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1. Any Township Supervisor 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; and,
B. 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 parking in limited areas for periods of not more than 72 hours.
2. 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 regulations, 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 subject to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this Chapter for a violation of such nature, and, in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this Chapter, to a fine of not more than $25 together with costs of prosecution.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time by resolution, designate places upon and along the highways in the Township where, for a period of not more than 90 days, specific traffic and 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 as if they had been specified in this Chapter. No person shall operate 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 shall violate any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this Chapter for a violation of such nature, and in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this Chapter, to a fine of not more than $25 together with costs of prosecution; provided, 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.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
1. For the purpose of this Section, the words "assemblage" and "procession" shall have the following meanings:
ASSEMBLAGE - 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.
2. 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 any Township Supervisor, which shall be issued without fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least 1 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 3 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.
3. 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 any Township Supervisor, which shall be issued without fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least 2 weeks in advance of the day when the procession is proposed to be held, but in any case where the State-designated highway is proposed to be used, application shall be made at least 3 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 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 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.
4. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
PART 2
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
1. Maximum speed limits are established on portions of specified streets, as follows, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle, on any part of a street where a maximum speed limit applies, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street:
Street Between Maximum Speed Limit
Big Oak Road (T-502) From T-500 to T-512 35 mph
Crater Road (T-419) Between S.R. 0045 and its intersection with T-455 25 mph
Greenbriar Gap Road (T510) From its intersection with S.R. 2012 to its intersection with T-513 15 mph
Long Lane (T-512) From S.R. 2012 to the Millheim Borough line 35 mph
Orndorf Road (T-501) From T-500 to the Gregg Twp. line 35 mph
Paradise Road (T-500) From Pa. Route 45 to S.R. 2012 40 mph
Railroad Street ( T-499) [Ord. 68] From its intersection with T-514 to the terminus of T499 15 mph
Siglerville Millheim Pike (T513) [Ord. 67] From the intersection with S.R. 2012 for a distance of .5 miles 35 mph
Siglerville Millheim Pike (T513) [Ord. 67] From the intersection with Greenbriar Gap Road (T510) for a distance of .36 miles 25 mph
Siglerville Millheim Pike (T513) [Ord. 67] From the intersection with Greenbriar Gap Road (T510) for a distance of .64 miles to the Forestry Road 25 mph
Smithtown Gap Road (T455) Between S.R. 0045 and the Gregg Township line 25 mph
Tunnel Road (T-514) Between S.R. 2011 to the terminus of T-514 25 mph
Zerby Gap Road (T-415) From S.R. 2012 to Gregg Township line 25 mph
2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1; as amended by Ord. 67, 5/1/2003, §§ 1–3; and by Ord. 68, 10/2/2003, § 1)
1. Maximum speed limits are established, as follows, on certain bridges and elevated structures, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any such bridge or elevated structure, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that bridge or elevated structure:
Bridge or Elevated Structure Side Maximum Speed Limit
(Reserved)
2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
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