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 (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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B.
Although the highways in the Borough do not run generally in strict
conformity with the cardinal points of the compass, for the purpose
of this chapter, Route 202 and highways running parallel or generally
parallel to it shall be deemed to run in an east-west direction, and
Tamenend Avenue and the highways running parallel or generally parallel
to it shall be deemed to run in a north-south direction.
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 Borough of New Britain, except where the law
specifically authorizes less formal action.
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.
These temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
Mayor and the Central Bucks Regional Police Department in the same
manner as permanent regulations. Any person who drives or parks a
vehicle in violation of any such regulation shall be guilty of a violation
and, upon conviction, shall be liable to the penalty set out 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 out 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. 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 out 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 out in the law or elsewhere in this chapter,
to a fine of $25 and costs. 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 Borough relative to
traffic and parking.
A.
Council 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.
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 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.
C.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
ASSEMBLAGE
PROCESSION
For the purpose of this section, the words "assemblage" and "procession"
shall have the following meanings:
A gathering of people without vehicles which interferes with
the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any street.
A group of individuals, vehicles, animals and/or objects
moving along a street in a way that interferes with the normal movement
of traffic. A procession shall not include a funeral caravan or military
convoy.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or participate in any
assemblage unless the person organizing or conducting the assemblage
first obtains a permit from the Mayor, which shall be issued without
fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least one week in
advance of the day on which the assemblage is proposed to be held,
but in any case where a state-designated highway is proposed to be
used application shall be made at least three weeks in advance of
the proposed date. The permit shall state the place where and the
date when the assemblage is to be held, the hour when the assemblage
may convene and the hour by which it shall have been completely dispersed.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or to participate in any
assemblage unless the permit has been granted or at any time or place
other than that authorized by the permit.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or participate in any
procession unless the person organizing or conducting the procession
first obtains a permit from the Mayor, which shall be issued without
fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least two weeks in
advance of the day when the procession is proposed to be held, but
in any case where a state-designated highway is proposed to be used
application shall be made at least three weeks in advance of the proposed
date. The permit shall specify the date on which the procession is
to be held, the route to be followed by the procession, the hour when
and place where participants may commence to assemble and form before
the procession is under way, the time when the procession may commence
to move along its route, and the time by which the end of the procession
shall have reached the end of the route of the procession and the
procession shall have been disbanded. It shall be unlawful for any
person to hold or to participate in any procession unless the permit
shall have been granted or under any conditions as to time or route
or otherwise than those stated in the permit.
D.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
The police officers and other authorized persons of the Borough
shall have authority to direct traffic on the streets in the Borough,
at intersections in public and in other places where the Vehicle Code
or this chapter applies.