A. 
Words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force or as hereafter amended, enacted, reenacted or supplanted,[1] except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B. 
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
A. 
The Township Manager shall have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in times of emergency:
(1) 
In the case of fire, flood, storms or other emergency, to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
(2) 
In the case of emergency, accidents 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 of not more than 72 hours.
B. 
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Chief of Police and 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 regulations 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 article for a violation of such nature.
The Township may from time to time designate, by resolution, places upon and along the highways 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 such locations by proper signs and markings. Such regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had been specified in this article. 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 shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this article for a violation of such nature, provided that the purpose of this section is to allow for the test and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent change in the ordinances of the Township relative to traffic and parking.
The amount of any fine or the duration of imprisonment, where specifically provided under the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force or as hereafter amended, enacted, reenacted or supplanted,[1] when applicable to any provision of this article, shall be in the amount or of the duration specified therein. Otherwise, violations where penalties are defined under this article shall be brought under the provisions of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.