[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Independence as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-5-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Article I, Traffic Regulations, adopted 12-8-1976 by Ord. No.
6-76.
No person shall park a vehicle at anytime or
during the posted times upon any of the streets, roads, highways,
or parts thereof described in Schedule I, attached hereto and incorporated
herein as part of this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule I is on file in the
Township offices.
The Supervisors shall establish locations of
handicapped parking spaces within the Township as listed on Schedule
II, attached hereto and incorporated herein as part of this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule II is on file in the
Township offices.
The Supervisors shall establish locations of
stop intersections at intersections of Township roads and at intersections
of Township roads with state roads, as listed on Schedule III, attached
hereto and incorporated herein as part of this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule III is on file in
the Township offices.
The Supervisors shall establish locations of
yield intersections at intersections of Township roads and at intersections
of Township roads with state roads, as listed on Schedule IV, attached
hereto and incorporated herein as part of this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule IV is on file in the
Township offices.
The Supervisors shall establish certain roads
and highways, or portions thereof, located within the Township as
one-way streets. The streets, roads and highways designated as one-way
are listed on Schedule V, attached hereto and incorporated herein
as part of this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule V is on file in the
Township offices.
[Added 3-10-2021 by Ord.
No. 1-2021][1]
The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets
or parts thereof listed on Schedule VI,[2] attached and incorporated herein, is hereby established
at the rate of 25 miles per hour under the authority of Pennsylvania
Act 151 of 1998.[3] It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle
at a higher rate of speed for that street or any part thereof.
A.
Any person that violates § 189-1, No parking and limited parking zones, shall pay a fine of $10. Any person failing to pay the ten-dollar fine for violation of § 189-1, No parking and limited parking zones, of this article shall be cited in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code and shall, upon conviction, be fined in accordance with the penalties provided under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.
B.
Any person that violates § 189-2, Handicapped/disabled parking, shall pay a fine of $25. Any person failing to pay the twenty-five-dollar fine for violation of § 189-2, Handicapped/disabled parking, of this article shall be cited in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code and, upon conviction, shall be fined in accordance with the penalties provided under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
C.
This section shall not act as a prohibition upon the
Police from towing and storing any vehicle at the owner's cost and
expense upon a determination that the vehicle is causing or is likely
to cause the existence of a hazardous condition upon Township or private
rights-of way.
E.
Any violation
of this article shall be punishable as set forth in the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
[Added 3-10-2021 by Ord.
No. 1-2021]
[Adopted 12-4-2002 by Ord. No. 5-2002]
In accordance with the authority granted to
the Township pursuant to § 4902(b) of the Pennsylvania Motor
Vehicle Code,[1] the Township does hereby establish a ten-ton weight limit
upon all Township roads and bridges.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(b).
The appropriate Township employees are hereby
authorized to erect upon Township roads and bridges the appropriate
weight restriction signs in accordance with § 4902(e) of
the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
Any person operating a vehicle upon a Township
highway or bridge in violation of the prohibition or restriction set
forth herein is, upon conviction, guilty of a summary offense, and
shall upon conviction be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$25 and not more than $100 in accordance with the authority granted
pursuant to § 4902(b) of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle
Code.
This article is enacted pursuant to § 2204
of the Second Class Township Code.
