[Amended 9-26-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-10; 11-14-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-11; 9-25-1989 by Ord. No. 1989-5; 6-24-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-9; 6-24-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-10; 6-24-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-11; 6-24-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-12; 3-23-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-2; 10-26-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4]
A. 
No person shall drive any vehicle upon any portion of a street or highway in the Borough listed below at a greater rate of speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street or highway.
Street
Limits
Maximum Speed Limit
(mph)
East Franklin
Entire extent
25
East High
Entire extent
25
East Main
Freedom Avenue to cul-de-sac
30
East Main Street
[Amended 8-12-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-8]
Front Street to Freedom Avenue
30
Freedom Avenue
Entire extent
25
Freedom Road
Freedom Avenue to north Borough line
35
Independence Drive
Entire extent
25
Keesey Road
Entire extent
25
Leader Road
Entire extent
35
North Constitution
Main Street to north Borough line
35
North Front Street
Entire extent
25
North Front Street
[Added 12-10-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-11; repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).]
North Third Street
Entire extent
25
Orwig Road
[Amended 11-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-4]
Entire extent
25
Pleasant Avenue
Entire extent
25
Reehling Road
Entire extent
25
Rutledge Road
Entire extent
25
Second Street
Main Street to north Borough line
35
Singer Road
Entire extent
25
South Constitution
Entire extent
25
South Front Street
Entire extent
35
South Shaffer Drive
Entire extent
30
South Third Street
Entire extent
25
Steltz Road
West Main to Borough line
35
Stoneridge Drive
Entire extent
25
Summers Lane
Entire extent
25
Waneta Street
[Added 11-8-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-8]
Franklin Street to Springwood Drive
25
Washington Road
Entire extent
25
West Franklin
Entire extent
25
West Main Street
[Amended 8-12-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-8]
West Borough line to Front Street
30
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $45 and costs. Any person exceeding a maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $5 for each mile per hour in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
A. 
No person shall drive any vehicle upon any bridge or elevated structure listed below at a greater speed than the maximum prescribed for that bridge or elevated structure:
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $45 and costs. Any person exceeding a maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $5 for each mile per hour in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
A. 
Upon any hazardous grade listed below 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 by that appendix for that grade, and, if so stated for a particular grade, every such vehicle shall 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 $45. Any person exceeding the speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $5 for each mile per hour in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
A. 
No person shall drive a vehicle upon any portion of a road or highway in any park maintained and operated by the Borough listed below at a greater rate of speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the road or highway:
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $45 and costs. Any person exceeding a maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $5 per mile for each mile per hour 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 below, and traffic at those intersections shall be directed by those signals.
(Reserved)
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 $35 and costs.
A. 
Those intersection listed below 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 highway onto a one-way highway) on a steady red signal.
(Reserved)
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 $35 and costs.
A. 
One-way streets are established as listed below. On the days and between the hours applicable to a specific roadway, 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.
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs.
A. 
Below are listed 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 highway at any intersection listed below, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make a left turn and/or a right turn into the second-named highway, as indicated at any time when a turn is prohibited.
Street
Through Street
Turn Prohibited
Time In Force
Centenial Avenue
Boundary Road
Left turn
All times
Painter Alley
Playground Alley
Right turn
All times
Penn Street
Boundary Road
Left turn
All times
Tank Alley
Boundary Road
Left turn
All times
West Franklin
Boundary Road
Left turn
All times
West Main
Boundary Road
Left turn
All times
A. 
No-passing zones are listed below. 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 a no-passing zone.
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs.
A. 
Through highways are listed below 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 § 207-11) facing traffic approaching the through highway on intersecting highways. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the through highway on any intersecting highway 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, 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.
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs of prosecution.
A. 
Those intersections listed below are established as stop intersections, and official stop signs as approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the through street upon the stop street at each stop intersection, in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection upon the 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 through street until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law.
Stop Street
Through Street
Direction of Travel
Adams Court
Singer Road
Westbound
Albright Court
South Shaffer Drive
Westbound
Bailey Avenue
Singer Road
Eastbound
Bank Alley
Church Alley
Eastbound
Bank Alley
Fourth Street
Westbound
Bank Alley
Third Street
Eastbound and westbound
Barelyn Drive
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Mulberry Lane
Southbound
Barelyn Drive
Rutledge Road
Northbound
Bond Street
Charles Street
Westbound
Bond Street
Singer Road
Eastbound
Boundary Drive
Centennial Avenue
Northbound
Broad Street
West Main Street
Northbound
Bunker Hill Court
Washington Road
Eastbound
Centennial Avenue
Third Street
Eastbound
Charles Street
Chestnut Street
Northbound
Charles Street
High Street
Southbound
Cherry Alley
Constitution Avenue
Eastbound
Cherry Alley
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Franklin Street
Southbound
Cherry Alley
George Street
Eastbound
Cherry Alley
John Alley
Westbound
Cherry Alley
Waneta Street
Eastbound and westbound
Chestnut Alley
Franklin Street
Northbound and southbound
Chestnut Alley
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Main Street
Westbound
Chestnut Alley
Penn Street
Northbound
Chestnut Alley
Playground Alley
Westbound
Chestnut Alley
Tank Alley
Northbound and southbound
Chestnut Street
Freedom Avenue
Eastbound
Chestnut Street
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Playground Alley
Westbound
Chestnut Street
South Constitution Avenue
Eastbound and westbound
Church Alley
High Street
Southbound
Church Alley
North Main Street
Northbound
Clark Alley
Popular Alley
Eastbound
Clark Alley
Republic Alley
Westbound
Concord Drive
Independence Drive
Westbound
Constitution Avenue
East Main Street
Northbound and southbound
Country Manor
Singer Road
Eastbound
Crawford Court
Meadow Street
Southbound
Dickinson Court
East Main Street
Northbound
Duke Street
Oxford Court
Northbound
Duke Street
South Shaffer Drive
Eastbound
East Main Street
Freedom Avenue
Westbound
East Main Street
[Added 4-12-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-3]
South Shaffer
Westbound
Factory Alley
East Main Street
Northbound
Fourth Street
Stiliz Road
Northbound
Franklin Court
[Amended 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Liberty Avenue
Westbound
Franklin Street
Boundary Avenue
Eastbound
Franklin Street
North Constitution Avenue
Eastbound
Franklin Street
Second Street
Eastbound and westbound
Franklin Street
Third Street
Eastbound and westbound
Freedom Avenue
East Main Street
Northbound
Freedom Avenue
Singer Road
Eastbound
Front Street
West Main Street
Northbound and southbound
Gas Alley
Second Street
Eastbound and westbound
Gas Alley
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
North Front Street
Eastbound
George Street
East Main Street
Southbound
George Street
Highland Avenue
Northbound and southbound
George Street
Reehling Road
Northbound
Griffin Court
South Shaffer Road
Westbound
Hale Drive
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Boundry Drive
Westbound
Hale Drive
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Revere Drive
Eastbound
Hancock Court
Freedom Avenue
Southbound
High Street
Broad Street
Westbound
High Street
Singer Road
Eastbound
High Street
South Front Street
Eastbound and westbound
Highland Avenue
North Constitution Avenue
Westbound
Hoffeins Drive
East Main Street
Southbound
Hoffeins Drive
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Freedom Road
Westbound
Independence Drive
Pleasant Avenue
Southbound
Independence Drive
Washington Road
Westbound
Jefferson Court
Liberty Avenue
Westbound
John Alley
East Main Street
Southbound
John Alley
Highland Avenue
Northbound
John Randolph Court
Rutledge Road
Northbound
John Randolph Court
South Shaffer Road
Eastbound
Keeney Road
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Orwig Road
Northbound
Keesey Road
East Main Street
Northbound
Leader Road
South Shaffer Drive
Eastbound and westbound
Liberty Avenue
Hoffheins Drive
Westbound
Liberty Avenue
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Hoffeins Drive No. 1
Westbound
Liberty Avenue
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Hoffeins Drive No. 2
Westbound
Locust Alley
Broad Street
Eastbound and westbound
Locust Alley
Church Alley
Eastbound and westbound
Locust Alley
Front Street
Eastbound
Maple Alley
Chestnut Alley
Eastbound and westbound
Maple Alley
Front Street
Eastbound
Maple Alley
Second Street
Eastbound and westbound
Maple Alley
Third Street
Westbound
Massimore Road
South Shaffer Road
Westbound
Matthews Court
Freedom Road
Northbound
McCullough Avenue
South Front Street
Westbound
McCurley Drive
Rutledge Road
Westbound
McCurley Drive
South Shaffer Drive
Eastbound
Meadows Street
Leader Road
Southbound
Meadows Street
North Shaffer Drive
Westbound
Minuteman Court
Independence Drive
Eastbound
Mulberry Lane
Singer Road
Westbound
Nittany Court
Rheeling Road
Southbound
North Front Street
Franklin Street
Northbound and southbound
North Front Street
[Added 12-10-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-11]
Second Street
Northwest
North Shaffer Drive
East Main Street
Southbound
North Shaffer Drive
[Amended 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Freedom Road
Northbound
Old Farm Lane
[Amended 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Masimore Road
Northbound and southbound
Old Farm Lane
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Orwig Road
Southbound
Old Farm Lane
South Shaffer Drive
Westbound
Orwig Road
Singer Road
Westbound
Otis Court
Freedom Avenue
Northbound
Oxford Court
South Shaffer Drive
Eastbound
Painter Alley
Chestnut Street
Northbound and southbound
Painter Alley
Constitution Avenue
Eastbound and westbound
Painter Alley
Playground Alley
Westbound
Painter Alley
School Alley
Northbound
Penn Street
Boundary Drive
Westbound
Penn Street
North Front Street
Eastbound
Penn Street
Second Street
Eastbound and westbound
Penn Street
Third Street
Eastbound and westbound
Pine Alley
Broad Street
Eastbound and westbound
Pine Alley
Church Alley
Eastbound and westbound
Pine Alley
Fourth Street
Westbound
Pine Alley
Front Street
Eastbound
Pine Alley
Third Street
Eastbound and westbound
Plant Alley
Broad Street
Westbound
Plant Alley
Church Alley
Westbound
Plant Alley
Front Street
Eastbound
Playground Alley
East Main Street
Northbound
Playground Alley
High Street
Southbound
Playground Alley
School Alley
Northbound and southbound
Pleasant Avenue
Constitution Avenue
Eastbound
Pleasant Avenue
Second Street
Westbound
Popular Alley
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
East Main Street
Southbound
Popular Alley
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Franklin Street
Northbound
Popular Alley
Franklin Street
Southbound
Popular Street
East Main Street
Southbound
Railroad Avenue
East Main Street
Northbound and southbound
Railroad Avenue
Franklin Street
Northbound
Republic Alley
East Main Street
Southbound
Republic Alley
Franklin Street
Southbound
Revere Drive
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
North Second Street
Eastbound
Rheeling Road
Constitution Avenue
Eastbound and westbound
Rheeling Road
Freedom Avenue
Eastbound
Rutledge Road
Singer Road
Westbound
Rutledge Road
South Shaffer Drive
Eastbound
School Alley
Constitution Avenue
Eastbound and westbound
Second Street
West Main Street
Southbound
Singer Road
East Main Street
Northbound
Singer Road
Front Street
Southbound
Sorrell Ridge Lane
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Old Farm Lane
Eastbound
Sorrell Ridge Lane
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Orwig Road
Southbound
South Constitution Avenue
High Street
Southbound
South Shaffer Drive
East Main Street
Northbound
South Shaffer Drive
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Sorrell Ridge Lane
Southbound
Stoneridge Drive
Summers Lane
Northbound
Stoneridge Drive
Summers Lane (1st)
Southbound
Stoneridge Drive
Summers Lane (2nd)
Southbound
Summers Lane
Singer Road
Westbound
Summit Alley
Franklin Street
Northbound and southbound
Summit Alley
Penn Street
Northbound
Summit Alley
Tank Alley
Northbound and southbound
Tank Alley
Front Street
Eastbound
Tank Alley
Second Street
Eastbound and westbound
Tank Alley
Third Street
Eastbound and westbound
Third Street
Main Street
Northbound and southbound
Thomas Circle
Stoneridge Drive
Eastbound
Waneta Street
East Main Street
Southbound
Waneta Street
Franklin Street
Northbound and southbound
Washington Road
Independence Drive
Eastbound
West Main Street
Boundary Drive
Westbound
West Main Street
Stiltz Road
Eastbound
Wilson Avenue
Dickenson Court
Westbound
Wilson Avenue
Keesey Road
Eastbound
Young Alley
East Main Street
Southbound
Young Alley
[Added 4-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-4]
Highland Avenue
Northbound
B. 
Those intersections listed below are established as stop intersections, except right turn. Official traffic-control signs as approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the through street upon the stop street at each stop intersection. Except drivers making a right-hand turn, every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection upon the stop street, in the direction in each case, shall stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code and shall not proceed with a left-hand turn or cross the through street until he has followed applicable requirements of that section of the law.
[Added 4-12-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-3]
Stop Street
Through Street
Direction of Travel
East Main Street
South Shaffer
Eastbound
C. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Amended 4-12-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-3]
A. 
Those intersections listed below (in addition to highways intersecting with the through highways established by § 207-17) are established as yield right-of-way 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 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, and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs.
A. 
On those highways and portions of highways listed below vehicle weight limits are established by authority granted by Section 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, and it shall be unlawful for any person to operate on any of those highways or portions of highways, as the case may be, any vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum prescribed for that highway or portion of highway.
Street
Limit
Weight Restriction
South Shaffer
[Added 7-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-8]
East Main Street to Leader Road
5 tons
Waneta
Entire length
9,000 pounds
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(e-1) of the Vehicle Code.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle other than a passenger vehicle on any street or portion of a street listed below, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operation of any commercial vehicle or truck on any such street listed below, where that operation is 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.
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs.
A. 
On those bridges listed below vehicle weight and/or size restrictions are established by authority granted by Section 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, and it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or combination in violation of the size, type or load restrictions prescribed below for that bridge.
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under Section 4902(a) of Vehicle Code and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 and costs as prescribed by Section 4902(e-1) of the Vehicle Code.
A. 
Snow emergency routes are established on those streets and portions of streets listed below. In order to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the hazards of snow and ice on those snow emergency routes, the Emergency Management Director, or in his absence the Borough Manager/Administrator, at his discretion, may declare a snow and ice emergency. Information on the existence of the emergency shall 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. 
One hour after any snow and ice emergency is declared, 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 tire or chains, on a snow and ice emergency route. If the effective time referred to shall occur after 11:00 p.m., the parking restrictions shall not become effective until 7:00 a.m. the following day.
C. 
If, at any time during a period of snow and ice emergency, a person shall park a motor vehicle, or allow a motor vehicle to remain parked, anywhere upon a snow emergency route, that person shall be guilty of a violation of this section, and the vehicle illegally parked shall be subject to being towed at the owner's expense and, upon conviction, said owner shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $75.
[Amended 5-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]
D. 
If, at any time during a period of snow and ice emergency, a person drives a motor vehicle not equipped with radial tires, 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 not less than $30 nor more than $50.
E. 
Snow emergency routes designated.
Street
Between
Side
Freedom Road
East Main Street and Borough line
Both
High Street
South Front Street and Singer Road
Both
Independence Drive
Pleasant Avenue and Washington Road
Both
Leader Road
South Shaffer Drive and Borough line
Both
Main Street
Steltz Road and South Shaffer Drive
Both
North Constitution Avenue
East Main Street and Borough line
Both
Pleasant Avenue
North Constitution Avenue and Second Street
Both
Rutledge Road
Singer Road and South Shaffer Drive
Both
Second Street
West Main Street and Borough line
Both
Singer Road
East Main Street and South Front Street
Both
South Front Street
West Main Street and Borough line
Both
South Shaffer Drive
East Main Street and Griffin Court
Both
Steltz Road
Borough line and West Main Street
Both
Washington Road
Independence and Independence Drive
Both
A. 
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 portion of any street in the Borough where sledding and coasting shall be permitted, that street shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Mayor.
B. 
No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any play highway at any time when that street shall be so designated, except in case of emergency with special permission of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear the play highway of all persons using it for the purpose for which it was set aside. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.