Words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, being Act No. 81 of June 17, 1976, (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.), as now in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted, except in those instances where the context indicates a different meaning. Whenever any time is mentioned in this chapter, it shall be construed as Eastern standard time or Eastern daylight-savings the case may be, depending upon which standard of time is generally used in the Borough at the time.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall be enacted as ordinances or as parts of ordinances or as amendments to ordinances of the Borough.
A. 
The Mayor shall have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in times of emergency:
(1) 
In the case of fire, flood, storm, or other emergency, to establish temporary traffic and parking regulations; and
(2) 
In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works or in the case of parades or processions or other public events, to restrict or prohibit parking or traffic in limited areas for periods of not more than 72 hours.
B. 
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Mayor and the police of the Borough in the same manner as permanent regulations. No person shall operate a vehicle in violation of any such regulation or move, remove, destroy, injure, or deface any sign erected or posted to give notice of any such regulation.
A. 
Council may, from time to time, designate places upon the streets and alleys in the Borough in which, for a period of not more than three months, specified traffic and 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 violate any such regulation, prohibition, or restriction or move, remove, injure, destroy, or deface any sign or marking erected or made by the authority of this section.
B. 
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 regulating traffic and parking.
The police officers of the Borough are hereby given authority to direct traffic on the Borough's highways and at intersections.
The operator of any motor vehicle involved in an accident in the Borough and required by law to report such accident to any department or agency of the commonwealth, or any other person required to make such a report, shall, at the time of making such report to the commonwealth, make a written report to the police department of the Borough, containing the same information.
Any person charged with a violation of any provision of this chapter for which payment of a prescribed fine may be made may pay such sum in the manner prescribed on the issued traffic ticket. Such payment shall be deemed a plea of guilty, waiver of court appearance, and acknowledgment of conviction of the alleged offense, and may be accepted in full satisfaction of the prescribed penalty for such alleged violation. Payment of the prescribed fine need not be accepted when laws prescribe that a certain number of such offenses shall require a court appearance.