[Ord. No. 55, 7/19/1974;
as amended by Ord. No. 93, 5/7/1984]
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code, 75 P.S. § 101
et seq. (1977), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, unless the context clearly
indicates a different meaning. The singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
[Ord. No. 36, 2/6/1970]
The word "person" used in this chapter shall in all cases include
any individual, partnership, association or corporation, singular
or plural, including the responsible officers of any such association
or corporation.
[Ord. No. 55, 7/19/1974;
as amended by Ord. No. 93, 5/7/1984]
The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they are the same
as those ordinances in force immediately prior to the adoption of
this chapter, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and
regulations and not as new enactments. The provisions of this chapter
shall not affect any act done or liability incurred, nor shall they
affect any suit or prosecution pending or be instituted to enforce
any right or penalty or to punish any offense under any such ordinances
or regulations as aforesaid.
[Ord. No. 55, 7/19/1974]
The Board of Supervisors of Amity Township shall have the right
from time to time to adopt traffic and parking regulations not contrary
to the provisions of this chapter written by resolution which shall
be filed for public inspection at the office of the Township Secretary,
and shall be enforced as part of this chapter. Such written resolutions
may establish stop streets and through streets, speed limits on particular
highways, delineate restricted parking areas and supplement other
provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 55, 7/19/1974]
The Board of Supervisors 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 or to facilitate public works, or in the
conduct of parades or other public events, to restrict or prohibit
traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of not more than
72 hours.
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Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by
the Board of Supervisors and the Police Department of the Township
in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any person who shall
operate or park a vehicle in violation of any such regulations shall
be liable to the penalties set forth in the law or elsewhere in this
chapter for such violation, and, in case of any violation for which
no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter,
to a fine or penalty of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution,
and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment
in the County Jail for not more than 30 days.
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[Ord. No. 55, 7/19/1974]
The Board of Supervisors shall have the right by resolution
to temporarily close any Township road when in its opinion excessive
or unusual conditions have rendered such road unfit or unsafe for
travel. Such road or portion of road shall be properly marked in accordance
with law, and any person using such road or portion thereof after
the same has been properly closed and marked without a permit from
the Chief of Police shall, upon conviction thereof by a District Justice,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and in default of
the payment of such fine and costs, be sentenced to imprisonment in
the county jail for not more than 30 days, provided nothing in this
section shall, in the case of extreme emergency, limit the right of
the police officer in charge to close an unfit or unsafe road under
the conditions listed above until a determination into the safety
of the roadway may be made by the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. No. 55, 7/19/1974;
as amended by Ord. No. 93, 5/7/1984]
The police officers of the Township of Amity are hereby given
authority to direct traffic on the highways of the Township of Amity
and at intersections thereof and to enforce the terms and provisions
of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 55, 7/19/1974;
as amended by Ord. No. 93, 5/7/1984]
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this chapter is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this chapter. It is hereby declared as the intent of the
Board of Supervisors of Amity Township that this chapter would have
been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence,
clause, section or part thereof not been included herein.
