The provisions of this chapter shall be severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared as a legislative intent that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid provision not been included herein.
A. 
All previous ordinances of Penn Township pertaining to the regulation of traffic and parking are hereby repealed.
B. 
The repeal of ordinances provided for in Subsection A above shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or liability incurred in violation of any ordinance or regulation in force immediately prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
C. 
The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they are the same as those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately prior to the enactment of this chapter, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and regulations and not as new enactments.
[Amended 6-16-1980 by Ord. No. 242; 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 488; 9-15-2003 by Ord. No. 601]
A. 
Unless another penalty is specifically provided for in Subsection B below, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs or prosecution and, in the event of nonpayment of such fine and costs of prosecution, such person shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days.
B. 
Any person who shall violate any provision of a section listed below shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than that specified for violation of said section and, in the event of nonpayment of such fine and costs of prosecution, such person shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding that indicated for said section.
Article/Section
Maximum Fine
Maximum Imprisonment
(days)
Article I
(§§ 300-3 and 300-4)
$15
30
Article II
(§§ 300-7, 300-10, 300-11, 300-12, 300-14, 300-21 and 300-23)
$15
30
Article II
(§§ 300-9, 300-15, 300-16 and 300-17)
$15
30
(§ 300-20)
$15
30
Article III
(§ 300-26)
$15
30
(§ 300-27 through 300-31)
$15
30
Article V
(§ 300-43)
$15
30
(§ 300-45A)
$15
30
(§ 300-45B)
$15
30
C. 
A notice of violation of any provision of Article III (§§ 300-25 through 300-31) of this chapter may be placed on the vehicle parked in violation, such notice to contain instructions to the owner or operator of such vehicle that, if he shall report to the Police Department of Penn Township and pay the penalty indicated for such violation within 10 days after the time of such notice, it shall save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine and costs above prescribed.