No person shall operate a motor vehicle, tractor,
minibike, motorbike or bicycle nor ride or walk a horse upon any sidewalk
in the Township; nor shall any person operate a motor vehicle, tractor,
minibike, motor bike or bicycle nor ride or walk a horse upon or across
any sidewalk except in order to gain access to or egress from a driveway
or alley at such locations where the curb, if such sidewalk is curbed,
shall have been properly cut down for the purpose.
[Amended 10-12-1977 by Ord. No. 666]
A.Â
Driving vehicle at safe speed. No person shall drive
a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under
the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards
then existing, nor at a speed greater than will permit the driver
to bring his vehicle to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
Consistent with the foregoing, every person shall drive at a safe
and appropriate speed when approaching and crossing an intersection
or railroad grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve,
when approaching a hillcrest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding
roadway and when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians
or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions.
B.Â
Maximum speed limits. Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with Subsection A relating to driving vehicles at a safe speed, the limits specified in Schedule I (Section -24 of Article II of Ordinance No. 622, § 107-24 of Article IV of Chapter 107 of the Code of the Township of Springfield, Pennsylvania) shall be the maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the limits set forth therein.
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those streets described in Schedule II (§ 107-25) attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III (§ 107-26) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the locations described in Schedule IV (§ 107-27) attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The intersections described in Schedule V (§ 107-28) are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such intersection.
The intersections described in Schedule VI (§ 107-29) are hereby established as yield-right-of-way intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway from the first-named highway, in the direction or directions indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions indicated, shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time that the operator of such vehicle or tractor is moving across or within such intersection.
[Amended 7-11-1979 by Ord. No. 685]
Upon streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VII (§ 107-30), it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any commercial vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination having a gross weight as described on the vehicle registration in excess of that prescribed for the particular street in Schedule VII except for the purpose of making local deliveries on that street.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
any vehicle or tractor upon any highway in the Township that is under
construction, resurfacing or repair, in disregard of any official
sign, barricade or notice that the same is closed to vehicular traffic.
[Added 7-12-2023 by Ord. No. 974]
A.Â
No minibike,
minicycle, trail bike, motorcycle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle,
golf cart or other similar vehicle which has not been properly registered
with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in conformity with the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code of 1976, as amended, shall be operated by any person
upon any street, sidewalk, or public property within Springfield Township.
B.Â
No minibike,
minicycle, trail bike, motorcycle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle,
golf cart or other similar vehicle shall be operated by any person
upon private property within the Township without the prior written
permission of the owner or other person in control or possession thereof.
[Added 7-12-2023 by Ord. No. 974]
In the event that anyone is found violating the provisions of § 107-16.1 of this chapter, any police officer may confiscate the said vehicle from the person operating the same and have it removed by an authorized towing operator pursuant to § 107-39, whereupon the owner of the said vehicle shall, in addition to the penalties above provided, pay a towing fee and a daily storage fee before said vehicle shall be returned to him or her.
