[Added 12-3-2001 by Ord. No. 82-2001]
A.
Truck traffic (except local deliveries) and bus traffic
(except school dropoff/pickup) shall be prohibited in the following
locations:
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Street
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Campbell Street
|
500 Block
| |
|
Duncan Street
|
500 Block
| |
|
Pear Street
[Added 7-27-2006 by Ord. No. 42-2006] |
Between Cedar Avenue and Pittston Avenue
| |
|
Sanders Street
|
500 Block
| |
|
Winfield Avenue
|
2300 to 2500 Blocks, between Duncan Street and
Herbert Street
|
B.
The Mayor and other appropriate City officials are
hereby authorized to post signs warning of such prohibition.
[Added 11-8-2012 by Ord. No. 70-2012]
A.
Truck
traffic on the following streets or portions of streets is hereby
prohibited, said area to be posted by the Department of Public Works:
|
Street
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Lake Scranton Road
|
From Route 307 northeasterly to Elmhurst Boulevard
|
B.
Exemptions. Subsection A shall not apply to the following vehicles:
(1)
Emergency vehicles (police, fire, ambulance).
(2)
City of Scranton vehicles, including but not limited to Department
of Public Works trucks or garbage trucks serving said streets or parts
of streets.
(3)
Trucks of the United States government, including but not limited
to military vehicles, and trucks of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(4)
Trucks scheduled to make deliveries or pickups to homes or businesses
on said streets or parts of streets above described, i.e., local deliveries;
trucks scheduled to make deliveries or pickups to homes or businesses
within the truck ban areas or deliveries which would be considered
"local deliveries." For purposes of this section, "local deliveries"
includes the area banned above and a two-block radius around said
area.
C.
Penalty.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any provision
of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a summary offense
and shall pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300, with
costs and prosecution, and/or be subject to 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.
[Amended 11-8-2012 by Ord. No. 70-2012]
Except as otherwise provided, any person, corporation
or other entity violating the prohibitions stated in this article,
shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not less than $50 and not more
than $300, plus costs. In the event of a third or subsequent offense,
the fine shall be a minimum of $150 and a maximum of $300, plus costs.
Each day a violation occurs shall be a separate violation.
This article shall not be construed to prohibit
a transit route by the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS)
if the county decides to operate such a route in the area covered
by this article.
