Borough of Coopersburg, PA Article II Traffic Regulations

§ 210-10 Maximum speed limits established on certain streets.

A. 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:

[Amended 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 541; 4-23-2002 by Ord. No. 553]

	Street	Between	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)
	All streets within the Borough except State highways	Entire length	25
	Route 309 (Third Street) [Added 7-9-2002 by Ord. No. 554]	Northbound from 30 feet south of Cherry Street to Fairmount Street southbound from Fairmount Street to Cherry Street	35

B. 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.

§ 210-11 Maximum speed limits established on certain bridges and elevated structures.

A. 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 (mph)
	Cherry Street Bridge	Saucon Creek tributary	35
	E. State Street Bridge	Saucon Creek tributary	25
	Fairmount Street Bridge	Saucon Creek tributary	20
	Station Avenue Bridge	Saucon Creek tributary	25

B. 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.

§ 210-12 Maximum speed limits established for certain vehicles on hazardous grades.

A. 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)

B. 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 for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 210-13 Maximum speed limits established in parks.

A. A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough of Coopersburg, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:

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

B. 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.

§ 210-14 Traffic signals at certain locations.

A. 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:

	Intersection of	Type of Signal
	Fairmount Street and Route 309	Traffic control
	Landis Street and Route 309	Traffic control
	State Street and Main Street [Added 10-26-1999 by Ord. No. 533]	Traffic control
	State Street and Route 309 [Added 10-26-1999 by Ord. No. 533]	Traffic control
	Station Avenue and Route 309	Traffic control

B. 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.

§ 210-15 Intersections where turn prohibited on red signal.

A. 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
	Fairmount Street and Route 309	Route 309	North
	Landis Street and Route 309	Landis Street	West

B. 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.

§ 210-16 One-way streets.

A. 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
	Cherry Street [Added 9-23-2003 by Ord. No. 561]	Route 309	Fourth Street	West
	Fourth Street [Amended 3-24-2010 by Ord. No. 610; 11-23-2010 by Ord. No. 624]	Fairview Street	Fairmount Street	North
	Horse Alley [Added 6-8-2010 by Ord. No. 622]	Station Avenue	Thomas Street	South, between 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
	Spruce Alley [Amended 3-21-2009 by Ord. No. 611; 11-23-2010 by Ord. No. 325; 3-8-2011 by Ord. No. 630]	Route 309	Fourth Street	West
	West Oxford Street Between the hours of 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. on school days [Added 5-28-2002 by Ord. No. 555]	West end of Oxford Street	North Liberty and West Oxford Street	East to North Liberty Street

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

§ 210-17 Turning at certain intersections prohibited or restricted.

A. 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:

	Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Not to Make	Into	When	Type of Vehicle Applicable to:
	Route 309 [Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 524]	North and south	Turn	Carpenter Alley - on the east Side of Route 309	All times	All vehicles

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

§ 210-18 Right turns only permitted at certain intersections.

A. 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)

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

§ 210-19 U-Turns prohibited at certain locations.

A. 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)

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

§ 210-20 No-passing zones.

A. 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)

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

§ 210-21 Through highways established.

A. The following highways are established as through highways, thus authorizing stop or yield signs to be erected facing traffic approaching every intersection with the through highway except for those intersections with traffic signals, or with exceptions or modifications as indicated below. Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop or yield sign authorized by this section shall stop the vehicle or yield right-of-way as required by § 3323(b) or § 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] as the case may be, and shall not proceed into or across the through highway until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law:

	Highway	Between
	Fairview Street	Entire length
	Landis Street	Entire length
	Main Street	Entire length
	Station Avenue	Entire length
	Third Street	Entire length
	W. State Street	Main Street and S. Hillside Drive

[1] Editor's Note: See 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 3323(b) or (c).

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

§ 210-22 Stop intersections established.

A. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 210-21) 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 § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code,[1] and shall not proceed into or across the second-named or intersecting or through street until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law.

	Stop Street	Intersection or Through Street	Direction of Travel
	Birch Terrace	Butternut Road	South
	Birch Terrace	Dogwood Lane	North
	Butternut Road	Locust Street	East
	Butternut Road	LR 39097	West
	Carpenter Alley	Horse Alley	East
	Carriage Drive	Tilghman Street	South
	Charles Street [Added 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 538]	Keewayden	West
	Charles Street [Added 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 538]	Springfield Street	East
	Dogwood Lane	Locust Street	East
	Dogwood Lane	LR 39097	West
	Fairmount Street	N. Liberty Street	West and east
	Fifth Street	Fairmount Street	North
	Fifth Street	Oxford Street	South
	Fourth Street	Charles Street	South and north
	Fourth Street	Cherry Street	South
	Fourth Street	E. State Street	North
	Fourth Street	Fairmount Street	North
	Fourth Street	Oxford Street	South
	Liberty Circle	N. Liberty Street	East
	Linden Street	Cherry Street	North
	Locust Street	Linden Street	South
	Locust Street	Tilghman Street	North and south
	Maplewood Road	Linden Street	South
	Maplewood Road	Locust Street	North
	N. Eighth Street	W. Oxford Street	North
	N. Liberty Street	Fairmount Street	North and south
	Ninth Street	Locust Street	South
	Oxford Street	N. Second Street	East
	Poplar Street	Linden Street	East
	Poplar Street	LR 39097	West
	Saucon Lane	Fairmount Street	South
	Saucon Lane	Willowbrook Road	North
	Spruce Alley	Fourth Street	West
	Stopp Lane	Saucon Lane	Southwest
	Stopp Lane	Unnamed Street	Northeast
	Thomas Street	Fourth Street	West
	Thomas Street	N. Second Street	East
	Unnamed Street	Fairmount Street	East
	W. Oxford Street	N. Liberty Street	West
	W. State Street	N. Second Street	East
	W. Station Avenue	Ninth Street	West
	W. Station Avenue	Young Avenue	East
	Willowbrook Road	North Liberty Street	West and east
	Young Circle	Ninth Street	West
	Young Circle	Young Avenue	East

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

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

§ 210-23 Yield intersections established.

A. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 210-21) 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 § 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
	(Reserved)

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

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

§ 210-24 Operation of motor vehicles restricted on public lands.

A. No motor vehicle, including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall be operated on any property owned by the Borough of Coopersburg or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Borough of Coopersburg without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Mayor of the Borough of Coopersburg.

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

§ 210-25 Rotary traffic islands established.

A. The following locations 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)

B. 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.

§ 210-26 Play highways established and authorized.

A. The following areas upon the streets in the Borough of Coopersburg are established as play highways:

	Street	Between	Days	Hours
	(Reserved)

B. The Mayor is authorized to designate as play highways, whenever he deems that action advisable, and for whatever period of time directed by him, any part of any street in the Borough of Coopersburg, where sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Mayor.

C. No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon any play highway at any time when that street shall be designated as a play highway, except in case of emergency, with special permission of the Mayor or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear that play highway of all persons using it for the purpose for which it was set aside. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 210-27 Snowmobile roads designated.

A. The following roads and streets within the Borough of Coopersburg are designated as special snowmobile roads:

	Street or Road	Between	Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic?	Shared with Vehicular Traffic?
	(Reserved)

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Borough of Coopersburg other than as provided above. Provided, nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating a snowmobile on any other street in the Borough of Coopersburg:

(1) As authorized by § 7721 of the Vehicle Code[1] for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways; or

[1] Editor's Note: See 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 7721.

(2) For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in § 7723 of the Vehicle Code.[2] Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 7752(a) of the Vehicle Code.[3]

[2] Editor's Note: See 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 7723.

[3] Editor's Note: See 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 7752(a).