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City of Scranton, PA
Lackawanna County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Scranton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-28-2020 by Ord. No. 15-2020]
The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meaning given to them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE or ATV
As defined in 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7702.
GAS STATION
Any and all gasoline filling stations, gasoline service stations or consumer stations where gasoline products of any kind are stored for delivery by means of pumps, standards, pipelines or other devices directly to and into the tanks of any motor-driven vehicle which are subject to the licensing and inspection by City officials under Chapter 269 of the City Code adopted by the City Council of the City of Scranton on Sept. 26, 1979, as Chapter 16 of the 1979 Code.
HIGHWAY
As defined in 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7702.
PERSON
A natural person, corporation, foundation, organization, business trust, estate, limited-liability company, licensed corporation, trust, partnership, limited-liability partnership, association or other form of legal business entity. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, a "person" includes the individual members, partners, officers and managers of the association, general or limited partnership, corporation, limited-liability company, professional corporation or other similar entity.
SNOWMOBILE
As defined in 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7702.
STREET
As defined in 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7702.
Any person owning a gas station in the City of Scranton is hereby prohibited from disbursing or allowing to be disbursed gasoline products directly into any all-terrain vehicle or ATV and snowmobile that is operating on a street or highway located in the City of Scranton in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7721 et seq.
Any person owning a gas station in the City of Scranton is hereby prohibited from allowing any person, including customers, to disburse gasoline products from gas pumps located on said property directly into any all-terrain vehicle or ATV and snowmobile that is operating on a street or highway located in the City of Scranton in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7721 et seq.
All persons are hereby prohibited from disbursing gasoline products from gas pumps located at gas stations directly into any all-terrain vehicle or ATV and snowmobile that is operating on a street or highway located in the City of Scranton in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7721 et seq.
The City of Scranton Police Department is authorized to enforce and cite any person or gas station owner found to be in violation of any section of this article.
Any person or gas station owner found to be in violation of any section of this article shall be issued a non-traffic citation and a fine not to exceed $300.
The City hereby directs that certified copies of this article be provided to all magisterial judges within the City of Scranton to provide judicial notice that no person shall be permitted to purchase or disburse gasoline products directly into any all-terrain vehicle or ATV and snowmobile that is operating on a street or highway located in the City of Scranton in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7721 et seq.