[Ord. 532, 9/10/2008]
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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, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., 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.
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The term "legal holidays," as used in this chapter, shall mean and include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
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In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
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Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this subsection:
BUILDING
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and designed or intended for the shelter, support, enclosure or protection of persons, animals or chattels.
HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. The term includes a roadway open to the use of the public for vehicular travel on grounds of a college or university or public or private school or public or historic park.
MOTOR VEHICLE
A vehicle which is self-propelled solely by human power or by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
PERSON
An individual, corporation, partnership or other entity.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or attached to something having location on the ground.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Lower Southampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
VEHICLE
Every device or thing, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used exclusively upon rail or tracks, whether motor-driven or propelled by a person or any other means, which shall include but not be limited to an automobile, wagon, cart, dray, truck, truck-tractor, trailer, mobile home, bus, motorcycle, farm tractor, bicycles and motor-driven cycle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, moped, goped, motorized scooter and scooter. The term does not include a self-propelled wheelchair or an electric mobility device operated by and designed for the exclusive use of a person with a mobility-related disability.
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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.
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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.
[Ord. 532, 9/10/2008]
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The Chief of Police shall have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
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In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
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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.
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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 regulation, or who shall move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any sign or marking erected, posted or made to give notice of any such regulation, upon conviction thereof, shall 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.
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The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time by resolution, designate places upon and along the highways in the Township 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, upon conviction thereof, shall 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 that 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 Township relative to traffic and parking.
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The Board of Supervisors 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 under way 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.
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The Board of Supervisors shall have authority to establish a restricted traffic area upon any street where construction or maintenance work is under way 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.
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Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
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For the purpose of this section, the words "assemblage" and "procession" shall have the following meanings:
ASSEMBLAGE
A gathering of people without vehicles which interferes with the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any street.
PROCESSION
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.
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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 Chief of Police, 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.
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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 Chief of Police, 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 under way, 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.
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Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
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The police officers of the Township are hereby authorized to direct traffic on the highways of the Township and at intersections thereof and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this chapter.
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The Police Department is hereby authorized to use all speed-timing devices for the determination of mechanical or electrical 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 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3368.
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This section authorizes the use of said devices upon all highways within the Township, be they township, 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., as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.