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, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq. (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, 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.
[Amended 7-12-2021 by Ord. No. 260]
A. 
The Board of Supervisors shall have the power to regulate traffic and parking regulations temporarily in the case of public events of limited scope or duration to restrict, prohibit, suspend, or restrict traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of not more than 72 hours.
B. 
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, the Township Manager, the Roadmaster, or the Police Chief shall have the following powers to temporarily regulate traffic and/or parking regulations as follows:
(1) 
In the case of a fire, flood, storm, or other emergency, to establish temporary traffic regulations and/or parking restrictions or prohibitions.
(2) 
In the case of public works projects, to prohibit, suspend, or restrict traffic regulations and/or parking regulations in the area of the project.
(3) 
In the case when a permit is issued under the regulations found in Chapter 152, § 152-31, Temporary occupancy of streets, to temporarily restrict or prohibit parking at the location for which the permit is issued.
C. 
When parking regulations are temporarily prohibited or suspended in accordance with this section, the Township shall post signs to delineate the area where parking is temporarily prohibited or regulations suspended.
D. 
When traffic is temporarily restricted or prohibited in accordance with this section, the Township shall provide barriers, signs, flaggers, police officers, or fire police to alert motorists of the restriction or prohibition.
E. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets where temporary traffic restrictions have been imposed in accordance with this § 170-3.
F. 
No person shall park a vehicle or allow the same to remain parked upon any of the streets or parts of streets where parking has been temporarily restricted or prohibited in accordance with the § 170-3.
G. 
Temporary and emergency regulations promulgated under this section shall be enforced by the police in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any person who drives or parks a vehicle 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 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. Such 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 such nature.
B. 
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.
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.
The police shall have authority to direct traffic on the streets in the Township, at intersections in public and in other places where the Vehicle Code or this chapter applies.