City of Altoona, PA
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2023-09-11
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 700 Vehicles and Traffic
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Article XI Moving Violations
- The Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Authorities, Boards and Commissions
- Ch 22 Electrical and Engineering Civil Service
- Ch 44 Fire Civil Service Commission
- Ch 94 Pensions
- Ch 98 Personnel Policies
- Ch 105 Police Civil Service Commission
- Ch 112 Records
- Ch 117 Refunds Policy
- Ch 134 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 170 Alarm Systems, Fire
- Ch 171 Alarm Systems
- Ch 175 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 184 Animals
- Ch 237 Business Privilege License
- Ch 256 Checks, Returned
- Ch 262 Condemnation Orders
- Ch 270 Construction Standards
- Ch 281 Curfew
- Ch 289 Demolition or Partial Demolition of Buildings and Other Structures
- Ch 291 Disorderly Houses
- Ch 295 Disposition of Surplus Real and Personal Property
- Ch 300 Driveways
- Ch 314 Electricians
- Ch 335 Fees
- Ch 346 Fire Cost Recovery
- Ch 347 Firearms and Fireworks
- Ch 352 Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Ch 358 Fire Prevention
- Ch 362 Floodplain Regulations
- Ch 390 Grass, Weeds and Other Vegetation
- Ch 397 Hazardous Materials Cleanup
- Ch 405 Lease and/or Conveyance of City-Owned Lands
- Ch 440 Littering and Dumping
- Ch 453 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 470 Noise
- Ch 474 Nuisances
- Ch 510 Parks and Recreational Facilities
- Ch 515 Pawnbrokers, Junk Dealers and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 535 Planning
- Ch 542 Plumbers
- Ch 550 Property Maintenance
- Ch 553 Public Gatherings
- Ch 555 Public Property, Protection of
- Ch 557 Purchasing of Real Estate, Materials, Supplies and Services
- Ch 558 Redevelopment Authority Designated as Land Bank
- Ch 560 Registration of Properties in Default of Mortgage
- Ch 563 Registration of Vacant Buildings
- Ch 570 Residential Rental Inspection
- Ch 580 Sewage Facilities
- Ch 584 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 593 Signs
- Ch 595 Small Wireless Facilities
- Ch 597 Skateboards, Roller Skates and Scooters
- Ch 615 Solid Waste
- Ch 620 Stormwater Management, Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 633 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 640 Subdivision of Land and Land Developments
- Ch 646 Taxation
- Ch 647 Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance
- Ch 662 Towing
- Ch 673 Transient Retail Businesses
- Ch 679 Trees
- Ch 690 Utilities
- Ch 700 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 700 Art XI Moving Violations
- § 700-57 Engine brake retarder.
- Ch 711 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 800 Zoning
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Added 6-15-2021 by Ord. No. 5779]
A.
City Council
finds that the operation of an engine brake retarder on a gasoline-powered
or diesel-powered motor vehicle not equipped with exhaust mufflers,
or equipped with defective or modified exhaust mufflers, so as to
create excessive noise through the use of said engine brake retarder,
adversely affects the public health, safety and welfare of the said
residents of the City of Altoona, and is a nuisance in fact.
B.
The use
of engine brake retarder by gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor
vehicle traveling on the following locations in the City of Altoona
is prohibited:
(1)
31st
Street, also known as State Route 4005, from the City of Altoona's
western boundary with Logan Township to the intersection of State
Route 4003, Logan Boulevard and Beale Avenue.
C.
This section
shall not apply to emergency driving situations requiring the utilization
of an engine brake retarder to protect the property and safety of
other motor vehicle operators, pedestrians, and operator and passengers
in motor vehicles involved in said emergency situation.
D.
Signs shall be posted in the areas set forth in § 700-57B advising motor vehicle operators, consistent with this section, of the prohibition of the use of engine brake retarders.
E.
Any person,
firm, corporation or organization violating any of the provisions
of this section shall upon summary conviction before a Magisterial
District Judge having jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of
not more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and in default of the
payment thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not
to exceed 10 days.
F.
Any law
enforcement officer of the City of Altoona shall implement the enforcement
of this section.
