[Amended 5-21-2014 by Ord. No. 1187]
All changes, amendments and revisions promulgated by Borough
Council regarding traffic control, traffic flow, speed limits and
parking or other related vehicular and pedestrian movement shall be
carried out by simple resolution. No advertising shall be required,
but such amendments shall not take effect until such rules are publicly
posted at the affected sites.
The provisions of this chapter, so far as they are the same
as those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately before
the enactment of this chapter, are intended as a continuation of those
earlier ordinances and regulations, and not as new enactments. Nothing
in this chapter shall affect any act done or liability incurred or
any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted under any of those
repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.
The Borough Council may, from time to time by resolution, designate
places upon and along the highways in the Borough of West Mifflin
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 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. Any person who shall violate any provision
of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the
penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation
of such 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
not more than $25, together with costs of prosecution, provided that
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 of West Mifflin relative to traffic
and parking.
The police officers of the Borough of West Mifflin are hereby
authorized to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough of West
Mifflin and at intersections thereof and to otherwise enforce the
provisions of this chapter.
The Borough of West Mifflin Police Department is hereby authorized
to use all speed-timing devices for the determination of speed of
a motor vehicle as are approved or will be approved by the Department
of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance
with 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3368. This section authorizes the use
of said devices upon all highways within the Borough of West Mifflin,
be they Borough, county or state highways, and does also hereby elect
to exercise all powers granted to local authorities under the Vehicle
Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6101
et seq. (1977), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.