[Ord. 545, 11/24/2008, § 15-101]
1. Words and phrases when used in this chapter, except for sections
on articles to which different or additional definitions apply, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code
(the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81), as amended, except that,
in this Part, 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.
[Amended by Ord. No. 615, 1/7/2019]
2. The term "Borough" as used in this Part shall mean the Home Rule
Borough of Edinboro.
3. In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
4. Although the streets in the Borough run generally in a northeast-southwest
and a northwest-southeast direction, for the purpose of this Part,
State Route 99 and the street running parallel or generally parallel
to State Route 99 shall be deemed to run in a north-south direction;
and State Route 6N and the streets parallel or generally parallel
to State Route 6N shall be deemed to run in an east-west direction.
[Ord. 545, 11/24/2008, § 15-102]
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as ordinances or as parts of ordinances or as amendments
to ordinances of the Borough, except where the law specifically authorizes
less formal action.
[Ord. 545, 11/24/2008, § 15-103]
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repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.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. 545, 11/24/2008, § 15-104]
1. The Borough Manager 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 public works or public events of limited
scope or duration, to restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking
in limited areas for periods of not more than 72 hours.
2. These temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
Borough Manager and the Police Department in the same manner as permanent
regulations. Any person who drives or parks a vehicle in violation
of any such regulation shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction,
shall be liable to the penalty set out in the law or elsewhere in
this Part for a violation of that nature, and, in case of a violation
for which no specific penalty is set out in the law or elsewhere in
this Part, to a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 545, 11/24/2008, § 15-105]
1. Council, by resolution, from time to time, may designate places upon
and along the streets 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 Part. 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 erected,
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 out in the law or elsewhere in this Part for a violation
of that nature, and, in case of a violation for which no specific
penalty is set out in the law or elsewhere in this Part, to a fine
of $25 and costs.
2. Provided: the purpose of this section is to allow for test and experimental
determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes
in the Parts of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.
[Ord. 545, 11/24/2008, § 15-106]
1. The Borough Council 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 Borough Council shall have authority to establish a restricted
traffic area upon any street where construction or maintenance work
is under way and to station flag-men 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. 545, 11/24/2008, § 15-107]
1. For the purpose of this section, the words "assemblage" and "procession"
shall have the following meanings:
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 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 shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 545, 11/24/2008, § 15-108]
The police officers of the Borough shall have authority to direct
traffic on the streets and public property in the Borough, at intersections
in public and in other places where the Vehicle Code or this chapter
applies.
[Ord. 545, 11/24/2008, § 15-109]
1. The Borough 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 Title 75,
Pa.C.S.A. § 3368.
2. This section authorizes the use of said devices upon all highways
within the Borough be they Borough, 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. (1977), as hereafter amended, supplemented,
modified or reenacted by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.