The provisions of this chapter shall be severable, and if any
of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or
otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of
any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared
as a legislative intent that this chapter would have been adopted
and such unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid provision
not been included herein.
A.
All previous ordinances of the Borough of Danville pertaining to
the regulation of traffic and parking are hereby repealed.
B.
The repeal of ordinances provided for in Subsection A above shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or liability incurred in violation of any ordinance or regulation in force immediately prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
C.
The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they are the same as those
of ordinances and regulations in force immediately prior to the enactment
of this chapter, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances
and regulations and not as new enactments.
A.
Unless another penalty is specifically provided for in Subsection B of this section, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300, and costs of prosecution, and in the event of nonpayment of such fine and costs of prosecution, such person shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five days.
B.
Any person who shall violate any provision of a section listed below
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
that specified for a violation of said section and, in the event of
nonpayment of such fine and costs of prosecution, such person shall
be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding that indicated
for said section.
[Amended 5-14-2019 by Ord. No. 557]
C.
A notice of violation of any provision of §§ 237-23 through 237-28 and §§ 237-30 and 237-31 of Article III of this chapter shall be placed on the vehicle parked in violation, such notice to contain instructions to the owner or operator of such vehicle that, if he shall report to the Police Department of the Borough of Danville within five days of the time such notice was given and pay as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of $25, the same shall save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine and costs above prescribed.
D.
A notice of violation of any provision of § 237-36A, B, C or F of Article IV of this chapter shall be placed on the vehicle parked in violation, such notice to contain instructions to the owner or operator of such vehicle that, if he shall report to the Police Department within five days of the time such notice was given and pay as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of $5, or if he shall report to the Police Department after five days of the time such notice was given and pay as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of $10, the same shall save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine and costs above prescribed.