A.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
PEDALCYCLES
ROLLER SKATES, STREET SKATES
ROLLER VEHICLE
SCHOOL BUS
SCOOTER
SIDEWALKS IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT
SKATEBOARD
STREET
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,
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., except that, in this chapter,
the following terms are defined as follows:
A fire department vehicle, Police Department vehicle, blood-delivery
vehicle, armed forces emergency vehicle, a vehicle used for answering
emergency calls, or other vehicle designated by the Pennsylvania State
Police under § 6106 of the Vehicle Code (relating to the designation
of emergency vehicles by the Pennsylvania State Police).
[Added 7-9-2007 by Ord. No. 569]
Includes New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
A device propelled solely by human-powered pedals.
[Added 7-28-2003 by Ord. No. 526]
A device having multiple sets of wheels affixed to shoes
and used to glide over hard surfaces by an individual.
[Added 7-28-2003 by Ord. No. 526]
Any skateboard, street skates, roller skates, scooters and/or
big wheels.
A motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers,
exclusive of the driver, that is used for the transportation of school
children.
[Added 7-9-2007 by Ord. No. 569]
A vehicle consisting of a narrow board mounted on two wheels
tandem, and guided by a handle attached to the front wheel. The individual
stands with one foot on the board and pushes the device with the other
foot.
[Added 7-28-2003 by Ord. No. 526]
Any sidewalk along Main Street between Second and Fourth
Streets one block north or south of Main Street along all streets
intersecting with Main Street.
A device consisting of a flat surface constructed of wood,
metal, plastic, fiberglass or similar material with two or more wheels
affixed to the underside and which is used by a person for coasting
and guided by the distribution of weight of the user.
[Added 7-28-2003 by Ord. No. 526]
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.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
C.
Although the streets in the Borough of Denver run
generally in a northeast, southwest and a northwest-southeast direction,
for the purpose of this chapter, Main Street and the streets parallel
or generally parallel to Main Street shall be deemed to run in an
east-west direction; and the numbered streets and the streets and
alleys running parallel or generally parallel thereto shall be deemed
to run in a north-south 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 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
of Denver 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
of Denver relative to traffic and parking.
A.
The Borough Council 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.
B.
The Borough Council shall have authority to establish
a restricted traffic area upon any street where construction or maintenance
work is under way and to station flagpersons 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 flagperson is
displaying a sign directing that vehicle to stop, or is signaling
that vehicle, by a flag or other device, not to proceed.
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, 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.
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, 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.
D.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $600 and costs.
The police officers are hereby authorized to
direct traffic on the highways of the Borough of Denver and at intersections
thereof and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this chapter.
A.
The 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 Title 75,
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3368.
B.
This section authorizes the use of said devices upon
all highways within the Borough of Denver, be they Borough of Denver,
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. § 6101 et seq.
(1977) as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by
the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
