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Municipality of Murrysville, PA
Westmoreland County
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A. 
The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule I (§ 210-26), attached to and made a part of this chapter, is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated in said schedule. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that street or part of a street.
B. 
The rate of speed of any vehicle may be timed on any public street by a municipal police officer using either of the following:
(1) 
A motor vehicle equipped with a speedometer.
(2) 
Any electronic devices (nonradar) approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
The truck speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule II (§ 210-27), attached to and made a part of this chapter, is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated in said schedule. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that street or part of a street.
The school speed limit, during school recess or while children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours, for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule III (§ 210-28), attached to and made a part of this chapter, is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated in said schedule. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that street or part of a street.
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated (or are ratified if previously installed) at the intersection of those streets described in Schedule IV (§ 210-29), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall make a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) when facing a steady red signal at any of the locations described in Schedule V (§ 210-30), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the intersections described in Schedule VI (§ 210-31), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a U-turn on any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VII (§ 210-32), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VIII (§ 210-33), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated, 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.
No-passing zones are hereby established along those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IX (§ 210-34), attached to and made a part of this chapter, 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 described in said schedule.
The intersections described in Schedule X (§ 210-35), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated in said schedule. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop before entering any such intersection.
The intersections described in Schedule XI (§ 210-36), attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle and then yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named street so closely as to constitute a hazard during the time that the driver is moving across or within such intersection.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any commercial vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination having a gross weight in excess of that respectively prescribed upon any of the streets or bridges, or portions thereof, described in Schedule XII (§ 210-37), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except for the purpose of making local deliveries on said streets.
B. 
The Municipal Engineer may issue permits for movement of vehicles of weight in excess of the weight restrictions enacted under this section with respect to street and bridge/drainage structures, conditioned, however, upon the execution of surety bond by the user in favor of the Municipality in an amount as established by the Municipal Engineer to cover the costs of repairs and restoration necessitated by the movement, and further conditioned upon the user's submittal of a certificate of motor vehicle insurance confirming coverage for property damage in an amount not less than $100,000. A permit shall remain in force until completion of the authorized vehicle movement or the expiration of the prescribed time period for said permit, whichever shall first occur. A permit issued hereunder shall be of no force or effect in the event of the lapse, withdrawal or release of the user's surety bond or certificate confirming motor vehicle insurance coverage. A permit fee of $25 shall be collected for deposit into the Municipality's general fund on each application made on form(s) designated for issuance of a permit for movement of a vehicle weight in excess of municipal weight restrictions. Each application shall be considered a new permit request unless said request is to continue a previous applied for permit, but, in either event, a surety bond shall be required and/or maintained in favor of the Municipality, together with a certificate of motor vehicle insurance, all as aforesaid.