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Township of Pine, PA
Allegheny County
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This chapter shall be known and designated as the "Pine Township Traffic Control Ordinance."
A. 
All words herein shall have the same meanings as prescribed in the Motor Vehicle Code[1] of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which is effective August 1, 1984, or which may hereafter be amended or reenacted, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
[Amended 6-2-2014 by Ord. No. 370]
POLICE
The Northern Regional Police Force, its successors or state police or any other authorized police officer.
TOWNSHIP
The municipal government or the land within the geographical boundaries of the Township of Pine, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, depending upon the context.
[Amended 6-2-2014 by Ord. No. 370]
Pursuant to the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(b)(2), the Board of Supervisors hereby appoints and authorizes the Chief of Police and the Township Director of Public Works to act as a special commission for the purpose of recommending changes and additions to the traffic regulations of the Township, conducting engineering and traffic investigations, as required by law, and obtaining advance approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for such regulations, as required by law. The Chief of Police and Township Director of Public Works shall report such recommendations, investigations and approvals periodically, as necessary, to the Board of Supervisors, which may adopt such regulations as the permanent traffic control regulations of the Township. The Board of Supervisors shall periodically review all resolutions and traffic regulations as necessary and shall adopt an ordinance or resolution of the Township to incorporate such new traffic regulations as the Board of Supervisors deems appropriate.
[Amended 6-2-2014 by Ord. No. 370]
All ordinances shall be adopted in accordance with the applicable authorizing legislation and shall be recorded in the Ordinance Book. A copy of all ordinances and amendments thereto pertaining to traffic control shall be transmitted by the Township Manager to the Police Department and the Township Director of Public Works. The Police Department shall maintain for public inspection copies of all traffic control ordinances and amendments thereto.
[Amended 6-2-2014 by Ord. No. 370]
Signs publicizing the traffic control restrictions and regulations shall be erected by the Department of Public Works at appropriate places within the Township. No traffic control restriction or regulation shall become effective until five days after an appropriate sign has been placed in the affected area which is restricted or regulated. Where signs are prescribed and regulated by the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, the signs shall be erected in conformity with it. Otherwise, signs shall be conclusively presumed to be in regular form and properly placed.
Police are hereby authorized to use all devices approved by any agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to determine the speed of vehicles, including but not limited to, Vascar Plus and Excessive Speed Prevention (ESP), for enforcement of any aspect of the Motor Vehicle Code. This authorization shall include any timing devices authorized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania subsequent to the date of this chapter for use by local police forces.