[Ord. 364, 10/4/1966, § 198-1]
1. Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 101 et seq., as now in force or as hereafter amended,
enacted and reenacted, except where the context clearly indicates
a different meaning.
2. 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 or days celebrated as such.
3. 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.
[Ord. 364, 10/4/1966, § 198-2]
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as ordinances, as parts of ordinances, as amendments to
ordinances or, where specifically allowed, by resolutions of the Borough
of Huntingdon.
[Ord. 364, 10/4/1966, § 198-3]
1. The Mayor shall have the following powers to regulate traffic and
parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
A. In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish
temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
B. 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.
2. 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 regulation 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 liable to
the penalty set forth in the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq., or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation of such nature.
[Ord. 364, 10/4/1966, § 198-4]
1. The Borough Council may, from time to time, 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 just 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.
2. 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.
[Ord. 364, 10/4/1966, § 198-5]
This chapter shall be enforced by the police officers of the
Borough of Huntingdon, who are hereby given authority to direct traffic
on the highways and intersections of the Borough in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter and the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 364, 10/4/1966, § 198-6; as amended by Ord.
858, 3/17/2009]
The Mayor and the Maintenance Committee shall have the power
and authority to establish, change and abolish and to designate by
appropriate markings and/or signs, crosswalks, safety zones, traffic
lanes and parking spaces.