[HISTORY: Adopted by the County Council of the County of Delaware as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Smoking on public transportation — See Ch. 173, Art. I.
[Adopted 10-30-1979 by Ord. No. 79-5]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED DEVICE
A paging device which, by the use of a tone signal, notifies its user to communicate with a particular person or office; a scanning device by which the user is able to listen to police, fire, or other emergency communication broadcasts but which is not equipped to receive commercial broadcasts; a two-way radio which is not equipped to receive commercial broadcasts but by which the user can transmit and receive verbal communications.
AUTHORIZED PERSON
A vehicle operator or service supervisor; a policeman; a fireman; a paramedic or other deliverer of emergency medical services; a civil defense worker; a physician or registered nurse licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; an officer or employee of the United States, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or of a political subdivision of the Commonwealth; any other person so designated in writing by the Director of the Delaware County Department of Emergency Services.[1]
PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLE
Any vehicle (including, but not limited, to rolling stock) owned, operated, used, or controlled by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall operate or use any radio, tape recorder, tape player, or other noise receiving or noise producing device or devices on any public transit vehicle within the County of Delaware, except in connection with an earplug or earphones which will prevent the noise from reaching other persons in the public transit vehicle.
The prohibitions of this article shall not apply to any authorized person so long as:
A. 
Such authorized person is using an authorized device in the course of his official duties or of his profession; and
B. 
Such authorized person is carrying with him documents or other papers reasonably sufficient to identify him as an authorized person.
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon summary conviction before a Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $10 and not more than $500 and costs of prosecution, and in default of the payments thereof, shall undergo imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than 30 days.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Upon the effective date of this article, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) shall forthwith post signs in all public transit vehicles setting forth the prohibitions, fines, and penalties as provided for in this article.
The provisions of this article shall not apply in any local municipality within the County of Delaware which has an ordinance similarly prohibiting the operation of radios, tape recorders, tape players, and other noise receiving and noise producing devices on public transit vehicles within said municipality and imposing penalties for violations of said ordinance.