A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except
for sections or articles to which different or additional definitions
apply, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code,
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq. (the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L.
162, No. 81), as amended, except that in this chapter the word "street"
may be used interchangeably with the word "highway" and shall have
the same meaning as the word "highway" as defined in the Vehicle Code.
B.
The term "legal holidays," as used in this chapter,
shall mean and include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
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 Borough of Media.
A.
The Mayor shall have the following powers to regulate
traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
(1)
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
(2)
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.
B.
These temporary and emergency regulations shall be
enforced by the Mayor and the police in the same manner as permanent
regulations. Any person who drives or parks a vehicle in violation
of any such regulation 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 chapter for
a violation of such nature.
A.
The Borough Council may, from time to time, designate
places upon and along the streets in the borough 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. Such 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 set out in the law or elsewhere in this chapter
for a violation of such nature.
B.
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 borough relative to traffic
and parking.
[Amended 12-19-2002 by Ord. No. 962]
A.
The Borough Council 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 or park a vehicle upon any such closed portion.
B.
The Borough Council shall have authority to establish
a restricted traffic area upon any street where construction or maintenance
work is under way and to station flagmen at each end of the restricted
portion. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or park a vehicle
upon any such restricted traffic area at any time when posted by the
Borough of when the flagman is displaying a sign directing that vehicle
to stop or is signaling that a vehicle, by a flag or other device,
shall not proceed.
The police shall have authority to direct traffic
on the streets in the borough, at intersections in public and in other
places where the Vehicle Code or this chapter applies.
