A.
The following speed limits are hereby established:
B.
Any person who shall operate a vehicle or tractor at a speed in excess
of that established therefor, upon any highway or portion thereof
within the Borough shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to
pay a fine of $10 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment
for not more then five days.
A.
The following are hereby established as one-way highways:
|
Highway
|
From
|
To
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Harvard Avenue
|
Princeton Avenue
|
Carnegie Avenue
|
West
| |
|
Muhlenberg Avenue
[Amended 11-21-2000 by Ord. No. 157] |
Pinch Road
|
Princeton Avenue
|
West
| |
|
Yale Avenue
|
Carnegie Avenue
|
Lehigh Avenue
|
West
|
B.
Any person who shall operate a motor vehicle or tractor upon any
highway or portion thereof hereby established as a one-way highway
within the Borough, 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/or undergo
imprisonment for not more than five days.
A.
The following intersections 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:
|
Highway
|
Through Highway
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Albright Avenue
|
Pinch Road
|
East
| |
|
Brown Avenue
|
Lehigh Avenue
|
West
| |
|
Brown Avenue
|
Pinch Road
|
East
| |
|
Carnegie Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North and south
| |
|
Carnegie Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Route 117
|
North
| |
|
Chautauqua Drive
[Added 3-14-2016 by Ord.
No. 203] |
Carnegie Avenue
|
West
| |
|
Chautauqua Drive
[Added 3-14-2016 by Ord.
No. 203] |
Princeton Avenue
|
East
| |
|
Gettysburg Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Route 117
|
Northeast
| |
|
Gettysburg Avenue (realigned)
[Added 3-14-2016 by Ord.
No. 203] |
Pennsylvania Route 117
|
North
| |
|
Lafayette Avenue
|
Lehigh Avenue
|
East
| |
|
Lafayette Avenue
|
Weslyan Avenue
|
West
| |
|
Lancaster Avenue
[Added 12-22-1975 by Ord. No. 107] |
Lehigh Avenue
|
East and west
| |
|
Lancaster Avenue
|
Pinch Road
|
East
| |
|
Lebanon Avenue
|
Pinch Road
|
East
| |
|
Lehigh Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North and south
| |
|
Lehigh Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Route 117
|
North
| |
|
Lehigh Avenue
[Repealed 12-22-1975 by Ord. No. 107] | |||
|
Muhlenberg Avenue
|
Lebanon Avenue
|
North
| |
|
Muhlenberg Avenue
|
Pinch Road
|
East
| |
|
Old Mountain Road
|
Albright Avenue
|
South
| |
|
Old Mountain Road
|
Lebanon Avenue
|
North
| |
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
[Added 11-9-1981 by Ord. No. 120] |
Lehigh Avenue
|
East and west
| |
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
Princeton Avenue
|
East
| |
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Route 117
|
Northwest
| |
|
Princeton Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Route 117
|
North
| |
|
Temple Avenue
|
Muhlenberg Avenue
|
West
| |
|
Temple Avenue
|
Old Mountain Road
|
East
| |
|
Vassar Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
North
|
B.
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 $5 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo
imprisonment for not more than three days.
A.
The following intersections are hereby established as yield-right-of-way
intersections and official yield signs shall be erected (or are hereby
ratified if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic
approaching the second-named highway from 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, 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 Highway
|
Through Highway
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Carnegie Avenue
|
Harvard Avenue
|
South
| |
|
Gettysburg Avenue
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
Southwest
| |
|
Old Mountain Road
|
Albright Avenue
|
South
| |
|
Vassar Avenue
|
Yale Avenue
|
South
|
B.
Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to yield the
right-of-way, as hereinabove required, shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs or prosecution and/or undergo
imprisonment for not more than three days.
A.
The following intersections are hereby established as keep-right
intersections and official keep-right signs shall be erected (or are
hereby ratified if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face
traffic approaching the second-named highway from 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 shall keep
to the right.
|
Highway
|
Through Highway
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
Weslyan Avenue
|
West
|
B.
Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to keep right,
as hereinabove required, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of $5 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment
for not more than three days.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any truck or tractor,
trailer or tractor-trailer combination having a gross weight in excess
of 12,000 pounds upon any of the highways within the Borough, except
trucks or tractors, trailers or tractor-trailer combinations used
by or contracted by the Borough of Mount Gretna, or the Pennsylvania
Chautauqua, or any of their entireties for maintenance or construction
purposes. For the purposes of this chapter, a truck is considered
to be any vehicle that would be licensed commercially by the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation.
[Amended 6-1-1974 by Ord. No. 102; 4-9-2018 by Ord. No. 211]
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or tractor,
or any passenger vehicle drawing any trailer or towing any other vehicle,
or any major recreational vehicle which shall include, but is not
limited to, boats and boat trailers, travel trailers, pick-up campers
or coaches (designed to be mounted on automotive vehicles), motorized
dwellings, tent trailers, and the like upon any highway or portion
thereof within the Borough.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any snowmobile or
minibike upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough.
D.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $600, plus costs, provided that nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of any vehicle or tractor set forth in Subsection A and B of this section upon any highway or portion thereof where such operation therein shall be necessary in order to pick up or deliver any goods, wares, merchandise or material from or to any premises located upon any such highway or portion thereof. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense. The violator shall be required to pay all administrative costs, counsel fees, and expenses associated with the Borough's enforcement of this article. This provision shall not limit the ability of the Borough to file any appropriate action in law or in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County. The Borough does hereby authorize the Borough Solicitor to proceed with any action before a District Magistrate or in the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County.
[Amended 4-8-2024 by Ord. No. 232]
E.
Nor shall anything herein prevent the operation of a recreational
vehicle as set forth and defined in this section upon any highway
or portion thereof where such operation shall be necessary to park
said recreational vehicle upon any property owned or leased by the
owner of said recreational vehicle, the parking of which shall be
in a completely enclosed building.
[Amended 4-8-2024 by Ord. No. 232]
F.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of any vehicle or tractor as set forth in Subsections A and B of this section upon any highway or portion thereof where such operation thereon shall be necessary in order to pick up or deliver any goods, wares, merchandise, or materials from or to any premises located upon any such highway or portion thereof.
[Added 4-8-2024 by Ord. No. 232]
G.
Nothing
herein shall preclude or prevent the parking of such vehicles set
forth in this section for loading or unloading purposes the maximum
of six hours in any twenty-four-hour period. Temporary construction
trailers used during renovations or new construction with a Mount
Gretna Borough issued construction permit are permitted. Trade vehicles
engaged in home repairs and maintenance are also permitted.
[Added 4-8-2024 by Ord. No. 232]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or
tractor upon any highway in the Borough that is under construction,
resurfacing or repair, in disregard of any official sign, barricade
or notice that the same is closed to vehicular traffic. Any person
who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $25 and costs
of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment for not more than 10 days.
A.
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, coasting and playing shall be permitted. Such highway shall
be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Mayor.
B.
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/or undergo imprisonment
for not more than five days.
For the purpose of the penalties provided in this article, each
day that a violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense.
