A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except
for sections on articles to which different or additional definitions
apply, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code
(the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81),[1] 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B.
BOARD or BOARD of SUPERVISORS
CHIEF OF POLICE or CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
POLICE OFFICER THE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE TOWNSHIP
TOWNSHIP POLICE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, or TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT
Definitions.
[Amended 4-13-2023 by Ord. No. 254]
The duly elected Supervisors or majority thereof of Maidencreek
Township, as provided in the Second Class Township Code.[2]
Shall be a reference to the Chief of the Northern Berks Regional
Police Department.
Shall be a reference to the police officers of the Northern
Berks Regional Police Department.
The Northern Berks Regional Police Department or the police
officers of the Northern Berks Regional Police Department.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 65101 et seq.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine.
D.
Although the streets in the Township may run in a
northeast-southwest or northwest-southeast direction, for the purpose
of this chapter, Main Street and the streets running parallel or generally
parallel to Main Street shall be deemed to run in a north-south direction,
and Park Road and the streets parallel or generally parallel to Park
Road shall be deemed to run in an east-west direction.
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 Township of Maidencreek, except
where the law specifically authorizes less formal action.
[Amended 4-13-2023 by Ord. No. 254]
A.
The Chief of Police shall have the following powers to regulate traffic
and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
(1)
In case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish temporary
traffic and/or parking regulations; and
(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
Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any
person who drives or parks a vehicle in violation of any such regulation
shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction, shall be liable
to the penalty set out in the law or elsewhere in this chapter for
a violation of that nature, and in case of a violation for which no
specific penalty is set out in the law or elsewhere in this chapter,
to a fine of $25 and costs.
The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time,
designate places upon and along the streets 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 those locations by proper signs and markings.
Those 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 that nature, and, in case of a
violation for which no specific penalty is set out in the law or elsewhere
in this chapter, to a fine of $25 and costs. Provided: 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 Township relative to traffic and parking.
A.
The Board of Supervisors shall have the 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 section. It shall
be unlawful to drive a vehicle upon any such closed portion.
B.
The Board of Supervisors 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 upon any such
restricted traffic area at any time when the flagman is displaying
a sign directing that vehicle to stop, or is signaling that vehicle,
by a flag or other device, not to proceed.
C.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Amended 6-10-2010 by Ord. No. 225]
See Chapter 141.
[Amended 4-13-2023 by Ord. No. 254]
The police officers for the Norther Berks Regional Police Department
shall have authority to direct traffic on the streets in the Township,
at intersections in public and in places where the Vehicle Code[1] or this chapter applies.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
