All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be enacted as ordinances or parts of ordinances or as
amendments to ordinances of the Township of Muhlenberg.
The existence on Township highways of signs
heretofore erected on authorization of the Board of Commissioners
to regulate traffic and parking in the Township is hereby ratified
and confirmed, with the same effect as if specific authorization for
each sign was contained herein.
[Amended 9-19-2005 by Ord. No. 408; 10-18-2010 by Ord. No. 491]
A. The President of the Board of Commissioners, Chief
of Police and any other department or Township staff authorized by
the Board of Commissioners shall have the following powers to regulate
traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
(1) In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
(2) In the 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 to be determined in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners.
B. 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 regulation 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 liable
to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this Part 1 for
a violation of such nature.