[Adopted 5-17-1999 by Ord. No. 9-1999]
This article shall be known as the “Borough
of Mount Pocono Snow Emergency Parking Ordinance.”
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A snow emergency shall be declared by the Borough of Mount
Pocono or its designee.
Snow emergency routes shall be all streets in the Borough
of Mount Pocono.
Any member of the Pocono Mountain Regional Police
Department or other employee of the Borough of Mount Pocono engaged
in road work shall be authorized to remove any vehicle abandoned or
parked upon any public highway or street in violation of the terms
and provisions of this article and to take any said vehicle to an
area designated by the Borough. The registered owner of any 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/she
may obtain the same upon payment of any and all towing and storage
charges.
Any person willfully violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon summary conviction before a District Justice,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 and not more than
$300 and the costs of prosecution. Such fines shall be collected as
like fines are now collected by law, and in default, shall undergo
imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.
