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Editor's Note: At the time of the revision
of July 21, 1998, the spelling of "St. Catherine Street" changed to
"St. Catharine Street," at the request of the Borough. All prior enactments
adopted as "St. Catherine Street." However, for purposes of historical
accuracy the Borough has requested the spelling be changed to "St.
Catharine Street."
[Amended 3-20-1990 by Ord. No. 856]
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
(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, Good Friday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all Wednesday
afternoons and Sundays.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
D.
Although the streets in the Borough run generally
in a north-south and a west-east direction, for the purpose of this
chapter, Third Street and the streets running parallel or generally
parallel to Third Street shall be deemed to run in a north-south direction,
and Market Street and the streets parallel or generally parallel to
Market 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those repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.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.
The Mayor 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; and
(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 Buffalo Valley Regional 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.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
The Borough Council may, from time to time by
resolution, 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 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 Borough relative to traffic and parking.
A.
The Borough Manager or Police Chief of the Buffalo
Valley Regional Police Department 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.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
B.
The Borough Manager or Police Chief of the Buffalo
Valley Regional Police Department 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.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
C.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
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.
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 Mayor, Police Chief of the Buffalo
Valley Regional Police Department, Manager or other designated employee
of the Borough 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
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 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
C.
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 Mayor, Police Chief of the Buffalo
Valley Regional Police Department, Manager or other designated employee
of the Borough 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.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
D.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
The police officers of the Buffalo Valley Regional
Police Department are hereby given authority to direct traffic on
the highways of the Borough and at intersections thereof.
A.
The Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department is hereby
authorized to use all mechanical or electrical 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.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
B.
This section authorizes the use of said devices upon
all highways within the Borough, be they Borough, 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. § 101 et seq. (1977), as hereafter
amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General Assembly
of Pennsylvania.