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Chapter 145
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
ARTICLE X -- Snow Emergencies

GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and Sidewalks -- See Ch. 133.
Peace and good order -- See Ch. 111.

[HISTORY: Added 12-6-1978 by Ord. No. 1843 Editor's Note: Although adopted prior to final adoption of this Ch. 145, this amendment is included herein pursuant to § 145-3C.]

§ 145-61. Declaration of emergency; notice.

1. A snow emergency due to the actual or anticipated accumulation of snow of a depth of three inches or more upon the public streets of the Township shall exist when so declared by the Township Manager or his duly authorized representative. Anticipated accumulations shall be based upon information supplied by the National Weather Service. An aforesaid snow emergency shall cease to exist as a result of the removal of the aforesaid accumulation of snow from the public streets of the Township when so declared by the Township Manager or his duly authorized representative; provided, however, that in the event that a snow emergency is declared between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., then all parking restrictions provided for hereafter shall not become effective until 8:00 a.m. [Amended 3-20-1996 by Ord. No. 3418]

2. Immediate notice of the existence of a snow emergency and of the end of a snow emergency shall be given to the public by the Township Manager or his duly authorized representative by means of appropriate announcements through available media sources.

§ 145-62. Snow emergency routes; restrictions.

1. No person, firm or corporation shall park a motor vehicle or allow a motor vehicle to remain parked on either side of a snow emergency route during a snow emergency.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to obstruct or impede traffic on any street designated as a snow emergency route during a snow emergency by reason of his failure to have the vehicle operated by him equipped with snow tires or chains.

3. The designated portions of the following public streets are hereby declared to be snow emergency routes:

Street Name	From	To
Airdale Road	Montgomery Avenue	Lancaster Avenue
Anderson Avenue	Lancaster Avenue	Montgomery Avenue
Ardmore Avenue	Lancaster Avenue	County Line Road
Argyle Road	Lancaster Avenue	Haverford Road
Ashland Avenue	Mary Waters Ford Road	Jefferson Street
Bala Avenue	City Avenue	Montgomery Avenue
Belmont Avenue	City Avenue	Expressway
Bowman Avenue	Merion Road	Remington Road
Bryn Mawr Avenue [Added 8-1-1979 by Ord. No. 1875]	Montgomery Avenue	City Avenue
Bryn Mawr Avenue [Added 8-1-1979 by Ord. No. 1875]	Morris Avenue	County Line Road
Church Road	Lancaster Avenue	Montgomery Avenue
Cloverhill Road	Lancaster Avenue	Morris Road
Conshohocken State Road	City Avenue	Borough of West Conshohocken
County Line Road	Airdale Road	Spring Mill Road
County Line Road	Ardmore Avenue	West Wynnewood Road
Hagys Ford Road	Old Gulph Road	Hollow Road
Harriton Road	Morris Avenue	Old Gulph Road
Haverford Road	County Line Road	City Avenue
Haverford Station Road	Montgomery Avenue	Old Railroad Avenue
Hollow Road	Conshohocken State Road	Expressway
North Ithan Avenue	County Line Road	Morris Avenue
Lancaster Avenue	Airdale Road	City Avenue
Levering Mill Road	Belmont Avenue	Manayunk Road
Lindsey Avenue	Old Lancaster Road	County Line Road
Manoa Road	Haverford Road	Crosshill Road
Mary Waters Ford Road	Conshohocken State Road	Ashland Avenue
Matsons Ford Road [Added 8-1-1979 by Ord. No. 1875]	County Line Road	Borough of West Conshohocken
Meeting House Lane	Manayunk Road	Montgomery Avenue
Merion Avenue [Added 8-1-1979 by Ord. No. 1875]	Montgomery Avenue	Lancaster Avenue
Mill Creek Road	Montgomery Avenue	Old Gulph Road
Montgomery Avenue	Matsons Ford Road	Bala Avenue
Morris Avenue	Lancaster Avenue	Spring Mill Road
Morris Road	Lancaster Avenue	Haverford Road
Old Gulph Road	Harriton Road	Matsons Ford Road
Old Gulph Road	Montgomery Avenue	Williamson Road
Old Lancaster Road	County Line Road	Lancaster Avenue
Old Lancaster Road	Montgomery Avenue	City Avenue
Old Railroad Avenue	Lancaster Avenue	Haverford Township Line
Overbrook Parkway	Haverford Road	City Avenue
Presidential Boulevard	Monument Road	City Avenue
Remington Road	Bowman Avenue	Haverford Road
Roberts Road	Old Gulph Road	Lancaster Avenue
Spring Mill Road	County Line Road	Conshohocken State Road
St Asaphs Road	Conshohocken State Road	Monument Road
Williamson Road	Youngs Ford Road	Morris Avenue
Winding Way	Montgomery Avenue	Merion Road
Woodbine Avenue	Montgomery Avenue	Mary Waters Ford Road
East Wynnewood Road	Lancaster Avenue	City Avenue
West Wynnewood Road	Lancaster Avenue	County Line Road
Youngs Ford Road	Williamson Road	Conshohocken State Road

 

4. Official signs designating snow emergency routes will be of a permanent nature and will be located at least at the beginning and end of each snow emergency route and with no greater distance between such signs than 1/4 mile.

§ 145-63. Parking prohibited on certain sides.

Editor's Note: Former § 145-63, Parking prohibited on both sides, was repealed 8-1-1979 by Ord. No. 1875, which also provided for the renumbering of former §§ 145-64 through 145-68 as §§ 145-63 through 145-67, respectively.

1. On the following public streets, no person, firm or corporation shall park a motor vehicle or allow a motor vehicle to remain parked upon the side of such street as indicated below or in the circular part of any cul-de-sac during a snow emergency:

Penn Wynne Area	Side	From	To
Arbordale Road	East	Haverford Road	Garden Road
Garden Road	North	Overbrook Road	Yarmouth Road
Garden Road	East	Yarmouth Road	Haverford Road
Haverford Area	Side	From	To
Barrett Avenue	East and South	Lancaster Avenue	Old Lancaster Road
Bryn Mawr Area	Side	From	To
Wayside Road	West	Pennsylvania Avenue	County Line Road
Penn Valley Area	Side	From	To
Schiller Avenue	South	Brookhurst Avenue	Woodbine Avenue
Cynwyd Area	Side	From	To
Llanfair Road	South	Pembroke Road	Kent Road

 

2. Official signs of a permanent nature will be posted along the above-mentioned sides of such streets so as to give reasonable notice of such restriction, bearing the legend NO PARKING THIS SIDE DURING SNOW EMERGENCY.

§ 145-64. Violations.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to leave any motor vehicle parked, stalled, incapable of moving under its own power or unattended upon any public street in the Township in violation of this article, and any such motor vehicle may be removed and/or impounded by the Township.

§ 145-65. Removal and impoundment.

1. Vehicles parked in violation of this article shall be removed by a person authorized to perform such removal, at the direction of the Lower Merion Police Department, to a nearby garage or other nearby place of safety.

2. When a motor vehicle has been removed and impounded as aforesaid, the Lower Merion Police Department shall immediately attempt to verbally notify the owner of such vehicle of its removal and impoundment. Such notice shall indicate the place from which the vehicle was removed, the reason for the vehicle's removal and the location of the vehicle's impoundment. A written notice of the aforesaid facts shall be mailed by certified mail to the registered owner of the vehicle within 12 hours after the time of the vehicle's removal.

3. To reclaim a motor vehicle so towed and impounded, the owner of the vehicle must pay to the person, firm or corporation which towed and impounded the motor vehicle the costs of towing and storage. [Amended 5-19-1982 by Ord. No. 2000]

4. No vehicle shall be removed and impounded under this article if, at the time of such intended removal, the owner or person in charge of such vehicle is present and expresses a willingness and intention to remove such vehicle.

§ 145-66. Violations and penalties. [Amended 3-20-1996 by Ord. No. 3418]

Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates any provision of this article shall be subject to a fine or penalty of $50, plus court costs.

§ 145-67. Effect of provisions on prior actions.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court, any rights acquired or liability incurred or any cause or causes of action existing prior to the adoption of this article, nor shall any just or legal right, remedy or restriction of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.

§ § 145-68. (Reserved)