Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania,[1] as now in force or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted,
except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall
include the feminine.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
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 Pen Argyl.
A.Â
The Mayor shall have the following powers to regulate traffic and
parking temporarily and in times of emergency:
(1)Â
In the case of fire, flood, storm, snow or other emergency, to establish
temporary traffic and parking regulations.
(2)Â
In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works or in the
case of the conduct of processions and public events, to restrict
or prohibit parking or traffic in limited areas for periods of not
more than seven days.
B.Â
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
Mayor and the police of the Borough in the same manner as permanent
regulations. Any person who shall operate or park a vehicle in violation
of any such regulation shall be liable to the penalty set forth in
the law for such violation, and in case of any violation for which
no specific penalty is set forth in the law, to a fine of not more
than $50 and costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such
fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than
10 days. All vehicles in violation of the no parking declaration will
be towed at the owner's expense.
C.Â
The Mayor shall further have the power and authority:
A.Â
The Council, without enactment of a specific ordinance, may from
time to time designate places upon the highways in the Borough on
which, for a period of not more than three months, specified traffic
or parking regulations, prohibitions or restrictions shall be in force
and effect, and shall designate such locations by proper signs and
markings. Such regulations, prohibitions and restrictions, during
such limited period, shall be effective just as if they had been specified
by ordinance.
B.Â
Any person who shall violate any such regulation, prohibition or
restriction shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty
set forth in the law or in any other section of this chapter or any
other ordinance of the Borough for a violation of such nature, and
in case of any violation for which no specific penalty is set forth
in the law or elsewhere in an ordinance, to a fine of not more than
$50 and costs of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof, to
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 10 days.
C.Â
The purpose of this section is to allow for the test and experimental
determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes
in the Borough ordinances regulating traffic and parking.
The police officers of the Borough are hereby given authority
to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough and at intersections
thereof.
The following intersections located in the Borough are hereby
declared to be controlled by traffic control devices, and official
traffic control devices shall be erected (or are hereby ratified and
confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to control
traffic moving into and through the intersection in the directions
hereby indicated. All vehicles approaching any intersection controlled
by an official traffic control device shall obey such official traffic
control device. Said traffic control devices include but are not limited
to traffic control signals, devices controlling turns and signs controlling
turns.
Intersection
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Device
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Direction of Travel
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---|---|---|
Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
|
Flashing signal and signs
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West or south
|
Pennsylvania Avenue and Robinson Avenue
|
Traffic signal
|
All
|
State Route 512, State Route 1020 (East Main Street) and South
Main Street
|
Traffic signal
|
All
|
The speed limit on all streets within the Borough that are not
numbered traffic routes and which are functionally classified by the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as local highways shall
be 25 miles per hour. The speed limit for numbered routes shall be
35 miles per hour. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Borough
from setting lesser speed limits by ordinance pursuant to a traffic
and engineering study as required by the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code
(75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.).
The following intersections located in the Borough are hereby
declared to be 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 in
the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles approaching
any stop 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 Sign on
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At Intersection of
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Direction of Travel
|
---|---|---|
A Street
|
George Street
|
North and south
|
Albion Avenue
|
Applegate Avenue
|
North
|
Albion Avenue
|
Babbitt Avenue
|
South
|
Applegate Avenue
|
Harding Avenue
|
East and west
|
Applegate Avenue
|
Heller Avenue
|
East and west
|
Applegate Avenue
|
Lobb Avenue
|
East and west
|
Applegate Avenue
|
Robinson Avenue
|
East and west
|
Applegate Avenue
|
Schanck Avenue
|
East and west
|
Applegate Avenue
|
Walter Avenue
|
East and west
|
Applegate Avenue
|
Westbrook Avenue
|
East
|
Babbitt Avenue
|
Harding Avenue
|
East and west
|
Babbitt Avenue
|
Heller Avenue
|
East and west
|
Babbitt Avenue
|
Lobb Avenue
|
East and west
|
Babbitt Avenue
|
Robinson Avenue
|
East and west
|
Babbitt Avenue
|
Schanck Avenue
|
East and west
|
Babbitt Avenue
|
Westbrook Avenue
|
East
|
Bell Avenue
|
Harding Avenue
|
East and west
|
Bell Avenue
|
Heller Avenue
|
West
|
Bell Avenue
|
Lobb Avenue
|
East and west
|
Bell Avenue
|
Robinson Avenue
|
East and west
|
Bell Avenue
|
Schanck Avenue
|
East
|
B Street
|
George Street
|
North
|
B Street
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North
|
B Street
|
William Street
|
North
|
Chestnut Street
|
Railroad Avenue
|
East
|
C Street
|
George Street
|
South
|
C Street
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
South and north
|
Delabole Junction Road
|
South Main Street
|
North
|
E Street
|
George Street
|
North and south
|
E Street
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North
|
E Street
|
West Main Street
|
South
|
Flory Avenue
|
South Main Street
|
East
|
George Street
|
B Street
|
East and west
|
George Street
|
C Street
|
East and west
|
George Street
|
E Street
|
East and west
|
George Street
|
Savercool Avenue
|
East and west
|
Hazen Avenue
|
Laurel Avenue
|
South
|
Heller Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North
|
Jackson Avenue
|
Schanck Avenue
|
East and west
|
Jory Avenue
|
Schanck Avenue
|
East and west
|
Jory Avenue
|
Westbrook Avenue
|
East
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Arch Street
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Davey Avenue
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Harding Avenue
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Hazen Avenue
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Heller Avenue
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Lobb Avenue
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Moyer Avenue
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Robinson Avenue
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Schanck Avenue
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Vine Street
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Walter Avenue
|
East and west
|
Laurel Avenue
|
Westbrook Avenue
|
East and west
|
Lobb Avenue
|
Applegate Avenue
|
South
|
Lobb Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
South
|
Main Street
|
Arch Street
|
West
|
Main Street
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North
|
Main Street
|
Robinson Avenue
|
West
|
Master Avenue
|
Applegate Avenue
|
North
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Arch Street
|
East and west
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Davey Avenue
|
East and west
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Harding Avenue
|
East and west
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Hazen Avenue
|
East and west
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Heller Avenue
|
East and west
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Lobb Avenue
|
East and west
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Robinson Avenue
|
East and west
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Schanck Avenue
|
East and west
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Walter Avenue
|
West
|
Mountain Avenue
|
Westbrook Avenue
|
East and west
|
Park Avenue
|
Laurel Avenue
|
South
|
Pen Argyl Street
|
A Street
|
East and west
|
Pen Argyl Street
|
B Street
|
East and west
|
Pen Argyl Street
|
C Street
|
East and west
|
Pen Argyl Street
|
E Street
|
East and west
|
Pen Argyl Street
|
Robinson Avenue
|
East
|
Pen Argyl Street
|
Savercool Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Arch Street
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Davey Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Harding Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Hazen Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Heller Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Lobb Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Moyer Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Park Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Robinson Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Schanck Avenue
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Vine Street
|
East and west
|
Plainfield Avenue
|
Westbrook Avenue
|
East and west
|
Reservoir Avenue
|
Moyer Avenue
|
East and west
|
Reservoir Avenue
|
Robinson Avenue
|
East and west
|
Reservoir Avenue
|
Schanck Avenue
|
East and west
|
Reservoir Avenue
|
Westbrook Avenue
|
East and west
|
Savercool Avenue
|
George Street
|
North and south
|
Savercool Avenue
|
West Main Street
|
South
|
Savercool Avenue
|
West Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North
|
Schanck Avenue
|
Jackson Avenue
|
North and south
|
Schanck Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North and south
|
Short Street
|
A Street
|
East and west
|
Short Street
|
B Street
|
West
|
Walter Avenue
|
Babbitt Avenue
|
South
|
Westbrook Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North and south
|
William Street
|
B Street
|
East
|
William Street
|
C Street
|
East and west
|
William Street
|
F Street
|
East
|
William Street
|
Savercool Avenue
|
East and west
|
A no-passing zone is hereby established on Pennsylvania Avenue
and on Main Street throughout their entire length.