[Amended 1-7-1997 by Ord. No. 320]
A.
No person shall drive any vehicle upon any Borough
road or street at a greater speed than 25 miles per hour.
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs.
Any person exceeding a 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.
Official traffic signals shall be erected or are ratified if previously erected at those intersections listed in § 315-43, which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section, and traffic at those intersections shall be directed by those signals.
B.
Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions
of an official traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced
to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
Those intersections listed in § 315-44, that is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section, 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 a one-way street) on a steady red signal.
B.
Any driver of a vehicle who makes a turn on a red
signal, in violation of this section, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced
to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
One-way streets are established as listed in § 315-45, which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle upon a one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic upon that 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.
Section 315-46, which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section, lists intersections where turns are restricted or prohibited. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, of the type indicated, traveling upon the first-named street at any intersection named in that section, 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 a turn is prohibited by that section.
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-passing zones are listed in § 315-47, which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to overtake or pass another vehicle or drive on the left side of the roadway in any no-passing zone.
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
Through highways are listed in § 315-48, which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section, and stop or yield signs shall be erected at every intersection of every through highway (except those intersections where traffic signals are erected and maintained as provided in § 315-9), facing traffic approaching the through highway on intersecting highways. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the through highway on any intersecting street where there is a stop or yield sign shall stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(b) or Section 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.
[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
of prosecution.
A.
Those intersections listed in § 315-49, which is incorporated by reference hereinto and made a part of this section, are established as multiway stop intersections and official stop signs shall be erected at each corner of the intersection so that every driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection, regardless of the direction in which the vehicle is traveling, shall be required to stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code[1] and shall not proceed into or cross the intersection until
the drive has followed all applicable requirements of that section
of the law.
[Amended 8-3-2004 by Ord. No. 378]
[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.
Those intersections listed in § 315-50, which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section (in addition to streets intersecting with the through highways established by § 315-14) are established as yield-right-of-way intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street upon the first-named street at each yield intersection, in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection
of the Vehicle Code.
[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.
On those streets and portions of streets listed in § 315-51, which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section, vehicle weight limits are established by authority granted by Section 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code,[1] and it shall be unlawful for any person to operate on
any of those streets or portions of streets, as the case may be, any
vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum
prescribed for that street or portion of street.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a).
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall be prosecuted under Section 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code and,
upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 and costs,
and an additional penalty of $75 for each 500 pounds or part thereof,
in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable weight as prescribed
by Section 4902(g)(1) of the Vehicle Code.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(g)(1).
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle other than a passenger car on any street or portion of a street listed in § 315-52, which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit anyone from driving a commercial vehicle or truck on any part of any such street listed in § 315-52 where necessary in order to pick up or deliver any goods, wares, merchandise or material from or to any premises located on any such street or portion of a 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.
Snow and ice emergency routes are established on those streets and portions of streets listed in § 315-53, which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this section. In order to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the hazards of ice and snow on those snow emergency routes, the Mayor, at his discretion, may declare a snow and ice emergency, and afterward may declare the emergency terminated. Information on the existence of the emergency may be given through radio, newspaper or other available media, and notification of the termination of the emergency may be given by use of the same media.
B.
While a snow and ice emergency is in effect, it shall
be unlawful, at any time during the continuance of the emergency,
for any person to park a motor vehicle, or to allow the vehicle to
remain parked, on any snow and ice emergency route; or for any person
to drive a motor vehicle, not equipped with snow tires or chains,
on a snow and ice emergency route.
C.
If, at any time during a period of snow and ice emergency,
a person parks a motor vehicle anywhere upon a snow and ice emergency
route, that person shall be guilty of a violation of this section,
and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $15 and
costs.
D.
If, at any time during a period of snow and ice emergency,
a person drives a motor vehicle not equipped with snow tires or chains
upon a snow and ice emergency route, that person shall be guilty of
a violation of this section and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
