A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania,
as now in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted,[1] except where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Statutes.
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, or days celebrated
as such.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular and the masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be enacted as ordinances or parts of ordinances or as
amendments to ordinances of the Borough of Matamoras.
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 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 seventy-two (72) hours.
B.
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be
enforced by the Mayor and 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 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.
(Reserved)
This chapter shall be enforced by the police
officers of the Borough of Matamoras, who are hereby given authority
to direct traffic on the highways and intersections of the borough
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
