Township of Wrightstown, PA TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

§ 15-201 Maximum Speed Limits Established on Certain Streets.

[Ord. 264, 9/17/2007; as amended by 11/4/2013]

Speed Limits Established on Existing Streets. 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 (mph)
Alexander Court	Entire length	25
Ashley Court	Entire length	25
Benjamin Lane	Entire length	25
Brian Lane	Entire length	25
Brownsburg Road	Entire length	35
Buckman Drive	Entire length	25
Cedar Lane	Entire length	35
Cherry Lane	Township Line Road to Washington Avenue	35
Crescent Road	Entire length	25
Crest Road	Entire length	25
Fire Creek Road	Entire length	25
Fire Thorn Road	Entire length	25
Fox Hill Drive	Entire length	25
Hallowell Drive	Entire length	25
Hampton Court	Entire length	25
Hunters Wood Drive	Entire length	25
Jane Chapman West Drive	Entire length	25
Jericho Valley Drive	Entire length	25
Lark Lane	Entire length	25
Maher Lane	Entire length	25
Martindell Drive	Entire length	25
Midland Road	Entire length	25
Mud Road	Entire length	35
Old Sackettsford Road	Entire length	25
Old Anchor Road	Entire length	35
Old Wilkinson Road	Entire length	25
Oriole Road	Entire length	25
Park Avenue	Entire length	35
Parsons Lane	Entire length	25
Penn Oak Trail	Entire length	25
Penns Park Road	Entire length	35
Perry Lane	Entire length	25
Pheasant Lane	Entire length	25
Ranch Road	Entire length	25
Ridge Avenue	Entire length	25
Robin Road	Entire length	25
Skoures Lane	Entire length	25
Thompson Mill Road	Entire length	35
Thrush Road	Entire length	25
Warner Way	Entire length	25
Whisperwood Court	Entire length	25
Williams Avenue	Entire length	25
Woodland Road	Entire length	25
Wooley Run	Entire length	25
Wrenwood Way	Entire length	25

Future Roadways.

Except as otherwise provided herein, and provided that Sections 3362(a)(1.2) and 6109(e) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code are not amended regarding the establishment of the maximum speed limit on nonnumbered traffic routes functionally classified as a local highway located within residential districts, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive or operate any truck, passenger car, motorcycle, or other automobile or motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour over or upon all future nonnumbered traffic routes functionally classified as a local highway located within residential districts within Wrightstown Township.

Upon the enactment of a resolution by the Board of Supervisors naming a nonnumbered traffic route functionally classified as a local highway within a residential district and the posting of 25 miles per hour speed limit signage as required by the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, the maximum speed limit of 25 miles per hour shall be established for that roadway.

Speed Limit Signs to Be Installed. The Township Roadmaster is hereby authorized and directed to erect official signs giving notice of the maximum 25 miles per hour speed limitation, in accordance with Section 3362(b) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code. The speed limits established hereby shall become effective upon the posting of speed limit signage as required by the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.

Exemptions to the Maximum Speed Limit. The speed limitations set forth in this section shall not apply to vehicles, when operated with due regard for safety, under the direction of the police in the chase or apprehension of violators of the law, or of person charged with or suspected of any such violation, nor to responders to fire alarms, or operators of emergency vehicles when traveling in emergencies. The exemption shall not, however, protect the operators of any such vehicle from the consequences of reckless disregard of the safety of others.

Penalty. 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.

§ 15-202 Maximum Speed Limits Established on Certain Bridges and Elevated Structures.

[Ord. 264, 9/17/2007]

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)

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.

§ 15-203 Maximum Speed Limits Established for Certain Vehicles on Hazardous Grades.

[Ord. 264, 9/17/2007]

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)

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.

§ 15-204 Maximum Speed Limits Established in Parks.

[Ord. 264, 9/17/2007]

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
	Anchor Run Park	All roads		5 mph

§ 15-205 Traffic Signals at Certain Locations.

[Ord. 264, 9/17/2007]

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
	Durham Road, Windy Bush Road, Second Street Pike, Route 413, Pineville Road and Township Line Road	Traffic
	Swamp Road and Route 232	Traffic
	Route 413 and Route 232	Traffic

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.

§ 15-206 Intersections Where Turn Prohibited on Red Signal.

[Ord. 264, 9/17/2007]

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)

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.

§ 15-207 One-Way Roadways Established.

[Ord. 264, 9/17/2007]

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
	Old Anchor Road (T-389)	PA Route 232	PA Route 413	Easterly