The Director of the Department of Public Safety
is hereby authorized to establish traffic regulations not heretofore
provided by ordinance and also to change traffic regulations that
may have been previously provided for by ordinance, for a trial period
not to exceed 90 days, subject to the following conditions:
A.
That, prior to the trial period, a written communication
shall be sent by the Mayor to notify Council of such proposed regulations
and of the reasons therefor.
B.
That such trial period shall begin upon the posting
of signs or other appropriate notice to the public.
C.
That if an ordinance embodying such regulation or
any part thereof fails to be enacted by Council, such regulation or
any part thereof shall, at the end of the trial period of 90 days,
cease to be effective.
A.
No operator of any vehicle shall obstruct, intercept
or break through any moving funeral procession in the streets of the
City, except upon signal of a police officer or in cases where a space
of 40 feet or more intervenes between the vehicles forming the procession
at the point of interception or breaking through. This section shall
not apply to the operators of ambulances or fire or police apparatus.
B.
It shall be the duty of every undertaker, funeral
director or other person conducting or having charge of a funeral
to conduct the same by the most direct route to its place of destination
while passing through the present or future fire districts of the
City in order that congestion of traffic within the fire districts
may not be unnecessarily increased.
A.
The driver of a vehicle entering upon a street or
highway from a private road or drive shall come to a full stop immediately
before crossing the sidewalk or crosswalk and shall yield the right-of-way
to any approaching vehicle.
B.
The driver of any motor vehicle entering a street
or highway from any alley, court, lane, place or building shall come
to a full stop immediately before crossing the sidewalk or crosswalk,
shall give an audible signal before proceeding and shall yield the
right-of-way to any approaching vehicle.
Where the traffic lanes or limit lines have
been marked upon any street or highway, the lane nearest the curb
shall be used by commercial motor vehicles and slow-moving traffic.
Lanes nearest the center of the street or highway shall be used by
other vehicles, and no driver of a vehicle shall cross from one lane
to the other, except where such lane is obstructed and then only by
first giving the proper signal of intention to turn and observing
to see that the change of course may be made safely. No such change
of course shall be made where any other vehicle is approaching so
closely from the rear as to require the checking of the speed of such
approaching vehicle.
A.
No vehicle shall be backed upon the street or highway
out of any public or private driveway, lane, court, alley or place
or around a corner at an intersection of streets or highways until
it is first ascertained that it can be done with safety to persons
and property. No vehicle shall be backed without first giving an unmistakable
warning signal to pedestrians and approaching vehicles.
B.
In no case shall a vehicle be backed more than a distance
of 60 feet.
The driver of any motor vehicle shall comply
with any signal or warning given by any police officer, traffic signal,
sign marker, light or device or signal warning given by the drivers
of other vehicles.
The display of a red light upon any traffic
signal means stop and a green light means proceed. No movement or
turn shall be made where a red light is displayed except under the
direction of a police officer or where signs are posted indicating
that turns or other movement may be made.
A.
No driver or any operator of any vehicle shall, before
entering a through highway, fail to come to a complete stop within
a reasonable distance before entering the intersection on such through
highway, when an official stop sign or signs have been erected.
B.
No driver or operator of any vehicle shall, before
entering a stop intersection, fail to come to a full stop within a
reasonable distance before entering the intersection, when an official
stop sign or signs have been erected.
The driver of any vehicle passing a safety zone
must proceed with caution and yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian.
A.
No person shall operate a vehicle of any kind on the
public streets or highways of the City recklessly or at a rate of
speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to the
width, traffic and use of the street or highway, or so as to endanger
property or the life and limb of any person.
B.
Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less
than $10 nor more than $25 and, in default of payment thereof, may
be imprisoned not more than five days.
A.
Where any street or public highway crosses any railroad
at-grade it shall be unlawful to obstruct or block such street or
public highway by the stationing or operation of railroad locomotives,
cars or other equipment for a longer period than three minutes continuously
at any one time.
[Amended 6-30-2016 by Ord. No. 42-2016]
Whoever violates any of the non-parking related provisions of this Chapter 439 shall be fined not more than $50 and, in default of payment thereof, may be imprisoned for not more than 10 days, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by state law. Fines for parking violations are contained in § 439-26.
[Added by Ord. No. 25-1985]
A.
The use of earphones and headphones by joggers, bicyclists
and operators of motorized or self-propelled vehicles is prohibited
while said persons are using the municipal streets, roadways and thoroughfares
in the City.
B.
Joggers or other persons using earphones and headphones
while traveling or using the sidewalks in the City are required to
remove said devices prior to leaving the sidewalks to cross the street
or roadways.
C.
If any of the provisions of this section or the application
of such provision shall be in conflict with the Motor Vehicle Laws
of the State of Pennsylvania,[1] such conflict or invalidity of said provision shall not
affect other provisions of this section.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. et seq.
D.
Any person who shall violate a provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $25 or
by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five days. A separate offense
shall be deemed committed on each day or on which a violation occurs
or continues.
[Added by Ord. No. 157-1991]
A.
The Uniform System Manual of Official Traffic Devices
known as 67 Pennsylvania Code, Subchapter K (67 Pa. Code § 211.1131
to and including § 211.1214), part of PennDot Publication
68, be in pertinent part as specified above, and is hereby adopted
for use by the City or other authorized persons on public streets
and roadways within the City.
B.
Any person or firm desiring to place any markings
or paint on the public streets or roadways within the City shall make
a request, in writing, to the Director of Public Safety stating the
proposed work and why it is necessary, the locations of said markings
and whether the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation concurs
if a state highway is used. The Director of Public Safety, after consultation
with the Director of Public Works and the City Engineer, shall authorize
or disapprove the request, in writing, after investigation; no request
shall be granted for state highways without the consent of the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation.
C.
Any person, firm or corporation who, without the permission
of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for a state highway
or the City for a municipal street, roadway, court or alley within
the City shall place markings on pavement or place markings on pavements
which do not conform with those prescribed by the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation in Subchapter K, Title 67 Pennsylvania Code, 67
Pa. Code § 211.1131 through § 211.1214, inclusive,
is guilty of a summary offense, punishable by a fine not to exceed
$300 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both such fine or imprisonment,
plus costs. Each day that the violation continues shall be deemed
a separate offense. Each location, if not at the same intersection
shall constitute a separate offense.
D.
The Bureau of Traffic Maintenance is hereby authorized
to mark pavements in accordance with the aforesaid Pennsylvania Code
on any municipal streets, roadways, alleys or courts without further
permission in performance of official business. The City reserves
the right to make emergency markings as permitted by said Subchapter
K, of the Pennsylvania Code or by Chapter 211 generally in the event
of emergency.
