A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code[1] (the Act of 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81, 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.
The word "holiday," as used in this chapter, shall
mean and include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.
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 this Township, except where the law
specifically authorizes less formal action for the purpose.
A.
The Board of Commissioners 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; 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.
Those 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 or who moves removes, destroys, injures or
defaces any sign or marking erected, posted or made to give notice
of any such regulation shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction,
shall be liable to the penalty set forth 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 forth in the law or elsewhere
in this chapter, to a fine of $25 and costs.
The Board of Commissioners 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 forth in the
law or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation of that nature and,
in case of a violation where no specific penalty is set forth in the
law or elsewhere in this chapter, to a fine of $25 and costs. 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 Township relative to traffic and parking.
A.
The Board of Commissioners shall have authority to
close any street or any 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 portion. It shall
be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle upon any such
closed portion.
B.
The Board of Commissioners 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 a vehicle upon any such restricted traffic area at any time
when a 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 be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
The police officers of the Township are given
authority to direct traffic on the streets in the Township at intersections
of those streets, in public parks and in other places where the Vehicle
Code or this chapter applies.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 7-1007, Authorization for use
of approved speed-timing devices, as amended 9-6-1990 by Ord. No.
233, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 2-23-2000
by Ord. No. 421.
