The Chief of Police, subject to the approval of the Mayor, shall
have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily
and in times of emergency:
A.
In the case of fire, flood, storm, strikes, unlawful assemblies,
protest marches, riots or other incidents causing or expected to cause
disruption to normal traffic, the Chief of Police may establish temporary
traffic and/or parking regulations as, in his judgment, are necessary
to alleviate the situation.
B.
In the case of the conduct of processions of any nature and of public
events, the Chief of Police may establish temporary traffic and/or
parking regulations in limited areas for periods not to exceed 24
hours.
C.
In the case of public works or improvement projects or construction
or similar activity along or adjacent to a street, the Chief of Police
may restrict or prohibit parking and/or traffic along the street or
streets involved, in order to facilitate said public works improvement
project or construction work and to promote the safety of the traveling
public, for a period not to exceed the duration of the project.
D.
The foregoing temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced
by the Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations
mandated by this chapter or any other ordinance of the Borough and
may include the erection of lamps, warning signs and barricades. Any
person who shall operate a motor vehicle or park the same in violation
of the regulations so established by the Chief of Police or who shall
willfully or maliciously destroy, move, remove, deface, obliterate
or cover up any lamp, warning sign or barricade shall be guilty of
a violation of this article and subject to the penalties hereinafter
provided.
The Borough Council from time to time may, by motion, designate
places upon the streets and highways of the Borough on which, for
a period of not more than three months, specified traffic or parking
regulations, prohibitions or restrictions shall be in force and effect
and, in such case, shall designate such locations by proper signs
and markings. Such regulations shall have as full force and effect
as if provided for by this chapter or any other ordinance of the Borough.
No person shall violate any such regulation, prohibition or restriction
or shall remove, injure, destroy or deface any sign or marking erected
under this section; provided, however, that if by the expiration of
three months from the date of passage of such motion, the Borough
Council has not enacted an ordinance authorizing said regulations,
prohibitions or restrictions as permanent, then and in such event
the authority to enforce said regulations, prohibitions or restrictions
and to maintain any signs erected pursuant thereto shall cease, and
such signs or markings erected or placed pursuant thereto shall be
forthwith removed without further direction of the Council.
