[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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those repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1.
The [Designated Official] shall have the following
powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in time of
emergency:
A.
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
B.
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.
2.
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.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
The Township 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 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, the purpose of this section is to allow
for test and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability
of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Township relative to
traffic and parking.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1.
The Township 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.
2.
The Township 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.
3.
Any person who violates any provision of this section,
upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1.
ASSEMBLAGE
PROCESSION
For the purpose of this section, the words "assemblage"
and "procession" shall have the following meanings:
A gathering of people without vehicles, which interferes
with the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any street.
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.
2.
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 [Designated Official], 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.
3.
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 [Designated Official], 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 the 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 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.
4.
Any person who violates any provision of this section,
upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to use
all speed timing devices for the determination of 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.
2.
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.
