As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
All vehicular-type equipment, other than trucks, normally
used in various construction operations or building maintenance operations.
This term shall include but not be limited to bulldozers, backhoes,
tractors, front-end loaders, trailers designed to carry any construction
materials, tools or vehicles, and mobile compressor units.
TRAILERS
All vehicles designed to be pulled behind a motor-driven
vehicle and shall include but not be limited to boat trailers, boats
on trailers and all types of commercial freight trailers.
TRUCKS
All commercial or private vehicles ordinarily and commonly
referred to as "trucks" specifically including that type of vehicle
defined as a "tractor" or "truck-tractor" in Section 102 of the Vehicle
Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 102).
Trucks classified as panel trucks and pickup trucks, 3/4 ton or smaller,
are excluded from this definition and are not covered by the prohibitions
of this article.
It shall be unlawful to park any trucks, whether
or not connected to trailers, trailers not connected to motor vehicles,
and construction equipment on streets, sidewalks and all abutting
public rights-of-way owned by the Borough of Columbia. This prohibition
shall not apply to:
A. Trucks and/or trailers parked for four hours or less
during delivery, loading or unloading procedures.
B. Construction equipment in use or parked at a site
currently under construction, repair or demolition.
Any person or any officer of any firm, association
or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a District
Justice, be subject to a penalty as set forth in the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code. Each day's continuance of the offense shall constitute
a new offense.