[Amended 10-18-2010 by Ord. No. 491]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or allow to be parked any motor vehicle or other vehicle on any street or road which is part of the Township system and identified by resolution of the Board of Commissioners once a snow emergency has been declared pursuant to §
326-3 and until the snow has stopped falling and been completely plowed the full width of the cartway or until the snow emergency declaration has been rescinded.
Any member of the Muhlenberg Township Police
Department or any employee of Muhlenberg Township engaged in road
work is hereby authorized to remove any vehicle abandoned or parking
upon any public highway or street in violation of the terms and provisions
of this article and to take any said vehicle to the nearest garage
or other place of safety and otherwise enforce the time and provisions
of this article. The registered owner of any said vehicle shall be
notified of the fact of the removal and of the place to which said
vehicle has been removed, where he or she may obtain the same upon
payment of any and all towing and storage charges. Neither the Township
nor any of its officers or employees shall be held responsible for
any damage to any vehicle occurring as a result of towing and/or storage
of a vehicle parked in violation of the chapter.
It shall be unlawful for any person, association,
firm, partnership, corporation or any other entity owning, possessing
or occupying any property along any dedicated or undedicated public
street or alleyway within the Township of Muhlenberg to violate any
provision of this article, and any such person, association, firm,
partnership, corporation or any other entity owning, possession or
occupying any property along any dedicated or undedicated public street
or alleyway within the Township of Muhlenberg so violating any provision
herein shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding before a Magisterial
District Judge, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 and/or
imprisonment for up to 90 days for each offense. For the purpose of
this article, each day's violation of the provisions hereof shall
be deemed to be a separate offense.
Any matters referred to herein as being unlawful
shall be declared to be nuisances and removable as such. If the cost
of such removal is not promptly paid, a municipal lien shall be filed
therefor or otherwise collected as authorized by law.