A.
Words and phrases, when used in Part 1 of this chapter, except for sections or Articles to which different or additional definitions apply, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code (the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81[1]), as amended, except that in this Part 1, 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 term "legal holidays" as used in this Part 1 shall mean and include:
New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving
Day and Christmas Day.
C.
In this Part 1, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular and the masculine shall include the feminine.
D.
Although the streets in the Borough run generally in a northeast-southwest
and northwest-southeast direction, for the purpose of this Part 1,
Main Street and the street(s) running parallel or generally parallel
to Main Street shall be deemed to run in a north-south direction,
and Constitution Avenue and the streets parallel or generally parallel
to Constitution Avenue shall be deemed to run in an east-west direction.
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 the Borough of Spring Grove, except where the law
specifically authorizes less formal action.
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; 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.
These temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
Mayor and the Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations.
Any person who drives or parks a vehicle in violation of any such
regulation shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction, shall
be liable to the penalty set out in the law or elsewhere in this Part
1 for a violation of that nature, and, in case of a violation for
which no specific penalty is set out in the law or elsewhere in this
Part 1, to a fine of $25 and costs.
Council may, from time to time, designate places upon and along the streets and alleys 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 those locations by proper signs and markings. Those regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had been specified in this Part 1. 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 out in the law or elsewhere in this Part 1 for a violation of that nature, and, in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set out in the law or elsewhere in this Part 1, to a fine of $25 and costs; provided that the purpose of this section is to allow for test and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.
A.
Council shall have authority to close any street, alley or specific
part of a street or alley to vehicular traffic and to place barriers
or station police officers or fire police 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.
[Amended 5-5-2003 by Ord.
No. 2-2003]
B.
Council shall have authority to establish a restricted traffic area
upon any street or alley 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 costs.
A.
ASSEMBLAGE
PROCESSION
For the purpose of this section, the words "assemblage" and "procession"
shall have the following meanings:
A gathering of people without vehicles which interferes with
the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any street or alley.
A group of individuals, vehicles, animals and/or objects
moving along a street or alley in a way that interferes with the normal
movement of traffic. A procession shall not include a funeral caravan
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 Mayor or Council, which shall be issued
without fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least one
week 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 Mayor or Council, 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 the 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 other 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 costs.
The police officers of the Borough shall have authority to direct traffic on the streets in the Borough, at intersections in public and in other places where the Vehicle Code or this Part 1 applies.