(a) Definitions. For purposes of this section certain terms are defined as follows:
(1) "Truck" means any motor vehicle designed for carrying freight or merchandise and includes tractors, truck tractors, trailers and semitrailers as defined in the Commonwealth Vehicle Code, provided that a house trailer attached to a passenger motor vehicle shall not be deemed a semitrailer.
(2) "Vehicle" means any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported upon a public highway, including herein ridden or driven animals.
(b) Direction of Travel. When streets are designated one-way streets and signs are placed giving notice thereof, no person shall drive any vehicle except in the direction designated by signs or markers.
(c) Turns. When signs are placed giving notice thereof, no person operating a vehicle shall make any turn at any intersection of any highway with any one-way street, either when entering or leaving such streets which shall cause such vehicle to move in a direction opposite to the direction designated for such streets or highway.
(d) Parking. On one-way streets vehicles may be parked with either the right or left side thereof parallel to the curb when headed in the legal direction unless parking on such side is otherwise prohibited by existing ordinances or regulations. However, motorbuses shall stop for the purpose of receiving and discharging passengers only at bus stops designated by existing ordinances or regulations.
(Ord. 62-1949 §1-4.)
(e) Trucks or Commercial Motor Vehicles. Where signs are placed giving notice thereof, no truck or commercial motor vehicle which has a gross weight of more than 20,000 pounds shall be operated or driven over the bridges located on the one-way streets which span the Codorus Creek passing through the City. (Ord. 62-1949 §5; Ord. 2-1950 §1.)
(f) Exemptions. The provisions of this section regulating the movement, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to Fire Department or fire patrol vehicles when traveling in response to a fire alarm, nor to police patrol vehicles, nor to such ambulances and vehicles of the City or public service corporations as are designated as emergency vehicles. This exemption shall not however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of a reckless disregard for the safety of others. (Ord. 3-1952 §1.)