[Amended 10-26-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4]
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]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
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 this purpose.
A.
The Emergency Management Director shall have the following
powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily in the Borough
of New Freedom, and in the time of emergency he shall coordinate such
actions with the Police Department on duty at the time.
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 $35 and costs.
Council may, from time to time, designate places
upon and along the highways 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. Those 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 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 $35 and costs. Provided, the 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 highway 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 flagman 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 $35 and costs.
