[Ord. 1988-1, 9/12/1988]
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as ordinances or as parts of ordinances or as amendments
to ordinances of the Township of Wolf, except where the law specifically
authorizes less formal action.
[Ord. 1988-1, 9/12/1988; as amended by Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
1. The Chairman
of the Board of Supervisors shall have the following powers to regulate
traffic and parking temporarily and in times of emergency:
A. In the
case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish temporary
traffic and/or parking regulations.
B. In the
case of emergency public works or public events of limited scope or
duration, to restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited
areas for periods of not more than 72 hours.
2. These
temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced in the same
manner as permanent regulations. Any person who drives or parks a
vehicle in violation of any such regulation shall be guilty of a violation
and, upon conviction, shall be liable to the penalty set out in the
law or elsewhere in this Chapter for a violation of that nature, and,
in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set out in
the law or elsewhere in this Chapter, to a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 1988-1, 9/12/1988; as amended by Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, designate places
upon and along the streets in the Township 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 those locations by proper signs and markings, Those regulations,
prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had
been specified in this Chapter. No person shall drive or park a vehicle
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
violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be
liable to the penalty specified, and, in case of a violation for which
no specific penalty is set out in the law or elsewhere in this Chapter,
to a fine of $25 and costs. Provided: the purpose of this section
is to allow for test and experimental determination of the feasibility
and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Township
relative to traffic and parking.
[Ord. 1988-1, 9/12/1988; as amended by Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
1. The Board
of Supervisors shall have authority to close any street or specific
part of a street to vehicular traffic and to place barriers or station
police officers at each end of the closed portion, while construction
or maintenance work is under way or a special event is being conducted
on the closed portion. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
a vehicle upon any such closed portion.
2. Board
of Supervisors shall have authority to establish a restricted traffic
area upon any street where construction or maintenance work is under
way and to station flagman at each end of the restricted portion.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle upon any such
restricted traffic area at any time when the flagman is displaying
a sign directing that vehicle to stop, or is signaling that vehicle,
by a flag or other device, not to proceed.
3. Any person
who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 1988-1, 9/12/1988; as amended by Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
Pennsylvania State Police and duly authorized and appointed
fire policemen shall have authority to direct traffic on all streets
and roads in the Township, at intersections in public and in other
places where the Vehicle Code or this Chapter applies.