A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except for sections
or parts 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.
The term "holidays," as used in this chapter, shall mean and include:
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr., Day, President's Day, Good
Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans
Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve.
[Amended 7-21-2014 by Ord. No. 1847]
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, 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repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.
A.
The City Manager 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 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.
The City
Manager of the City of Warren, or his designee, shall be authorized
to establish temporary parking restrictions for a period of up to
six months. Temporary parking restrictions may be renewed by authority
of the City Manager, or his designee, for not more than two successive
terms. No additional successive terms may be issued without approval
by a majority vote of Warren City Council.
[Added 2-18-2013 by Ord.
No. 1825]
C.
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
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 regulations, 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 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.
The City Council may, from time to time by resolution, designate
places upon and along the highways in the City of Warren 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 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 City relative to traffic and parking.
A.
The City Manager 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 underway 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 City Manager shall have authority to establish a restricted traffic
area upon any street where construction or maintenance work is underway
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 City Manager or designee, 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.[1]
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 City Manager or designee, 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 underway, 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.[2]
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 of the City of Warren are hereby authorized
to direct traffic on the highways of the City and at intersections
thereof and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this chapter.
A.
The City of Warren 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 Title 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 3368.
B.
This section authorizes the use of said devices upon all highways
within the City of Warren, be they city, 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.
