surveyed, laid out, opened, and used, under authority of
law; or any road not of record which has been used for public travel
and is maintained, kept and repaired by the expenditure of Township
funds.
Any precipitation depositing any accumulation on the streets,
including snow, sleet, hail, ice, and freezing rain.
A state of street conditions that is hazardous and dangerous
to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, as declared by the Board of Supervisors
of Nottingham Township or such person designated by the Board of Supervisors.
A.
Declaration of snow removal conditions. A snow removal emergency
is hereby declared to exist in Nottingham Township whenever snow falls
during any period of 24 hours or less to an accumulated depth of one
inch or more, or requires plowing of snow, or at any other time when
in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors of Nottingham Township,
or such person designated by the Board of Supervisors, the street
conditions are hazardous and dangerous to vehicular and pedestrian
traffic because of snow accumulation. The Board of Supervisors of
Nottingham Township, or such persons designated by the Board of Supervisors,
shall have the authority, but are not required to, declare a snow
removal emergency, notice of which shall immediately be issued to
local radio and news services. In either instance, a snow removal
emergency is presumed to continue for a period of 24 hours following
the accumulation of snow or for a period of time as designated by
the Board of Supervisors or their designee.
B.
Unattended vehicles prohibited during emergency. During such time
as a snow removal emergency is in effect, it shall be a violation
of this article for any person, firm, organization or entity to park,
abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on public roads and their
adjacent right-of-ways within the boundaries of Nottingham Township.
C.
Prohibition against blowing or dumping snow onto a public street.
Blowing or dumping snow onto a public road by any person, firm, organization
or entity is hereby prohibited.
The parking of any vehicle on any road within the legal boundaries
of the Township of Nottingham is hereby prohibited during the hours
of 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
The parking of any vehicle at any time on any road within the
legal limits of the Township of Nottingham that obstructs or interferes
with the flow of vehicular traffic is prohibited.
A.
Civil enforcement proceeding. The Nottingham Township Zoning Enforcement
Officer may initiate by complaint or by such other means as provided
by the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure a civil enforcement proceeding
before a Magisterial District Judge and seek civil penalties for a
violation of this article, which civil penalties imposed shall not
be more than $600 per violation, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys
fees incurred by the Township in the enforcement proceedings. Pursuant
to 53 P.S. § 66601(c.1)(1), the Township shall be exempt
from the payment of costs in any civil case brought to enforce this
article.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Any vehicle left unattended on public roads and their adjacent rights-of-way
within the boundaries of the Township of Nottingham may be towed at
the discretion of the Enforcement Officer at the owner's expense.
C.
Equitable and other remedies. No penalty herein shall prevent the
Township from enforcing this article by equitable, injunctive and
other remedies.
The provisions of this article shall be severable and if any
provision hereof shall be declared unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining
provisions of this article. It is hereby declared as a legislative
intent of the Township that this article would have been amended as
if such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid provision or provisions
had not been included herein.
