A.Â
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.Â
The term "legal holidays" as used in this chapter
shall mean and include New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial
Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas,
or days celebrated as such.
C.Â
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 Borough of Bridgeport.
A.Â
The Borough Council shall have the following powers
to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
(1)Â
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
(2)Â
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.Â
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be
enforced by the Borough Council and 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 in the law
or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation of such nature.
A.Â
The Borough Council may, from time to time, designate
places upon and along the highways in the Borough 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 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.
B.Â
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.
This chapter shall be enforced by the police
officers of the Borough of Bridgeport, who are hereby given authority
to direct traffic on the highways and intersections of the Borough
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.