[Ord. 830, 3/18/1992;
as added by 976, 1/16/2008]
1. The provisions of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq., as amended, shall be used for determination of all penalties
and for enforcement purposes, except as otherwise provided herein.
This chapter is intended to apply to specific highways and streets
which are regulated or restricted in usage.
2. The provisions of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq., as amended, shall be used for traffic regulations, speed
restrictions and parking regulations within the Borough, except as
otherwise provided herein.
[Ord. 830, 3/18/1992]
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as chapters, as parts of chapters, as amendments to chapters,
or as amendments to this chapter, except where the law specifically
authorizes less formal action.
[Ord. 830, 3/18/1992]
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repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.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. 830, 3/18/1992]
The Borough Council may, from time to time by resolution, designate
places upon and along the highways in Forest Hills Borough 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 shall,
upon conviction thereof, 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 the test and experimental determination of
the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the chapters
of Forest Hills Borough relative to traffic and parking.
[Ord. 830, 3/18/1992]
The police officers of Forest Hills Borough are hereby authorized
to direct traffic on the highways of Forest Hills Borough and at intersections
thereof and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. 830, 3/18/1992;
as added by 976, 1/16/2008]
1. All traffic regulations set forth in this chapter shall be subject
to the posting of proper traffic signs or signals as required by the
Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., as amended.
2. The Mayor and Police Chief are hereby authorized and directed to
post the signs in the manner required by the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 101 et seq., as amended.
3. It shall be unlawful to remove, injure, destroy or deface any marking
or sign so placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall pay, in
addition to the fine otherwise imposed for the violation, the cost
of replacing or repairing any marking or sign removed, injured, destroyed
or defaced by such offender.