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Borough of Pennsburg, PA
Montgomery County
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Speed limits as follows are hereby established on portions of certain streets and highways in the Borough, and it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle in any such speed limit zone at a speed in excess of that hereby established therefor:
Name of Street
Speed limit
(mph)
Location
Cherry Alley
[Added 3-1-1999 by Ord. No. 4-99]
15
Entire length
Cherry Street
25
Entire length
Dotts Street
25
Entire length
Eighth Street
[Amended 12-6-1999 by Ord. No. 6-99]
25
Entire length
Eleventh Street
25
Entire length
Eighth Street
35
Entire length
Fourth Street
25
Entire length
Front Street
25
Entire length
Green Alley
[Added 3-1-1999 by Ord. No. 4-99]
15
Entire length
Jackson Street
25
Entire length
Lake Lane
25
Entire length
Lakeview Terrace
25
Entire length
Long Alley
[Added 3-1-1999 by Ord. No. 4-99]
15
Entire length
Macoby Street
25
Entire length
Main Street
[Added 5-3-2016 by Ord. No. 3-2016]
30
Between Second Street and Front Street
Main Street
[Amended 10-6-1997 by Ord. No. 5-97; 5-3-2016 by Ord. No. 3-2016]
25
Between Third Street and Fifth Street
Main Street
[Amended 10-6-1997 by Ord. No. 5-97; 5-3-2016 by Ord. No. 3-2016]
35
Entire length (except between Third Street and Fifth Street, and except between Second Street and Front Street)
Meadow Lane
[Added 5-3-1999 by Ord. No. 5-99]
25
Entire length
Montgomery Avenue
[Amended 6-6-1977 by Ord. No. 3-77]
25
Between the Borough line and Eleventh Street
Montgomery Avenue
[Added 1-6-2020 by Ord. No. 1-2020]
15 (Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
25 (at all other times)
Beginning at a point 300 feet north of the intersection of Montgomery Avenue and Eleventh Street to a point 530 feet south of the intersection of Montgomery Avenue and Eighth Street
Penn Street
25
Entire length
Pottstown Avenue
35
Entire length
Quakertown Avenue
35
Entire length
Railroad Street
25
Entire length
Second Street
25
Entire length
Seminary Street
[Added 10-3-2017 by Ord. No. 7-2017; amended 2-6-2018 by Ord. No. 1-2018]
*
Between Second Street and the entrance/exit to the parking lot at Schumo Hall
Seminary Street
[Added 2-6-2018 by Ord. No. 1-2018]
30 mph
Between Railroad Street and the East Greenville Borough line
Seminary Street
25
Entire length
Seventh Street
25
Entire length
Silk Alley
[Amended 3-1-1999 by Ord. No. 4-99]
15
Entire length
Silk Alley
25
Entire length
Sixth Street
25
Entire length
Third Street
[Amended 11-3- 1975 by Ord. No. 5-75]
25
Between Washington and Seminary Streets
Washington Street
25
Entire length
Westside Alley
[Added 3-1-1999 by Ord. No. 4-99]
15
Entire length
West Sixth Street
[Added 5-3-1999 by Ord. No. 5-99]
25
Entire length of ordained street beginning at the Borough line
NOTE:
*
15 miles per hour, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. At all other times, 30 miles per hour.
The following streets or portions thereof, as the case may be, are hereby established as through highways, and the operator of every vehicle, upon approaching any such highway at any intersection thereof, except where such intersection may be governed by traffic signal or where the intersection has been designated and defined as a yield-right-of-way intersection, shall come to a full stop within a reasonable distance before entering such intersection:
Highway
Limits
Main Street
Entire length
Montgomery Avenue
Entire length
Pottstown Avenue
Entire length
Quakertown Avenue
Entire length
The following intersections located in the Borough are hereby declared to be stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street upon the first-named street. All vehicles approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street shall come to a full stop within a reasonable distance before entering said intersection:
Stop Sign on
Direction
of Travel
At Intersection of
Cherry Street
North and south
Second Street
Dotts Street
[Added 7-3-1978 by Ord. No. 2-78]
North
Front Street
Dotts Street
North and south
Pottstown Avenue
Dotts Street
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 3-00]
North and south
Third Street
Eighth Street
West
Montgomery Street
Eleventh Street
East
Main Street
Eleventh Street
West
Montgomery Street
Fifth Street
East and west
Main Street
Fifth Street
West
Dotts Street
Front Street
East
Main Street
Front Street
East and west
Dotts Street
Jackson Street
South
Pottstown Avenue
Lake Lane
South
Eleventh Street
Lakeview Terrace
South
Eleventh Street
Long Alley
North
Front Street
Long Alley
North and south
Eighth Street
Long Alley
North and south
Fifth Street
Long Alley
North and south
Quakertown Avenue
Long Alley
North and south
Seventh Street
Long Alley
North and south
Sixth Street
Long Alley
North and south
Third Street
Macoby Street
North
Quakertown Avenue
Montgomery Avenue
[Added 11-19-2019 by Ord. No. 4-2019]
North
Eighth Street
Penn Street
[Amended 11-3-1975 by Ord. No. 5-75]
North and south
Fifth Street
Penn Street
North and south
Quakertown Avenue
Railroad Street
North
Seminary Street
Railroad Street
South
Pottstown Avenue
Second Street
East
Main Street
Second Street
East and west
Dotts Street
Second Street
East and west
Seminary Street
Seminary Street
North
Eighth Street
Seminary Street
North and south
Lakeview Terrace
Seminary Street
South
Pottstown Avenue
Seminary Street
West
Lake Lane
Seventh Street
[Added 4-1-1996 by Ord. No. 3-96]
East
Long Alley
Seventh Street
East and west
Main Street
Silk Alley
North
Second Street
Silk Alley
North and south
Third Street
Silk Alley
South
Pottstown Avenue
Sixth Street
East and west
Dotts Street
Sixth Street
East and west
Main Street
Sixth Street
[Added 12-6-1999 by Ord. No. 6-99]
West
Meadow Lane
Third Street
East
Penn Street
Third Street
East
Seminary Street
Third Street
East and west
Dotts Street
Third Street
East and west
Main Street
Third Street
West
Cherry Street
Washington Street
South
Pottstown Avenue
West Side Alley
North and south
Fifth Street
West Side Alley
North and south
Front Street
West Side Alley
North and south
Second Street
West Side Alley
North and south
Third Street
West Side Alley
South
Fourth Street
The following streets are hereby established as one-way streets:
Highway
Direction
of Travel
Limits
Fourth Street
West
From Pottstown Avenue to Dotts Street
The following intersections located in the Borough are hereby declared to be three- or four-way stop intersections, and official stop signs and three- or four-way signs shall be erected at such a position as to face all traffic approaching said intersection from all directions. All vehicles approaching such intersection shall come to a full stop within a reasonable distance before entering said intersection:
Stop Sign on
Direction
of Travel
At Intersection of
Dotts Street
Both
Fourth Street
Dotts Street
Both
Second Street
Dotts Street
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 5-03]
Both
West Sixth Street
Dotts Street
[Added 12-5-1988 by Ord. No. 4-88]
South
Sixth Street
East Sixth Street
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 5-03]
North
Penn Street
Eighth Street
[Added 11-19-2019 by Ord. No. 4-2019]
West
Montgomery Avenue
Fourth Street
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 5-03]
Both
Dotts Street
Fourth Street
West
Dotts Street
Long Alley
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 5-03]
Both
Seventh Street
Meadow Lane
[Added 9-2-2003 by Ord. No. 8-03]
East
West Sixth Street
Montgomery Avenue
[Added 11-19-2019 by Ord. No. 4-2019]
North
Eighth Avenue
Penn Street
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 5-03]
Both
East Sixth Street
Second Street
Both
Dotts Street
Seminary Street
[Added 9-2-2003 by Ord. No. 8-03]
Both
West Sixth Street
Seventh Street
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 5-03]
Both
Long Alley
Sixth Street
[Added 12-5-1988 by Ord. No. 4-88]
West
Dotts Street
West Sixth Street
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 5-03]
Both
Dotts Street
West Sixth Street
[Added 9-2-2003 by Ord. No. 8-03]
Both
Meadow Lane
West Sixth Street
[Added 9-2-2003 by Ord. No. 8-03]
Both
Seminary Street
[Added 1-7-2002 by Ord. No. 1-02]
On the following streets at the following intersections, only right turns shall be permitted:
Street
Direction
of Travel
At Intersection of
Dotts Street
[Added 11-6-2006 by Ord. No. 6-06]
Both
Route 663
Long Alley
Northbound and southbound
Quakertown Avenue (Route 663)