A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except for sections
in articles to which different or additional definitions apply, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code (Act No. 81
of 1976, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.), 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.
B.
The term "legal holidays," as used in this chapter, shall mean and
include New Year's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
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, except where the law
specifically authorizes less formal action.
The provisions of this chapter, so far as they are the same
as those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately before
the enactment of this chapter, are intended as a continuation of those
earlier ordinances and regulations, and not as new enactments. Nothing
in this chapter shall affect any act done or liability incurred or
any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted under any of those
repealed or superseded ordinances or regulations.
A.
The Mayor, or the police officers of the Borough under the direction
of the Mayor, shall have the following powers to regulate traffic
and parking temporarily:
(1)
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other like emergency, the power
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations; and
(2)
In the case of emergency public works or in the case of parades,
assemblages, processions or other like 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.
Such temporary regulations shall be enforced by the Police Department
in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any person who shall
operate or park a vehicle in violation of any such regulation shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty set forth elsewhere
in this chapter for a violation of such nature and, in case of a violation
for which no specific penalty is set forth elsewhere in this chapter,
to a fine of not more than $25 and the costs of prosecution.
For the purpose of allowing for the test and experimental determination
of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances
of the Borough of Lewistown relative to traffic and parking, the Borough
Council may, from time to time by resolution, designate places upon
and along the highways in the Borough of Lewistown 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 as effective as if they had
been specified in this chapter. Any person who shall operate or park
a vehicle in violation of any such regulation, prohibition or restriction
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject 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 and the costs of prosecution.
A.
Borough Council shall have authority to close any street or 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 vehicle upon any such closed portion.
B.
Borough Council 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 the 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, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and the costs of prosecution.
A.
ASSEMBLAGE
PROCESSION
For the purpose of this section, the words "assemblage" and "procession"
shall have the following meanings:
A gathering of people without vehicle, which interferes with
the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any street.
A group of individuals, vehicles, animals and/or objects
moving along a street in a way that interferes with the normal movement
of traffic. A procession shall not include a funeral cortege or military
convoy.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or participate in any
assemblage unless the person organizing or conducting the assemblage
first obtains a permit from the Borough Manager, which shall be issued
without fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least two
weeks in advance of the day on which the assemblage is proposed to
be held, but in any case where a state-designated highway is proposed
to be used, application shall be made at least three weeks in advance
of the proposed date. The permit shall state the place where and the
date when the assemblage is to be held, the hour when the assemblage
may convene and the hour by which it shall have been completely dispersed.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or to participate in any
assemblage unless the permit has been granted or at any time or place
other than that authorized by the permit.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or participate in any
procession unless the person organizing or conducting the procession
first obtains a permit from the Borough Manager, which shall be issued
without fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least two
weeks in advance of the day when the procession is proposed to be
held, but in any case where a state-designated highway is proposed
to be used, application shall be made at least three weeks in advance
of the proposed date. The permit shall specify the date on which the
procession is to be held, the route to be followed by the procession,
the hour when and place where participants may commence to assemble
and form before the procession is under way, the time when the procession
may commence to move along its route, and the time by which the end
of the procession shall have reached the end of the route of the procession
and the procession shall have been disbanded. It shall be unlawful
for any person to hold or to participate in any procession unless
the permit shall have been granted or under any conditions as to time
or route or otherwise than those stated in the permit.
D.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and the costs of prosecution.
The police officers of the Borough of Lewistown are hereby given
authority to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough and at
intersections thereof.