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Township of Muhlenberg, PA
Berks County
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All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall be enacted as ordinances or parts of ordinances or as amendments to ordinances of the Township of Muhlenberg.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 145-1 of the 1982 Code, Definitions and interpretations, which immediately preceded this section, was repealed 9-19-2005 by Ord. No. 408.
The existence on Township highways of signs heretofore erected on authorization of the Board of Commissioners to regulate traffic and parking in the Township is hereby ratified and confirmed, with the same effect as if specific authorization for each sign was contained herein.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 180, known as the "Traffic Control Sign Ordinance of Muhlenberg Township," authorized the Board of Commissioners to establish the location of traffic control signs throughout the public streets and highways of Muhlenberg Township and to provide for the erection and/or removal of any traffic control sign throughout the public streets and highways of the Township by resolution, and provided for the ratification of all existing traffic control signs at their present locations throughout the Township, as well as violations and penalties as set forth in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania.
[Amended 9-19-2005 by Ord. No. 408; 10-18-2010 by Ord. No. 491]
A. 
The President of the Board of Commissioners, Chief of Police and any other department or Township staff authorized by the Board of Commissioners 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 or to facilitate public works, or in the conduct of parades, processions or public events, to restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods to be determined in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners.
B. 
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any person who shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor 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 Part 1 for a violation of such nature.
A. 
The Board of Commissioners and Police Department may, from time to time, designate places upon and along the highways 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 such locations by proper signs and markings. Such regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had been specified in this Part 1. No person shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor 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.
B. 
The purpose of this section is to allow for the test and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Township relative to traffic and parking.
A. 
This Part 1 shall be enforced by the police officers of the Township of Muhlenberg, who are hereby given authority to direct traffic on the highways and intersections of the Township in accordance with the provisions of this Part 1 and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B. 
Any member of the Muhlenberg Township Police Department is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the provisions of Chapter 326, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the Township of Muhlenberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, as amended.
[Added 9-19-2005 by Ord. No. 408]