[Adopted 10-30-1979 by Ord. No. 79-5]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED DEVICE
A paging device which, by the use of a tone signal, notifies
its user to communicate with a particular person or office; a scanning
device by which the user is able to listen to police, fire, or other
emergency communication broadcasts but which is not equipped to receive
commercial broadcasts; a two-way radio which is not equipped to receive
commercial broadcasts but by which the user can transmit and receive
verbal communications.
AUTHORIZED PERSON
A vehicle operator or service supervisor; a policeman; a
fireman; a paramedic or other deliverer of emergency medical services;
a civil defense worker; a physician or registered nurse licensed to
practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; an officer or employee
of the United States, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or of a
political subdivision of the Commonwealth; any other person so designated
in writing by the Director of the Delaware County Department of Emergency
Services.
PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLE
Any vehicle (including, but not limited, to rolling stock)
owned, operated, used, or controlled by the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
No person shall operate or use any radio, tape
recorder, tape player, or other noise receiving or noise producing
device or devices on any public transit vehicle within the County
of Delaware, except in connection with an earplug or earphones which
will prevent the noise from reaching other persons in the public transit
vehicle.
The prohibitions of this article shall not apply
to any authorized person so long as:
A. Such authorized person is using an authorized device
in the course of his official duties or of his profession; and
B. Such authorized person is carrying with him documents
or other papers reasonably sufficient to identify him as an authorized
person.
Any person violating the provisions of this
article shall, upon summary conviction before a Magisterial District
Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $10 and not more
than $500 and costs of prosecution, and in default of the payments
thereof, shall undergo imprisonment in the County Jail for not more
than 30 days.
Upon the effective date of this article, the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) shall forthwith
post signs in all public transit vehicles setting forth the prohibitions,
fines, and penalties as provided for in this article.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
in any local municipality within the County of Delaware which has
an ordinance similarly prohibiting the operation of radios, tape recorders,
tape players, and other noise receiving and noise producing devices
on public transit vehicles within said municipality and imposing penalties
for violations of said ordinance.