Between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. of any day,
no vehicle shall be permitted to remain on the following highways:
A. On Easton Road between Mt. Carmel Avenue and Glenside
Avenue.
B. On the north side of the city line between York Road
and Twelfth Street.
[Added 12-14-1987 by Ord. No. 1661]
A. It shall be unlawful for the owner/operator of any
full trailer, house trailer, trailer, boat on a trailer not connected
to a tow vehicle or truck-camper not attached to a motor vehicle or
boat off a trailer to park at any time on any street situated in the
Township of Cheltenham except:
(1) When making deliveries or in conjunction with providing
services or improvements to the property owners on such streets; or
(2) When parking by contractors, painters, plumbers, landscapers,
service and repair persons and persons plying similar trades on streets
abutting properties where work is being performed which work requires
the presence of such vehicles and during the time the work is actually
in progress.
B. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions
shall apply:
BOAT OFF OF A TRAILER
A boat which has been removed from a trailer, dolly or other
conveyance and is resting or setting upon blocks, wood, metal or any
other material which prevents said boat from coming in contact with
the highway surface; also any boat which is resting or setting upon
the highway surface itself without means of support.
BOAT ON A TRAILER
A boat which is attached to, connected to or resting or setting
upon a trailer as defined herein.
FULL TRAILER
A trailer so constructed that no part of its weight rests
upon the towing vehicle. A semitrailer attached to a towing vehicle
by means of any auxiliary front axle or dolly shall be deemed to be
a "full trailer."
HOUSE TRAILER:
(1)
A trailer which is designed, constructed and
equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place (either
permanently or temporarily) and is equipped for use as a conveyance
on streets and highways.
(2)
A trailer containing a chassis and exterior shell designed and constructed for use as a house trailer as defined in Subsection
(1) of this definition, but which is used permanently or temporarily for advertising, sales, display or promotion of merchandise or services or for any other commercial purpose except the transportation of property.
TRAILER
A vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle.
TRUCK-CAMPER
A structure designed, used or maintained primarily to be
loaded or affixed to a motor vehicle to provide a mobile dwelling,
sleeping place, office or commercial space.
C. Any persons violating any of the provisions of this
section shall, upon summary conviction before a District Justice,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 and not more than
$300 and the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment thereof,
shall undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
[Added 12-16-1986 by Ord. No. 1640]
A. Definitions. The following definitions shall be used
in the interpretation of this section:
HIGHWAY
Any highway, roadway, traffic way or public street as defined
in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et
seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
REMOVAL
The actual physical removal of a vehicle from a highway or
any arrangement, verbal or otherwise, relating to such removal.
VEHICLE
Any device defined as such by the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code,
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., as the same may be amended from
time to time.
B. Legislative intent. The Board of Commissioners of
the Township of Cheltenham recognizes the importance of providing
for the removal of damaged or abandoned vehicles from highways in
order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the traveling public.
The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Cheltenham also recognizes
that owners of vehicles and persons involved in vehicle accidents
can be under extreme pressure and need assistance in arranging for
the removal of vehicles from public highways. Therefore, the Board
of Commissioners desires to institute procedures to provide assistance
to owners or operators of vehicles which must be removed from public
highways within the Township. The Board of Commissioners notes that
the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code authorizes the removal of abandoned
and wrecked vehicles from highways.
C. Promulgation of regulations. The Township Manager
or his duly authorized designee is hereby authorized to establish
regulations providing for the removal of wrecked, abandoned or impounded
vehicles from any highway within the Township. The Cheltenham Township
Police Department shall carry out the removal according to the established
regulations and according to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Vehicle
Code. The regulations promulgated by the Township Manager or his designee
may include rules, guidelines and procedures to be followed by vehicle
removal agencies as well as the designation of garages and towing
services as approved vehicle removal agencies.
D. Unauthorized activity. It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to represent that it is an approved vehicle
removal agency if it has not received such a designation from the
Township Manager or his authorized designee.
[Amended 11-21-1995 by Ord. No. 1846-95; 11-21-1995 by Ord. No. 1847-95]
A. The Township Manager or his duly authorized representative
shall have the authority to declare a highway snow emergency for the
Township of Cheltenham.
B. When a highway snow emergency is declared, or whenever
there is an ice storm, or snowfall when the forecast indicates an
accumulation of more than two inches, at which plowing operations
commence, residents shall remove vehicles from the streets which are
designated snow emergency routes into driveways or onto nearby streets
not designated snow emergency routes, and, at this time, it shall
be unlawful for any person or persons to:
(1) Abandon any motor vehicle on any public highway in
the Township.
(2) Park any motor vehicle on the designated snow emergency
routes listed herein.
(3) Operate any motor vehicle or other vehicle on the
designated snow emergency routes listed herein, or Township streets,
without all-season/snow tires or chains.
(4) Deposit or cause to be deposited any shoveled or plowed
snow and ice on or against a fire hydrant or on any portion of any
public highway or street.
C. The designated snow emergency routes are as follows:
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Name of Street
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Limits
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Ashbourne Road
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Tookany Creek Parkway to Washington Lane
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Cedar Road
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Church Road to Township Line Road
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Central Avenue
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Ashbourne Road to Township Line Road
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Church Road
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Falcon Drive to Township Line Road
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Easton Road
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Cheltenham Avenue to Mount Carmel Avenue
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Greenwood Avenue
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Township Line to Limekiln Pike
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Limekiln Pike
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Mount Carmel Avenue to Easton Road
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Mount Carmel Avenue
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Limekiln Pike to Easton Road, WS
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New Second Street
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Cheltenham Avenue to Township Line Road
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Oak Lane Road
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Cheltenham Avenue to Ashbourne Road
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Tookany Creek Parkway
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New Second Street to Cheltenham Avenue
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Township Line Road
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Washington Lane to Greenwood Avenue
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Washington Lane
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Township Line Road to Cheltenham Avenue
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York Road
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Township Line Road to Cheltenham Avenue
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D. Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized
to cite and/or remove any vehicle abandoned or parked upon any public
highway or street in violation of the terms and provisions of this
section. Vehicles to be removed shall be towed by and to the designated
garage or other place of safety, and the registered owner of said
vehicle shall be promptly notified, in writing, of the fact of the
removal and of the place to which said vehicle has been removed, where
he may obtain the same upon payment of any and all towing and storage
charges.
[Added 11-21-1995 by Ord. No. 1846-95]
The operation of a burden vehicle or truck which,
together with its load, shall be of a greater gross maximum weight
than 4,000 pounds is prohibited upon Chelten Hills Drive, between
Washington Lane and Church Road, as well as Tookany Boulevard, between
Cheltenham Avenue and New Second Street, in said Township.
[Added 11-21-1995 by Ord. No. 1846-95; amended 7-20-2004 by Ord. No. 2061-04; 4-19-2005 by Ord. No. 2082-05]
The operation of a motorcycle is prohibited
in Curtis Arboretum.
[Amended 5-15-1985 by Ord. No. 1581]
A. Purpose. The Commissioners of the Township of Cheltenham
deem it to be in the interest of the citizens of the Township to provide
for the establishment of a residential parking permit program to ensure
primary access to available parking spaces by neighborhood residents
as well as to provide for a cleaner ambient air level.
B. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the
following terms shall have the following meanings designated for each:
COMMUTER VEHICLE
A motor vehicle parking in a residential area by a person
not in a residence thereof.
PARKING PERMIT
Either a resident parking permit or a temporary parking permit
authorized by this section.
RESIDENT
A person who owns or leases real property within a residential
area and who maintains either a voting address or bona fide occupancy
at that address.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
A contiguous area containing public highways primarily abutting
residential property or residential and nonbusiness property (such
as schools, churches, parks and nursing homes).
C. Designation of permit parking areas.
(1) The Board of Commissioners may, by ordinance, designate
permit parking areas when it determines that residents of a proposed
parking area are adversely affected by entries into the area and curbside
parking by nonresidents and/or by parking regulations in effect which
are designed to control use of curbside parking by working hardship
on area residents, after taking into consideration the following:
(a)
The difficulty or inability experienced by residents
of the proposed area in obtaining curbside parking reasonably accessible
to their residences.
(b)
The desire of the residents of the proposed
permit area for the institution of a permit parking system and willingness
of these residents to bear the cost incidental to the issuance of
those parking permits and the administration authorized by this section.
(c)
The availability of off-street parking facilities
for the use of the commuter.
(2) Permit parking areas enumerated. The following shall
be permit parking areas:
[Amended 4-16-1985 by Ord. No. 1604; 9-15-1987 by Ord. No.
1654; 12-10-1990 by Ord. No. 1725-90]
(a)
Woodland Road, south side, from Glenside Avenue
to Greenwood Avenue.
(b)
Glenview Road, both sides, from Park Lane to
60 feet southwest of Glenside Avenue.
(c)
Cliff Terrace, both sides, from Glenside Avenue
to the terminus.
(d)
South Avenue, east side, from Paxson Avenue
to 200 feet north of Glenside Avenue.
(e)
Fernbrook Avenue, west side, from Greenwood
Avenue to 45 feet west of the ninety-degree bend.
(f)
Fernbrook Avenue, north side, from Maple Avenue
to 45 feet west of the ninety-degree bend.
(g)
Greenwood Avenue, west side, from Woodland Road
to 55 feet south of Fernbrook Avenue.
(h)
Glenside Avenue, both sides, Woodland Road to
Hewett Road.
(i)
Spring Avenue, south side, from Park Avenue
to 105 feet east.
(j)
Park Avenue, east side, from Spring Avenue to
130 feet south.
(k)
Crest Avenue, both sides, from Valley Road to
Oak Avenue.
(l)
Harrison Avenue, west side, from Glenside Avenue
to Waverly Road.
(m)
Maple Avenue, north side, from 30 feet east
of Greenwood Avenue to Fernbrook Avenue
[Added 9-15-1998 by Ord. No. 1921-98]
(n)
Lynnwood Avenue, east side, from Glenside Avenue
to Montier Road.
[Added 12-21-1999 by Ord. No. 1953-99]
(o)
Lismore Avenue, east side, from Glenside Avenue
to Waverly Road.
[Added 7-17-2001 by Ord. No. 1990-01]
(p)
W. Glenside Avenue, south side, from 55 feet
east of Lynnwood Avenue to 211 feet east of Lynnwood Avenue.
[Added 4-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2157-08]
(q)
900 Valley Road to Mill Road, south side.
[Added 7-18-2018 by Ord.
No. 2373-18]
D. Regulations.
[Amended 4-16-1985 by Ord. No. 1604; 9-25-2001 by Ord. No.
1993-01; 1-22-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-02; 4-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2157-08; 7-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2373-18]
(1) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section for a vehicle
to park in the Wyncote, Glenside, Elkins Park, or Melrose Park permit
parking areas between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on legal holidays,
unless the vehicle displays a parking permit authorized by this section.
E. Issuance of permits. The Township Manager shall issue
any appropriate permits necessary in accordance with existing parking
signs which have been erected, indicating the times and conditions
under which parking shall be by permit only. One permit shall be issued
upon application and payment of a fee, in an amount to be set forth
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners, covering a two-year period commencing January of even
years, only by the owner or operator of a vehicle who resides on or
is immediately adjacent to a public highway designated as a residential
permit parking area or who resides in close proximity to said area
and does not have on-street or off-street parking available.
[Amended 11-21-1989 by Ord. No. 1705; 11-21-1995 by Ord. No.
1846-95]
F. Permit application.
(1) The resident shall make application for the permit
every two years.
(2) The application for a permit shall contain the name
of the owner of the vehicle, the resident's address, the vehicle's
make, model and registration number. The motor vehicle registration
shall be presented at the time of making said application in order
to verify the contents thereof.
(3) A permit may be issued to the operator of a motor
vehicle who is not the owner, provided that the vehicle is either
a leased vehicle or a company car supplied to the applicant by his/her
employer, proof of which must be documented by the applicant.
G. Transfer of permits. Upon submission by the holder
of the residential parking permit of a transfer fee, in an amount
to be set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners, and a revised application, a new residential parking permit
shall be issued to the applicant. The transfer of a parking permit
shall not effect its expiration date.
[Amended 11-21-1995 by Ord. No. 1846-95]
H. Temporary parking permit placards. Each participating property owner residing in the designated area, as shown in §
285-40C(2)(a) through
(h),
(k) through
(q), shall be allotted two temporary parking permit placards.
[Amended 2-19-1985 by Ord. No. 1593; 4-16-1985 by Ord. No.
1604; 9-15-1987 by Ord. No. 1654; 12-10-1990 by Ord. No. 1725-90; 9-15-1998 by Ord. No. 1921-8; 12-21-1999 by Ord. No. 1953-99; 7-17-2001 by Ord. No. 1990-01; 4-15-2008 by Ord. No.
2157-08; 7-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2373-18]
I. Use of resident parking permits.
(1) All resident parking permits shall be displayed by
permanently attaching them to the rear side window on the driver's
side.
(2) A parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve a
parking space within a permit parking area. A parking permit shall
only authorize the stopping or standing or parking of a vehicle in
a designated residential parking area when posted with official signs.
(3) A parking permit shall be displayed only on the vehicle
for which it is issued, and any other use shall constitute a violation
of this section and shall be cause to revoke the residential parking
permit.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the person to whom
the parking permit is issued shall be deemed its holder and shall
be responsible for the use, or misuse, of any permit issued to him
or her.
J. Penalties. Any person violating any provision of this
section shall be subject to revocation of his/her permit and, upon
summary conviction, be fined up to $15 for each violation, together
with the cost of prosecution, and in default thereof shall be subject
to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 days.
K. Commercial parking permit program.
[Added 12-21-1999 by Ord. No. 1954-99; amended 12-19-2000 by Ord. No. 1973-00]
(1) Purpose. The Commissioners of the Township of Cheltenham
deem it to be in the interest of the citizens of the Township to provide
for the establishment of a commercial parking permit program to provide
for an alternative and convenient method of payment for the use of
certain Township parking facilities and to ensure ease of parking
for employees of Township businesses.
(2) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the
following terms shall have the following meanings designated for each:
COMMERCIAL EMPLOYEE
A person who is the owner of or actively employed by a commercial
establishment.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
A commercial operation, excluding home businesses, within
the Township that is fully licensed by the Township with either a
mercantile and/or business privilege license.
(3) Designation of commercial permit parking areas.
(a)
The following shall be commercial parking permit
areas:
[1]
All twelve-hour metered parking spaces within
municipally owned parking lots.
(b)
The Board of Commissioners may, by ordinance,
designate additional areas for commercial permit parking.
(4) Regulations. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section for a vehicle to park in a twelve-hour metered parking space within a municipal parking lot between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except legal holidays, unless the vehicle complies with §
285-24A of the Township Code or displays a valid commercial parking permit authorized by this section.
(5) Issuance of permits. The Township Manager shall issue any appropriate permits in accordance with this section. One permit shall be issued upon application and payment of fee, in an amount to be set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners (For current fee amounts, see Ch.
A300, Fees.), covering the remainder of the calendar year, only by a commercial employee.
(6) Permit application.
(a)
A commercial employee shall make application
for the permit every year.
(b)
The application for a permit shall include,
but not be limited to, the following: name of the owner of the vehicle;
documentation of the owner's employment at a commercial establishment
(Acceptable documentation shall include a copy of the owners pay stub
from the commercial establishment.); the owner's address; the vehicle's
make, model and registration number. The motor vehicle registration
shall be presented at the time of making said application in order
to verify the contents thereof.
(c)
A commercial parking permit may be issued to
the operator of a motor vehicle who is not the owner, provided that
the vehicle is either a leased vehicle or a company car supplied to
the applicant by his/her employer, proof of which must be documented
by the applicant.
(7) Transfer of permits. Transfer of permits shall not
be permitted, unless the owner presents documentation that the vehicle
has been sold, stolen or destroyed in an accident.
(8) Termination of employment with the commercial establishment.
Should a commercial establishment no longer employ the owner of a
valid commercial parking permit, the fee for the parking permit shall
not be refunded.
(9) Use of commercial parking permits.
(a)
All commercial parking permits shall be displayed
by permanently attaching them to the rear window in the lower left
corner.
(b)
A commercial parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve a parking space within a municipal lot. A commercial parking permit shall serve in lieu of the requirements of §
285-24A of the Township Code when a vehicle is parked in a twelve-hour metered parking space within a municipal parking lot.
(c)
A parking permit shall be displayed only on
the vehicle for which it is issued, and any other use shall constitute
a violation of this section and shall be cause to revoke the commercial
parking permit.
(d)
For purposes of this section, the person to
whom the commercial parking permit is issued shall be deemed its holder
and shall be responsible for the use or misuse of any permit issued
to him or her.
(10)
Penalties. Any person violating any provision
of this section shall be subject to revocation of his/her permit and,
upon summary conviction, be fined up to $15 for each violation, together
with the cost of prosecution, and default thereof shall be subject
to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 days.
[Added 12-15-2021 by Ord. No. 2432-21]
A. Prohibition.
(1) No person shall operate, park, stop, stand, place or maintain any
all-terrain vehicle on any public street or sidewalk or any public
property, including without limitation any park or trail or recreation
facility except where expressly authorized by law. Nothing in the
section prohibits the lawful transport of an all-terrain vehicle on
a licensed trailer or other safe carrier, or the manual transport
of an all-terrain vehicle onto or off of such carrier, so long as
the motor or engine of the all-terrain vehicle remains off at all
times.
(2) No person shall operate, park, stop, stand, place or maintain any
dirt bike or dune buggy on any public street or sidewalk or any public
property, including without limitation any park or trail or recreation
facility except where expressly authorized by law. Nothing in the
section prohibits the lawful transport of a dirt bike or dune buggy
on a licensed trailer or other safe carrier, or the manual transport
of a dirt bike or dune buggy onto or off of such carrier, so long
as the motor or engine of the dirt bike or dune buggy remains off
at all times.
(3) For purposes of this chapter, the term "all-terrain vehicle" or "ATV"
shall have the same meaning as used in Section 7702 of the Vehicle
Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 7702.
(4) For purposes of this chapter, the term "dirt bike" shall mean a motorcycle,
as defined in Section 102 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 102,
that is not licensed or registered, and does not meet the minimum
equipment requirements of Subchapter H of 67 Pa. Code Chapter 175
in Pennsylvania as a motorcycle, with tires and suspension designed
and built for riding on unpaved roads and over rough terrain.
(5) For purposes of this chapter, the term "dune buggy" shall mean a
low, wide-wheeled motor vehicle that is not licensed or registered,
and does not meet the minimum equipment requirements of Subchapter
E of 67 Pa. Code Chapter 175 in Pennsylvania, with tires and suspension
designed and built for riding on sand and over rough terrain.
(6) For the purposes of this chapter, the term "public property" shall
include real property owned by either Cheltenham Township or the Cheltenham
Township School District.
[Amended 3-21-1989 by Ord. No. 1686; 11-21-1995 by Ord. No.
1846-95; 7-18-2000 by Ord. No. 1965-00; 9-16-2008 by Ord. No.
2163-08; 12-15-2021 by Ord. No. 2432-21]
A. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by the
Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.) or except as herein
specified, any person or legal entity violating the provisions of
this chapter shall, upon summary conviction before a magisterial district
judge, pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, together
with the costs of suit, collectible in the manner provided by law
as well as court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by
the Township in the enforcement proceedings. Each violation after
notice of an offense or service of the summons shall constitute a
distinct and separate offense.
B. In addition to issuance of a citation for a summary offense(s), whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that an off-road vehicle has been operated on a highway with no valid registration, or for which the registration is suspended, or where the operator is unlicensed or if the operator’s operating privileges are suspended, revoked, cancelled, recalled or disqualified, the officer may immobilize the vehicle or, in the interest of public safety, direct that the vehicle be towed and stored in compliance with the provisions of §
285-35 of the Township Code entitled “Removal of vehicles from Township highways” and any and all established regulations and provisions of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, including but not limited to 75 Pa.C.S.A § 6309.2, which is incorporated by reference herein, as well as any regulations promulgated by the Township Manager or his designee which may include rules, guidelines and procedures to be followed by vehicle removal agencies in accordance with §
285-35.
C. In each case where a vehicle is parked in violation of this chapter, the Township official noting the violation shall place on such vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of the provisions of this chapter and instructing such owner or operator to report at police headquarters of the Township of Cheltenham in regard to such violation. Each such owner or operator may, within said five days of the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, pay at police headquarters as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of $20. The failure of such owner or operator to make such payment at police headquarters within said five days shall render such owner or operator subject to the penalties hereinabove provided for violation of the provisions of this chapter. In addition to issuance of a citation for a summary offense(s), whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that an off-road vehicle has been operated on a highway with no valid registration, or for which the registration is suspended, or where the operator is unlicensed or if the operator’s operating privileges are suspended, revoked, cancelled, recalled or disqualified, the officer may immobilize the vehicle or, in the interest of public safety, direct that the vehicle be towed and stored in compliance with the provisions of §
285-35 of the Township Code entitled “Removal of Vehicles from Township Highways” and any and all established regulations and provisions of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, including but not limited to 75 Pa.C.S.A § 6309.2, which is incorporated by reference herein, as well as any regulations promulgated by the Township Manager or his designee which may include rules, guidelines and procedures to be followed by vehicle removal agencies in accordance with §
285-35.