Unless another penalty is expressly provided
by the Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.) or except
as herein specified, every person convicted of a violation of a provision
of this chapter, or any supplement thereto, shall be liable to a penalty
of $25 and costs of prosecution.
A.
All previous ordinances of the Borough of Downingtown
pertaining to the regulation of traffic and parking are hereby repealed.
B.
The repeal of ordinances provided for in Subsection A above shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or liability incurred in violation of any ordinance or regulation in force immediately prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
C.
The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they are
the same as those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately
prior to the enactment of this chapter, are intended as a continuation
of such ordinances and regulations and not as new enactments.
The provisions of this chapter shall be severable,
and if any of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional,
illegal or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity
of any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared
as a legislative intent that this chapter would have been adopted
had such unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid provision
not been included herein.
This chapter shall take effect March 14, 1990.
