[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of Chadds Ford Township (formerly Township of Birmingham) as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
All-terrain vehicles — See Ch.
121.
[Adopted 2-5-1986 by Ord. No. 68]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following
words shall, for the purpose of this article, have the meaning herein
indicated:
A. Words and phrases, when used in this article, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted,
except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
B. In this article, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter.
A. A Supervisor and/or the Township Fire Marshal shall
have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily
and in time of emergency:
(1) In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
(2) In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works,
or in the conduct of parades, processions or public events, to restrict
or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of
not more than 72 hours.
B. Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Township in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any person who shall operate or park a motor vehicle in violation of any such regulations, or who shall move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any sign or marking erected, posted or made to give notice of any such regulations, shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty set forth in §
125-4 hereof for a violation of such nature.
[Amended 12-29-1986 by Ord. No. 68A; 8-3-1988 by Ord. No.
68B; 4-4-1990 by Ord. No. 68C; 7-1-2004 by Ord. No. 103]
No person shall park, leave unattended, stand
or stop an attended motor vehicle at any time along the shoulder or
side or within the right-of-way of any of the following roads or designated
portions thereof. Such streets are hereby designated a tow-away zone
and any Supervisor, Fire Marshal or any police officer may order a
vehicle towed from such street in accordance with 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3353(a)(1)(x).
Name of Street
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Side
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Location
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Brandywine Drive
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Both
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Entire length
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Creek Road
|
Both
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North of Baltimore Pike to the Township line
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Oakland Road
|
Both
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From Wilmington-West Chester Pike for a distance
west of Wilmington-West Chester Pike
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Station Way Road
|
West
|
Starting at Baltimore Pike proceeding south
for a distance of 210 feet
|
U.S. Route 1 (Baltimore Pike)
|
North
|
From Wilmington-West Chester Pike for a distance
of 1,000 feet
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U.S. Route 1 (Baltimore Pike)
|
South
|
From Station Way Road east to Creek Road
|
Wilmington-West Chester Pike
|
West
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From Baltimore Pike south to Ridge Road
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Wilmington-West Chester Pike
|
West
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From Oakland Road to Baltimore Pike
|
Any person, firm or corporation who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this article or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not to exceed $300, except that the maximum fine for failure to comply with §
125-3 hereof shall not exceed $10 for the first offense or $50 for any succeeding offense.
[Adopted 6-29-1986 by Ord. No. 70]
A. Words and phrases, when used in this article, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted,
except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
B. The terms “curbline” and “curb,”
as used in this article, shall mean the side boundary of a street,
road or highway, including but not limited to a raised boundary of
a side line.
C. In this article, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be enacted as amendments to ordinances Chadds Ford Township.
The Township Supervisors, State Police or Chadds
Ford Township Police, if appointed, shall have the power to regulate
traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency.
This article shall be enforced by the police
officers of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Township Supervisors,
who are hereby given authority to direct traffic on the highways and
intersections Chadds Ford Township in accordance with the provisions
of this article and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or tractor
upon any sidewalk in the Township; nor shall any person operate a
motor vehicle upon or across any sidewalk except in order to gain
access to or egress from a driveway or alley at such locations where
the curb, if such sidewalk is curbed, shall have been properly cut
down for the purpose.
[Amended 4-4-1990 by Ord. No. 70A; amended 5-1-1991 by Ord. No.
70B; 8-7-1991 by Ord. No. 70C]
A. The speed limit for all traffic along the highways
or parts thereof described below is established at the rate of speed
indicated, provided that there shall be erected, in accordance with
the laws in such cases made and provided, signs thereon establishing
a twenty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit zone:
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Name of Highway
|
Speed Limit
(mph)
|
Location
|
---|
|
Bullock Road
|
25
|
Extra length
|
|
Heyburn Road [Amended 1-15-2004]
|
25
|
Entire length (from Baltimore Pike to Smithbridge
Road)
|
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Marshall Road [Added 7-2-2044 by Ord. No. 129]
|
25
|
Entire length (from Route 202 to the eastern
municipal boundary with Concord Township)
|
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Station Way Road
|
25
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From Creek Road to Baltimore Pike
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B. Any person violating Subsection
A is guilty of a summary offense under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine and costs as specified in the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
Traffic control signals shall be installed and
operated at the intersection of those highways described below:
[Amended 8-7-1991 by Ord. No. 70C]
A. The highways or parts of highways described below
are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated:
|
Name of Highway
|
Direction of Travel
|
Limits
|
---|
|
Station Way Road
|
North
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From Creek Road to Baltimore Pike
|
B. Any person violating Subsection
A is guilty of a summary offense under Section 3308(b) of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine and costs as provided by the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a motor
vehicle or tractor to make a U-turn on any of the highways or parts
thereof described below:
Name of Highway
|
Location
|
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(Reserved)
|
No person shall make a turn of the kind designated
(left, right, all) at any of the intersections described below:
Name of Highway
|
Direction of Travel
|
Prohibited Turn
|
At Intersection Of
|
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(Reserved)
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All vehicular traffic shall keep to the right
of the following structures or barriers located in the center of the
specified intersections:
Structure On
(Name of Highway)
|
At Intersection Of
|
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(Reserved)
|
The highways described below are hereby established
as through highways, and the operator of every vehicle or tractor
upon approaching any such highway at any intersection thereof (except
for such intersections where there are now or shall hereafter be located
official traffic signals) shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable
distance, before entering any such through highway:
Name of Highway
|
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Baltimore Pike
|
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Brandywine Drive
|
Brintons Bridge Road
|
Creek Road
|
Bullock Road
|
Harvey Road
|
Heyburn Road
|
Marshall Road
|
Oakland Road
|
Ridge Road
|
Ring Road
|
Smith Bridge Road
|
Webb Road
|
Wilmington-West Chester Pike
|
[Amended 9-3-1997 by Ord. No. 70D]
A. The following intersections in Chadds Ford Township (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by §
125-16) are established and/or reaffirmed as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected, or 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, 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
|
Intersection or Through Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
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|
Ardmoor Lane
|
Bullock Road
|
South
|
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Atwater Road
|
Webb Road
|
West
|
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Beechwood Circle
|
Ridge Road
|
South
|
|
Bellefaire Lane
|
Brintons Bridge Road
|
North
|
|
Bullock Road
|
Ring Road
|
East
|
|
Bullock Road
|
Creek Road
|
West
|
|
Buttonwood Drive
|
Ring Road
|
West
|
|
Carnation Lane
|
Harvey Road
|
East
|
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Carriage Path
|
Bullock Road
|
North
|
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Coopers Hawk Lane
|
Ridge Road
|
South
|
|
Dogwood Hill Land
|
Ring Road
|
East
|
|
Heyburn Road
|
Baltimore Pike
|
North
|
|
Heyburn Road
|
Ridge Road
|
North
|
|
Heyburn Road
|
Ridge Road
|
South
|
|
Heyburn Road
|
Smith Bridge Road
|
South
|
|
High Ridge Road
|
Ridge Road
|
South
|
|
Hillock Lane
|
Heyburn Road
|
East
|
|
Holly Tree Lane
|
Heyburn Road
|
West
|
|
Hunters Lane
|
Webb Road
|
North
|
|
Kelly Drive
|
Smith Bridge Road
|
South
|
|
Longview Drive
|
Summit Drive
|
North
|
|
Marshall Road
|
Wilmington-West Chester Pike
|
West
|
|
Oakland Road
|
Brintons Bridge Road
|
North
|
|
Oakland Road
|
Harvey Road
|
North
|
|
Oakland Road
|
Harvey Road
|
South
|
|
Oakland Road
|
Webb Road
|
North
|
|
Oakland Road
|
Webb Road
|
South
|
|
Pheasant Lane
|
Ridge Road
|
South
|
|
Ravens Drive
|
Ridge Road
|
North
|
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Ridings Boulevard
|
Ridge Road
|
North
|
|
Ridings Way
|
Ridings Way
|
East
|
|
Ridings Way
|
Ridings Way
|
West
|
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South Rocky Hill Road
|
Ridge Road
|
South
|
|
Southview Path
|
Wilderness Way
|
West
|
|
Spring Lane
|
Harvey Road
|
East
|
|
Summit Drive
|
Wilmington-West Chester Pike
|
East
|
|
Talley Ho Drive
|
Heyburn Road
|
East
|
|
Talley Ho Drive
|
Ridge Road
|
South
|
|
Top of the Oaks
|
Heyburn Road
|
West
|
|
Walnut Ridge Road
|
High Ridge Road
|
South
|
|
Wilderness Way
|
Smith Bridge Road
|
South
|
|
Wilderness Way
|
Southview Path
|
South
|
|
Woodland Drive (north)
|
Wilmington-West Chester Pike
|
West
|
|
Woodland Drive (south)
|
Wilmington-West Chester Pike
|
West
|
B. Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25, or such
higher amount established by the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code,
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., and costs.
The intersections described below are hereby
established as yield right-of-way intersections, and official yield
signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named highway
as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway in the direction
or directions indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any
such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or
directions indicated, shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle
in the intersection or approaching on the second-named highway so
closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time that
the operator of such vehicle or tractor is moving across or within
such intersection.
Yield Sign On
|
Direction of Travel
|
At Intersection Of
|
---|
(Reserved)
|
The zones described below are hereby established
as no-passing zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person driving
a vehicle to pass any other vehicle which is proceeding in the same
direction:
Name of Highway
|
Limits
|
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(Reserved)
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