A.Â
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.Â
The term "legal holidays," as used in this chapter,
shall mean and include: New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial
Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day
and Christmas, or days celebrated as such.
C.Â
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.
A.Â
The Township Manager and the Police Department are hereby authorized to recommend to the Board of Commissioners the adoption or amendment of regulations which shall appear in the schedules contained in Article IV of this chapter. Such regulations or amendments thereto shall require the approval of the Board of Commissioners by motion at a regular meeting, prior to going into effect.
B.Â
Pursuant to Section 11.5 of the Fire Prevention Code,
as amended by Section 3 of Ordinance No. 536[1] and Section 1 of Ordinance No. 491[2] of the Township of Springfield, the Fire Marshal may establish no-parking or fire safety zones, subject to approval of the Board of Commissioners. These zones shall be in the locations specified in Schedule XIII (§ 107-36) attached to this chapter.
The Police Department shall have the owner to
regulate traffic and the parking of vehicles during emergencies or
temporarily during periods when the Township Manager and the Police
Department determine that temporary, excessive and/or unusual circumstances
may create traffic congestion. Such regulations shall be enforced
by the Police Department, which shall designate such regulations by
posting proper signs and markings.
The Township Manager and the Police Department
may, from time to time, designate places upon and along the highways
in the Township 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 as 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. 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
relative to traffic and parking. The violation of any experimental
regulation shall be punishable by the same penalty as provided for
similar permanent regulations in this chapter.
This chapter shall be enforced by the police
officers of the Township of Springfield, who are hereby given authority
to direct traffic on the highways and intersections of the Township
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the laws of
the State of Pennsylvania.
All former traffic ordinances of the Township
of Springfield are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall
not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person
for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby
repealed prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
[Amended 10-12-1977 by Ord. No. 666; 6-12-1985 by Ord. No.
732; 7-12-2023 by Ord. No. 974]
A.Â
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced
to pay a fine which shall be as follows:
|
Sections Applicable to
|
Fine
| |
|---|---|---|
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$35
|
Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit
by more than 5 miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per
mile for each mile in excess of 5 miles per hour over the maximum
speed limit
| |
|
$25
| ||
|
$75 for each 500 pounds or part thereof in excess
of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable weight
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|
$500
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$25
|
Vehicles weighing in excess of 10,001 pounds
shall pay an additional $25 for each violation
| |
|
$25
|
Vehicles weighing in excess of 10,001 pounds
shall pay an additional $25 for each violation
|
B.Â
Any person who shall violate any provision of Article III, Parking Regulations, shall, upon summary conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine and costs of prosecution and/or imprisonment for not more than five days. It shall be the duty of the police officers of the Township of Springfield to ticket all violators of any provisions of Article III by placing on the windshield of the vehicle a citation indicating the section violated, the license number of the vehicle involved in such violation, the location where such violation took place, the time of such violation and any other facts that might be necessary in order to secure a clear understanding of the circumstances attending such violation. The ticket shall contain instructions to the owner or operator of such vehicle that if he shall report to the office of the Chief of Police and pay, for the use of the Township, the fine within five days after the time of such notice, the same shall save such violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine and costs hereinabove prescribed.[1]
