[Adopted 3-25-1975 (Ch. 117, Art. I, of the 1976 Borough Code)]
A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force
or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted, except where the context
clearly indicates a different meaning.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B.
The term "legal holidays," as used in this chapter, shall mean and
include: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents'
Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day, or days celebrated as such.
[Amended 5-7-2012 by Ord.
No. 2012-4]
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine
and the neuter.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as ordinances or parts of ordinances or as amendments to
ordinances of the Borough of Penndel.
A.
The Police Department 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 or to facilitate public works, or in the
conduct of parades, processions or public events, to restrict or prohibit
traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of not more than
72 hours.
B.
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
Borough of Penndel and Police Department in the same manner as permanent
regulations. Any person who shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor
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 regulations, 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 Borough of Penndel and the Police Department 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 such 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 operate or park a vehicle or tractor 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.
B.
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.
This chapter shall be enforced by the police officers of the
Borough of Penndel, who are hereby given authority to direct traffic
on the highways and intersections of the Borough in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter and the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.