B.
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.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine
and the neuter.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as ordinances or part of ordinances or as amendments to
ordinances of the Borough of Vandergrift, except where the law specifically
authorizes less formal action.
The Mayor 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; and
B.
In the case of emergency public works or public events of limited
scope or duration, to restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking
in limited areas for period of not more than 72 hours. These temporary
and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Mayor and the Police
Department of the Borough in the same manner as permanent regulations.
Any person who drives or parks a vehicle in violation of any such
regulation, or who moves, removes, destroys, injures or damages any
sign or marking erected or posted to give notice of any such regulation,
shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction, shall be liable
to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter for
a violation of that 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 $25 and costs.
Council may, from time to time, designate places upon and along
the streets and alleys in the 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
those locations by proper signs and markings. Those regulations, prohibitions
and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had been specified
in this chapter. No person shall drive or park a vehicle in violation
of any such regulation, prohibition or restriction, and no person
shall move, remove, destroy or deface any sign or marking elected,
posted or made by authority of this section. Any person who violates
any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be liable to
the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter for
a violation of that 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 $25 and costs, provided that the purpose of this section
shall be to allow for the cost and experimental determination of the
feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances
of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.
A.
Council shall have the authority to close any street or any 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 while a special event is being
conducted on the closed portion. It shall be unlawful for any person
to drive a motor vehicle upon any such closed portion.
B.
Council 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 a flagman is displaying a sign directing
that vehicle to stop or is signaling that vehicle, by a flag or other
device, not to proceed.
C.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
The police officers of the Borough shall have authority to direct
traffic on the streets in the Borough and at intersections of those
streets, in public parks, and in other places where the Vehicle Code
or this chapter applies.
