Lower Providence |
Code of Ordinances |
Part II. General Legislation |
Chapter 138. Vehicles and Traffic |
Article IV. Snow and Ice Emergencies |
§ 138-27. Definitions.
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Whenever any of the following words are used in this article, they shall have the respective meanings as follows:
- CHAINS
- Full chains, strap chains or other types of chains mounted on the rear wheels (or the front wheels of a front wheel drive) of a motorized vehicle.
- EMERGENCY COORDINATOR
- Any Township employee designated from time to time by the Township Manager as the Emergency Coordinator.
- SNOW
- Any precipitation depositing any accumulation of snow, sleet, hail, ice or freezing rain on the streets of the Township.
- SNOW EMERGENCY
- A state of highway conditions that are hazardous and dangerous to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and so declared by the Emergency Coordinator.
- SNOW TIRES
- Tires having treads designed for use in snow, which tires must be in such condition as to serve the purpose for which they are designed.
- VEHICLES
- All self-propelled motorized vehicles using Township streets and highways, including taxicabs, but excluding other public transportation conveyances.