[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006; as amended by Ord. 163-2012,
9/12/2012; and by Ord. 168-2013, 12/11/2013]
1.
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:
|
Street
|
Between
|
Maximum Speed Limit
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Beaver Dam Road
|
South Birdell Road to Lancaster County line
|
40 mph
| |
|
Brandamore Road
|
Birdell Road easterly 0.9 of one mile to West Brandywine Township
line
|
35 mph
| |
|
Cupola Road
|
Horseshoe Pike to Chestnut Tree Road
|
35 mph
| |
|
Forrest Road
|
Entire length
|
35 mph
| |
|
Grieson Road
|
Chestnut Tree Road and Cupola Road
|
25 mph
| |
|
Icedale Road
|
Entire length
|
35 mph
| |
|
Lammey Road
|
Beaver Dam Road to West Caln Township line
|
35 mph
| |
|
Meadville Road
|
Entire length
|
35 mph
| |
|
Mill Road
|
Entire length
|
35 mph
| |
|
Mount Pleasant Road
|
Compass Road to Lancaster County line
|
35 mph
| |
|
Park Road
|
Honey Brook Borough line to Beaver Dam Road
|
35 mph
| |
|
Poplar Road
|
Entire length
|
35 mph
| |
|
Talbotville Road
|
Entire length
|
35 mph
| |
|
Walnut Road
|
Compass Road westerly to Mill Road
|
35 mph
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
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)
| |||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
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)
| |||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets
and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Township,
except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified,
shall apply:
|
Park
|
Street
|
Location
|
Maximum Speed Limit
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
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
| |
|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||
2.
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.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
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
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||
2.
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.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
The following are established as one-way roadways, 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
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
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 Turn
|
Into
|
When
|
Type of Vehicle Applicable To
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
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 left turn, at any time stated, both right turns and straight-across
traffic being prohibited:
|
Vehicles Traveling On
|
Direction of Travel
|
Times
|
Not To Make Right Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle traveling upon
any of the following portions of streets, in the direction or directions
indicated for that street, to make a U-turn:
|
Street
|
Portion
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
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)
| |||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
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 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3323(b), 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
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Meadville Road (T475)
|
Meadville Road and Mill Road
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3323(b), 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
|
Intersecting or Through Street
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Beaver Dam Road
|
Birdell Road
| ||
|
Beaver Dam Road (East and West side)
|
Compass Road
| ||
|
Birdell Road (North side)
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Brandamore Road
|
Birdell Road
| ||
|
Broad Street
|
Mt. Pleasant Road
| ||
|
Buchanan Road
|
Pleasant View Road
| ||
|
Buchanan Road
|
Talbotville Road
| ||
|
Byerly Road
|
Lammey Road
| ||
|
Crystal Lane
|
Hill Road
| ||
|
Cupola Road
|
Chestnut Tree Road
| ||
|
Cupola Road
|
Forest Road
| ||
|
Cupola Road
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Dampman Road
|
Suplee Road
| ||
|
Davis Lane
|
Mill Road
| ||
|
Davis Road
|
Welsh Road
| ||
|
Dawn Lane
|
Chestnut Tree Road
| ||
|
Diane Drive
|
Walnut Road
| ||
|
Dove Drive
|
Birdell Road
| ||
|
Emery Road
|
Mill Road
| ||
|
Entra Drive
|
Anthony Lane
| ||
|
Entra Drive
|
Park Road
| ||
|
Fieldstone Road
|
Welsh Road
| ||
|
Forrest Road
|
Cupola Road
| ||
|
Forrest Road
|
Suplee Road
| ||
|
Foxview Road
|
Chestnut Tree Road
| ||
|
Foxview Road
|
Hunters Run Road
| ||
|
Friendship Drive
|
Reservoir Road
| ||
|
Given Road
|
Talbotville Road
| ||
|
Given Road
|
White School Road
| ||
|
Goldfinch Lane
|
Quail Lane
| ||
|
Grandview Circle
|
Rocklyn Station
| ||
|
Grieson Road
|
Chestnut Tree Road
| ||
|
Grieson Road
|
Cupola Road
| ||
|
Grove Road
|
Hill Road
| ||
|
Hemlock Road
|
South Twin Valley Road
| ||
|
Hill Road
|
Birdell Road
| ||
|
Homestead Road
|
Buchanan Road
| ||
|
Homestead Road
|
White School Road
| ||
|
Hunters Run Road
|
Grieson Road
| ||
|
Icedale Road
|
Birdell Road
| ||
|
King Road
|
Rock Road
| ||
|
King Road
|
Compass Road
| ||
|
Lakeview Drive
|
Chestnut Tree Road
| ||
|
Lammey Road
|
Beaver Dam Road
| ||
|
LanChester Road
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Lombard Street
|
Cambridge Road
| ||
|
Lombard Street
|
North Street
| ||
|
Meadow Drive
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Mill Road
|
Cambridge Road
| ||
|
Mill Road
|
Meadville Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Mill Road
|
North Street
| ||
|
Mill Road
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Morgantown Road (Isabella Road)
|
Chestnut Tree Road
| ||
|
Morgantown Road
|
Talbotville Road
| ||
|
Morgantown Road
|
White School Road
|
Both
| |
|
Mt. Pleasant Road
|
Compass Road
| ||
|
Mountain View Road
|
Hemlock Road
| ||
|
North Street
|
Mill Road
| ||
|
Park Road
|
Beaver Dam Road
| ||
|
Park Road
|
Cambridge Road
|
Both
| |
|
Pleasant View Road
|
Suplee Road
|
Both
| |
|
Pleasant View Road
|
White School Road
| ||
|
Poplar Road
|
Twin County Road
| ||
|
Poplar Road
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Quail Lane
|
Birdell Road
| ||
|
Reservoir Road
|
Twin County Road
| ||
|
Reservoir Road
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Ridge Road
|
Byerly Road
| ||
|
Roberts Lane
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Rock Road
|
Beaver Dam Road
| ||
|
Rock Road
|
Mount Pleasant Road
| ||
|
Rocklyn Station
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Ross Road
|
Mt. Pleasant Road
| ||
|
Scarlett Oaks Circle
|
Park Road
| ||
|
September Road
|
Compass Road
| ||
|
Shoreline Drive
|
Vincent Drive
| ||
|
Talbotville Road
|
Morgantown Road
| ||
|
Talbotville Road
|
Suplee Road
| ||
|
Talbotville Road
|
White School Road
| ||
|
Todd Road (North and South side)
|
Twin County Road
| ||
|
Todd Road
|
Horseshoe Pike
| ||
|
Todd Road
|
White School Road
| ||
|
Township Line Road
|
White School Road
| ||
|
Vincent Drive
|
Morgantown Road
| ||
|
East Walnut Lane
|
Pleasant View Road
| ||
|
Walnut Road (east and west side)
|
Compass Road
| ||
|
Walnut Road
|
Mill Road
| ||
|
Walnut Road
|
Pleasant View Road
| ||
|
West Walnut Road
|
Mill Road
| ||
|
Wawassan Drive
|
Conestoga Avenue
| ||
|
Welsh Road
|
Todd Road
| ||
|
Woodland Drive
|
Compass Road
| ||
|
Zook Drive
|
LanChester Road
| ||
|
Zook Road
|
Old Rt 322
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 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)
| |||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall
be operated on any property owned by the Township or any other public
agency or instrumentality within the Township without the permission
of the property owner and a permit from the Code Enforcement Officer
of the Township.
2.
Any person who violates an provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
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:
|
Location
| |
|---|---|
|
Woodland Drive
|
2.
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.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
The following areas upon the streets in the Township are established
as play highways:
|
Street
|
Between
|
Days
|
Hours
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
The Director of Public Works 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 Township where
sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall
be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Director of
Public Works.
3.
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 Director of Public
Works 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.
[Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006]
1.
The following roads and streets within the Township are designated
as special snowmobile roads:
|
Street or Road
|
Between
|
Used by Snow-mobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic
|
Shared With Vehicular Traffic
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any
highway, street or road in the Township other than as provided above.
Provided, nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating
a snowmobile on any other street in the Township:
A.
As authorized by the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7721,
for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets
or two-lane highways.
B.
For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the
street is blocked off as provided in the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 7723. Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 7752(a)
of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7752(a).
