For the purpose of this Part, the following definitions shall
apply:
CRUISING
Driving a motor vehicle on a street past a traffic control
point, as designated by the Police Department, more than twice in
any two-hour period, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 3:30 a.m.
The passing of a designated control point a third time under the aforesaid
conditions shall constitute unnecessary repetitive driving and therefore
be a violation of this Part.
DESIGNATED AREAS
1.
The following areas of the Borough of Homestead:
A.
Seventh Avenue: 100 block West;
B.
Eighth Avenue: 100 block West and 200 and 300 block East;
C.
Ninth Avenue: 200 and 300 block East;
D.
Tenth Avenue: 100 block West and 200 and 300 block East;
E.
Eleventh Avenue: 100 and 300 block West and 200 and 300 block
East;
F.
Twelfth Avenue: 300 block West and 300 block East;
G.
Thirteenth Avenue: 200 and 300 block West and 200 block East;
H.
Fourteenth Avenue: 100 block West and 100 block East;
I.
Fifteenth Avenue: 200 block West and 100 and 200 block East;
J.
Sixteenth Avenue: 100 and 200 block East;
K.
Seventeenth Avenue: 100 block East;
L.
McClure Street: 1000 to 1300 block and 1600 to 1700 block;
M.
Ann Street: 800 to 1300 block;
N.
Glen Street: 1300 to 1500 block;
O.
Sarah Street: 1100 to 1400 block;
P.
Hays Street: 1200 to 1500 block;
Q.
Sylvan Avenue: 1200 to 1500 block.
2.
The above designated areas shall be clearly marked with permanent
fixed signs advising the public that these areas are subject to regulation
under the Borough Cruising Ordinance.
TRAFFIC CONTROL POINT
A clearly identified reference point on a designated street,
as determined and marked from time to time by the Police Department.
No person shall engage in unnecessary repetitive driving, also
known for purposes of this Part as "cruising," through the designated
areas. For purposes of this Part, the person having control and/or
ownership of a motor vehicle being used for cruising shall be considered
the person cruising, without regard as to whether that person was
actually driving the motor vehicle each time it passed the traffic
control point. Having control or ownership of a motor vehicle means
either the owner of the vehicle as stated on the vehicle registration
if present in the vehicle at the time of the violation, or if the
owner is not present in the vehicle, the person operating the vehicle
at the time of the violation of this Part.
This Part shall not apply to any municipal, emergency, police,
fire, ambulance or other governmental vehicle when same is being operated
in an official capacity. In addition, this Part shall not apply to
any duly licensed public transportation vehicle or to any vehicle
being utilized for business or commercial purposes which require the
vehicle to pass a traffic control point more than twice in any two-hour
period during the aforementioned hours in order to carry out said
business or commercial purposes, such as food delivery vehicles making
multiple food deliveries for a restaurant or pizza parlor.
The provisions of this Part are severable, and if any of its
sections, clauses or sentences shall be any time held illegal, invalid
or unconstitutional, such a determination shall not invalidate, affect
or impair any of the remaining sections, clauses or sentences.
Any person violating the provisions of this Part shall be guilty
of a summary offense and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more
than $1,000, together with cost of prosecution, and on default of
payment of fine and costs, imprisonment for up to 30 days.