A.
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),[1] as amended, 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.
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.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
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those repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.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 Chief of Police 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 $100 together with costs of prosecution.
The Township Board of Supervisors may, from
time to time by resolution, designate places upon and along the highways
in Warwick Township 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 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 $100 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 Warwick Township relative to traffic and parking.
A.
The Township Board of Supervisors 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 Township Board of Supervisors shall have authority
to establish a restricted traffic area upon any street where construction
or maintenance work is under way 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.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100 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 pursuant to Chapter 49 of the Warwick Township Code.
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 pursuant to Chapter 49 of the Warwick Township Code.
D.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and costs.
The police officers of Warwick Township are
hereby authorized to direct traffic on the highways of Warwick Township
and at intersections thereof and to otherwise enforce the provisions
of this chapter.
A.
The Warwick Township 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, Pa.C.S.A. § 3368.
B.
This section authorizes the use of said devices upon
all highways within Warwick Township, be they Township, 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. § 101 et seq. (1977) as hereafter
amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General Assembly
of Pennsylvania.
