[Added 9-13-1995 by Ord. No. 29-1995]
A.
Ten-ton limit in Bellevue section.
(1)
Truck traffic having a registered gross weight of
10 tons or more on the following streets in the Bellevue section of
the City of Scranton is hereby prohibited, said area to be posted:
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Street
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Broadway Street
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From its intersection with Railroad Avenue to
the west end of the bridge over the Lackawanna River
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Railroad Avenue
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From its intersection with Seventh Avenue to
its intersection with Fourth Avenue
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|
Seventh Avenue
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From its intersection with Lackawanna Avenue
to its intersection with Railroad Avenue
|
(2)
Exemptions. Subsection A(1) shall not apply to the following vehicles:
(a)
Emergency vehicles (police, fire, ambulance).
(b)
City of Scranton vehicles, including but not
limited to Department of Public Works trucks or garbage trucks serving
the said Seventh Avenue, Railroad Avenue and Broadway Street.
(c)
Trucks of the United States government, including
but not limited to military vehicles and trucks of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
(d)
Trucks scheduled to make deliveries or pickups
to homes or businesses on the sections of Seventh Avenue, Railroad
Avenue and Broadway Street above described, i.e., local deliveries.
B.
Five-ton limit.
[Added 11-6-2000 by Ord. No. 71-2000]
(1)
Truck traffic having a registered gross vehicle weight
in excess of five tons on the following streets in the City of Scranton
is hereby prohibited, said area to be posted:
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Street
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|
|
South Cameron Avenue
|
100 Block
| |
|
Washburn Street
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2300 and 2400 Blocks
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(2)
Exemptions. Subsection B(1) shall not apply to the following vehicles:
(a)
Emergency vehicles (police, fire, ambulance).
(b)
City of Scranton vehicles, including but not
limited to Department of Public Works trucks or garbage trucks serving
said 100 Block of South Cameron Avenue and the 2300 and 2400 Blocks
of Washburn Street.
(c)
Trucks of the United States government, including
but not limited to military vehicles, and trucks of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
(d)
Trucks scheduled to make deliveries to or pickups
from homes or businesses in the 100 Block of South Cameron Avenue
and the 2300 and 2400 Blocks of Washburn Street, i.e., local deliveries.
D.
It is the intent of Council not to prohibit the use
of school buses or COLTS buses serving the area.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be guilty of
a summary offense and shall pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more
than $250, with costs of prosecution, and/or imprisonment not exceeding
90 days. Each day the violation occurs shall be a separate offense.
Each time a violator passes through the prohibited area shall constitute
a separate offense.
