A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in The Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania,
as now in force or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted, except
where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
B.
The term "legal holidays" as used in this chapter
shall mean and include: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas, or days celebrated
as such.
C.
In this chapter the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be enacted as ordinances or parts of ordinances or as
amendments to ordinances of the Borough of East Greenville.
A.
The Chief of Police shall have the following powers
to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
(1)
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
(2)
In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works,
or in the conduct of parades, processions or public events, to restrict
or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of
not more than 72 hours.
B.
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be
enforced by the Chief of Police and Police Department in the same
manner as permanent regulations. Any person who shall operate or park
a vehicle or tractor in violation of any such regulation, or who shall
move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any sign or marking erected,
posted or made to give notice of any such regulation, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty set forth in the law
or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation of such nature.
A.
The Chief of Police, or Borough Council by resolution,
may, from time to time, designate places upon and along the highways
in the Borough where, for a period of not more than 90 days, specific
traffic and/or parking regulations, prohibitions and restrictions
shall be in force and effect, and shall designate such locations by
proper signs and markings. Such regulations, prohibitions and restrictions
shall be effective just as if they had been specified in this chapter.
No person shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor in violation
of any such regulation, prohibition or restriction, and no person
shall move, remove, destroy or deface any sign or marking erected,
posted or made by authority of this section.
[Amended 1-7-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-01]
B.
The purpose of this section is to allow for the test
and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability
of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Borough relative to
traffic and parking.
[Amended 11-28-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-06]
This chapter shall be enforced by the police officers of the
Borough of East Greenville Police Department who are hereby given
authority to direct traffic on the highways and intersections of the
Borough in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This chapter shall also
be enforced by the Borough's Code Enforcement Officer.
