[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.