Winter storm warnings have been issued for our region starting early Sunday into Monday, with significant snow expected on Sunday, February 22nd. Hopewell Borough’s Department of Public Works and the Mercer County DOT will be working actively in the Borough throughout the storm on our streets. It is essential that cars be removed from snow covered roads to allow them to do their work. Snow emergency parking is available at Borough Hall and the train station – but parking is otherwise prohibited on all Borough Roads when snow covered and will be enforced, along with applicable snow clearing requirements.
All water, sewer or other public works emergencies should be reported through Hopewell Township Police dispatch by calling 609-737-3100. All power outages should be reported to PSE&G by texting OUT to 4PSEG (47734), their website at pseg.com/myaccount, or calling PSE&G at 1-800-436-PSEG (7734). Visit PSE&G’s Outage Map for the latest outage updates, restoration times and crew locations across New Jersey at pseg.com/outagecenter.
Additional information about parking during snow events and Borough requirements to shovel and remove ice can be found below. As always, stay safe and special thanks to our town’s Public Works Department and their counterparts at Mercer County for their hard work during snow storms – additional updates will be posted to Borough social media and website. If you are not already receiving emergency notifications from the County, or emails from the Borough, please sign up here.
§ 7-3.7Parking Prohibited on Snow Covered Streets.
a. Whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation is such that it covers the street or roadway, an emergency shall exist and no vehicle shall be parked on any street or roadway or portion thereof. Such parking prohibitions shall remain in effect after the snow has ceased and until the streets have been plowed sufficiently and to the extent that parking will not interfere with the normal flow of traffic or impede the passage of ambulance, fire or other emergency vehicles.
During this period of parking prohibition, vehicles may park in any municipal parking yard including those behind borough hall and at the railroad station.
b. Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this subsection shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper clearing and removal of snow and regulation of traffic. Any police officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.
§ 3-5.1Snow or Ice. Owners, occupants or tenants of any property fronting on any street in the borough shall remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks of such street to the curb or pavement edge or, in the event of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impracticable, shall cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand, ashes or other material to provide traction, within 12 hours of daylight after the snow has fallen or the ice has formed. Sidewalks shall be cleared to a width of three feet or the entire width of the sidewalk, whichever is less.No owner, occupant or tenant of any premises abutting on any street or sidewalk shall throw, place or deposit any snow or ice accumulated on private property into or upon any such street or sidewalk in the borough.
