A.
Words and phrases, when used in 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, 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.
B.
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.
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 or as parts of ordinances or as amendments
to ordinances of the Township of Scott.
A.
The Township Police Department 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 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
Township Police Department 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.
A.
The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, designate places
upon and along the streets in the Township 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.
B.
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 Township relative to traffic and parking.
A.
The Board of Supervisors 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.
The Board of Supervisors 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.
The police shall have authority to direct traffic on the streets
in the Township, at intersections in public and in other places where
the Vehicle Code or this chapter applies.