A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except
for sections or parts 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, as amended,[1] 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those repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.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 Township Manager, or his designee, 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 Board of Supervisors may, from time to time
by resolution, designate places upon and along the highways in the
Township of White 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 $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 Township of White 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.
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 following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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 Township Secretary, 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 Township Secretary, 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 the 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 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 $25 and costs.