Borough of New Hope, PA Traffic Regulations

Maximum speed limits are established on portions of specified streets, as follows, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any part of a street where a maximum speed limit applies at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street.

Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)
Bridge Street [Amended 5-13-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03; 11-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-04]	Between the Delaware River and Old York Road/Riverstone Circle	25
Bridge Street [Amended 5-13-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03; 11-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-04]	Between Old York Road/Riverstone Circle and the Borough/Township line	35
Buttonwood Street	Entire length	15
Chestnut Street	Entire length	15
Coryell Street	Entire length	15
Division Street	Entire length	15
Dock Street	Entire length	15
Ferry Street	Entire length	25
Glen Eagles Drive	Entire length	25
Hardy Bush Way	Entire length	20
Kiltie Drive	Entire length	25
Kingswood Drive	Entire length	25
Main Street (River Road) [Amended 4-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-01]	Between southern Borough/Township of Solebury line and Windy Bush Road	25
Main Street	Between Rt. 232 and Parry Street	25
Main Street [Amended 5-14-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-02]	Between Parry Street and northern Borough/Township of Solebury line	25
Mechanic Street	Between 500 feet west of Oscar Hammerstein Way and Stoney Hill Road	25
Mechanic Street	Between Stoney Hill Road and South Sugan Road	15
Mechanic Street	Between Waterloo Street and 500 feet west of Oscar Hammerstein Way	15
New Street	Entire length	20
Old Mill Road	Entire length	15
Old York Road	Entire length	25
Parry Street	Entire length	15
Randolph Street	Entire length	15
Riverstone Circle	Entire length	25
St. Andrews Court	Entire length	25
Stockton Avenue	Entire length	20
Stoney Hill Road	Between South Sugan Road and Borough/Township line	25
Stoney Hill Road	Between West Mechanic Street and South Sugan Road	15
Sugan Road	Entire length	25
Turnberry Way	Entire length	25
Waterloo Street	Entire length	15
Windy Bush Road [Added 4-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-01]	Eastbound, between Borough/Township of Solebury line and Main Street	25
Windy Bush Road [Amended 5-14-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-02;4-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-01]	Westbound between Main Street and Borough/Township of Solebury line	40

Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)
Bridgewater Drive	Entire length	25
Deer Path	Entire length	25
Hidden Court	Entire length	25
Lakeview Drive	Entire length	25
Madison Court	Entire length	25
Pinewood Circle	Entire length	25
Riverview Circle	Entire length	25
Riverwoods Drive	Entire length	25
Rolling Hills Court	Entire length	25
Summer Lea Court	Entire length	25
West Riverwoods Drive	Entire length	25

§ 259-11 Maximum speed limits established on certain bridges and elevated structures.

Maximum speed limits are established, as follows, on certain bridges and elevated structures, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any such bridge or elevated structure, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that bridge or elevated structure:

	Bridge or Elevated Structure	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 259-12 Maximum speed limits established for certain vehicles on hazardous grades.

The following are declared to be hazardous grades, and, upon any such hazardous grade, no person shall drive a vehicle, having a gross weight in excess of that referred to for that grade, in the direction stated for that grade, at a speed in excess of that established in this section for that grade, and, if so stated for a particular grade, the driver of every such vehicle shall stop the vehicle before proceeding downhill:

Street	Between	Direction of Travel	Maximum Gross Weight	Maximum Speed Limit	Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine $2 for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 259-13 Maximum speed limits established in parks.

A speed limit of 35 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough of New Hope, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:

	Park	Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)
	(Reserved)

§ 259-14 Traffic signals at certain locations.

At the following locations, traffic signals as indicated below shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected), and traffic at those locations shall be directed by those signals:

	Location	Type of Signal
	Bridge Street and Main Street	Traffic Control
	Route 179 and Sugan Road	Traffic Control

Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 259-15 Intersections where turn prohibited on red signal.

The following are established as intersections where drivers of vehicles headed in the direction or directions indicated are prohibited from making a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) on a steady red signal:

Intersection	Vehicles Traveling on	Facing
Bridge Street at Main Street	Bridge Street	East and west
Main Street at Bridge Street	Main Street	North and south
Route 179 and Sugan Road [Added 5-13-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03]	Route 179	West and east
Sugan Road and Route 179 [Added 5-13-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03]	Sugan Road	North

Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 259-16 One-way streets established.

The following are established as one-way streets, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic on that street:

Street	From	To	Direction of Travel
Coryell Street	South Main Street	Waterloo Street	Eastbound
East Mechanic Street	Waterloo Street	South Main Street	Westbound
Waterloo Street	Coryell Street	East Mechanic Street	Northbound
Waterloo Street [Repealed 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]
West Mechanic Street [Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]	South Main Street	New Street	Westbound
West Mechanic Street [Added 6-13-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-08]	Stoney Hill Road	Sugan Road	Westbound

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 259-17 Rotary traffic islands established.

The following are designated as rotary traffic islands, and every vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island:

(Reserved)

Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of any rotary traffic island shall be guilty of a violation of this section and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 259-18 Turning at certain intersections prohibited or restricted.

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, of the type indicated, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make a left turn and/or a right turn into the second-named street, as indicated, at any time when such a turn is prohibited by this section:

[Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]

	Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Prohibited Turn	Into	When
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 259-19 Right turns only permitted at certain intersections.

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make other than a right turn, at any time stated, both left turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:

	Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Times	Not to make left turn into or travel straight across
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 259-20 U-turns prohibited at certain locations.

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon any of the following portions of streets, in the direction or directions indicated for that street, to make a U-turn:

	Street	Portion	Direction of Travel
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 259-21 No passing zones established.

The following are established as no passing zones, and it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to overtake or pass another vehicle or to drive on the left side of the roadway in any no passing zone:

	Street	Direction of Travel	Between
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.[1]

[1]

Editor's Note: Original § 213, Through highways established, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 9-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12.

§ 259-22 Stop intersections established.

[Amended 9-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]

The following intersections are established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the intersecting or through street) on the first-named street (the stop street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named or stop street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code,[1] and shall not proceed into or across the second-named or intersecting or through street until he or she has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law.

Stop Street	Intersecting or Through Street	Direction of Travel
Buttonwood Street	Chestnut Street	East- and Westbound
Chestnut Street	Bridge Street	Southbound
Division Street	Main Street	Westbound
Dock Street	Main Street	Westbound
Ferry Street	Bridge Street	Westbound
Ferry Street	Main Street	East- and Westbound
Glen Eagles Drive	Kingswood Drive	Eastbound
Hardy Bush Way	School Access Road	Westbound
Kiltie Drive (both ends)	Bridge Street	Northbound
Kingswood Drive	St. Andrews	Westbound
Kingswood Drive	Sugan Road	Eastbound
Mechanic Street	Main Street	Westbound
Mechanic Street [Added 8-9-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-11]	New Street	Westbound
Mechanic Street	Stockton Avenue	East- and Westbound
Mechanic Street	Sugan Road	Northbound
New Street	Main Street	Eastbound
New Street [Amended 8-9-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-11]	Mechanic Street	Northbound
New Street	Riverwoods Drive	Southbound
Old Mill Road	Ferry Street	Eastbound
Old York Road	Bridge Street	Eastbound
Old York Road	Sugan Road	East- and Westbound
Parry Street	Main Street	Eastbound
Randolph Street	Main Street	East- and Westbound
Riverstone Circle	Bridge Street	Southbound
St. Andrews Court	Stoney Hill Road	Northbound
Stockton Avenue	Bridge Street	Northbound
Stockton Avenue	Ferry Street	North- and Southbound
Stockton Avenue	Mechanic Street	Southbound
Stoney Hill Road	Mechanic Street	Eastbound
Stoney Hill Road	Sugan Road	Westbound
Sugan Road	Stoney Hill Road	Northbound
Turnberry Way	Kingswood Drive	Northbound
Waterloo Street	Mechanic Street	Northbound
Windy Bush Road	Main Street	Eastbound

[1]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 3323(b).

Pursuant to Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Borough Ordinance No. 2003-10, and by agreement with the Riverwoods of New Hope Community Association, the Borough of New Hope is authorized to enforce the traffic control laws of the commonwealth by police authority in the Riverwoods development. Consequently, the following intersections in the Riverwoods Development are established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the intersecting or through street) on the first-named street (the stop street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named or stop street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code,[2] and shall not proceed into or across the second-named or intersecting or through street until he or she has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law.

Stop Street	Intersecting or Through Street	Direction of Travel
Bridgewater Drive	George Kaufman Way	Westbound
Bridgewater Drive [Amended 5-17-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-06]	West Riverwoods Drive	East- , north- and southbound (three-way)
Hidden Court	Riverwoods Drive	Southbound
Lakeview Drive	Deer Path	Eastbound
Lakeview Drive	West Riverwoods Drive	Westbound
Madison Court	Deer Path	Southbound
Pinewood Circle	Deer Path	Westbound
Riverview Circle	Deer Path	Westbound
Riverwoods Drive	Deer Path	East-, west- and southbound (three-way)
Rolling Hill Court	George Kaufman Way	Southbound
Summer Lea Court	Bridgewater Drive	Southbound
West Riverwoods Drive	Riverwoods Drive	Southbound

[2]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 3323(b).

§ 259-23 Yield intersections established.

The following intersections are established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the through street) on the first-named street (the yield street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named or yield street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.

	Yield Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
	Ferry Street, north side [Added 5-13-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03]	Ferry Street, south side	Westbound

[1]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 3323(c).

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 259-24 Operation of motor vehicles restricted on public lands.

No motor vehicle or motorcycle or minibike shall be operated on any lands owned by the Borough of New Hope or any other public body or agency within the Borough of New Hope, except on those lands specifically designated for the operation of motor vehicles, motorcycles or minibikes by resolution of the Borough Council.

§ 259-25 Restrictions on use of pushcarts.

The word "pushcart," as used in this section, shall mean a vehicle, other than a pedalcycle, propelled solely by human power, and used or intended for use for the display, exhibit or sale of goods, wares or merchandise.

It shall be unlawful for any person to propel a pushcart upon any street or sidewalk.

Any person who violates any provision of this section, or any condition of any permit granted under this section, shall be guilty of a summary offense, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 259-26 Skates, skateboards, coasters, sleds and other toy vehicles.

It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on a sled upon any sidewalk in the Borough of New Hope, or upon any roadway unless that roadway is on a portion of a street blocked off for sledding by authority of § 259-5 of Article I of this chapter, provided, nothing in this subsection shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a sled, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in rollerskating, skateboarding, or roller blading, or to ride upon or propel any coaster or other toy vehicle upon any street or sidewalk located in the Borough.

[Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs.

[Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]

§ 259-26.1 School zones.

[Added 5-14-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-02]

The following portions of the identified streets, lanes, highways, alleys and/or roads within the territorial limits of New Hope Borough are hereby designated as school zones:

	Name of Road	North/East Zone Boundary	South/West Zone Boundary
	West Bridge Street	388 feet west of Chestnut Street	264 feet east of Riverstone Circle

The speed limits for both directions of traffic along the highways or any parts thereof within a school zone shall be 15 miles per hour when the school zone speed limits are in effect. It shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any motor vehicle to drive at a speed greater than 15 miles per hour within a school zone when the school zone speed limits are in effect.

School zone speed limits are in effect during the normal hours students are going to and leaving school.

Appropriate Pennsylvania Department of Transportation permitted signage and/or traffic control devices shall be installed on any street, lane, highway, alley and/or road or portion thereof within the territorial limits of New Hope Borough designated as a "school zone" to indicate the beginning and end of the school zone, as well as the effective hours of the school zone.