UPDATE: Snow Emergency Ends In Teaneck

TEANECK, NJ — The snow plow emergency has ended in Teaneck as of 12:45 p.m., local police announced.

"Its time, dig out/remove your vehicle from the municipal parking lots, so they can be cleaned," the department said.

"Hourly limits/ meter fees in municipal parking lots are only waived until 24 hours after snow stopped."

During a snow emergency in the township, residents needed to remove their vehicles from the road, or face fines or a towed car.

"Due to the snow event, all residents should have made preparations yesterday to remove all vehicles from Township Roadways as per Snow Ordinance 36-10.1. An Official Plow was declared earlier this morning by our DPW which now subjects all vehicles parked in non-exempt parking areas to ticketing and/or towing as per the Ordinance," officials said.

However, residents are allowed to use municipal lots for parking.

"As a reminder, Municipal Lots may be utilized by residents during the storm. All hourly limits and meter fees in municipal parking lots in the Township were waived at 6pm yesterday and will continue until 24 hours after snow has ceased to fall," officials said.

All municipal buildings opened with a two-hour delay on Friday morning for all non-essential employees, but police, fire and DPW remained on-duty.

Teaneck Public Schools officials closed schools and district buildings on Friday, but will open one of the middle schools for scheduled COVID-19 testing.