This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Palmer
Township Snow Emergency and Severe Weather Ordinance" and is supplementary
and in addition to the prior ordinances of Palmer Township establishing
vehicular regulations.
The regulations for this ordinance have been fully reviewed,
studied and approved and found necessary by an engineering and traffic
investigation by the Palmer Township Public Services Director and
the Palmer Township Chief of Police. All regulations herein are established
by the authority of the laws of Pennsylvania, including the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code. All devices and signs used hereunder shall be of the type
and kind and shall be installed in a manner approved by the aforesaid
laws and code.
In the event of inclement weather where the snowfall is expected
to or does accumulate more than three inches or severe icing of the
roadway is expected or actually occurs on the roadway, the Chairman
of the Board of Supervisors of Palmer Township, or the Vice Chairman
in his/her absence, may declare a Snow Emergency Level I. During this
emergency, no vehicles will be parked or left unattended on any designated
snow emergency route, as so designated by the Palmer Township Board
of Supervisors approved list of snow emergency routes. Any and all
vehicles traversing the snow emergency routes shall be required to
have state-approved snow or all-weather tires or tires with chains.
Any vehicle stranded, disabled or parked on these snow emergency routes
will be towed at the vehicle owner's expense, who shall pay the appropriate
penalties for the violations hereof and any storage fees as charged
by the towing service. Snow Emergency Level I declarations may be
publicized via television, radio, newspaper, internet, website, Facebook
or other social media.
The established snow emergency routes in the Township of Palmer
are as follows:
Name of Street
|
Location
|
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Baldwin Drive
|
Jonathan Drive to Crescent Drive
|
Carolyn Street
|
Greenwood Avenue to Nazareth Road (Route 248)
|
Church Road
|
Township line to Nulton Avenue
|
Corriere Road
|
Township line to Van Buren Road
|
Corriere Road
|
Van Buren Road to Tatamy Road
|
Crescent Drive
|
Baldwin Drive to Sycamore Drive
|
Edgewood Avenue
|
Greenhill Avenue to Township line
|
Farmersville Road
|
Seip Avenue to Township line
|
Fischer Road
|
Seip Avenue to Newburg Road
|
Glen Avenue
|
Mine Lane Road to Grandview Drive
|
Grandview Drive
|
Glen Avenue to Freemansburg Avenue
|
Greenhill Avenue
|
Hackett Avenue to Edgewood Avenue
|
Green Pond Road
|
Greenwood Avenue to Township line
|
Greenwood Avenue
|
Freemansburg Avenue to Seip Avenue
|
Hecktown Road
|
Township line to Fischer Road
|
Jonathan Drive
|
Mine Lane Road to Baldwin Drive
|
Mine Lane Road
|
Freemansburg Avenue to Chain Dam Road
|
Newlins Mill Road
|
Van Buren Road to Tatamy Road
|
Northampton Street
|
Greenwood Avenue to 25th Street
|
North Nulton Avenue
|
Farmersville Road to Green Pond Road
|
Northwood Avenue
|
Van Buren Road to Bushkill Drive
|
Old Nazareth Road
|
Park Avenue to Route 248
|
Park Avenue
|
Route 248 to Tatamy Road
|
Sales Street
|
Northampton Street to Nazareth Road (Route 248)
|
Seip Avenue
|
Old Nazareth Road to Fischer Road
|
Southwood Drive
|
Stones Crossing Road to Mine Lane Road
|
Stones Crossing Road
|
William Penn Highway to Sutton Place
|
Sycamore Drive
|
Crescent Drive to Stones Crossing Road
|
Tatamy Road
|
Park Avenue to Hackett Avenue
|
Van Buren Road
|
Route 248 to Northwood Avenue
|
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction before a District
Justice in a summary proceeding, be liable to and shall pay a fine
of not more than $100, plus costs, for every violation, plus the fees
for costs of removal, towing and storage of said vehicle.
The intention of this ordinance is to further establish snow
emergency routes in the Township of Palmer and to be supplementary
to the provisions of previous ordinances in the Township of Palmer
pertaining to vehicular regulations. Only where the provisions of
this ordinance are in direct conflict with provisions of such previous
ordinances, such previous provisions shall be regarded as repealed.
In all other instances, such previous provisions are to remain in
full force and effect, supplemented by the provisions contained herein.