SNOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SNOW IS HERE AND MORE IS ON ITS WAY
The weather is once again bringing us more snow and with it comes some uncertainty as to how severely our area will be impacted. We ask that everyone be prepared for a possible Snow Emergency to be enacted due to the road conditions and the amount of snow we receive. With the storm occurring Friday into Saturday, the Police Department asks that you please plan proactively and remove your vehicles from the Snow Emergency and Winter Warning Routes before the storm worsens. This planning will greatly help our Public Works Department as they work to keep the roadways open and our Emergency Services, (Police/Fire/EMS) to be able to respond to any and all emergencies.
If a Snow Emergency is declared, updated information will be released. Proactive planning will significantly help.
Please stay safe and limit all unnecessary travel.
As a reminder the Snow Emergency and Winter Warning Routes are below.
11-56 Limitation on parking.
(a) Snow Emergency. The mayor or other official designated by borough council may declare a snow and ice emergency (referred to as a "snow emergency"). A snow emergency is instituted when four inches or more of snow have accumulated, but it also may be instituted based on other weather conditions deemed to require the removal of vehicles from the roads for safe travel. The declaration of a snow emergency may be announced by posting at the borough municipal building; or by radio, newspaper, email, social media sites or other available media. The termination of a snow emergency may be announced in the same manner. After a snow emergency has been declared, no person shall park a motor vehicle or allow that vehicle to remain parked on any portion of a snow emergency route as set forth in section 11-56.1.
(b) Winter Warning. A winter warning shall be in effect when roads are covered with freezing rain, snow, sleet, hail, or ice. The mayor or other official designated by borough council may declare the start time for a winter warning in preparation for and in anticipation of those conditions. The declaration of a winter warning may be announced by posting at the borough municipal building; or by radio, newspaper, email, social media sites or other available media. The termination of a winter warning may be announced in the same manner. When a winter warning is in effect, no person shall park a motor vehicle or allow that vehicle to remain parked on any portion of a winter warning route as set forth in section 11-56.2.
( Ord. No. 922, § 1 , 10-19-2015; Ord. No. 927, § 1 , 4-4-2016)
11-56.1 Designation of snow emergency routes.
(a) Birch Street, north side;
(b) West Cedar Street, from Meredith Street to Union Street;
(c) Cypress Street, both sides, except permit parking zones;
(d) Meredith Street, west side, between State and Cedar Streets;
(e) Race Street, between East State Street and East Cypress Street;
(f) South Street, south side;
(g) State Street, both sides;
(h) Union Street, both sides;
(i) Walnut Street, east side;
(j) Linden Street, south side, from Broad Street to Willow Street;
(k) Broad Street, both sides, from State to Cypress Street
(l) North Willow Street, west side, between Linden Street and State Street;
(m) Ridge Avenue, south side;
(n) North Mill Road, from W. State Street to north Borough Line.
( Ord. No. 922, § 1 , 10-19-2015; Ord. No. 927, § 2 , 4-4-2016)
11-56.2 Designation of winter warning routes.
(a) East Linden Street, north side, from Broad Street to Willow Street;
(b) North Willow Street, east side, from East Linden Street to East State Street;
(c) South Walnut Street, east side, from East South Street to Southview Avenue.
( Ord. No. 922, § 1 , 10-19-2015)
