A.
The Township of Millcreek hereby reserves all of those police powers
reserved to local authorities under 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(a)
to the extent the same have not been reserved under ordinances previously
enacted.
B.
The Township of Millcreek hereby reserves the powers to regulate
or prohibit stopping, standing or parking; regulation of traffic by
means of police officers; prohibiting or restricting use of highways
at particular places or by particular classes of vehicles whenever
the highway or portion of the highway may be seriously damaged by
the use or the movement of the vehicles would constitute a safety
hazard; regulating and temporarily prohibiting traffic on streets
closed or restricted for construction or maintenance or special events;
and adopting and enforcing such temporary or experimental regulations
as may be necessary to cover emergencies or special conditions.
C.
Powers reserved to Millcreek Township under this article shall be
exercised by the Board of Supervisors or its designees. Except in
emergency situations, powers under this article shall be exercised
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors at a public meeting. In
emergency situations not allowing for consideration by the Board of
Supervisors at a public meeting, the Chief of Police or his designee
shall have authority to exercise powers of administration and enforcement
under this article.
Reasonable exercise of police powers requires implementation
and enforcement of temporary or experimental traffic regulations as
to any road, street or highway situated within the physical boundaries
of Millcreek Township as may be necessary from time to time in response
to emergencies or special conditions existing or occurring within
the Township.
Designation of an area or location requiring implementation
of temporary or experimental regulations as may be deemed necessary
in response to emergency or special conditions provided for under
this article shall be implemented only after an appropriate engineering
and traffic investigation and recommendation by the Chief of Police
or his designee, who shall be responsible for determining the reasonable
need for such temporary or experimental regulations and implementation
of same. In emergency situations, an engineering and traffic investigation
shall not be required if the Chief of Police or his designee should
believe implementation of such regulations necessary in the circumstances.
In those areas where a specific traffic or parking control is
implemented, such regulation shall be effective only upon erection
of official traffic or parking control devices or signs giving notice
of this regulation in a manner consistent with the signage recommended
by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding "special
police regulation," and shall be erected upon or at the entrances
to the roadway or highway or affected part thereof as may be most
appropriate.
In the event temporary regulations have been imposed in emergency
circumstances, the Chief of Police shall promptly report the same
to the Board of Supervisors.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon summary conviction before a Magisterial District Judge,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $25 and costs of prosecution.
