A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code (the Act of
1976 P.L. 162 No. 81, as amended)[1], 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.
B.
The word "holiday," as used in this chapter, shall
mean and include: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.
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 this Borough, except where the law
specifically authorizes less formal action for the purpose.
A.
The Mayor 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; 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.
Those 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, or who moves, removes, destroys, injures or
defaces any sign or marking erected, posted or made to give notice
of any such regulation shall be guilty of a violation, and upon conviction,
shall be liable to the penalty set forth 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 forth in the law or elsewhere
in this chapter, to a fine of $25 and costs.
Council may, from time to time, designate places
upon and along the streets in the Borough 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. These 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 forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation
of the nature and, in case of a violation where no specific penalty
is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter, to a fine of
$25 and costs. Provided, that purpose of this section is to allow
for the test and experimental determination of the feasibility and
desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Borough
relative to traffic and parking.
A.
Council shall have authority to close any highway
or any 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 motor vehicle upon any such closed portion.
B.
Council 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 a flagman is displaying
a sign directing that vehicle to stop, or is signaling that vehicle,
by a flag or other device, not to proceed.
C.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
The police officers of the Borough are given
authority to direct traffic on the streets in the Borough and at intersections
of those streets, in public parks and in other places where the Vehicle
Code or this chapter applies. Note: Section 3101 of the Vehicle Code[1] makes it unlawful for any person wilfully to fail or refuse
to comply with any lawful order or directions of any uniformed police
officer, sheriff or constable or any appropriately attired person
authorized to direct, control or regulate traffic.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101.
A.
In accordance with Section 3368(c)(1) of the Vehicle
Code,[1] the rate of speed of any vehicle upon any street in the
Borough may be timed by a police officer using a mechanical or electrical
speed-timing device, of a type approved by the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation, and Borough police officers are authorized to use
the Excessive Speed Preventor (ESP) or Visual Average Speed Computer
and Recorder (VASCAR) to assist them in enforcing the speed limits
on the highways, streets, roads and alleys in the Borough, in addition
to any other methods permitted by law for ascertaining the speed of
vehicles.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3368(c)(1).
B.
Any person convicted of driving a vehicle at a speed
in excess of that permitted by law or by this chapter, following timing
of the speed by use of a mechanical and/or electrical speed-timing
device authorized by this section, shall be subject to the penalty
prescribed by law or elsewhere in this chapter.
