[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of New Wilmington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-9-1967 by Ord. No. 306 (Ch. XV of the 1967 Code)]
A. 
Words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted,[1] except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
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Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A § 101 et seq..
B. 
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall be enacted as ordinances or as parts of ordinances or as amendments to ordinances of the Borough of New Wilmington.
A. 
The Mayor 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 conduct of parades, processions or public events: to restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of not more than 72 hours.
B. 
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Mayor and the Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any person who shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor in violation of any such regulation or who shall move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any sign erected or posted to give notice of any such regulation shall be liable to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this article for a violation of such nature and, in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this article, to a fine of not more than $50 and costs of prosecution.
[Amended 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 442]
[Amended 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 442]
The Borough Council may, from time to time, designate places upon and along the streets and alleys in the Borough 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 shall designate such locations by proper signs and markings. Such regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had been specified in this article. No person shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor in violation of any such regulation, prohibition or restriction, and no person shall move, remove, destroy or deface any sign or marking erected or made by authority of this section. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or a District Justice, be liable to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this article for a violation of such nature and, in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this article, to a fine of not more than $10 and costs of prosecution. The purpose of this section is to allow for the test and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.
The police officers of the Borough are hereby given authority to direct traffic on the highways in the Borough and at intersections thereof.
A. 
No person shall operate any motor vehicle longitudinally upon any sidewalk in the Borough, nor shall any person operate any motor vehicle upon or across any sidewalk except in order to gain access to or egress from a driveway or alley at such locations where the curb, if such sidewalk is curbed, shall have been properly cut down for the purpose.
B. 
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 and costs of prosecution.
[Amended 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 442]
A. 
The following speed limits are hereby established:
(1) 
Ten miles per hour on all streets, drives and other roadways in any park area.
(2) 
Twenty-five miles per hour:
Street
Between
East Neshannock Avenue
Mercer Street and Market Street
Market Street
Maple Street and Landon Alley
New Castle Street
Vine Street and West Neshannock Avenue
West Neshannock Avenue
Rain Alley and Market Street
(3) 
Twenty-five miles per hour on all streets in the Borough not restricted by this article or by any law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to a lower speed limit.
[Amended 1-4-2021 by Ord. No. 530]
B. 
Any person who shall operate a vehicle or tractor at a speed in excess of that hereby established therefor, upon any of the portions of streets herein specified, shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and costs of prosecution.
[Amended 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 442]
A. 
At the following locations, official traffic signals shall be erected (or if heretofore erected are hereby ratified), and traffic at such intersections shall be directed by such signals:
(1) 
Neshannock Avenue and Market Street.
B. 
Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall disobey the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs of prosecution.
[Amended 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 442]
A. 
The following are hereby established as one-way streets:
Street
From
To
Direction of Vehicular Traffic
East parking lot drive
Market Street
Jackson Alley
Eastbound
Jackson Alley
Market Street
Chestnut Alley
Eastbound
Jackson Alley
Market Street
Haw Alley
Westbound
Waugh Avenue
Market Street
New Castle Street
Westbound
West parking lot drive
Market Street
Haw Alley
Westbound
B. 
Any person who shall operate a vehicle or tractor upon any street or portion thereof hereby established as a one-way street other than in the direction established hereby for vehicular traffic shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10 and costs of prosecution.
[Amended 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 442]
A. 
The following streets within the Borough of New Wilmington, between the points herein indicated, are hereby established as through highways, and the operator of every vehicle or tractor, upon approaching any such through highway upon any intersecting street or alley (except at an intersection where traffic shall be controlled by official traffic signals) shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering upon or attempting to cross such through highway:
Street
Between
High Street
North Borough line and Neshannock Avenue
Maple Street
[Repealed 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 509]
Market Street
North Borough line and south Borough line
Neshannock Avenue
East Borough line and west Borough line
New Castle Street
Neshannock Avenue and south Borough line
B. 
Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering upon or attempting to cross any through highway, as herein above required, shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs of prosecution.
[Amended 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 442]
[Amended 1-17-1975 by Ord. No. 343; 9-3-1985 by Ord. No. 387; 10-1-1990 by Ord. No. 406]
A. 
Stop intersections.
(1) 
The following intersections, located in the Borough of New Wilmington, are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering such intersection.
Stop Street
Through Street
Direction of Travel
Beechwood Drive
Beechwood Road
Northbound
Kathryn Street
Francis Street
Westbound
Laury Lane
Beechwood Road
Southbound
Lincoln Street
Waugh Avenue
Southbound
Maple Street
[Added 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 509]
South Market Street
Westbound
Meadowbrook Drive
Laury Lane
Westbound
Park exit
Beechwood Road
Southbound
Park Street
Waugh Avenue
Southbound
Park Street
Wood Street
Northbound
Rae Street
Carol Drive
Northbound
Rae Street
Meadowbrook Drive
Southbound
Vine Court
Mercer Street
Westbound
Vine Street
Lincoln Street
Westbound
Vine Street
Mercer Street
Eastbound
Vine Street
Park Street
Eastbound and Westbound
Wood Street
Lincoln Street
Westbound
(2) 
The following named streets are hereby designated as stop streets, and all traffic on such streets shall come to a complete stop at each intersection:
(a) 
Cherry Street.
(b) 
Chestnut Street.
(c) 
Haw Street.
(d) 
Jackson Street.
(e) 
Landon Avenue.
(f) 
Rain Street.
(3) 
New Castle Street North of Neshannock Avenue is designated a stop street at its intersection with Neshannock Avenue and its intersection with Wood Street, but is not a stop street at its intersection with Landon Avenue.
(4) 
Wood Street is designated a stop street at its intersection with New Castle Street.
(5) 
Beechwood Road, in a westbound direction only, is designated a stop street at its intersection with Laury Lane.
[Added 1-6-1997 by Ord. No. 424]
(6) 
Maple Street is designated as a stop street for traffic, traveling in any direction, entering the circle located at its intersection with Westminster Drive.
[Added 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 509]
B. 
Any operator of a vehicle who shall fail to come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such stop intersection, as hereinabove required, shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5.
A. 
The Mayor is hereby authorized to designate as "play highway," whenever he shall deem such action advisable and for whatever period of time directed by him, any portion of any street or alley in the Borough, whereon sledding and coasting shall be permitted. No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any play highway at any time when such highway shall be so designated, except in case of emergency, with special permission of the Mayor or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear such play highway of all persons using such highway for the purpose for which it was set aside.
B. 
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or any District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10 and costs of prosecution.
[Amended 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 442]
The boundary limits of the Borough of New Wilmington are hereby established as a zone in which motor vehicles may remain standing without lights, and all streets and alleys within such boundary limits are hereby designated as streets and alleys where motor vehicles may remain standing without lights.
Wherever a space shall be marked off on any street or alley for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle there parked shall be parked within the limits bounding such space.
Parking shall be prohibited at all times on any and all alleys in the Borough.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or tractor, or to allow the same to remain parked, on any street, alley or Borough public parking lots in the Borough at any time between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
[Amended 3-18-1976 by Ord. No. 347; 3-5-1979 by Ord. No. 363; 5-12-1989 by Ord. No. 397; 8-1-1988 by Ord. No. 399; 8-7-1989 by Ord. No.402; 12-7-1992 by Ord. No. 412]
A. 
Parking shall be prohibited at all times between the edge of the street and the property side edge of the sidewalk, leaving free of parking at all times the area between the street edge and the sidewalk edge and the sidewalk itself.
B. 
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations unless otherwise stated herein:
Street
Side
Location
Beechwood Road
[Added 6-6-2005 by Ord. No. 480]
North
Between Market Street and New Castle Street
Beechwood Road
[Added 6-6-2005 by Ord. No. 480]
South
Between New Castle Street and the Borough line
Cherry Street
Both
Between New Castle Street and Market Street
Chestnut Street
Both
Between Church Street and Maple Street
Church Street
South
Between Mercer Street and North Market Street
Francis Street
West
Between Neshannock Avenue and the northern terminus of Francis Street
Haw Street
Both
Between Short Street and Waugh Avenue
High Street
[Added 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 491]
East
From Neshannock Avenue north to the Mercer County border
High Street
West
Between Jackson Street and the north Borough line
Jackson Street
Both
Between Rain Street and the eastern terminus of Jackson Street
Jackson Street
[Added 3-1-2004 by Ord. No. 469]
South
On the grounds of the Borough of New Wilmington maintenance building
Kathryn Street
South
Between Francis Street and Lincoln Street
Landon Avenue
North
Between New Castle Street and Mercer Street
Landon Avenue
South
Between Park Street and Mercer Street
Lincoln Street
East
Between Kathryn Street and Waugh Avenue
Maple Street
[Amended 1-6-1997 by Ord. No. 425; 12-2-2002 by Ord. No. 461]
North
Between Market Street and former Sharpsville Railroad right-of-way, except on Sundays
Maple Street
[Added 3-4-2002 by Ord. No. 460; repealed 12-2-2002 by Ord. No. 461]
Maple Street
[Added 1-6-1997 by Ord. No. 425; amended 12-2-2002 by Ord. No. 461]
South
Between former Sharpsville Railroad right-of-way and the west side of the entrance of Hoyt Science Center
Market Street
East
Between Maple Street and the south Borough line
Market Street
East
Between the north Borough line and Neshannock Avenue
Market Street
West
Between the north Borough line and the south Borough line
Meadowbrook Drive
[Added 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 433]
North
Between 20 feet west of the west line of South New Castle Street and such west line
Mercer Street
[Added 5-3-1999 by Ord. No. 437]
East
Between Maple Street and 25 feet north thereof
Mercer Street
[Added 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 433]
East
Between Neshannock Avenue and 60 feet north thereof, except on Sundays
Mercer Street
[Added 5-3-1999 by Ord. No. 437]
West
Between Neshannock Avenue and Church Street, except on Sundays
Mercer Street
[Amended 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 433]
West
Between Neshannock Avenue and Maple Street
Neshannock Avenue
North
Between the east Borough line and Mercer Street, except on Sundays
Neshannock Avenue
[Added 12-4-2006 by Ord. No. 489]
North
Between High Street and New Castle Street
Neshannock Avenue
North
Between New Castle Street and the west Borough line, except on Sundays
Neshannock Avenue
South
Between the east Borough line and the west Borough line
New Castle Street
Both
Between Neshannock Avenue and the south Borough street line
New Castle Street
Both
Between Wood Street and the northern terminus of New Castle Street
New Castle Street
West
Between Neshannock Avenue and Wood Street, except on Sundays
Orchard Street
West
Between Maple Street and its southern terminus
Park Street
East
Between Waugh Avenue and Wood Street
Prospect Street
[Added 12-7-2009 by Ord. No. 502]
Both
Entire length
Rain Street
Both
Between Landon Avenue and Vine Street
Vine Court
[Added 12-6-2004 by Ord. No. 477]
North
Between Mercer Street and the east end of Vine Court
Vine Court
[Added 5-1-2006 by Ord. No. 484]
South
Beginning at the east line of South Mercer Street for a distance of 185 feet
Vine Street
North
Between Mercer Street and Lincoln Street
Waugh Avenue
North
Between Market Street and the western terminus of Waugh Avenue
Wood Street
Both
Between New Castle Street and the eastern terminus of Wood Street
[Added 3-3-2008 by Ord. No. 495]
Street
Side
Hours/Days
Location
Maple Street
Both
3:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m./Monday through Friday
East of Orchard Street for a distance of 235 feet
[Amended 3-5-1979 by Ord. No. 363; 11-9-1979 by Ord. No. 367; 5-12-1989 by Ord. No. 397; 8-1-1988 by Ord. No. 399; 11-2-1998 by Ord. No. 435]
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle, or allow the same to remain parked, for longer than the time indicated herein therefor, in any of the following locations, at any time on the days and between the hours herein indicated:
Street
Side
Between
Time
Limit
Days
Hours
East parking lot
3 hours
Every day except Sunday
All day
Francis Street
East
Neshannock Avenue and northern terminus of Francis Street
2 hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
High Street
East
Neshannock Avenue and Jackson Street
15 min.
Every day
All day
Kathryn Street
North
Lincoln Street and Francis Street
2 hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Landon Avenue
North
New Castle Street and Park Street
2 hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Lincoln Street
West
Waugh Avenue and Kathryn Street
2 hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Neshannock Avenue
North
New Castle Street and Mercer Street
2 hours
Every day
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
New Castle Street
East
Neshannock Avenue and Wood Street
2 hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Park Street
West
Waugh Avenue and Wood Street
2 hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
South Market Street
East
Neshannock Avenue and Maple Street
2 hours
Every day
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Vine Street
South
Haw Street and Chestnut Street
2 hours
Every day
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
West parking lot
3 hours
Every day except Sunday
All day
Wood Street
[Amended 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 441]
Both
Lincoln Street and New Castle Street
2 hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Wood Street
South
Park Street and Lincoln Street
2 hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
B. 
The above-prescribed time limits shall not apply in the vicinity of churches on Sunday mornings.
C. 
No person shall park a vehicle or allow the same to remain parked on the premises of the Borough of New Wilmington located at its Municipal Building at 134 High Street, except in parking spaces supplied therefore and only as follows:
[Added 1-3-2000 by Ord. No. 440]
(1) 
While transacting business at the Borough Municipal Building; or
(2) 
While engaged in an emergency situation as a member of the New Wilmington Volunteer Fire Company.
[Amended 3-6-1978 by Ord. No. 356; 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 433; 8-5-2019 by Ord. No. 525]
A. 
Any person who violates §§ 266-14 through 266-18 of this article shall be fined the sum of $25; provided, however, if such violation is for parking illegally in a space reserved for handicapped persons, the fine shall be $40.
B. 
The fines imposed pursuant to Subsection A above shall be paid within 10 days of the violation. If the fine is paid in full within 10 days, the fine of $40 shall be discounted to $25, and the fine of $25 shall be discounted to $15.
C. 
In the event any fine imposed under Subsection A above remains unpaid on the 30th day following the violation, criminal proceedings may be instituted as provided by law and the Rules of Criminal Procedure. The issuing authority may increase the fine to the maximum amount permitted by law and assess costs of prosecution. In the event either deadline imposed by this section shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the time for compliance shall be extended to the close of the next business day.
[Added 2-3-2003 by Ord. No. 462[1]]
A. 
No person or persons shall use any of the Borough parking lots for skating, rollerblading, skateboard riding, bicycle riding and similar nonmotor vehicle uses, when such activity presents a reasonable danger of injury to persons or to property (including injury to the parking lot itself).
B. 
Any person who violates § 266-20 Subsection A or Subsection B shall, upon conviction before a district justice, be fined no more than $50 plus costs of prosecution for the first offense and no more than $150 plus costs of prosecution for each additional offense within a twelve-month period of a similar prior offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered former § 266-20, Provisions to be continuation of existing regulations, as § 266-21.
The provisions of this article, insofar as they are the same as those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately prior to the enactment of this article, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments. The provisions of this article shall not affect any act done or liability incurred, nor shall they affect any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted to enforce any of those repealed ordinances or regulations.
[Adopted 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 506]
Pursuant to a study conducted by the Borough Engineer, it is the finding of the Borough Council that a maximum weight limit should be established for vehicles traveling on Beechwood Road.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
COMBINATION
Two or more vehicles physically interconnected in tandem.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a roadway.
No person shall operate a vehicle or combination on Beechwood Road from State Route 956 to the Borough boundary line if the vehicle's combined total load weight exceeds 10 tons.
School buses, emergency vehicles and vehicles making local deliveries or pickups are exempt from the restriction imposed by this article.
Any person operating a vehicle or combination in violation of this article is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 plus $150 for each 500 pounds, or part thereof, in excess of 3,000 pounds over 10 tons.