[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as ordinances, as parts of ordinances, as amendments to
ordinances or as amendments to this Chapter, except where the law
specifically authorizes less formal action.
[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]
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repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.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. 595, 10/7/1991]
The Borough Council may, from time to time by resolution, designate
places upon and along the highways in the Borough of Nazareth 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 such locations by proper signs and markings. Such
regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective as if
they had been specified in this Chapter. No person shall operate or
park a vehicle or tractor 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 shall violate any provision of this Section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty set fort in the
law or elsewhere in this Chapter for a violation of such nature, an
in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth
in the law or elsewhere in this Chapter, to a fine of not more than
$25 together with costs of prosecution; provided, the purpose of this
Section is to allow for the test and experimental determination of
the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances
of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.
[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991; as amended by Ord. 618, 6/6/1994]
The police officers of the Borough of Nazareth are hereby authorized
to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough and at intersections
thereof and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this Chapter. Parking
enforcement officers of the Borough shall have the authority to enforce
Parts 4, 5, 6 and 8 of this Chapter, and Section 3353 of the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code, which sets forth as follows:
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or
to protect the safety of any person or vehicle or in compliance with
law or the directions of a police officer, or official traffic control
devices, no person shall stand or park a vehicle within 15 feet of
a fire hydrant.
[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]
The Borough of Nazareth 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.
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.
[Added by Ord. No. 875, 4/3/2023]
1. No person shall drive, move, or park and no owner or motor carrier
shall knowingly permit to be driven, moved, or parked upon any Borough
of Nazareth street, public right-of-way, or public property any vehicle
which is not registered or which vehicle registration has been suspended,
revoked, cancelled, stolen, inactive, or issued to a vehicle other
than the vehicle on which it is displayed unless the vehicle is exempt
from registration.
2. Any police officer may, according to the provisions of 75 Pa. C.S.A.
§ 1376(b.1), seize a registration plate that appears in
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation records as suspended, revoked,
canceled, stolen, inactive or issued to a vehicle other than the vehicle
on which it is displayed.