[Amended 3-20-1990 by Ord. No. 856]
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), 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.
B. The term "legal holidays" as used in this chapter
shall mean and include: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all Wednesday
afternoons and Sundays.
C. In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
D. Although the streets in the Borough run generally
in a north-south and a west-east direction, for the purpose of this
chapter, Third Street and the streets running parallel or generally
parallel to Third Street shall be deemed to run in a north-south direction,
and Market Street and the streets parallel or generally parallel to
Market Street shall be deemed to run in an east-west direction.
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those repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.
The Borough Council may, from time to time by
resolution, designate places upon and along the highways in the Borough
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 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 Borough relative to traffic and parking.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 1014]
The police officers of the Buffalo Valley Regional
Police Department are hereby given authority to direct traffic on
the highways of the Borough and at intersections thereof.