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those repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.
[Amended 4-18-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
A. The Mayor, Police Chief, or other designated Borough official shall
have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily
and in time of emergency:
(1) In the case of fire, flood, storm, disaster declaration, or other
such emergency, to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations;
and
(2) 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, unless circumstances
require an extension of such a period related thereto.
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
259 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 as determined by the Borough Council through the Borough Fee Schedule.
[Amended 4-18-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
The Borough Council may, from time to time by resolution, designate
places upon and along the streets and highways in the Borough of New
Hope 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 as determined by the Borough Council through
the Borough Fee Schedule; 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 New Hope relative to traffic and parking.
[Amended 4-18-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
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 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. The Borough Council 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. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be required to pay a fine as determined by the Borough
Council through the Borough Fee Schedule.
[Amended 4-18-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
A. For the purpose of this section, the words "assemblage" and "procession"
shall have the following meanings:
ASSEMBLAGE
A gathering of people without vehicles which interferes with
the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any street.
PROCESSION
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 Borough Council, which shall be issued
without fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least 45
days 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 Borough Council, 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 45 days 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. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be required to pay a fine as determined by the Borough
Council through the Borough Fee Schedule.
The police officers of the Borough of New Hope
are hereby given authority to direct traffic on the highways of the
Borough of New Hope and at intersections thereof.