A.
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.
B.
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.
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.
The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented by the adoption of regulations to be included in the schedules attached to and made a part of this chapter as Article XI hereof. Additions, amendments or deletions to these schedules shall be adopted by ordinance or resolution, as the case may require, upon the recommendation of the Township Manager or Superintendent of Police or upon the initiative of the Board of Commissioners itself. All ordinances or resolutions making additions, amendments or deletions to said schedules shall be adopted with reference to the appropriate schedule and shall be enacted at a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners, as provided by law, prior to going into effect.
A.
The Township Manager shall have the following powers
to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in the 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.
(3)
Special events.
[Added 5-13-2013 by Ord. No. 2693]
(a)
Pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(a)(1), (15) and (22),
in the case of a special event, to establish temporary parking and/or
traffic regulations to restrict or prohibit parking and/or traffic
in limited areas for a reasonable amount of time proceeding, during
and following the duration of a special event. The Board of Commissioners
may designate the special event. The Township Manager may make a reasonable
determination that the limited areas affect:
[1]
The area in which the special event will take place;
[2]
Law enforcement and/or emergency service efforts to support
the public health and safety of the special event and surrounding
residential neighborhoods and commercial areas; or
[3]
The quality of life of the residential neighborhoods and commercial
viability of the commercial areas.
(b)
The Township Manager, Chief of Police and/or duly authorized police officer, including police officers from other municipalities assisting the Township of Haverford with a special event pursuant to a mutual aid agreement, may order the removal and impounding of any vehicle in violation of the special event temporary parking regulations of this section, or any other section of Chapter 175, or the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, consistent with Chapter 175, Vehicles and Traffic, Article IX, Removal and Impounding of Disabled or Illegally Parked Vehicles. Pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(c), official traffic-control devices giving notice of the special event temporary parking and/or traffic regulations shall be erected upon or at the entrances to the highway, traffic way, roadway or public property of the Township of Haverford or part thereof as may be most appropriate.
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 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.
The Township Manager may, from time to time, designate
places upon and along the highways 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 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.
The purpose of this section is to allow for the test
and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability
of permanent changes in this chapter or the schedules attached hereto.
