[Amended 8-26-1997 by Ord. No. 553]
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.
B. The term "legal holiday" 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.
D. Although the streets in the Borough of Manheim run generally in a
northeast–southwest and northwest–southeast direction,
for the purpose of this chapter, Main Street and the streets running
parallel or generally parallel to Main Street shall be deemed to run
in a north–south direction and High Street and the streets parallel
or generally parallel to High Street shall be deemed to run in an
east–west direction.
E. MOTOR CARRIER — A truck, truck tractor or combination having
a gross weight or registered gross weight in excess of 17,000 pounds,
as cited in Section 102 of the Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 102).
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as ordinances, as parts of ordinances, as amendments to
ordinances, or as amendments to this chapter, except where the law
specifically authorizes less formal action.
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repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.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 Manheim 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 Manheim relative to traffic and parking.
The police officers of the Borough of Manheim are hereby given
authority to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough of Manheim
and at intersections thereof.