Bristol, PA Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Part 7 of Chapter 15 gives the Mayor the discretion to declare a snow and ice emergency to facilitate the movement of traffic and combat snow and ice hazards on the routes named in § 15-703. The Borough can announce the emergency, and its end, through radio, newspaper or other available media. Once an emergency is declared, § 15-702 makes it unlawful, at any time during its continuance, to park a motor vehicle or allow it to remain parked anywhere on a designated snow emergency route, and to drive any motor vehicle on such a route unless it is equipped with snow tires or chains. The ban is tied to a declared emergency; the section does not operate on other days.

The routes designated in § 15-703 are: Bath Road from Old Route 13 to the Bristol Township line; Beaver Dam Road from U.S. 13 to Old Route 13; Farragut Avenue from West Circle to the Bristol Township line; Green Lane from Radcliffe Street to the Bristol Township line; Jefferson Avenue from Garden Street to Beaver Dam Road; Mill Street from Bath Road to the southern terminus of Mill Street; Otter Street from Bath Road to the Bristol Township line; Pond Street from Beaver Dam Road to West Circle; Radcliffe Street from Mill Street to Green Lane; and Wilson Avenue from Pond Street to Green Lane. Several routes end at the Bristol Township line because Bristol Township is a separate municipality; this Part covers the Borough segments the table names.

A car left on a route is exposed to more than the fine. Under § 15-601, vehicles parked so as to interfere with traffic or pose a hazard to others can be towed under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, and Part 6 governs removal by approved storage garages designated by Borough Council. The reclamation fee under § 15-606 is $50 plus towing and storage costs. The snow rules sit alongside the daily parking rules in Part 4, including the street-sweeping windows posted under § 15-408.