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Penn Township, PA Code of Ordinances
CODE OF ORDINANCES of the TOWNSHIP OF PENN
OFFICIALS of the Township of Penn County of Centre, Pennsylvania
FEE SCHEDULE
CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2 ANIMALS
CHAPTER 3 BICYCLES
CHAPTER 4 BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 5 CODE ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 6 CONDUCT
CHAPTER 7 FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 8 FLOODPLAINS
CHAPTER 9 GRADING AND EXCAVATING
CHAPTER 10 HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 11 HOUSING
CHAPTER 12 LIBRARIES
CHAPTER 13 LICENSES, PERMITS AND GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 14 MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS
CHAPTER 15 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 16 PARKS AND RECREATION
CHAPTER 17 PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 18 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER 19 SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
CHAPTER 20 SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 21 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 22 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 23 SWIMMING POOLS
CHAPTER 24 TAXATION, SPECIAL
CHAPTER 25 TREES
CHAPTER 26 WATER
CHAPTER 27 ZONING
APPENDIX
KEY TO THE DISPOSITION OF ALL ORDINANCES
KEY TO SIGNIFICANT RESOLUTIONS
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§ 802. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF PUSHCARTS.
   1.   The word "pushcart," as used in this Section, shall mean a vehicle, including a pedalcycle, propelled solely by human power, and used or intended for use for the display, transport, exhibit or sale of goods, wares or merchandise.
   2.   It shall be unlawful for any person to propel a pushcart upon any sidewalk in any business district except as necessary to move the pushcart to a location from which it is to be loaded or unloaded or from which goods, wares or merchandise are to be sold or dispensed under permit from the Board of Supervisors as provided in subsection (3) of this Section.
   3.   It shall be unlawful for any person to park a pushcart upon any sidewalk except for the purpose of selling or dispensing from that pushcart goods, wares or merchandise to passersby under permit from the Board of Supervisors. Every such permit shall be issued to the person making application for the permit, upon payment of a fee, which shall be for the use of the Township set by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to a resolution. The permit shall be granted to the applicant, upon payment of the fee, and upon his signing an agreement with the Board of Supervisors that he shall be bound by the conditions imposed by Board of Supervisors and made a part of the permit, dealing with the following matters:
      A.   Restricting or limiting the parking of the pushcart to one or more stated locations upon the sidewalk and to stated days and hours at each location;
      B.   Stating requirements to be adhered to in connection with the disposal of garbage and refuse resulting from the operations carried on;
      C.   Requiring that there be no violation of any law, ordinance or regulation pertaining to health, sanitation and the handling of food or drink.
   4.   Any person who violates any provision of this Section, or any condition of any permit granted under this Section, shall be guilty of a summary offense, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 803. SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, COASTERS, SLEDS AND OTHER TOY VEHICLES.
   1.   It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on a sled upon any sidewalk in the Township, or upon any roadway unless that roadway is on a portion of a street blocked off for sledding by authority of § 105 of Part 1 or § 216 of Part 2 of this Chapter. Provided: nothing in this subsection shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a sled, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.
   2.   It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in roller-skating, skateboarding or to ride upon or propel any coaster or other toy vehicle upon:
      A.   Any street except in order to cross the roadway; or,
      B.   Any sidewalk located in a business district, except that nothing in this subsection shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a coaster or other toy vehicle, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.
   3.   Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
PART 9
PEDESTRIAN REGULATIONS
§ 901. PEDESTRIANS TO OBEY TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNS.
At all locations in the Township where official traffic-control signals are installed, pedestrians, except where directed otherwise by pedestrian-control signals installed under § 902 of this Part, shall obey the directions of those traffic-control signals, as follows:
      A. When facing a green signal, a pedestrian may proceed across the roadway within a crosswalk;
      B.   When facing a steady yellow signal, a pedestrian shall not start to cross the roadway;
      C.   When facing a steady red signal, a pedestrian shall not enter the roadway. (Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 902. PEDESTRIAN-CONTROL SIGNAL LOCATIONS ESTABLISHED.
   1.   At the following locations, official pedestrian-control signals shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected):
Location
(Reserved)
   2.   Every pedestrian facing a steady or flashing "Don't Walk" signal shall obey the directions of that signal, as follows:
      A.   When facing a steady "Don't Walk" signal, a pedestrian shall not start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the "Walk" signal should proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while the "Don't Walk" signal is showing.
      B.   When facing a flashing "Don't Walk" signal a pedestrian shall not start to cross the roadway in the direction of the indication, but any pedestrian who has partly completed crossing during the "Walk" indication should proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone.
Any pedestrian who fails to obey the directions of a "Don't Walk" signal, as indicated above, shall be guilty of an offense and a violation of this Part.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 903. LOCATIONS WHERE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IN UNMARKED CROSSWALKS RESTRICTED.
Except when authorized by a police officer or other appropriately attired person authorized to direct, control or regulate traffic, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to cross the roadway at any of the following streets, at the intersection with that street indicated.
Street   Intersection   Direction of Travel
(Reserved)
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 904. LOCATIONS WHERE PEDESTRIANS MAY CROSS ONLY IN CROSSWALK.
It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian:
      A.   To cross any roadway in a business district within the Township except in a crosswalk;
      B.   To cross the roadway, in any of the following portions of streets in the Township, except in a crosswalk:
Street   Between
(Reserved)
Provided: nothing in this Section shall permit any pedestrian to cross in a crosswalk at any location where that crossing is prohibited by § 902 of this Part.
(Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
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