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, except
where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
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, 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 Township of Upper Gwynedd.
A.
The Chief of Police 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 72 hours.
B.
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be
enforced by 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 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 hereinafter.
The Board of Commissioners may, from time to
time, designate 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 effective
just as if they had been specified in this chapter. 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 of this
section shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty set
forth hereafter. The purpose of this section is to allow for the test
and experimental termination of the feasibility and desirability of
permanent changes in the ordinances of the Township relative to traffic
and parking.
This chapter shall be enforced by the police
officers of the Township of Upper Gwynedd who are hereby given authority
to direct traffic on the highways and intersections of the Township
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.