No motor vehicle may pass another moving motor
vehicle traveling in the same direction on Beaver Road, for its entire
extent throughout the Borough. Any person who violates any provision
of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
of $25 and costs.
The Police Department of the Borough is hereby
authorized to monitor, control and enforce established maximum speed
limits on roads, highways, streets and alley within the boundaries
of the Borough by use of the Excessive Speed Preventor (ESP) or Vascar
or by such other electrical speed-timing devices or any other speed-monitoring
devices now or as may be hereafter authorized by the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation and/or by state statute for use by local
police authorities. The Council may, in its sole discretion, by resolution,
authorize the erection of signs upon the appropriate roads, highways,
streets and alleys within the Borough warning motorists that the Excessive
Speed Preventor (ESP), Vascar or any other electrical speed-timing
device or speed-monitoring device is being utilized thereon to enforce
the established maximum speed limit.
[Added 8-20-1996 by Ord. No. 458]
A. Fifteen-mile-per-hour school speed zones, based on
an engineering study conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
are hereby established on the roads and in the locations as follows:
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Name of Street
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Location
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Academy Avenue [Added 9-19-2000 by Ord. No. 480]
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Beginning at the intersection of Academy Avenue
with Beaver Road and extending westerly along the entire property
of Sewickley Academy, as more particularly shown on a plan of school
zone on file at the Borough offices, which is incorporated herein
by reference and made a part hereof
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Beaver Road
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Beginning at a point 243 feet northwest of Chestnut
Road, traveling southeast, crossing Chestnut Road, and ending 52 feet
northwest of Quaker Road, a distance no greater than 800 feet
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Beaver Road
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Beginning 30 feet northwest of Quaker Road,
then traveling northwest, crossing Chestnut Road, and ending 241 feet
past the end property line of the school at Chestnut Road, a distance
no greater than 800 feet
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Chestnut Road
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Beginning 80 feet southwest of the school's
property line located along Beaver Road, traveling southwest, crossing
Meadow Lane, and ending 170 feet southwest of the school's property
line at Meadow Lane, a distance no greater than 800 feet
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Chestnut Road
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Beginning 110 feet southwest of the school's
property line at Meadow Lane, traveling northeast, crossing Meadow
Lane, crossing Beaver Road, and ending 40 feet northeast of Beaver
Road, a distance no greater than 800 feet
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Meadow Lane
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Beginning 190 feet northwest of the school's
property line at Chestnut Road, traveling southeast, crossing Chestnut
Road, crossing Quaker Road, and ending 50 feet southeast of Quaker
Road, a distance no greater than 800 feet
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Meadow Lane
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Beginning directly northwest of Quaker Road,
traveling northwest, crossing Chestnut Road, and ending 240 feet northwest
of the school property line at Chestnut Road, a distance no greater
than 800 feet
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B. The aforementioned school speed zones of 15 miles
per hour shall be effective Monday through Friday, for the following
hours: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. while school is in session.
[Added 5-20-1997 by Ord. No. 463]
A. On the following streets or parts of streets, by authority
granted by 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, it
shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any vehicle or
combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum prescribed
below for that street or part of street, as the case may be, provided
that nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from driving
any of the following vehicles on the above-referenced street or parts
of streets: an emergency vehicle; a truck or other commercial vehicle
making local deliveries to or pickups from premises located along
that street or part of a street; a school bus; or a public bus operated
by a governmental body which, as of the date hereof, makes regularly
scheduled passenger stops on the above-referenced streets or parts
of streets within the Borough pursuant to established routes.
[Amended 9-19-2006 by Ord. No. 505]
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Name of Street
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Location
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Maximum Gross Weight
(tons)
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Academy Avenue
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From Woodland Road to Dead End
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10
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Beaver Road
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Between Leetsdale Borough line and Sewickley
Borough line (entire length)
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10
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Chestnut Road
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From State Route 65 to Beaver Road
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8
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Chestnut Road
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From Woodland Road to Borough Line
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8
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Edgeworth Lane
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From State Route 65 to Beaver Road
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5
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Hazel Lane
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From State Route 65 to Beaver Road
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5
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Quaker Road
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From State Route 65 to Beaver Road
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10
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Woodland Road
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From Academy Avenue to 90 and Bend
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5
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(1)
Additional regulations.
(a)
Legislative findings. Council has determined
that pursuant to an engineering study of Borough roads, and the history
and effects of vehicle traffic on Borough streets, that local traffic
(local deliveries and pickups) that is conducted by vehicles over
the posted weight limits is likely to damage the roads listed herein.
(b)
Alternatives. In order to protect the roads
of the Borough, the local traffic exception (local deliveries and
pickups) will not apply when the driving of overweight vehicles can
be avoided. Two methods of such avoidance that drivers must utilize
are: using a route that is available that does not use a restricted
road; and splitting an overweight load into two or more smaller, compliant
loads.
(c)
Notice. Notice is hereby given of the legislative findings in Subsection
A(1)(a). In addition, the following will apply:
[1] The Zoning Officer and Building
Inspection Officer are directed to issue a notice to every person
that applies for a zoning or building permit of this finding;
[2] The notice will also be given to
the relevant property owner, if different from the permit applicant;
[3] The police will be given a copy of the notice that is given pursuant to Subsection
A(1)(c)[1] and
[2] above; and
[4] The Borough Manager or the Borough
police shall give notice to any vehicle operator in accordance with
PennDOT regulations.
(d)
Permits.
[1] If the project associated with
any building or zoning permit is likely to involve overweight vehicles,
the permittee and any other persons involved with the project must
utilize a route to the project that is approved by the Borough Manager
or Chief of Police. This requirement is in addition to any other requirements
imposed by law.
[2] Compliance with this subsection
is a condition to the issuance of any building permit or zoning permit.
Any notice given in connection with said permit will also include
a statement to this effect.
B. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of Subsection
A shall be prosecuted under 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a) and (g)(1) of the Vehicle Code, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 plus $150 for each 500 pounds, or part thereof, in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable weight, and costs.
C. Vehicle weight limits established on all Borough streets
and roads.
(1)
Due to the threat to the public safety and to
the deterioration and damage to Borough streets resulting from travel
by vehicles weighing in excess of 40,000 pounds, or having wheel weights
in excess of 4,500 pounds, no vehicle or combination may be operated
on any street maintained by the Borough of Edgeworth if the gross
weight of such vehicle or combination and load exceeds 40,000 pounds;
or the weight on any wheel exceeds 4,500 pounds, unless its owner
or operator or a land developer contracting with its owner or operator
has first obtained a permit from the Borough to do so.
(2)
The Borough may issue a permit as provided for
in the preceding subsection upon the following conditions:
(a)
Application for a permit shall be made to the
Borough Manager on a form to be provided by the Borough.
(b)
In the application, the applicant shall agree
to be liable for the cost of repairing damage to the roadways, structures
and appurtenances within the lines of any street or road or portion
thereof traversed.
(c)
The permit may be conditioned as provided in
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4962(a) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.
(d)
This Subsection
C(2)(d) and Subsection
C(2)(e) immediately below recognize that frequent overweight trips are more damaging than isolated overweight trips and, therefore, apply to applicants who propose to make frequent overweight trips over Borough streets. "Frequent" shall mean, for purposes of this section, more than two overweight trips on a particular day. A person, firm or corporation shall be deemed to propose frequent trips if the total of proposed overweight trips in one day by his, her or its officers, employees, agents, contractors or subcontractors exceeds two; in other words, no person, firm or corporation shall avoid treatment as a frequent overweight user by having a number of different persons or entities make two or fewer overweight trips per day. To assist in determining the liability and responsibility under Subsection
C(2)(b) above of an applicant proposing frequent overweight trips, and prior to the issuance of a permit or use by applicant of overweight vehicles on a Borough street, the applicant or his or her designated representative, together with the Borough Manager or his or her authorized representative, shall inspect the street or road or portion thereof to determine the condition of the base, surface, berms, signs, drainage facilities and other appurtenances and structures. Said conditions shall be noted on a form to be provided by the Borough. The applicant, together with the Borough representative, shall sign and date said form. One copy shall be given to the applicant. In addition, the applicant, at his expense, shall have the option of taking still or moving pictures of the street or road prior to the applicant's use of overweight vehicles on it, provided that such pictures are taken in the presence of the Borough Manager or representative and a copy of each picture or film is placed in the custody of the Borough. The applicant shall not be responsible for any needed repairs noted during the inspection and noted on the form.
(e)
An applicant who proposes to make frequent overweight
trips over Borough streets shall file a bond with the Borough, in
a form and with corporate surety acceptable to the Borough, conditioned
on the repair of damage to the street or road which appears within
two years after the use by the applicant of said street or road or
portions thereof. The amount of the bond shall be in an amount to
be determined by the Borough Manager.
(3)
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this section dealing with the wheel weight shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100 for each 200
pounds, or part thereof, by which the weight of any wheel exceeds
4,700 pounds, plus costs of prosecution, or in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than
one day for each $10 of the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
(4)
In the event of concurrent violations of gross
weight and wheel weight provisions, the only fine imposed shall be
for violation of that provision which provides the greatest fine.
(5)
Upon imposition of any fine and costs of prosecution
imposed pursuant hereto, the provisions of 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6309
and 6310 of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code shall apply.
[Added 10-20-1998 by Ord. No. 473]
A. The following intersections are hereby established
as yield-right-of-way intersections, and official yield signs shall
be erected (or are hereby ratified if heretofore erected) along the
first-named street, in such a position as to face traffic approaching
the second-named street, in the direction or directions hereby indicated.
Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the
first-named street, in the direction or directions hereby indicated,
shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection approaching
on the second-named street so closely as to constitute an immediate
hazard during the time that the operator of such vehicle is moving
across or within such intersection:
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Yield Street
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Through Street
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Direction of Travel
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Woodland Road
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Creek Drive
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West
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B. Any operator of a vehicle who shall fail to yield
the right-of-way, as hereinabove required shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs of prosecution.
[Added 9-19-2000 by Ord. No. 480]
A pedestrian crossing is hereby established
on Beaver Road at Nichols Field, with the center line thereof being
165 feet north of the intersection of Beaver Road and Shields Lane.
[Added 4-19-2005 by Ord. No. 501]
A. No gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle
shall be operated on Route 65 within the municipal limits of the Borough
utilizing, in said operation, an engine brake, without exhaust mufflers,
or with defective or modified exhaust mufflers permitting excessive
noise to be created by said motor vehicle. This prohibition includes
brakes that are activated or operated by the compression of the engine
of the motor vehicle or any unit or part thereof (commonly referred
to as Jake brakes, Jacob's brakes, engine brakes, or compression brakes).
B. This section shall not apply to emergency driving
situations requiring the utilization of an engine brake to protect
the safety and property of the residents of the Borough, other motor
vehicle operators, pedestrians, and the operator and passengers of
the motor vehicle involved in said emergency situation.
C. Any person, firm, corporation or organization violating
any of the provisions of this section shall, upon summary conviction
before a District Magistrate having jurisdiction, be sentenced to
pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution.
[Added 12-15-2009 by Ord. No. 519]
A. The
following intersections are hereby established as right-turn-only
intersections, and official signs shall be erected (or are hereby
ratified if heretofore erected) along the first named street, in such
a position as to face traffic approaching the second named street,
in the direction or directions hereby indicated.
Vehicle Traveling On
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Must Turn Right On
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Direction of Travel
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Hazel Lane
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Beaver Road
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East
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B. Any
operator of a vehicle who shall fail to turn right, as hereinabove
required, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine
of $25 and costs of prosecution.
[Added 7-19-2011 by Ord. No. 524]
A. No vehicle
traveling out of Sewickley Academy at the driveway approximately 230
feet from the intersection of Hazel Lane and Ohio River Boulevard
shall be permitted to make a right turn onto Hazel Lane.
B. Any
person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.