[Ord. No. 95, 1/6/1985]
Words and phrases, when used in this Part, shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in the Vehicle Code, 75 P.S. § 101 et seq.
(1977), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or re-enacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, unless the context clearly
indicates a different meaning or as otherwise defined by this Part.
[Ord. No. 95, 1/7/1985]
The provisions of this Part, insofar as they are the same as
those of ordinances in force immediately prior to the adoption of
this Part, are intended as a continuation of such ordinance and regulations
and not as new enactments.
[Ord. No. 95, 1/7/1985]
The Chief of Police of Amity Township, acting on the recommendation
or with the assistance of the several volunteer fire departments providing
fire fighting services within the Township, shall have the authority
to designate, establish and denote certain areas as fire lanes as
may reasonable and necessary on private property devoted to public
use. The areas so designated as fire lanes shall be those services
immediately adjacent to a building or buildings for a distance of
not less than 40 feet from said building or buildings on property,
including but not limited to hospitals, churches, shopping centers,
theaters, retail establishments and similar locations as may be deemed
necessary by the Chief of Police to insure property ingress and egress
of police department, fire department and emergency vehicles for the
protection of persons and property aforementioned.
[Ord. No. 95, 1/7/1985]
When the Chief of Police of Amity Township shall determine that
fire lanes are necessary or that parking of motor vehicles upon any
public or private street, lane, alley or private parking lot is liable
to interfere with the operation of the police department, fire department
or emergency service vehicles, parking in such areas shall be prohibited
and such areas shall be posted "No Parking."
[Ord. No. 95, 1/7/1985]
No person shall place, park or leave unattended a motor vehicle
in a fire lane or area posted "No Parking" in disregard of any signs
erected pursuant to the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. No. 95, 1/17/1985;
as amended by Ord. No. 108, 9/15/1986;
and by Ord. No. 290, 10/21/2015]
Any person, corporation, business entity or other legal entity,
or its agent, servant or employee, who shall park, place or leave
unattended a motor vehicle in such fire lane or posted area in violation
of the provisions of this Part shall be required to pay a fine of
$40, and in the event that said person, corporation, business entity
or other legal entity shall fail to satisfy said fine within 15 days
of the notice of violation, said person, corporation, business entity
or other legal entity shall, upon conviction thereof by a District
Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and the costs of prosecution,
and in default of payment thereof shall be imprisoned for not more
than five days.
[Ord. No. 95, 1/7/1985]
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this Part is for
any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this Part. It is hereby declared that it is the intent
of the Board of Supervisors of Amity Township that this Part would
have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence,
clause, section or part thereof not been included therein.
