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Township of Upper Merion, PA
Montgomery County
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No individual, group or organization, whether for profit or nonprofit, may solicit contributions or business from any roadway or within the right-of-way of any roadway.
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Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs.
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No individual, group or organization may use voice or mechanical sound amplification equipment for any purpose from a vehicle without a special permit issued by the Chief of Police for temporary use on a special occasion.
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Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on a sled upon any sidewalk in the Township or upon any roadway; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a sled, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in roller-skating, or skateboarding or to ride upon or propel any other coaster or toy vehicle upon any street or any sidewalk located in a public right-of-way or in an area open to the public, except that nothing in this subsection shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a coaster or other toy vehicle, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.
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Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs.
The unnecessary sounding of horns or other signal devices, the use of muffler cutouts and excessive engine smoke on Township streets is hereby prohibited.
In case of fire or other emergency, no vehicle other than authorized vehicles may approach within two blocks of the emergency scene. For the purposes of this chapter, "authorized vehicle" shall mean Fire Department vehicles or personnel, Police Department vehicles or personnel, ambulance vehicles or personnel or any other personnel summoned to the scene or routinely assigned for the express purpose of assisting in the resolution of the existing emergency.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or to park a pedalcycle on the sidewalk in a business district.
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No person shall deface, damage, move, obstruct, destroy, change the working of or alter or otherwise interfere with any official traffic equipment or traffic and/or parking ticket placed on any vehicle. For the purposes of this chapter, "traffic equipment" shall be construed as any traffic lights and related apparatus, traffic signs and/or poles, traffic counters and attached accessories, barricades, barrels, lighted signs, flares, artificial lighting equipment, cones and other warning and danger signals and devices.
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Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as set forth in Article III, General Penalty Provisions, of Chapter 1, General Provisions.
It shall be unlawful for any motorist to cut through private property to avoid any traffic control device. For the purposes of this chapter, "device" shall mean any traffic signal, stop sign, yield sign, any turn-prohibiting signs or a traffic control officer.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or to allow to remain parked any vehicle on a sidewalk.