65.2.1.
It shall be the duty of the police of the Municipality of Bethel
Park to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. Such police are
hereby authorized to direct all traffic either in person or by means
of visible or audible signals in conformance with the provisions of
this Ordinance; provided that in the event of a fire or other emergency
or to expedite traffic or safeguard pedestrians, police or firemen
may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the
provisions of this Ordinance.
65.3.1.
The Municipal Manager and/or Chief of Police are hereby empowered
to make and enforce regulations necessary to make and enforce temporary
regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions, and the failure
to obey the same shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance.
65.4.1.
The Municipal Manager, by and with the consent of the Council of
the Municipality of Bethel Park, is hereby empowered to make a ninety-day
trial of any traffic regulation.
1.
Provided, that in advance of its becoming effective, the Council
shall be notified of such proposed regulation, with reasons for it,
and provided that notice of such regulation by signs shall be given
to the public in advance of its enforcement.
2.
After the day the said regulation so becomes effective, it shall
govern traffic for a period of 90 days thereafter, within which time
there shall be introduced in meeting of the Council of the Municipality
of Bethel Park an ordinance embodying such regulations or such part
thereof as it may be desire to have continued in force; and such regulation
as is embodied in such ordinance shall continue in force during such
time as said ordinance shall be pending.
3.
And provided further, that if no ordinance embodying such regulation
or any part thereof shall have been introduced in meeting of the Council
of the Municipality of Bethel Park within the said period of 90 days
or if any such ordinance shall fail of final enactment, then such
regulation shall no longer be in force.
4.
And provided further, that the Council of the Municipality of Bethel
Park may at any time rescind any such trial regulation.
65.5.1.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the operator of any
vehicle publicly or privately owned or used, and it shall be unlawful
for such operator to violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance
except as otherwise permitted in this Ordinance.
65.6.1.
The provisions of this Ordinance regulating the movement, parking
and standing of vehicles shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles
as defined in this Ordinance while the driver of such vehicle is operating
the same in an emergency in the necessary performance of his duties.
This exemption shall not, however, protect the driver of any such
vehicle from the consequence of a reckless disregard of the safety
of others.
65.7.1.
The Municipal Manager and/or the Chief of Police is authorized to
establish and have maintained, by appropriate devices, marks or lines
upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks, at intersections and
at other places where they may deem them necessary for the protection
of pedestrians.
65.8.1.
The Municipal Manager and/or the Chief of Police is authorized to
have lanes for traffic marked upon any street and to designate lanes
for traffic moving in a particular direction or at designated speeds.
65.9.1.
The Municipal Manager and/or the Chief of Police is empowered to
establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places
as they may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians provided
that whenever any new design of safety zone is proposed, the approval
of the Council of the Municipality of Bethel Park shall be obtained.
65.10.1.
The Municipal Manager and/or the Chief of Police are empowered
to determine those intersections at which operators of vehicles shall
not make a left turn, right turn or any turn, and shall place proper
signs at such intersections to that effect, and upon adoption of the
proper ordinance by Municipal Council.
65.11.1.
All roads of ingress and egress to and from property of the
School District of the Municipality of Bethel Park, and the parking
areas of the school district property, shall be deemed public roads
and ways within the meaning of Ordinance No. 5-13-63D, and all applicable
provisions of this ordinance shall apply with like effect to said
school district properties as though the same were public roads and
parking areas in accordance with Resolution of the Bethel Park School
District and Municipal Ordinance No. 5-10-65B.
