[Ord. 2012-3, 7/17/2012, § 101]
1. Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except for sections
or chapters to which different or additional definitions apply, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle
Code (the Act of June 17, 1976 P.L. 162 No. 81, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.) as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Vehicle Code"),
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 singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the
singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
3. Although the streets in the Township run generally in a northeast-southwest
and a northwest-southeast direction, for the purpose of this chapter,
Street and Aquetong Roads and the streets running parallel or generally
parallel to street and Aquetong Roads shall be deemed to run in a
north-south direction, and Upper York Road and the streets parallel
or generally parallel to Upper York Road shall be deemed to run in
an east-west direction.
[Ord. 2012-3, 7/17/2012, § 102]
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. 2012-3, 7/17/2012, § 103]
The provisions of this part, 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 suit or prosecution pending or to
be instituted under any of those repealed or superseded ordinances
or regulations.
[Ord. 2012-3, 7/17/2012, § 104]
1. The Township Chief of Police 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 this 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 regulations, or who shall move, remove, destroy, injure,
or deface any sign or marking erected, posted, or made to give notice
of any such regulation, 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.
[Ord. 2012-3, 7/17/2012, § 105]
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 they had been specified in this chapter and the purpose of these
regulations, prohibitions, and restrictions 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. 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 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.
[Ord. 2012-3, 7/17/2012, § 106]
1. 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 or any other authorized personnel 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 shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2012-3, 7/17/2012, § 107]
1. For the purpose of this section, the words "assemblage" and "procession"
shall have the following meaning:
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.
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 Township Chief of Police, which shall
be issued for a 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 Township Chief of Police, which shall
be issued for a 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. Fees for assemblage permits and procession permits shall be set from
time to time by the Township Board of Supervisors.
5. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2012-3, 7/17/2012, § 108]
The Township police officers are hereby authorized to direct
traffic within the Township and shared boundaries and at intersections
thereof and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. 2012-3, 7/17/2012, § 109]
1. The Township 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 Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation 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 as hereafter amended, supplemented,
modified, or reenacted by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.