Summit Hill Borough Council intends to adopt a new parking ordinance that defines winter parking regulations, prohibits parking of vehicles on streets adjacent to cemeteries and reduces speed limits on all streets to 25 mph.

The council agreed to advertise the ordinance for adoption next month.

Meanwhile, it has agreed to immediately enact a temporary ban on all non-cemetery related parking on White and Ludlow streets east of Elm Street for the next 30 days.

Numerous trailers and campers are parked on White and Ludlow streets east of Elm because they are essentially banned from parking in any residential areas. Some have been parked there throughout the winter months.

At last month’s council meeting, Michael Alabovitz said some people who attend funerals in Summit Hill - many of them elderly - “have to walk a distance because of all the campers, trailers and boats parked there.”

The ordinance states “it shall be unlawful for any person or entity to park ... on any street or alley in the borough, any vehicle bearing commercial plates” and vehicles such as limousines, motor homes, construction equipment, tractor-trailers, boats or snowmobiles.

The provision does not apply to emergency vehicles.

A provision allows for a vehicle to be temporarily parked for up to 24 hours to service a residential zone, such as moving trucks, or to load or unload a motor home or trailer.

The ordinance specifies a speed limit of 25 mph on all borough streets within residential and business districts.

The winter parking ordinance still mandates vehicles cannot be parked on the odd numbered sides of the streets between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. during any snow and ice storm during which there is an accumulation of three inches or more.

In addition to fines for violating this provision, vehicles can be towed at the expense of the owner.

Shoveling or plowing snow onto the streets by individuals is illegal “except as authorized by the Chief of Police or his designee.”

One section of the ordinance allows for the mayor to designate as “play highways” during which vehicles will be prohibited on them while sledding and coasting will be permitted.

Other provisions in the ordinance deal with inoperable vehicles and repair of vehicles.

It states, “No person shall park or leave on the streets, highways or public property of the borough any mechanically inoperable vehicle or vehicles without current registration plates.”

Also stated, “Repair or servicing of vehicles on streets, highways or public property of the borough shall be prohibited.”

It will be illegal to park unregistered or uninspected vehicles on public streets.