[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.
(NOTE: This definition is modified slightly from the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania.)
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.
(7) 
A fire marshal.
(8) 
A rescue service chief and assistant chief.
(This definition is modified slightly from the Vehicles Law of Pennsylvania.)
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.
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 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 regulations, 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, 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.
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.
A. 
The Borough of Slippery Rock Police Department is hereby authorized to use all mechanical, electrical or electrical-mechanical speed-timing devices for the determination of speed of a motor vehicle as are approved or will be approved by the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including but not limited to ESP and Vascar systems.
B. 
This section authorizes the use of said devices upon all highways within the Borough, be they Borough, county or state highways, and does also hereby elect to exercise all powers granted to local authorities under the Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 101 to 9701 (1977), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.