A.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
ascribed in the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 101 to
9701 (1977), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, unless the context clearly
indicates a different meaning.
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, 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 235, 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 an 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 235 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 $25, together with costs of prosecution.
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 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 Jacobus are hereby given
authority to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough and at
intersections thereof.
A.
The Jacobus Borough Police Department is hereby authorized to use
all mechanical or electrical 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.