Borough of Coudersport, PA Article II Traffic Regulations

§ 415-10 Maximum speed limits established on certain streets.

A. 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)
Davidge Street [Amended 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Entire length	25
Main Street, North	Niles Hill Road to Old North Main Street	35
Main Street, North	Old North Main Street to Avenue A	45
Niles Hill Road [Amended 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Entire length	25
Park Avenue	Gordier Street past Mitchell Park	15
U.S. Rt. 6	Borough line (west) to Dingman Run Road	45
U.S. Rt. 6	Dingman Run Road to Eulalia Street	35
All other Borough streets	Entire length	25

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. 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.

§ 415-11 Maximum speed limits established on certain bridges and elevated structures.

A. 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 (mph)
	(Reserved)

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. 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.

§ 415-12 Maximum speed limits established for certain vehicles on hazardous grades.

A. 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 (mph)	Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
(Reserved)

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. 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.

§ 415-13 Maximum speed limits established in parks.

A. A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:

	Park	Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)
	Coudersport Area Recreation Park			15
	Mitchell Park [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Park Avenue		15

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. 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.

§ 415-14 Traffic signals at certain locations.

A. 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
	Chestnut Street and South Main Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Traffic light
	North Main Street and East Second Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Traffic light

B. 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.

§ 415-15 Intersections where turn prohibited on red signal.

A. 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)

B. 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.

§ 415-16 One-way streets established.

[Amended 2-19-1997 by Ord. No. 540]

A. The following are established as one-way streets, 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
	Driveway at PaDOT on Vine Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Vine Street	Larch Street	South
	Dwight Street	School Street	Park Avenue	East
	Larch Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Vine Street	South Main Street	East
	School Street	Entire length		North

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 415-17 Turning at certain intersections prohibited or restricted.

A. 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	Into	When	Type of Vehicle Applicable to
	(Reserved)

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 415-18 Right turns only permitted at certain intersections.

A. 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 right turn, at any time stated, both left turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:

	Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Times	Not to Make Left Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
	(Reserved)

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 415-19 U-turns prohibited at certain locations.

A. 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)

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 415-20 No-passing zones established.

A. 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)

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 415-21 Through highways established.

A. 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 Section 3323(b) or 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
	Main Street (North)	Second Street to northern Borough line
	Main Street (South)	Chestnut Street to southern Borough line
	U.S. Rt. 6 (East)	East Street to eastern Borough line
	U.S. Rt. 6 (West)	Western Borough line to East Street

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 415-22 Stop intersections established.

[Amended 6-13-1990 by Ord. No. 502; 12-12-1990 by Ord. No. 507; 3-17-1993 by Ord. No. 520; 2-15-1995 by Ord. No. 527; 10-23-1995 by Ord. No. 533; 2-18-1998 by Ord. No. 545]

A. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 415-21) 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 of 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 Section 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code, 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
	Abbot Street	Avenue A	North
	Abbot Street	Avenue B	North and south
	Abbot Street	Avenue C	South
	Allegheny Avenue	Mill Street	East
	Allegheny Avenue	South Main Street	West
	Alliance Avenue	Avenue A	Northeast
	Arch Street	Damascus Road	East
	Beech Street	South Main Street	East and west
	Borie Street	Allegheny Avenue Chestnut Street (end of)	North
	CARP Entrance	East Seventh Street	North and south
	Cartee Street	Allegheny Avenue	North
	Cartee Street	Chestnut Street	North and south
	Cartee Street	Maple Street	North and south
	Cartee Street	Oak Street	North and south
	Cherry Street	East Street	East
	Cherry Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Vine Street	West
	Cherry Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	West Street	East
	Cherry Street	West Street	West
	Chestnut Street	East Street	East and west
	Chestnut Street [Repealed 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]
	Dingman Run Road	Route 6	South
	Dodge Street	Dwight Street	North
	Dodge Street	Ross Street	South
	Dwight Street	Gordnier Street	East and west
	Dwight Street	Mill Street	West
	Dwight Street	School Street	East
	Dwight Street (Extension)	Park Avenue	East
	East Fifth Street	North East Street	East
	East Street (both sides)	Allegheny Avenue	North and south
	East Street (both sides)	Maple Street	North and south
	East Street (both sides)	Oak Street	North and south
	East Street (both sides)	Spruce Street	North and south
	Elk Street	Arch Street	North
	Elk Street	Route 6	South
	Ellison Avenue	North Main Street	West
	Eulalia Street	Chestnut Street (Route 6)	Southwest
	Fifth Street	West Street	West
	First Street	North East Street	East
	First Street	South Main Street	East
	First Street	West Street	East and west
	Fourth Street	East Street	East and west
	Fourth Street	North Main Street	East
	Gordnier Street	Park Avenue	South
	Gordnier Street	Ross Street	North and south
	Hill Street	Fourth Street	North and south
	Isabella Street (both sides)	Oak Street	North
	Isabella Street (both sides)	Oak Street	North and south
	Locust Street	East Street	East and west
	Locust Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	South Main Street	West
	Main Street [Repealed 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]
	Main Street	Oak Street	North and south
	Maple Street	Borie Street (Dutch Hill Road)	East and west
	Maple Street	Main Street	West
	Maple Street	Water Street	West
	Maple View	State Rt. 872	East
	Market Street	Damascus Road	East
	Metzger Street	Avenue A	Northeast
	Metzger Street	Avenue B	North and south
	Metzger Street	Avenue C	South
	Mill Street (both sides)	East Second Street	North
	Mill Street (both sides)	Maple Street	North and south
	Mill Street (both sides)	Oak Street	North and south
	Niles Hill Road [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	North Main Street	East
	North East Street	East Fifth Street	North and south
	North West Street	Seventh Street	North and south
	North West Street	West Sixth Street	South
	Oak Street	Borie Street	East and west
	Oak Street [Amended 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	East Street	West
	Park Avenue	Gordnier Street	East and west
	Park Avenue (both sides)	Mill Street	West
	Park Avenue (both sides)	Ross Street	North and south
	Park Avenue (Extension)	East Second Street	North
	Pine Street	East Street	East
	Pine Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	South Main Street	East and west
	Pine Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Vine Street	East
	Pleasant Avenue	Seventh Street	North
	Ross Street	Mill Street	West
	School Street	Ross Street	South
	Second Street	East Street	West
	Second Street	West Street	East and west
	South West Street	Beech Street	East and West
	South West Street	Pine Street	North and South
	Third Street	North Street	East and west
	Vine Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Cherry Street	East (except right turn included)
	Vine Street	Chestnut Street	East
	Vine Street	West Street	East
	Vine Street [Added 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]	Pine Street	North (except right turn included)
	Water Street	North Main Street	East
	West Street	Chestnut Street	North and south
	West Street	Fourth Street	North and south
	West Street	Miles Hill Road	North
	West Street	Third Street	North and south
	West Street	Water Street	North and south
	Woodlawn Street	Seventh Street	North and south

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 415-23 Yield intersections established.

[Amended 2-15-1995 by Ord. No. 527]

A. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 415-21) 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 Section 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
	First Street	East Street	East
	North West Street	West Sixth Street	North
	Sixth Street	West Street	West

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 415-24 Snowmobiles.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Borough other than as provided above. Provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating a snowmobile on any other street in the Borough:[1]

(1) As authorized by Section 7721 of the Vehicle Code for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways; or

(2) For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in Section 7723 of the Vehicle Code. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Section 7752(a) of the Vehicle Code.

[1] Editor's Note: Original § 215, Subsection 1, which established special snowmobile roads, which preceded this subsection, was repealed 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578.

B. No snowmobile shall be operated after the hour of 11:00 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, and after the hour of 1:30 a.m. on Saturday evenings, and no later than 11:00 p.m. on Sunday evenings.

C. Any person 10 years of age or who has not reached their 16th birthday shall possess a snowmobile safety certificate before operating a snowmobile except on their parents' property.

D. Except on property owned by the snowmobile operator, no snowmobile shall be operated that has not been registered. All snowmobiles shall display current registration stickers on both sides of the snowmobiles cowling.

§ 415-25 Skates, coasters, sleds and other toy vehicles.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on a sled upon any sidewalk in the Borough, or upon any roadway unless that roadway is on a portion of a street blocked off for sledding by authority of § 415-5 of Article I of this chapter. Provided that nothing in this subsection shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a sled, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in roller-skating or to ride upon or propel any coaster or other toy vehicle upon:

(1) Any street except in order to cross the roadway; or

(2) Any sidewalk located in a business district, except that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a coaster or other toy vehicle, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.

C. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs.