This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "West Goshen Township Vehicle and Traffic Code."
A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code,
as now in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted, except
where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
B.
The terms "highway," "road" and "street" are used
synonymously throughout and shall mean the entire width between the
boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof
is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
The term includes a roadway open to the use of the public for vehicular
travel on the grounds of a college or university or public or private
school or public, historical or Township park, shopping center or
private roads in subdivisions or land developments utilized as means
of egress and ingress by members of the traveling public.
C.
The term "vehicle" includes every motor vehicle, motor-driven
cycle, motorized pedacycle, trailer, semitrailer or other vehicle
designed or used for travel on a highway.
D.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter. The following designated abbreviations
shall mean as indicated: "N" means north, "S" means south, "E" means
east, "W" means west and "B" means bound. The "governing authority"
means the Board of Supervisors.
All traffic, vehicle and parking regulations
of a permanent nature shall be set forth in this chapter and shall
be enacted as ordinances or amendments thereto.
A.
The Chief of Police or his designee shall have the
following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in
time of emergency:
(1)
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
(2)
In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works
or in the conducting of parades, processions or public events, to
restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods
of not more than 72 consecutive hours.
B.
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be
enforced by the Township's Police Department in the same manner as
permanent regulations. Any person who shall operate or park a vehicle
in violation of any such regulation or who shall move, remove, destroy,
injure or deface any sign or marking erected, posted or made to give
notice of any such regulation shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable
to the penalty established in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code or elsewhere
in this chapter for such violation, as applicable.
A.
The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, designate
places upon and along the highways in the Township where, for a period
of not more than 90 days, specific traffic and/or parking regulations,
prohibitions and restrictions shall be in force and effect, and such
locations shall be designated by proper signs and markings. Such regulations,
prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had
been specified in this chapter and shall be authorized by resolution.
No person shall operate or park a vehicle in violation of any such
regulation, prohibition or restriction, and no person shall move,
remove, destroy or deface any sign or marking erected, posted or made
by authority of this section. Violation of this section shall subject
the violator to the penalty provisions set forth in the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code or elsewhere in this chapter for such violation, as applicable.
B.
The purpose of this section is to allow for the test
and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability
of permanent changes in this chapter relative to traffic, vehicles
and parking.
This chapter shall be enforced by the police
officers of the West Goshen Township Police Department, who shall
have and are hereby given authority to direct traffic on the highways
and intersections of the Township in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A.
All presently erected signs, signals, markings and
devices erected and in place on the effective date of this chapter
are ratified and confirmed as fully as if they had been placed and
erected under the respective applicable sections of this chapter.
B.
All official traffic control devices and traffic control
signals shall be of the size and configuration and shall be located
required by regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
or as mandated in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code or as directed by
the Chief of Police, as applicable.
C.
Traffic
control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection
of those streets described hereinbelow:
[Added 3-21-2023 by Ord. No. 5-2023]
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Intersection
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Cross Street
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Airport Road
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Ward Avenue
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Airport Road
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Greenhill Road
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Aram Avenue
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Pottstown Pike
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Aram Avenue
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Phoenixville Pike
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Boot Road
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Greenhill Road
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Boot Road
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US 202
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Boot Road
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Phoenixville Pike
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East Gay Street
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North Bolmar Street
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East Market Street
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Westtown Road
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East Marshall Street
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Montgomery Avenue
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Fernhill Road
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Goshen Road
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Fernhill Road
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Five Points Road
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Fernhill Road
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Paoli Pike
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Greenhill Road
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Karen Lane/McDermott Drive
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Greenhill Road
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Phoenixville Pike
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Paoli Pike
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Five Points Road
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Paoli Pike
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US 202 South Ramp
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Paoli Pike
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US 202 North Ramp
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Paoli Pike
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WG Shopping Center
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Paoli Pike
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Turner Lane
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Phoenixville Pike
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Greenhill Road
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Pottstown Pike
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Burke Road
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Pottstown Pike
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Greenhill Road
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US 202
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South Matlack Street
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SR 322
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North New Street
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SR 322
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Phoenixville Pike
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South High Street
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Parkway Center
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West Chester Pike
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Five Points Road
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West Chester Pike
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Glen Avenue/Strasburg Road
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West Chester Pike
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WG Town Center
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West Chester Pike
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Ellis Lane/Falcon Lane
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Westtown Road
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Rt 202 Southbound
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Westtown Road
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East Nields Street
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On all highways under Township jurisdiction,
the Board of Supervisors or the Chief of Police is authorized to establish
traffic and vehicle regulations authorized to be established by local
authorities by the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code. Such regulations shall
be effective upon their approval by the governing authority.
