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
(the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81), as amended,[1] 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.
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
and the plural shall include the singular and the masculine shall
include the feminine.
D.
Although the streets in the Township run generally
in a northeast-southwest and a northwest-southeast direction, for
the purpose of this chapter, Birmingham Road (SR 202) shall be deemed
to run in a north-south direction, and Street Road (Route 926, SR
0926) and the streets parallel or generally parallel to Street Road
shall be deemed to run in an east-west direction.
[Amended 6-18-2001 by Ord. No. 01-09]
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be authorized by the Board of Supervisors by ordinance;
provided, however, that the Chief of Police shall have the authority
to install advisory signs along any Township road if such sign is
necessary or will protect the health, safety and welfare of the public.
If the advisory sign is requested by a particular property owner or
owners, the Chief of Police may allocate the cost of purchasing and
installing the sign to such property owner(s).
A.
The Chief of Police 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 Chief of Police and the Police Department in the same
manner as permanent regulations.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 95-01]
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 95-01]
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.
Those 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.
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.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 95-01]
A.
The Board of Supervisors shall have the 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 the authority
to establish a restricted traffic area upon any street where construction
or maintenance work is underway and to station flaggers 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 flagger is displaying a sign directing that vehicle to stop
or is signaling that vehicle, by a flag or other device, not to proceed.
A.
ASSEMBLAGE
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.
PROCESSION
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 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 Chief of Police, 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 Chief of Police, 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 underway, the time when the procession
may commence to move along its route and the time by which the end
of 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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Subsection (d), which
immediately followed this subsection and dealt with violations and
penalties, was deleted 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 95-01.
