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. 
Specific definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated.
BUS
A motor vehicle designed to transport 11 or more passengers, including the driver.
DUMPSTER
A large container one square yard in size or greater used for temporary storage of trash, waste, debris or construction residue.
LOCAL TRAFFIC
Emergency vehicles and school buses, defined hereinafter, vehicles and combinations of governmental entities and utilities where their contractors are engaged in construction or maintenance on a posted highway or in a location which can be reached only via a posted highway, and vehicles and combinations going to or coming from a residence or farm located on a posted highway or which can be reached only via a posted highway.
[Added 1-13-2015 by Ord. No. 367]
MOBILE (CONSTRUCTION) EQUIPMENT
Vehicles not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property, except for tools and parts necessary for the use and maintenance of the vehicle, and only incidentally operated or moved over the roads. This term includes, but is not limited to, backhoes, graders, loaders, pavers, scrapers, power shovels, rollers, etc.
MOTOR HOME
A motor vehicle designed or adapted for use as a mobile dwelling or office.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Loyalsock, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
TRAILER
A vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle including travel trailers, campers, boat trailers and utility trailers.
TRUCK
A motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
TRUCK TRACTOR
A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle on the load so drawn.
VEHICLE CODE
The Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81, effective July 1, 1977, as amended.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
C. 
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.
D. 
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 or as parts of ordinances or as amendments to ordinances of the Township of Loyalsock.
A. 
The Codes Enforcement Office, Building Official, and any other appointed by the Loyalsock Township Board of Supervisors 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.
(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 Codes Enforcement Office, Building Official and any other appointed by the Loyalsock Township Board of Supervisors 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 or its designees 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.