Borough of Girard, PA Traffic Regulations

§ 400-6 Driving on sidewalks prohibited.

No person shall operate a motor vehicle or tractor upon any sidewalk in the Borough, 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. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 10 days.

§ 400-7 Speed limits.

[Amended 5-16-1986 by Ord. No. 560; 12-16-1991 by Ord. No. 604; 5-18-1992 by Ord. No. 608; 1-25-1993 by Ord. No. 619; 12-19-1994 by Ord. No. 641]

The following speed limits are hereby established:

Highway	Between	Speed Limit (mph)
Aurora Avenue	Hathaway Street and Barker Street	25
Chestnut Street	U.S. Route 20 and dead end	25
Church Street	U.S. Route 20 and B. & L.E. Railroad	25
Greenfield Drive	Pine Tree Drive and Pine Tree Drive	25
Haggerty Street	Hathaway Street East and N. & W. Railroad	25
Hathaway Street	Church Street and Lake Street	25
Hemlock Drive	Spruce Tree Drive and Aurora Avenue	25
Heron Court	Woodcock Drive and Woodcock Drive	25
Hillcrest Drive	Lake Street and Kibler Drive	25
Juniper Drive	Hemlock Drive and Oak Tree Drive	25
Kibler Drive	Lake Street and Lake Street	25
Lake Street	Rice Avenue and north Borough line	25
Lawrence Court	Randall Avenue and Dewey Drive	25
Liberty Street	Church Street and Penn Avenue	25
Locust Street	Myrtle Street and Walnut Street	25
Lourdes Drive [Added 12-17-2001 by Ord. No. 676]	Goretti Drive and U.S. Route 20	25
Main Street	Chestnut Street and Walnut Street	25
Main Street East	Walnut Street and Lourdes Drive	35
Main Street West	West Borough line and Chestnut Street	35
Mechanic Street	Main Street and N. & W. Railroad	25
Mellon Avenue	Rice Avenue and Lake Street	25
Miles Avenue	Rice Avenue and Lake Street	25
Myrtle Street	U.S. Route 20 and dead end	25
Oak Tree Drive	Spruce Tree Drive and Aurora Avenue	25
Old Ridge Road	West Borough line and U.S. Route 20	25
Olin Avenue	Main Street and Hathaway Street	25
Park Drive [Amended 6-16-1997 by Ord. No. 660]	Lake Street and dead end	15
Penn Avenue	Main Street and Shenango Street	25
Penn Avenue Extension	Hathaway Street and Olin Avenue	15
Pheasant Drive	Tilden Avenue and Woodcock Drive	25
Prospect Street	Church Street and Mechanic Street	25
Randall Avenue	Rice Avenue and Mechanic Street	25
Rice Avenue	Main Street West and north Borough line	35
Spruce Tree Drive	Oak Tree Drive and Barker Street	25
Templeton Avenue	Rice Avenue and Lake Street	25
Walnut Street	Main Street and 300 feet south of Locust Street	35
Walnut Street	U.S. Route 20 and south Borough line	35
Woodcock Drive	Tilden Avenue and Pheasant Drive	25

Any person who shall operate a vehicle or tractor at a speed in excess of that established therefor upon any highway or portion thereof specified in this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $10, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than five days.

§ 400-8 Traffic signals at certain intersections.

[Amended 1-16-1989 by Ord. No. 579]

At the following intersections, official traffic signals shall be erected (or if heretofore erected are hereby ratified), and traffic at such intersections shall be directed by such signals:

	Intersection
	Chestnut Street and Rice Avenue
	Church Street and Main Street East
	Right turn on red is prohibited from Walnut Street onto Main Street East and from Olin Avenue onto Main Street East
	Walnut Street and Olin Avenue

Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall disobey the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than three days.

§ 400-9 One-way highways.

[Amended 11-18-1974 by Ord. No. 470]

The following are hereby established as one-way highways:

Highway	From	To	Direction of Travel
Commercial Street	Main Street West	Writz Alley	North
Penn Avenue Extension	Hathaway Street East	Olin Avenue	West and South
South Park Row	Main Street West	Main Street East	East
Wall Street	Main Street West	Vine Street	North

Any person who shall operate a motor vehicle or tractor upon any highway or portion thereof hereby established as a one-way highway other than in the direction hereby established for traffic thereon shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than five days.

§ 400-10 Through highways.

The following highways 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:

Highway	Between
Lake Street	Rice Avenue and Lake City Borough line (north Borough line)
Main Street	Entire length
Rice Avenue	Main Street West and Lake City Borough line (north Borough line)
Walnut Street	Main Street East and Borough line

Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such through highway as hereinabove required shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than three days.

§ 400-11 Stop intersections.

[Amended 3-17-1986 by Ord. No. 558; 10-20-1986 by Ord. No. 563; 3-21-1988 by Ord. No. 575; 10-21-1991 by Ord. No. 597; 12-16-1991 by Ord. No. 604; 1-25-1993 by Ord. No. 619; 10-18-1993 by Ord. No. 624; 9-19-1994 by Ord. No. 630; 12-19-1994 by Ord. No. 641]

The following intersections (in addition to highways intersecting with the through highways established by § 400-10 of this article) are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such intersection.

Stop Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
Aurora Avenue	Barker Street	North
Aurora Drive	Hathaway Street	South
Barker Street	Haggerty Street	East
Barker Street	Mechanic Street	West
Boothby Drive	Aurora Avenue	West
Boothby Drive	Haggerty Street	East
Commercial Street	Vine Street	North
Dewey Drive	Mechanic Street	East
Dewey Drive	Rice Avenue	West
Elk Creek Avenue	Mechanic Street	East
Elk Creek Avenue	Rice Avenue	East
Erie Street	Kibler Drive (north)	North
Erie Street	Kibler Drive (south)	South
Fireside Court	Haggerty Street	East
Frick Avenue	Hathaway Street	North
Frick Avenue	Templeton Avenue	South
Goss Avenue	Mechanic Street	East
Goss Avenue	Rice Avenue	West
Greenfield Drive	Pine Tree Drive	East and West
Haggerty Street	Barker Street	North and South
Haggerty Street	Hathaway Street	South
Hathaway Street	Lake Street	West
Hathaway Street	Rice Avenue	East and West
Hemlock Drive	Aurora Avenue	East
Hemlock Drive	Spruce Tree Drive	West
Hillcrest Drive	Kibler Drive	North
Hillcrest Drive	Lake Street	East
Juniper Drive	Hemlock Drive	North
Juniper Drive	Oak Tree Drive	South
Kibler Drive (north)	Lake Street	East
Kibler Drive (south)	Lake Street	East
Lake Street	Hathaway Street	North and South
Lake Street	Rice Avenue	South
Lawrence Court	Dewey Drive	South
Lawrence Court	Randall Avenue	North
Liberty Street	Church Street	East
Liberty Street	Penn Avenue	West
Locust Street	Myrtle Street	West
Locust Street	Walnut Street	East
Lourdes Drive	Goretti Drive	North
Lourdes Drive	Main Street East	South
Mechanic Street	Hathaway Street	North and South
Mechanic Street	Main Street	South
Mechanic Street [Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 744]	Miles Avenue	North and South
Mechanic Street	Wilcox Street	North and South
Mellon Avenue	Lake Street	West
Mellon Avenue	Rice Avenue	East
Miles Avenue	Lake Street	West
Miles Avenue	Mechanic Street	East
Miles Avenue	Rice Avenue	East and West
Myrtle Street	Main Street West	North
Nickel Plate Avenue	Rice Avenue	West
Oak Tree Drive	Aurora Avenue	East
Oak Tree Drive	Spruce Tree Drive	West
Olin Avenue	Hathaway Street East	North
Park Drive	Lake Street	East
Penn Avenue	Main Street East	South
Penn Avenue	Prospect Street	North and South
Penn Avenue Extension	Olin Avenue	West and South
Pheasant Drive	Tilden Avenue	South
Pine Tree Drive	Lake Street	East
Prospect Street	Church Street	East
Prospect Street	Mechanic Street	East
Prospect Street	Olin Avenue	East and West
Randall Avenue	Rice Avenue	West
Riley Drive (east)	Miles Avenue	North
Riley Drive (west)	Miles Avenue	North
School Drive	Lake Street (located 371 feet east of Lake Street intersection)	West
School Street	Main Street East	North
Shenango Street	Church Street	East
South Park Row	Main Street East	East and North
Spruce Tree Drive	Barker Street	North
Sunset Drive	Main Street East	South
Templeton Avenue	Lake Street	West
Templeton Avenue	Rice Avenue	East
Tilden Avenue	Lourdes Drive	East and West
Tilden Avenue	Sunset Drive	East and West
Trinity Drive	Main Street East	South
Vine Street	Mechanic Street	East
Vine Street	Rice Avenue	West
Wall Street	Vine Street	North
Wilcox Street East	Mechanic Street	West
Wilcox Street East	Olin Avenue	East
Wilcox Street West	Lake Street	West
Wilcox Street West	Mechanic Street	East
Wilcox Street West	Rice Avenue	East and West
Woodcock Drive	Tilden Avenue	South

Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any stop intersection, as hereinabove required, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than three days.

§ 400-12 Yield intersections.

[Added 3-17-1986 by Ord. No. 558; amended 10-20-1986 by Ord. No. 563; 3-21-1988 by Ord. No. 575; 12-16-1991 by Ord. No. 604; 12-19-1994 by Ord. No. 641]

The following intersections are hereby established as yield intersections, and official yield 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 or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case, shall yield the right-of-way to traffic on the second-named street before entering the intersection.

Yield Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
Beaver Road	Noble Road	North
Circle Drive	Goretti Avenue	North
Circle Drive	Tilden Avenue	North and South
Edison Place	Nickel Plate Avenue	South
Heron Court	Woodcock Drive	West
Macrina Drive	Tilden Avenue	South
Nobel Road	Old Ridge Road	West
Park Drive (Sec. A)	Park Drive	North
Park Drive (Sec. C)	Park Drive (Sec. B)	North
Park Drive (Sec. E)	Park Drive (Sec. C)	East
Randall Avenue	Mechanic Street	East
Spruce Tree Drive	Oak Tree Drive	South
Woodcock Drive	Pheasant Drive	West

Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to yield the right-of-way before entering any yield intersection, as hereinabove required, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than three days.

§ 400-13 Stop intersections with railroad crossing.

[Added 10-15-1990 by Ord. No. 591]

The following highways crossing a railroad intersection are hereby established as stop highways, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the named railroad crossing, in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching such railroad crossing in the directions indicated shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before crossing any such railroad crossing.

	Stop Street	Railroad	Direction of Travel
	Haggerty Street	Norfolk and Southern	North and South

Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before crossing any railroad crossing, as hereinbefore required, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than three days.

§ 400-14 Play highways.

The Mayor is hereby authorized to designate as play highways, whenever he shall deem such action advisable, and for whatever period of time directed by him, any portion of any highway in the Borough, whereon sledding and coasting shall be permitted. Such highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Mayor. No person shall operate any motor vehicle or tractor upon any play highway at any time when such highway shall be so designated, except in case of emergency, with special permission of the Mayor or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear such play highway of all persons using such highway for the purpose for which it was set aside. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than five days.

§ 400-15 Turn and through lanes.

[Added 1-21-1975 by Ord. No. 474]

At the following intersections, turn and through lanes are established, official signs directing the flow of traffic shall be erected (or if heretofore erected are hereby ratified), and traffic at such intersections shall be directed by such signs:

Intersection	Direction of Travel	Movement
Main Street and Church Street	West on Main Street	The curb lane is restricted to traffic turning right onto Church Street, which traffic must turn right
Main Street and Rice Avenue	East on Main Street	The center lane is restricted to traffic turning left onto Rice Avenue, which traffic must turn left
Main Street and Rice Avenue	West on Main Street	The curb lane is restricted to traffic turning right onto Rice Avenue, which traffic must turn right

Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall disobey the directions of any lane sign shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than three days.

§ 400-16 Bridge closed.

[Added 8-18-1986 by Ord. No. 562]

The bridge on Old Ridge Road passing over Elk Creek is hereby closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The posting of approved signs and any appropriate barricade is hereby authorized.

Any operator of a vehicle or bicycle or any pedestrian who shall enter upon the bridge shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $10, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than five days.

§ 400-17 Vehicle weight limits.

[Added 7-19-1993 by Ord. No. 622]

The following highways are hereby established as prohibiting all vehicles over 10 tons in gross weight, except commercial vehicles making local deliveries. The following streets are to be posted "No Trucks," "10 Ton Limit" and "Local Delivery Only":

Highway	Between
Lawrence Court [Added 4-16-2001 by Ord. No. 674]	Randall Avenue and Dewey Drive
Lourdes Drive	Main Street (East) and Goretti Avenue
Sunset Drive	300 feet north of Tilden Avenue
Tilden Avenue	Pheasant Drive and Trinity Drive
Trinity Drive	Main Street (East) and Tilden Avenue

§ 400-18 Violations and penalties.

[Added 7-19-1993 by Ord. No. 622]

Any person who shall violate any provision of § 400-17 of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $100, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than five days.