A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except
for sections or articles to which different or additional definitions
apply, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code,
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq. (the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L.
162, No. 81), as amended, except that in this chapter the word "street"
may be used interchangeably with the word "highway" and shall have
the same meaning as the word "highway" as defined in the Vehicle Code.
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 Day.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be enacted as ordinances or as parts of ordinances or
as amendments to ordinances of the Municipality of Murrysville.
A.
The Council may, from time to time, designate places
upon and along the streets in the Municipality 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 those 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 drive or park a vehicle
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. Any person who
violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be
liable to the penalty set out in the law or elsewhere in this chapter
for a violation of such nature.
B.
The purpose of this section is to allow for test and
experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability of
permanent changes in the ordinances of the Municipality relative to
traffic and parking.
A.
The Council and, in the case of special events, the
Chief Administrator shall have authority to close any street or specific
part of a street to vehicular traffic and to place barriers or station
police officers at each end of the closed portion while construction
or maintenance work is underway or a special event is being conducted
on the closed portion. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
a vehicle upon any such closed portion.
B.
The Council shall have authority to establish a restricted
traffic area upon any street where construction or maintenance work
is underway and to station flagmen at each end of the restricted portion.
In the case of short-term construction, the Public Works Director
or Foreman may also have said authority, with Council approval. In
the case of long-term construction, the Municipal Engineer may have
said authority, with Council approval. It shall be unlawful for any
person to drive a vehicle upon any such restricted traffic area at
any time when the flagman is displaying a sign directing that vehicle
to stop or is signaling that vehicle, by a flag or other device, not
to proceed.
The police shall have authority to direct traffic
on the streets in the Municipality, at intersections in public and
in other places where the Vehicle Code or this chapter applies.