[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of East Hempfield 6-7-1978 by Ord. No. 83; amended
in its entirety 10-17-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-05. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-4-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-10]
There is hereby created a Traffic Commission which shall consist
of three members of the Board of Supervisors who shall be appointed
annually by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.
All words used in this chapter which are defined by the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code, Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, as the same has and
may hereafter be amended, shall have the meaning and be defined in
accordance with the definitions contained in said Vehicle Code.
The Traffic Commission shall have the duty, power and authority,
in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
with other provisions of this chapter, to regulate the flow and speed
of traffic and the parking of vehicles on the highways and streets
of the Township or to adopt regulations to that end. Without limiting
the authority hereby given, the Traffic Commission is also specifically
authorized:
A.
Turning. To prohibit or regulate the turning of vehicles at intersections
which it designates.
B.
Through streets and stop or yield signs. To designate streets as
through streets and to protect the entrances thereto with stop signs
or yield right-of-way signs.
C.
Bus stops. To establish public bus stops for loading and unloading
public bus passengers at the curb.
D.
No-parking zones. To establish no-parking zones.
E.
Restricted-parking zones. To establish restricted-parking zones.
F.
Prohibited parking. To prohibit parking on the sides of streets which
it designates.
G.
Miscellaneous parking provisions. To provide certain miscellaneous
parking regulations.
H.
Traffic lanes. To establish traffic lanes at street intersections
in which vehicles shall move in accordance with the direction indicated
by such lanes when signs are placed giving legal notice thereof.
I.
One-way streets. To designate certain streets for one-way traffic
and to indicate the required direction of traffic thereon.
J.
Speed. To establish maximum and/or minimum speed limits on streets
which it designates after conducting an engineering and traffic investigation
when and in such manner as required by regulations promulgated by
the Department of Transportation in accordance with laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania; provided, however, that no maximum speed greater
than 55 miles per hour shall be so established.
K.
Restricted vehicles. To prohibit or restrict the use of highways,
streets and bridges at specified places by specified classes of vehicles
whenever the Traffic Commission determines that such portions of the
highways or streets may be seriously damaged by the use or movement
of the specified classes of vehicles or the movement of such classes
of vehicles would constitute a safety hazard.
L.
No-passing zones. To designate no-passing zones on specified portions
of highways and streets.
M.
Enforcement. To designate the hours of the day and the days of the
year when each of the regulations promulgated by the Traffic Commission
shall be in full force and effect.
N.
Traffic control devices. To order the installation, maintenance and
operation of permanent signs, lights and other traffic control devices
after obtaining any approval of the Department of Transportation required
by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and after conducting
any traffic and engineering investigation when and in such manner
as required by regulations promulgated by the Department of Transportation.
O.
Establishing snow emergency routes. To prohibit and/or regulate the
parking or maintenance of motor vehicles in designated snow emergency
routes during or after the fall of snow.
All regulations adopted by the Traffic Commission shall be reported
at the meeting of the Board of Supervisors next following the adoption
of such regulations by the Traffic Commission and shall become effective
without action by the Board of Supervisors upon the day following
the meeting at which such regulations are reported unless the Board
of Supervisors shall, by motion, suspend or revoke the said regulation.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any regulation adopted
by the Traffic Commission or any ordinance adopted by the Board of
Supervisors relating to vehicular traffic shall pay a fine in the
amount set forth below, plus any necessary cost of prosecution.
A.
When the regulation or ordinance violated is one for which there
is a specific penalty provided in the Vehicle Code, Act of June 17,
1976, P.L. 162, Act No. 81, as amended, or any later Act of Assembly
which supersedes said act, the fine shall be as set forth in the Act.
B.
When the regulation or ordinance violated is designated a parking
regulation, the fine shall be as established from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
