Hershey News 1956-07-19

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 4 -cie>° HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 19, 1956 No. 29
New Regulations For
Traffic Are Passed
A new ordinance regulating the parking and movement
of vehicles in Derry Township has been passed by the board
of supervisors. Enacted into law for the convenience and
protection of the public, the ordinance was given final ap-proval
by the supervisors on July 9 and became effective
immediately.
The new traffic ordinance covers most parking regu-lations
in the township, but it was pointed out that other;
are covered by the Pennsylvania Motor Code. The Motor
Code provides such general items as the prohibition of
parking vehicles in narrow alleys, where they would consti-tute
potential hazards in case of fire or other emergency.
The Derry Township Traffic Ordinance is designed to
fit the speeific case of the present-day local situation, along
with the broad regulations of the state code. The ordinance,
passed after lengthy study by Supervisors Harvey M. Her-shey,
David E. Gassert and Ralph Logan and Board Solicitor
J. C. Barnhart, is published by the Hershey News as a
matter of public interest:
(An ordinance regulating and re-stricting
traffic, parking and the op-eration
of vehicles, bicycles, buses
and other moving objects and devices
upon the public streets in the village
of Hershey, Derry Township, Dau-phin
County, Pennsylvania, assign-ing
certain authorities and duties in
connection with the regulation of traf-fic
and providing for the adminis-tration
and enforcement of said regu-lations
and prescribing penalties for
violations of the provisions of this
ordinance.)
Sec. 1. TITLE. Be it enacted and
ordained by the Board of Supervisors
of Derry Township, Dauphin County,
Pennsylvania, and it is hereby enact-ed
and ordained by the authority of
the same, that this ordinance shall be
known and cited as the "TRAFFIC
ORDINANCE" ' '
Sec. 2. AUTHORITY, PURPOSE,
REPEALER. Be it enacted and or-dained
by the Board of Supervisors
of Derry Township, Dauphin County,
Pennsylvania, and it is hereby enact-ed
and ordained by authority of the
same, that in pursuance of authority
granted to Townships of the Second
Class in the Commonwealth of Penn-sylvania
by an Act of General Assem-bly,
entitled "The Second Class
Township Code," approved July 10,
1947, P. L. 1481, as amended, 53 P.
S. Section 19093-702, Paragraph 24;
and also by an Act of General As-sembly,
entitled "The Vehicle Code,"
approved May 1, 1929, P. L. 905,
Section 1103, as amended, 75 P. S.
Section 663 (a), and for the purpose
of carrying the said authority into
effect and thereby promoting the
convenience and protection of the
public, all parking ordinances here
before enacted are hereby repealed
and that hereafter in effect shall be
as follows:
Sec. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this ordi-nance
the terms used shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the
Vehicle Code before-mentioned, ex-cept
as herein otherwise defined.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC EQUIP-MENT.
All signs, signals, markings,
and devices not inconsistent with
this ordinance, placed or erected as
herein provided, or for temporary
warning signs by authority of rec-ognized
agencies, for the purpose of
guiding, directing, safeguarding,
warning or regulating traffic and
parking.
STREET OR HIGHWAY. Every
way or place of whatever nature;
open to the use of the public, as a
matter of right, for the purpose of
vehicular travel. The term "high-way"
shall not be deemed to include
a roadway or driveway upon grounds
owned by private persons, colleges,
universities, or other institutions.
TRAFFIC. Pedestrians, vehicles,
buses, herded animals, either singly
or together, while using any street
for the purpose of travel.
VEHICLE. Every vehicle, other
than a baby carriage, in, upon, or by
which any person or property is or
may be transported or drawn upon
a public street or highway; provided
that a ridden animal shall be deemed
a vehicle.
Sec. 4. ADMINISTRATION. A The
Board of Township Supervisors may
promulgate rules for the general
regulation of traffic; determine, es-tablish
and designate the- character,
location and use of all official traffic
-equipment, markings, or other appur-tenances
necessary for traffic regu-lation,
direction and parking.
B. The Township Constable and his
deputies are hereby authorized to en-force
compliance with regulations as
provided in this ordinance, with the
assistance of other township and vil-lage
departments as• required, to
place, maintain, operate, remove and
replace all official traffic -equipment;
and' in case of emergency, such as
funeral;-publie -oedasion,—traffirjain,
fire, or other unusual situations, for
the purpose - of coping with such sit-uations,
the Constable is empowered
to establish and enforce traffic regu-lations
during the period of the em-ergency.
STOPPING, STANDING & PARKING
Sec. 5. In taxicab stand, or bus,
or bus and coach stop. No operator
of any vehicle other than a bus or a
coach shall stop, stand or park in an
officially designated bus or coach
stop, and no vehicle other than a
taxicab shall stop, stand or park in
an officially designated taxicab
stand.
Sec. 6. On narrow streets. The
Board of Township Supervisors may,
by erecting appropriate signs, pro-hibit
parking on one or both sides
of any street, the roadway of
which is twenty (20) feet or less in
width.
Sec. 7. Parking prohibited at all
times. When signs are erected giv-ing
notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle at any time upon any
of the streets designated in Schedule
Sec. 8. Parking prohibited in front
of or opposite to any garage. No per-son
shall park, a,vehicle at any time
in front of or opposite to any garage
where such parking would block the
entrance to or exit from such garage.
Sec. 9. Parking prohibited during
certain times. When signs are erect-ed
giving notice thereof, no person
shall park a vehicle on the streets
designated in Schedule "B" during
the days and hours specified therein,
except as in Schedule "B" indicated.
Sec. 10. Parking time limited in
designated places. When signs are
erected giving notice thereof, no per-sons
shall park a vehicle on any of
the streets designated in Schedule
"C" for a period longer than that
designated therein between the hours
of 8:00 o'clock a. m. and 6:00 o'clock
p. m. on weekdays except Saturdays,
and on Saturdays between the hours
of 8:00 o'clock a. m. and,. 12:00
o'clock noon.
Sec. 11. Loading and unloading.
No person shall stop, stand or park
a vehicle for any purpose or length
of time, other than for the exped-tious
unloading and delivery and pick-
ADAIR. al, woith.
George A. Kluck
--The ,innarcis of struck-or-bus are Samiliar territory
for George A. Kluck, veteran of the Milton Hershey
School's transportation system. Kluck is shown here
during the summer tune-up of school buses at the garage
out at the Main.
Kluck and the M. H. S. buses have been doing a job
together since the spring of 1930, when he was assigned
as a driver. The school operated but one bus at that time.
He drove for the school for some fifteen accident-free
years and then was made truck and bus foreman at the
• garage. His job includes routing trips, assigning drivears
and overseeing maintenance of the school's fleet.
With the busy transporta-up
and loading of property, in any
place marked as a loading or un-loading
zone.
Sec. 12. One-Way Streets. On each
street designated in Schedule "D,"
vehicular traffic shal not move in a
direction other than the one indicated
therein. A sign indicating the direc-tion
of traffic shall be erected and
maintained at every intersection
where traffic in the opposite direction
is prohibited.
ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 13. Constable and Deputies.
The township Constable shall be and
is hereby authorized to enforce all
the provisions of this ordinance and
of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle
Code, and he is hereby authorized to
deputize such Deputy Constable or
Constables as may be necessary for
the proper enforcement thereof.
Sec. 14. Tagging Vehicles. The Con-stable
or any of his duly authorized
deputies, as aforesaid, shall make
periodic checks as may be necessary
for the proper enforcement of any
and all traffic ordinances of this
township, and upon ascertaining
that any violation thereof has oc-curred,
shall place upon the vehicle
involved in any such violation a
white envelope, unfolded and un-sealed,
upon which he shall indi-cate
the nature of the violation or
violations, and the location, date
and time thereof.
(The 1956 Traffic Ordinance pro-vides
for the use of a white enve-lope
by the Constable and deputies
in tagging vehicles involved in
traffic violations. It bears the
words: "This is a notice of a traf-
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Derry Twp. Civil
Defense Set For
Big Air Alert
Hershey Area To Take
Part In Nationwide
Preparedness Test
Derry Township's Civil De-fense
forces were geared up
this week for their part in the
third nationwide test which
will be touched off tomorrow
(Friday, July 20) with a
theoretical all-out attack. Can-ada
also plans to join with
the United States and its ter-ritories
and possessions in the
big-scale drill.
Louis C. Smith, Jr., Derry
Township Civil Defense di-rector,
urged all local resi-dents
to give their serious
attention to the test, which
will be signalled here by the
sounding of sirens.
Public participation in
Derry Township will come
tomorrow (July 20) from
the "Take Cover" signal at
1:55 p.m. (EDT) until the
"All Clear" at 205 p.m.
The Civil Defense director
urged all persons to run
through the recommended
preparations for an air attack,
such as: drawing window
blinds in homes and offices
and proceeding to previously
selected places of shelter; get-ting
off the sidewalks to take
cover in nearby buildings;
and the halting of all street
and highway traffic (except
for scheduled public carriers).
The primary purposes of
the test, Smith said, are to tion system rolling up many
test the over-all effectiveness miles per year, Kluck is par-0f warning systems and de-donably
proud of the safety' vices; to test plans for emer-record
maintained by the unit. gency mobilization and oper- He and Mrs. Kluck, the for- ations ; to provide further op- mer Dorothy Slaybaugh, are; portunity for the public prac- natives of Adams County. She . tice of basic self-protection is the dietitian at the school s
d t big kitchen at the Main. measures; an o stimu l ate
Before coming to Hershey
twenty-seven years ago, Kluck
worked as a foreman of a
" roofing construction crew. His As the "Take Cover signal
first job with Hershey was as is heard and recognized to.
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