Lower Paxton, PA Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Article VII of Chapter 196 of the Lower Paxton Township Code, added in 1994, governs snow emergencies. Section 196-28 gives the Manager of the Township, or a designated representative, the power to declare an emergency whenever streets or highways, or parts of them, are covered by snow or ice that in the Manager's discretion causes or will cause serious traffic congestion. The declaration is called a snow emergency. An editor's note in the code points to Schedule V, Snow Emergency Routes.

Section 196-29 keeps the Board of Supervisors' and the Manager's other powers intact: the article does not restrict their authority to establish temporary or emergency traffic regulations in accordance with the Motor Vehicle Code. The text of Article VII itself does not print a parking prohibition, so the routes in Schedule V and any temporary regulation adopted under § 196-29 are where on-street restrictions would be found.

Section 196-30 applies in every winter, declared emergency or not. While clearing snow from sidewalks, driveways or other areas, no firm, person or corporation can place, throw or block snow, ice, slush or other matter onto or in a public street, alley or other publicly maintained property. A declared emergency also changes the sidewalk clock: the 24-hour deadline in § 196-31 tolls for as long as the snow emergency lasts.

Section 196-32 covers alleys. During a declared snow emergency, or after six inches of snow has accumulated on the ground, the Township can in its sole discretion plow and spread antiskid materials on certain alleys and other nonpublic thoroughfares listed in Attachment A, which is on file in the Township offices. Private fire lanes carry their own winter duty under § 196-23(D): they must be cleared of snow, ice and other matter at the owner's expense within 24 hours after snow has ceased falling.