[Ord. 1224-99, 5/10/1999, § 1]
This Part shall be known as the "Gettysburg Borough Engine Brake
Retarder Ordinance."
[Ord. 1224-99, 5/10/1999, § 2]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Gettysburg, Adams County,
Pennsylvania, finds as a fact that the operation of engine brake retarder
on a gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle not equipped
with exhaust mufflers or equipped with defective or modified exhaust
mufflers, so as to create excessive noise through the use of said
engine brake retarder, adversely affects the public health, safety
and welfare of the residents of the Borough of Gettysburg and, therefore,
is a nuisance in fact.
[Ord. 1224-99, 5/10/1999, § 3]
No gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle shall be
operated on SR 0030 (State Route 30), SR 3001 (Business Route 15),
SR 0116 (State Route 116) and SR 0034 (State Route 34) within the
Borough, utilizing, in said operation, an engine brake retarder, without
exhaust mufflers or with defective or modified exhaust mufflers permitting
excessive noise to be created by said motor vehicle through the use
of engine brake retarder.
[Ord. 1224-99, 5/10/1999, § 4]
This Part shall not apply to emergency driving situations requiring
the utilization of an engine retarder to protect the safety and property
of the residents of Gettysburg Borough, other motor vehicle operators,
pedestrians and the operator and passengers of the motor vehicle involved
in said emergency situation.
[Ord. 1224-99, 5/10/1999, § 5]
Signs shall be erected within the Borough limits advising motor
vehicle operators of the prohibition of the use of engine brake retarders
consistent with this Part.
[Ord. 1224-99, 5/10/1999, § 6; as amended by Ord.
1236-99, 12/13/1999, § 1]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part shall, upon summary conviction before a District Magistrate/District
Justice having jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more
than $1,000 and costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment
thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period not
to exceed 10 days.