[Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997, § 205-1]
1. Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except for sections
or parts to which different or additional definitions apply, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 101 et seq. (the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81),
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.
2. The term "legal holidays," as used in this chapter, shall mean and
include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
3. In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular and the masculine shall include the feminine.
4. As used
in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
[Added by Ord. 2015-4-1, 4/13/2015]
CROSSWALK
A.
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the
connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides
of the highway, measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs,
from the edges of the traversable roadway and, in the absence of a
sidewalk on one side of the roadway, that part of a roadway included
within the extension of the lateral lines of the existing sidewalk.
B.
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the
surface.
HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel. The term includes a roadway
open to the use of the public for vehicular travel on grounds of a
college or university or public or private school or public or historical
park.
INTERSECTION
A.
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the
lateral curblines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of
the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately
at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon
different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
B.
Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart,
then every crossing of each roadway of the divided highway by an intersecting
highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event
the intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more
apart, then every crossing of two roadways of the highways shall be
regarded as a separate intersection.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
County, municipal and other local boards or bodies having
authority to enact laws relating to traffic. The term also includes
airport authorities, except where those authorities are located within
counties of the first class or counties of the second class.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
Signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with
this chapter, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official
having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding
traffic.
PARK or PARKING
A.
When permitted, means the temporary storing of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, off the roadway.
B.
When prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in loading or unloading property or passengers.
PEDALCYCLE
A vehicle propelled solely by human-powered pedals. The term
does not mean a three-wheeled human-powered pedal-driven vehicle with
a main driving wheel 20 inches in diameter or under and primarily
designed for children six years of age or younger.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street between curblines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for
use by pedestrians.
[Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997, § 205-2]
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 Red Lion.
[Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997, § 205-3; as amended by
Ord. 2004-03-02, 3/16/2004]
1. The Mayor, Borough Manager, or Assistant Borough Manager, in the
absence of the Mayor, shall have the following powers to regulate
traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
A. In the case of fire, flood, storm, or other emergency, to establish
temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
B. 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.
2. These temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
Mayor and the police in the same manner as permanent regulations.
Any person who drives or parks a vehicle 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.
[Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997, § 205-4]
1. The Borough Council may, from time to time, designate places upon
and along the streets 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. Such regulations, prohibitions
and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had been specified
in this chapter. 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 chapter for a
violation of such nature.
2. The purpose of this section is to allow for testing and experimental
determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes
in the ordinances of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.
[Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997, § 205-5]
1. The 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.
2. The 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.
[Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997, § 205-6]
The police 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 chapter applies.