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Township of Lehigh, PA
Northampton County
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No operator of a vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal to proceed.
No operator of a vehicle shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral when such vehicles are conspicuously designated, or between vehicles of any military convoys, or other authorized processions while they are in motion.
A. 
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating a zone of quiet, no operator of a vehicle within any such zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of such vehicle except in an emergency.
B. 
No person shall at any time sound the horn or other warning device of a vehicle except when absolutely necessary as a warning signal while actually driving such vehicle.
Vehicular traffic shall move only in one direction as indicated on the following Township streets:
(Reserved)
A. 
Stop intersections established.
[Added 1-9-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-C-3]
(1) 
The following intersections are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway upon the first-named highway, in the direction hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching said intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated, shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such intersection:
Stop Highway
Through Highway
Direction of Travel
Old Teel Road
Newly constructed portion
of Teel Road
North
Newly constructed portion of Teel Road
South Cottonwood
West
(2) 
Any person who operates a vehicle or tractor in violation of this section and the official signs duly erected pursuant to this section shall be prosecuted in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
B. 
Additional intersections.
[Added 4-24-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-4]
(1) 
Stop signs shall be erected at the following intersections as follows:
(a) 
Center Street and Third Street. Install one stop sign on northwest corner of Center Street intersection. Vehicles traveling on Center Street will be required to stop and vehicles traveling on Third Street will continue through the intersection.
(b) 
Center Street and Fourth Street. Install one stop sign on the northwest corner of Center Street and one stop sign on the southeast corner of Center Street. Vehicles traveling on Center Street will be required to stop and vehicles traveling on Fourth Street will continue through the intersection.
(c) 
Pine Court and Valley High Court. Install one stop sign on the northeast corner of Pine Court. Vehicles traveling on Pine Court will be required to stop and vehicles traveling on Valley High Court will continue through the intersection.
(d) 
Dola Road and Teak Drive. Install one stop sign on the southeast corner of Dola Road. Vehicles traveling on Dola Road will be required to stop and vehicles traveling on Teak Drive will continue through the intersection.
(e) 
Dola Road and Red Bud Drive. Install one stop sign on the northeast corner of Red Bud Drive and one stop sign on the southwest corner of Red Bud Drive. Vehicles traveling on Red Bud Drive will be required to stop and vehicles traveling on Dola Road will continue through the intersection.
(f) 
A stop sign shall be established on Red Maple Drive at the intersection with North Cottonwood Road.
[Added 2-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-2]
(2) 
Any and all fines levied pursuant to a violation of this section shall be in accordance with the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
[Added 1-9-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-C-3]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or tractor traveling upon the first-named highway in the direction indicated to make a left turn at the intersection as hereby indicated:
Vehicle Turning From
Direction
of Travel
Into
Not to Make
South Cottonwood Road
South
Old Teel Road
Left Turn
B. 
An official no-left-turn sign shall be erected in such a position as to face traffic proceeding south on South Cottonwood Road.
C. 
Any person who operates a vehicle or tractor in violation of this section and the official signs duly erected pursuant to this section shall be prosecuted in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.