A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except for sections
or articles to which different or additional definitions apply, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq. (the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81), as amended,
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.
B.
The term "legal holidays," as used in this chapter, shall mean and
include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
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 the Municipality of Norristown.
A.
The Chief of Police 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 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.
These 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 shall move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any sign or marking
erected, posted or made to give notice of any such regulation 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 Municipal Council may, from time to time, designate places upon
and along the streets in the Municipality 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. Such 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 out in the law or elsewhere in this chapter for a
violation of such nature.
B.
The purpose of this section is to allow for test and experimental
determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes
in the ordinances of the Municipality relative to traffic and parking.
A.
The Municipal Administration shall have authority to close any street
or 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 vehicle upon any such closed portion.
B.
The Municipal Administration 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 the flagman is displaying
a sign directing that vehicle to stop or is signaling that vehicle,
by a flag or other device, not to proceed.
The police shall have authority to direct traffic on the streets
in the Municipality, at intersections in public and in other places
where the Vehicle Code or this chapter applies.