All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be enacted as ordinances or as parts of ordinances or
as amendments to ordinances of the Township of Maidencreek, except
where the law specifically authorizes less formal action.
[Amended 4-13-2023 by Ord. No. 254]
A. The Chief of Police shall have the following powers to regulate traffic
and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
(1) In case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish temporary
traffic and/or parking regulations; and
(2) In the case of emergency public works or public events of limited
scope or duration, to restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking
in limited areas for periods of not more than 72 hours.
B. These temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any
person who drives or parks a vehicle in violation of any such regulation
shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction, shall be liable
to the penalty set out in the law or elsewhere in this chapter for
a violation of that nature, and in case of a violation for which no
specific penalty is set out in the law or elsewhere in this chapter,
to a fine of $25 and costs.
The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time,
designate places upon and along the streets 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 those locations by proper signs and markings.
Those regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective
just as if they had been specified in this chapter. No person shall
drive or park a vehicle 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 violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be liable to the penalty set out in the law or elsewhere
in this chapter for a violation of that nature, and, in case of a
violation for which no specific penalty is set out in the law or elsewhere
in this chapter, to a fine of $25 and costs. Provided: the purpose
of this section is to allow for test and experimental determination
of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances
of the Township relative to traffic and parking.
[Amended 6-10-2010 by Ord. No. 225]
[Amended 4-13-2023 by Ord. No. 254]
The police officers for the Norther Berks Regional Police Department
shall have authority to direct traffic on the streets in the Township,
at intersections in public and in places where the Vehicle Code or this chapter applies.