A.Â
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
(the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81),[1] 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.
B.Â
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.Â
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
D.Â
Although the streets in the Township of Swatara run
generally in a northeast-southwest and a northwest-southeast direction,
for the purpose of this chapter, Eisenhower Boulevard and the streets
running parallel or generally parallel to Eisenhower Boulevard shall
be deemed to run in a north-south direction, and Derry Street and
the streets parallel or generally parallel to Derry Street shall be
deemed to run in an east-west direction.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be enacted as ordinances, as parts of ordinances, as
amendments to ordinances, or as amendments to this chapter, except
where the law specifically authorizes less formal action.
The provisions of this chapter, so far as they
are the same as those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately
before the enactment of this chapter, are intended as a continuation
of those earlier ordinances and regulations, and not as new enactments.
Nothing in this chapter shall affect any act done or liability incurred,
or any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted under any of
those repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.
A.Â
The Chief of Police shall have the following powers
to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
(1)Â
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations; and
(2)Â
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.Â
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be
enforced by the 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 regulations, 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
subject to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter
for a violation of such nature, and, in case of a violation for which
no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter,
to a fine of not more than $25, together with costs of prosecution.
The Board of Commissioners may, from time to
time by resolution, designate places upon and along the highways in
the Township of Swatara where, for a period of not more than 180 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 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. Any person who shall
violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this
chapter for a violation of such nature, and in case of a violation
for which no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere
in this chapter, to a fine of not more than $25, together with costs
of prosecution; provided, 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 Township
of Swatara relative to traffic and parking.
[Amended 6-10-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-4]
A.Â
The Board of Commissioners 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 under way
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.
Street
|
Between
|
Days
|
Hours
|
Special Event
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clearfield Street
|
66th Street and 65th Street
|
Mon. to Fri.
|
8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 4:00
p.m.
|
School session
|
B.Â
The Board of Commissioners shall have authority to
establish a restricted traffic area upon any street where construction
or maintenance work is under way and to station flagmen at each end
of the restricted portion. 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.
C.Â
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.Â
ASSEMBLAGE
PROCESSION
For the purpose of this section, the words "assemblage"
and "procession" shall have the following meanings:
A gathering of people without vehicles, which interferes
with the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any street.
A group of individuals, vehicles, animals and/or objects
moving along a street in a way that interferes with the normal movement
of traffic. A procession shall not include a funeral caravan or military
convoy.
B.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or participate
in any assemblage unless the person organizing or conducting the assemblage
first obtains a permit from the Chief of Police or his designee, which
shall be issued without fee. Application for the permit shall be made
at least one week in advance of the day on which the assemblage is
proposed to be held, but in any case where a state-designated highway
is proposed to be used, application shall be made at least three weeks
in advance of the proposed date. The granting of such permit shall
be at the sole discretion of the Chief of Police or Township Manager,
who shall determine whether such assemblage shall constitute an unwarranted
interruption of the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic. The
permit shall state the place where and the date when the assemblage
is to be held, the hour when the assemblage may convene and the hour
by which it shall have been completely dispersed. It shall be unlawful
for any person to hold or to participate in any assemblage unless
the permit has been granted, or at any time or place other than that
authorized by the permit.
[Amended 2-3-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-2]
C.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or participate
in any procession unless the person organizing or conducting the procession
first obtains a permit from the Chief of Police or his designee, which
shall be issued without fee. Application for the permit shall be made
at least two weeks in advance of the day when the procession is proposed
to be held, but in any case where a state-designated highway is proposed
to be used, application shall be made at least three weeks in advance
of the proposed date. The permit shall specify the date on which the
procession is to be held, the route to be followed by the procession,
the hour when and place where participants may commence to assemble
and form before the procession is under way, the time when the procession
may commence to move along its route, and the time by which the end
of the procession shall have reached the end of the route of the procession
and the procession shall have been disbanded. It shall be unlawful
for any person to hold or to participate in any procession unless
the permit shall have been granted, or under any conditions as to
time or route or otherwise than those stated in the permit.
D.Â
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
The police officers of the Township of Swatara
are hereby given authority to direct traffic on the highways of the
Township of Swatara and at intersections thereof.
A.Â
The Township
of Swatara Police Department is hereby authorized to use all speed-timing
devices for the determination of speed of a motor vehicle as are approved
or will be approved by the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in accordance with 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3368.
This section authorizes the use of said devices upon all highways
within the Township of Swatara, be they Township of Swatara, county
or state highways, and does also hereby elect to exercise all powers
granted to "local authorities" under the Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6101 et seq. (1977), as
hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General
Assembly of Pennsylvania.
B.Â
Speed bumps
shall be erected at the following locations:
[Added 1-16-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-1]
Street
|
Location
| |
---|---|---|
Apple Alley
|
Between North 40th Street and Oakleigh Avenue
| |
Pear Alley
|
Between North 40th Street and Oakleigh Avenue
|