[Amended 12-23-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-7]
A.Â
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,[1] 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.
B.Â
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 Day.
C.Â
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
D.Â
The term "collector street," as used in this chapter,
shall mean a street that runs between two artery streets.
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those repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.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.Â
The Mayor, or his designee, shall have the following
powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in time of
emergency:
(1)Â
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations; and
(2)Â
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.Â
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 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.
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 that
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.
[Amended 12-28-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-12]
A.Â
The Mayor, or his designee, 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 underway
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.
B.Â
The Mayor, or his designee, shall have authority to
establish a restricted traffic area upon any street where construction
or maintenance work is underway 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.
C.Â
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
D.Â
The Borough Manager, upon resolution by the Borough
Council, shall have the authority to regulate vehicular traffic in
a manner deemed appropriate during construction work on either the
street or on adjacent properties. Such regulation may include but
is not limited to closing of the streets, rerouting of traffic, stationing
of flag persons or other appropriate forms of traffic control or regulation.
The Borough Council shall approve, by resolution, such plan for traffic
regulation or control prior to its implementation.
A.Â
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.Â
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 Chief of Police, 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.
C.Â
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 Chief of Police, 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 underway, 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.
D.Â
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
The police officers of the Borough are hereby
authorized to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough and at
intersections thereof and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this
chapter.
A.Â
The Borough Police Department is hereby authorized
to use all 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.
B.Â
This section authorizes the use of said devices upon
all highways within the Borough, be they Borough, county or state
highways, and the Borough 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. § 6101 et seq. (1977), as
hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General
Assembly of Pennsylvania.