[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Lansdale 11-1-1956 by Ord. No. 566 (Ch. 34 of the 1972 Code); amended in its entirety at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 370.
Upon request by the North Penn Board of School Directors, Council
may appoint school crossing guards who shall have the duty of controlling
and directing pedestrians at or near schools and who shall be in suitable
and distinctive uniform.
School crossing guards may be utilized for special events to
direct traffic and cross pedestrians at the direction of the Chief
of Police or his or her designee, from time to time.
While on duty, school crossing guards shall be under and subject
to the direction of the Mayor, shall serve at the pleasure of Council,
shall not be subject to civil service, and shall not be entitled to
participate in any Borough pension plan or plans.
The compensation of school crossing guards, if any, shall be
fixed by Council and shall be jointly paid by Council and the North
Penn Board of School Directors, in a ratio to be determined by Council
and the North Penn Board of School Directors. If Council and the North
Penn Board of School Directors are unable to determine the ratio of
compensation of the school crossing guards to be paid by Council and
the North Penn Board of School Directors, each shall pay 1/2 of the
compensation of the crossing guards.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, auxiliary police
officers, appointed as prescribed by general law, may be designated
to serve as crossing guards.
It is hereby declared illegal and unlawful for either a pedestrian
or the operator of a vehicle to interfere with or refuse to obey the
commands and directions of school crossing guards, and any person
refusing to obey the commands or directions shall be deemed to have
violated the provisions of this chapter.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not less than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment
against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons
on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs,
the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not exceeding
30 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues
or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and
each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute
a separate offense.
