A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except
for articles to which different or additional definitions apply, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania
(75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.), as now in force or as hereafter
amended, enacted or reenacted, except where the context clearly indicates
a different meaning. 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.
B.
The term "legal holidays," as used in this chapter,
shall mean and include the following: New Year's Day, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, or
days celebrated as such.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural;
the plural shall include the singular; and the masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be enacted as ordinances or parts of ordinances or as
amendments to ordinances of the Township of Willistown.
A.
The Board of Supervisors 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.
(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 Board of Supervisors and 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 regulation 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 liable to the penalty set forth in the
law or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation of such nature.
A.
The Board of Supervisors and the Police Department
may, from time to time, designate places upon and along the highways
in the 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 just 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.
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 township relative to
traffic and parking.
A.
The 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 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.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Chief
of Police and the police officers of the Township of Willistown, who
are hereby given authority to direct traffic on the highways and intersections
of the township in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
