Borough of Denver, PA Traffic Regulations

§ 192-10 Maximum speed limits established on certain streets.

[Amended 12-16-1996 by Ord. No. 481]

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:

[Amended 11-8-1999 by Ord. No. 498]

Street	Between	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)
2nd Street	Entire length	25
4th Street (North)	Entire length	25
4th Street (South) [Amended 6-11-2001 by Ord. No. 509; 1-31-2011 by Ord. No. 598]	Entire length	25
5th Street	Entire length	25
3rd Street	Entire length	25
6th Street (North) [Amended 1-31-2011 by Ord. No. 598]	Entire length	25
6th Street (South)	Entire length	25
7th Street	Entire length	25
8th Street	Entire length	25
9th Street	Entire length	25
Adams Street	Entire length	25
Alley A (Pear) [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Alley C [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Alley D [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Alley E [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Alley F [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Alley G [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Alley H [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Alley I [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Alley J [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Alley W [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Aspen Court	Entire length	25
Banana Alley [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Beech Street [Added 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564]	Entire length	25
Birch Street [Added 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564]	Entire length	25
Bon View Drive [Added 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564]	Entire length	25
Catalpa Circle [Added 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564]	Entire length	25
Cedar Lane	Entire length	25
Cherry Alley [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Cherry Street [Added 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564]	Entire length	15
Elm Street	Entire length	25
Evergreen Street	Entire length	25
Fausnacht Drive	Entire length	25
Fifth Avenue	Entire length	25
Franklin Street	Entire length	25
Front Street	Entire length	25
Hawthorne Drive	Entire length	25
Holly Lane	Entire length	25
Jefferson Avenue	Entire length	25
Juniper Street	Entire length	25
Lancaster Avenue	Entire length	25
Larch Lane	Entire length	25
Locust Street	Entire length	25
Madison Street	Entire length	25
Main Street	Entire length	25
Maple Street	Entire length	25
Monroe Street	Entire length	35
Oak Street	Entire length	25
Orange Alley [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Park Lane [Added 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564]	Entire length	15
Pine Street	Entire length	25
Poplar Street	Entire length	25
Railroad Alley [Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 503]	Entire length	15
Railroad Street	Entire length	15
School Court	Entire length	25
Snyder Street	Entire length	35
South 4th Street [Added 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564; repealed 1-31-2011 by Ord. No. 598]
Spruce Street	Entire length	25
Sunrise Circle	Entire length	25
Sycamore Drive	Entire length	25
Tamarack Drive	Entire length	25
Walnut Street	Entire length	25
Washington Street	Entire length	25
Weaver Road [Amended 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564]	From Lancaster Avenue to Borough line	25
Weaver Road [Added 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564]	From Main Street to Borough line	15
Willow Drive	Entire length	25

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.

§ 192-11 Maximum speed limits established on certain bridges and elevated structures.

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	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	(Reserved)

§ 192-12 Maximum speed limits established for certain vehicles on hazardous grades.

The following are declared to be hazardous grades, and, upon any such hazardous grade, no person shall drive a vehicle, having a gross weight in excess of that referred to for that grade, in the direction stated for that grade, at a speed in excess of that established in this section for that grade, and, if so stated for a particular grade, the driver of every such vehicle shall stop the vehicle before proceeding downhill:

	Street	Between	Direction of Travel	Maximum Gross Weight	Maximum Speed Limit	Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
	(Reserved)

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 for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 192-13 Maximum speed limits established in parks.

A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:

	Park	Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	(Reserved)

§ 192-14 Traffic signals at certain locations.

At the following locations, traffic signals as indicated below shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected), and traffic at those locations shall be directed by those signals:

	Location	Type of Signal
	Main and 4th Streets	--

Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-15 Intersections where turn prohibited on red signal.

The following are established as intersections where drivers of vehicles headed in the direction or directions indicated are prohibited from making a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) on a steady red signal:

Intersection	Vehicles Traveling On	Facing
Main Street and 4th Street[1]	Main Street	East/Westbound
Main Street and 4th Street[2]	North 4th Street	Southbound
Main Street and 4th Street[3]	South 4th Street	Northbound

[1]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[2]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[3]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-16 One-way streets established.

The following are established as one-way streets, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic on that street:

	Street	From	To	Direction of Travel
	North 2nd Street	Walnut Street	Main Street	South

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-17 Turning at certain intersections prohibited or restricted.

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, of the type indicated, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make a left turn and/or a right turn into the second-named street, as indicated, at any time when such a turn is prohibited by this section:

	Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Not to Make	Into	When	Type of Vehicle Applicable To:
	Railroad Street [Added 9-11-2006 by Ord. No. 561]	Northeast	Right turn	Main Street	At all times	All

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-18 Right turns only permitted at certain intersections.

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make other than a right turn, at any time stated, both left turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:

	Vehicles Traveling On	Direction of Travel	Times	Not to Make Left Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-19 No-passing zones established.

The following are established as no-passing zones, and it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to overtake or pass another vehicle or to drive on the left side of the roadway in any no-passing zone:

	Street	Direction of Travel	Between
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-20 Through highways established.

The following highways are established as through highways, thus authorizing stop or yield signs to be erected facing traffic approaching every intersection with the through highway except for those intersections with traffic signals, or with exceptions or modifications as indicated below. Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop or yield sign authorized by this section shall stop the vehicle or yield right-of-way as required by § 3323(b) or § 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code, as the case may be, and shall not proceed into or across the through highway until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law:

	Highway	Between
	3rd Street	Main Street and Monroe Street
	Main Street	Eastern and western Borough lines
	North 6th Street	Main Street and northern Borough line
	South 4th Street	Northern and southern termini

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-21 Stop intersections established.

The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 192-20) are established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the intersecting or through street) on the first-named street (the stop street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first named or stop street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall stop the vehicle as required by § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code, and shall not proceed into or across the second-named or intersecting or through street until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law.

Stop Street	Intersection or Through Street	Direction of Travel
5th Street	Main Street	North/Southbound
6th Street	Main Street	North/Southbound
Adams Street	South 5th Street	East/Westbound
Adams Street	South 4th Street	Eastbound
Adams Street	South 6th Street	East/Westbound
Alley A[1]
Alley C	Locust Street	Northbound
Alley C	Pine Street	Southbound
Alley C	Spruce Street	North/Southbound
Alley D[2]	North 5th Street	Eastbound
Alley F	Pine Street	North/Southbound
Alley F	Pine Street	Southbound
Alley G	North 4th Street	East/Westbound
Alley G	North 5th Street	East/Westbound
Alley G	North 6th Street	Westbound
Alley G	North 7th Street	Westbound
Alley H	North 4th Street	Eastbound
Alley J[3]	Spruce Street	Northbound
Aspen Court	Evergreen Street	Northbound
Banana Alley	Cherry Alley	Northbound
Banana Alley	Main Street	Southbound
Beech Street[4]	Monroe Street	Southbound
Birch Street[5]	Beech Street	Northbound
Birch Street[6]	Monroe Street	Southbound
Bon View Drive	Monroe Street	Westbound
Catalpa Circle[7]	Monroe Street	Northbound
Cedar Alley	Washington Street	North/Southbound
Cedar Lane	Hawthorne Drive	Southbound 3-way
Cedar Lane	Larch Lane	North/Southbound 4-way
Cherry Alley[8]	Main Street	Southbound
Cherry Alley	North 5th Street	East/Westbound
Cherry Alley	North 4th Street	East/Westbound
Cherry Alley[9]	North Front Street	Eastbound
Cherry Alley	North 2nd Street	Eastbound
Cherry Alley	North 6th Street	Westbound
Elm Street	North 5th Street	Eastbound
Elm Street	North 6th Street	Westbound
Evergreen Street	Holly Lane	Westbound
Evergreen Street	North 5th Street	Westbound
Fausnacht Drive	East Lancaster Avenue	East/Westbound
Fausnacht Drive	Jefferson Avenue	All (4-way)
Fausnacht Drive	South 2nd Street	Eastbound
Franklin Street	South 4th Street	East/Westbound
Front Street[10]	Main Street	Southbound
Hawthorne Drive	North 6th Street	Eastbound
Hawthorne Drive[11]	Tamarack Drive	Eastbound/Westbound
High School Access	South 4th Street	Eastbound
High School Drive	South 4th Street	Eastbound
Holly Lane	Juniper Street	Southbound
Holly Lane	Miller Road	Northbound
Jefferson Avenue	East Lancaster Avenue	Eastbound
Jefferson Avenue	South 4th Street	Westbound
Juniper Street	North 6th Street	Westbound
Larch Lane [Added 10-29-2001 by Ord. No. 510]	Cedar Lane	All (4-way)
Larch Lane	Tamarack Drive	Westbound
Locust Street	North 9th Street	Westbound
Locust Street	North 6th Street	East/Westbound
Locust Street	North 3rd Street	Eastbound
Madison Street	South 4th Street	East/Westbound
Maple Street	North 5th Street	Eastbound
Maple Street	North 6th Street	Westbound
Middle School Access	South 4th Street	Eastbound
Middle School Drive	South 4th Street	Eastbound
Monroe Street[12]
Monroe Street [Added 12-30-2002 by Ord. No. 524]	North 3rd Street and the Borough line	North
Monroe Street [Added 12-30-2002 by Ord. No. 524]	North 3rd Street and Snyder Street	South
North 2nd Street	Main Street	Southbound
North 2nd Street[13]	Walnut Street	Southbound
North 4th Street[14]	Evergreen Street	Southbound
North 3rd Street	Main Street	Southbound
North 3rd Street	Monroe Street	Northbound
North 4th Street	Locust Street	North/Southbound
North 4th Street	Walnut Street	All (4-way)
North 5th Street	Juniper Street	Northbound
North 5th Street	Locust Street	North/Southbound
North 5th Street	Walnut Street	All (4-way)
North 7th Street	Locust Street	All (4-way)
North 7th Street	Main Street	Southbound
North 7th Street	Oak Street	Northbound
North 7th Street	Pine Street	North/Southbound
North 8th Street	Main Street	Southbound
North 9th Street	Spruce Street	Southbound
Oak Street	North 5th Street	Westbound
Oak Street	North 4th Street	Eastbound
Oak Street	North 6th Street	Eastbound
Orange Alley[15]	Locust Street	Northbound/Southbound
Orange Alley	Main Street	Southbound
Orange Alley	Pine Street	North/Southbound
Orange Alley	Spruce Street	North/Southbound
Orange Alley	Walnut Street	North/Southbound
Park Street	North 5th Street	Westbound
Park Street	North 4th Street	Eastbound
Pear Alley (A)	Adams Street	North/Southbound
Pear Alley (A)	Franklin Street	North/Southbound
Pear Alley (A)	West Lancaster Avenue	Southbound
Pine Street	North 5th Street	East/Westbound
Pine Street	North 4th Street	Eastbound
Pine Street	North 6th Street	East/Westbound
Poplar Street	North 6th Street	East/Westbound
Railroad Street	Main Street	Northbound
Railroad Street	South 5th Street	East/Westbound
Railroad Street	South 4th Street	East/Westbound
School Court	Fausnacht Drive	Southbound
Snyder Street	Main Street	Southbound
Snyder Street[16]	Monroe Street	Southbound
South 2nd Street	Weaver Road	Southbound
South 3rd Street[17]	Washington Street	Northbound
South 4th Street	Lancaster Avenue	Northbound
South 5th Street	Franklin Street	Northbound
South 5th Street	Middle School Drive	Southbound
South 6th Street	Franklin Street	Northbound
South 6th Street	Middle School Drive	Southbound
Spruce Street	North 5th Street	East/Westbound
Spruce Street	North 4th Street	Eastbound
Spruce Street	North 7th Street	East/Westbound
Spruce Street	North 6th Street	East/Westbound
Sunrise Circle	South 2nd Street	Northbound
Sunrise Circle Cul-de-Sac	Sunrise Circle	Southbound
Sycamore Drive	Evergreen Street	Southbound
Sycamore Drive	Holly Lane	Westbound
Tamarack Drive[18]
Unnamed Alley	Cherry Alley	Southbound
Unnamed Alley	Walnut Street	North/Southbound
Unnamed Alley	South 4th Street	Westbound
Unnamed Alley	Railroad Street	Northbound
Unnamed Alley E	Madison Street	North/Southbound
Unnamed Alley W	Madison Street	North/Southbound
Walnut Street	North 8th Street	Westbound
Walnut Street [Added 9-9-2002 by Ord. No. 521]	North 2nd Street	East/Westbound
Walnut Street	North 7th Street	East/Westbound
Walnut Street	North 6th Street	East/Westbound
Walnut Street	North 3rd Street	East/Westbound
Washington Street	South 4th Street	East/Westbound
Water Street	South 4th Street	Westbound
Weaver Road	East Lancaster Avenue	Westbound
Weaver Road	Main Street	Northbound
West Lancaster Avenue	South 5th Street	East/Westbound
West Lancaster Avenue	South 4th Street	Eastbound
West Lancaster Avenue	South 6th Street	Westbound
Willow Drive	Hawthorne Drive	Northbound
Willow Drive[19]	Tamarack Drive	Westbound

[1]

Editor's Note: Deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[2]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[3]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[4]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[5]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[6]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[7]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[8]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[9]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[10]

Editor's Note: Former entry for "Hawthorne Drive at Cedar Lane," added 10-29-2001 by Ord. No. 510, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[11]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[12]

Editor's Note: Deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[13]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[14]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[15]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[16]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[17]

Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[18]

Editor's Note: Deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

[19]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-22 Yield intersections established.

The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 192-20) are established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the through street) on the first-named street (the yield street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named or yield street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by § 3323 (c) of the Vehicle Code, and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.

	Yield Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-23 Operation of motor vehicles restricted on public lands.

No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall be operated on any property owned by the Borough or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Borough without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Mayor of the Borough.

Any person who violates an provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-24 Rotary traffic islands established.

The following locations are designated as rotary traffic islands, and every vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island:

(Reserved)

Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of any rotary traffic island shall be guilty of a violation of this section, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-25 Play highways established and authorized.

The following areas upon the streets in the Borough are established as play highways:

[Amended 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 564]

	Street	Between	Days	Hours
	(Reserved)

The Mayor is authorized to designate as play highways, whenever he deems that action advisable, and for whatever period of time directed by him, any part of any street in the Borough, where sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Mayor.

No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon any play highway at any time when that street shall be designated as a play highway, except in case of emergency, with special permission of the Mayor or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear that play highway of all persons using it for the purpose for which it was set aside. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 192-25.1 U-turns prohibited.

[Added 9-25-2023 by Ord. No. 686]

U-turns are prohibited at the following locations:

The 300 block of Main Street.