[Amended 6-4-1996 by Ord. No. 555]
A. Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
ascribed in the Vehicle Law of Pennsylvania, also known and cited
by its short title as the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq. (1977), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, unless the context or the
supplemental definitions within this chapter clearly indicate a different
meaning.
B. In this
chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include
the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
C. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ABANDONED VEHICLE
(1)
A vehicle (other than a pedalcycle) shall be presumed to be
abandoned under any of the following circumstances, but the presumption
is rebuttable by a preponderance of the evidence:
(a)
The vehicle is physically inoperable and is left unattended
on a highway or other public property for more than 48 hours.
(b)
The vehicle has remained illegally on a highway or other public
property for a period of more than 48 hours.
(c)
The vehicle is left unattended on or along a highway or other
public property for more than 48 hours and does not bear all of the
following:
[1]
A valid registration (license) plate.
[2]
A valid certificate (sticker) of inspection.
[3]
An ascertainable vehicle identification number.
(d)
The vehicle has remained on private property without the consent
of the owner or person in control of the property for more than 48
hours.
(2)
Vehicles and equipment used or to be used in construction or
in the operation or maintenance of highways or public utility facilities,
which are parked in a manner which does not interfere with the normal
movement of traffic, shall not be considered to be abandoned.
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(NOTE: This definition is modified slightly from the Vehicle
Code of Pennsylvania.)
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BOROUGH COUNCIL
The elected members and appointed replacement members, if
any, of the governing body of the Borough of Slippery Rock. (This
definition is not in the Vehicles Law of Pennsylvania.)
CROSSWALK
(1)
That part of the roadway at an intersection included within
the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite
sides of the highway, measured from the curbs or, in the absence of
curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; and, in the absence
of a sidewalk on one side of the roadway, that part of the roadway
included within the extension of the lateral lines of the existing
sidewalk.
(2)
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the
surface.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE
A Fire Department vehicle, police vehicle, Sheriff vehicle,
ambulance or emergency medical technician vehicle, blood-delivery
vehicle, armed forces emergency vehicle, one vehicle operated by a
coroner or chief county medical examiner and one vehicle operated
by a chief deputy coroner or deputy chief county medical examiner
used for answering emergency calls, or any other vehicle designated
by the state or Borough police under § 6106 of the Vehicle
Law of Pennsylvania (relating to designation of emergency vehicles
by Pennsylvania State Police), or a private-owned vehicle used in
answering an emergency call when used by any of the following:
(1)
A police chief, assistant chief and other officers.
(2)
A fire chief, assistant chiefs and working firefighters.
(3)
A fire police captain and fire police lieutenant.
(4)
An ambulance corps commander and assistant commander.
(5)
A river rescue commander and assistant commander.
(6)
A county and a Borough emergency management coordinator.
(8)
A rescue service chief and assistant chief.
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(This definition is modified slightly from the Vehicles Law
of Pennsylvania.)
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HANDICAPPED PERSONAL MOBILITY DEVICES
Any personally or mechanically powered device intended by
design for personalized use to increase the mobility of handicapped
persons or severely disabled veterans. (This definition is not in
the Vehicles Law of Pennsylvania.)
HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel. The term includes a roadway
open to the use of the public for vehicular travel on grounds of a
college or university or public or private school or public or historical
park.
INTERSECTION
(1)
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the
lateral curblines, or if none, then the lateral boundary lines of
the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately
at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon
different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
(2)
Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart,
then every crossing of each roadway of the divided highway by an intersecting
highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event
the intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more
apart, then every crossing of two roadways of the highways shall be
regarded as a separate intersection.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
A natural person authorized by law to issue tickets for violations
of laws which prohibit stopping, standing or parking a vehicle in
specified places. (This definition is not in the Vehicles Law of Pennsylvania.)
PARK or PARKING
(1)
When permitted, means the temporary storing of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, off the roadway.
(2)
When prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in loading or unloading property or passengers.
PEDALCYCLE
A vehicle propelled solely by human-powered pedals. The term
does not mean a three-wheeled human-powered pedal-driven vehicle with
a main driving wheel 20 inches in diameter or under and primarily
designed for children six years of age or younger such as, but not
limited to, tricycles and "big wheels."
POLICE OFFICER
A natural person authorized by law to make arrests for violations
of law.
PRIVATE PARKING LOT
A privately owned parking lot open to the public or used
for parking without charge; or a privately owned parking lot used
for parking with charge.
ROADWAY
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk, berm or shoulder
even though such sidewalk, berm or shoulder is used by pedalcycles.
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the
term "roadway" refers to each roadway separately, but not to all such
roadways collectively.
STAND or STANDING
When prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
STATE-DESIGNATED HIGHWAY
A highway or bridge on the system of highways and bridges
over which the Department has assumed or has been legislatively given
jurisdiction.
STOP or STOPPING
(1)
When required, means complete cessation from movement.
(2)
When prohibited, means any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer
or traffic control sign or signal.
TRAFFICWAY
The entire width between property lines or other boundary
lines of every way or place of which any part is open to the public
for purposes of vehicular travel as a matter of right or custom.
TRAILER
A vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used
exclusively upon rails or tracks.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall
be enacted as ordinances, as parts of ordinances, as amendments to
ordinances, or as amendments to this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter, so far as they are the same
as those of ordinances in force immediately prior to the adoption
of this chapter, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances
and regulations and not as new enactments. The provisions of this
chapter shall not affect any act done or liability incurred, nor shall
they affect any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted to
enforce any right or penalty or to punish any offense under any such
ordinances or regulations as aforesaid.
Council may, from time to time, designate places upon and along
the highways in the Borough of Slippery Rock 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 such locations by proper signs and markings. Such regulations,
prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as 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 in the
law or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation of such nature, and
in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth
in the law or elsewhere in this chapter, to a fine of not more than
$25, together with costs of prosecution, provided the purpose of this
section is to allow for the test and experimental determination of
the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances
of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.
The police officers of the Borough of Slippery Rock are hereby
given authority to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough of
Slippery Rock and at intersections thereof.