JACOBUS, PENNSYLVANIA

• You are required to remove your vehicle from the street whenever a snow emergency is declared.  Snow emergencies are announced on your local tv and radio stations just like snow closings.  If you don't see or hear the announcement, please assume if a snow event is forecast for our local area calling for hazardous road conditions or any snow accumulation, a declaration of emergency is typically issued and you are required to keep your vehicles off of the street.  View the page titled "Snow Emerg. Declaration" for more information.
• Mark your property lines with reflective markers to help the winter maintenance crews identify the edge of the street.
• Occupants of residences & businesses, and property owners of vacant buildings, are required to clear paved sidewalks to a minimum width of 36" within 24 hrs. after the cessation of the precipitation.
• No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any snow or ice on or immediately next to a fire hydrant or upon any sidewalk, roadway or loading & unloading areas of a public transportation system.

Remember if you violate the Borough's local regulations it could cause you to be cited by our local law enforcement agency and/or subject you to appear before the District Matgistrate for a summary hearing, and if conviceted, subject you to fines and related costs.

NOTE:  Jacobus Borough's winter maintenance contract requires the contractor to plow curb to curb.  Many times this causes snow to be deposited back onto your sidewalk, but this is a normal part of the storm clean-up process and is essential to making our streets safe.  We thank and commend those of you who shovel in a timely manner and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.