This article is enacted pursuant to the authority
conferred by the Vehicle Code, Act of 1976, June 17, P.L. 1962, No.
81, Section 1, effective July 1, 1977 (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.), as amended, and is intended to include and be subject to
all provisions of Section 4902 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902,
and all Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regulations promulgated
or to be promulgated under the Vehicle Code, by way of illustration
and not limitation, under Sections 4902(f) and 6103 [75 Pa.C.S.A.
§§ 4902(f) and 6103].
The following words when used in this article
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
A fire department vehicle, police vehicle, ambulance, blood
delivery vehicle, Armed Forces emergency vehicle, one private vehicle
of a fire or police chief or assistant chief, or ambulance corps commander
or assistant commander, or of a river rescue commander, used for answering
emergency calls, or other vehicle designated by the state police under
Section 6106 of the Vehicle Code (relating to designation of emergency
vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police).
Emergency vehicles and school buses, defined hereinafter,
vehicles and combinations or governmental entities and utilities where
their contractors are engaged in construction or maintenance on a
posted highway or in a location which can be reached only via a posted
highway, and vehicles and combinations going to or coming from a residence
or farm located on a posted highway or which can be reached only via
a posted highway.
Any vehicle or combination as defined and/or governed by
the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., as amended.
A motor vehicle designated for carrying more than 10 passengers,
exclusive of the driver, and used for the transportation of school
children.
The Board of Supervisors has determined and
hereby determined based upon engineering studies conducted by Killam
Associates and otherwise that the following roads may be damaged or
destroyed unless the permissible weight of motor vehicles is restricted
to the weight limits listed:
|
Street Name
|
Route
Number
|
Between
|
Weight Limit
(tons)
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ashmont Drive
|
T-920
|
Brownsdale Road to end
|
12
|
|
Browns Hill Road
|
T-480
|
Sandy Hill Road to Route 8
|
12
|
|
Central Drive
|
T-393
|
Route 8 to Maple Drive
|
12
|
|
Davidson Road
|
T-502
|
Davis Road to Adams Township line
|
15
|
|
Davis Road
|
T-382
|
Route 228 West to Adams Township line
|
12
|
|
Deer Creek Road
|
T-840
|
Love Road to West Deer Township line
|
12
|
|
Denny Road
|
T-395
|
Route 8 to Adams Township line
|
12
|
|
Dwellington Circle
|
T-403
|
Route 8 to Dwellington Drive
|
12
|
|
Dwellington Drive
|
T-404
|
Route 8 to end
|
12
|
|
East Cruikshank Road
|
T-487
|
Route 8 to Penn Township line
|
12
|
|
Forsythe Road
|
T-448
|
Davis Road to McFann Road
|
12
|
|
Fraser Road
|
T-711
|
Route 8 to end
|
12
|
|
Glade Mill Circle
|
T-491
|
Route 228 East to Route 228 East
|
12
|
|
Harbison Road
|
T-383
|
Route 228 West to Forsythe Road
|
12
|
|
Jason Drive
|
T-792
|
Monks Road Township line to end
|
12
|
|
Kozy Korner Road
|
T-563
|
Logan Road to Clinton Township line
|
12
|
|
Kyle Road
|
T-489
|
Sandy Hill Road to West Deer Township line
|
12
|
|
Leslie Road
|
T-830
|
Route 8 to Clinton Township line
|
12
|
|
List Hill Road
|
T-401
|
Sheldon Road to Adams Township line
|
12
|
|
Logan Road
|
T-486
|
Route 228 East to Penn Township line
|
12
|
|
Love Road
|
T-483
|
Sandy Hill Road to Clinton Township line
|
12
|
|
McFann Road
|
T-492
|
Forsythe Road to intersection Sheldon Road
|
5
|
|
McFann Road
|
T-492
|
Old Route 8 to Sheldon Road
|
12
|
|
Mekis Road
|
T-566
|
Route 228 East to East Cruikshank Road
|
12
|
|
Old Glade Mill Road
|
T-490
|
Old Route 8 to Route 228 East
|
12
|
|
Old Route 8 North
|
T-747
|
Route 8 to Route 8
|
12
|
|
Old Route 8 South
|
T-482
|
Route 8 to Park Road
|
12
|
|
Overbrook Road
|
T-641
|
Route 8 to Route 228 East
|
12
|
|
Parks Road
|
T-481
|
Route 8 to Route 228 West
|
12
|
|
Rolling Mills Drive
|
T-800
|
Route 228 East to end
|
12
|
|
Sandy Hill Road
|
T-484
|
West Deer Township line to Clinton Township
line
|
12
|
|
Sheldon Road
|
T-384
|
Davis Road to Penn Township line
|
10
|
|
State Road
|
T-380
|
Richland Township line to Parks Road
|
12
|
|
Steiner Bridge Road Ext.
|
T-485
|
Old Glade Mill Road to Clinton Township line
|
12
|
|
Truver Road
|
T-567
|
Overbrook Road to Leslie Road
|
12
|
A.
Pursuant to the findings under § 162-14 above, and by authority of Section 4902 of the Vehicle Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, no motor vehicle or combination shall be operated upon any of the roads listed in § 162-14 with gross weight in excess of the weight limits listed for said road in § 162-14.
B.
Local traffic as defined herein shall be exempted from the restrictions imposed under Subsection A above. However, if the Board of Supervisors determines that any local traffic is likely to damage the road, the Board of Supervisors will so notify the registrants of the motor vehicle or combination. After two business days following delivery of the notice, or after five days following mailing of the notice, such local traffic vehicles shall not exceed the weight limits except in accordance with § 162-17 hereof.
The Board of Supervisors of Middlesex Township may issue permits for the movement of motor vehicles or combinations with weights in excess of the restrictions imposed under § 162-14 above, and may require such undertaking or security as it deems necessary to cover the costs of anticipated or probable repairs and restoration necessitated by the permitted movement of vehicles. All actions taken under the authority of this section shall be taken in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, as found in Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Code.
The Township shall erect or cause to be erected
and maintained restriction signs designating the restrictions at the
end of the portion of road restricted as provided in this article.
In the case of a restriction on a road which has not begun or ended
at an intersection with an unrestricted highway, the Township shall
also place an advance informational sign at the intersection nearest
each end of the restricted portion of the road which would allow drivers
to avoid the restricted portion of road.
Any person operating a motor vehicle or combination upon a road or bridge in violation of a prohibition or restriction imposed under § 162-14 is guilty of summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $75, except that any person convicted of operating a vehicle with a gross weight in excess of a posted weight shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 plus $150 for each 500 pounds, or part thereof, in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable weight.
