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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).