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Township of Butler, PA
Butler County
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The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule I (§ 272-42), attached to and made a part of this chapter, is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated in said schedule. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that street or part of a street.
No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of that indicated in Schedule II (§ 272-43), attached to and made a part of this chapter, in the areas described in said schedule, during school days.
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those streets described in Schedule III (§ 272-44), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall make a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) when facing a steady red signal at any of the locations described in Schedule IV (§ 272-45), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the intersections described in Schedule V (§ 272-46), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a U-turn on any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VI (§ 272-47), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VII (§ 272-48), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated, 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.
No-passing zones are hereby established along those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VIII (§ 272-49), attached to and made a part of this chapter, 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 described in said schedule.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IX (§ 272-50), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby established as through streets; and the driver of any vehicle, upon approaching any such street at any intersection thereof (except for such intersections where there are now or shall hereafter be located official traffic signals), shall come to a full stop or yield the right-of-way, as the case may be, before entering any such through street.
The intersections described in Schedule X (§ 272-51), attached to and made a part of this chapter (in addition to intersections with the through streets established by this chapter), are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated in said schedule. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop before entering any such intersection.
The intersections described in Schedule XI (§ 272-52), attached to and made a part of this chapter (in addition to intersections with the through streets established by this chapter), are hereby established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle and then yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named street so closely as to constitute a hazard during the time that the driver is moving across or within such intersection.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle, except a passenger vehicle (but not including any passenger vehicle drawing any trailer or towing any other vehicle), upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XII (§ 272-53), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any commercial vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination, having a gross weight in excess of that respectively prescribed, upon any of the streets or bridges, or portions thereof, described in Schedule XIII (§ 272-54), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except for the purpose of making local deliveries on said streets.
No person shall operate upon any of the roads, streets or highways of Butler Township any motor vehicle, trailer or farm tractor or machinery equipped with cleat-type treads or projecting metal edges on the wheels thereof unless a proper road mat, of sufficient width, thickness and resiliency to prevent damage, cutting up or scraping of the roadbed of such roads, streets or highways, is used and laid over the roadbed over which such vehicle, trailer or farm tractor or machinery is propelled.