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Township of Ralpho, PA
Northumberland County
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[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998; as amended by Ord. 134, 7/10/2001, § 1; and by Ord. 164, 9/11/2007, § 1]
1. 
Maximum speed limits are established on portions of specified streets, as follows, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle, on any part of a street where a maximum speed limit applies, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street:
Street
Between
Maximum
Bear Hollow Road
All Saints Road and Happy Hollow Road
25 mph
Catman Hollow Road
Intersection with Market Street (S.R. 54) to T-463
25 mph
Center Street
From its intersection with Pa. Highway Route 487 west for its entire length to its intersection with Mountain View Street
25 mph
Center Street, East
Intersection with Market Street (S.R. 54) to Valley Avenue (S.R. 487)
25 mph
Center Street, West
Intersection with Market Street (S.R. 54) and 1.1 miles west and intersection with Mountview Road
25 mph
Center Street, West
Intersection with Mountview Road to intersection with S.R. 4012
35 mph
Circle View Drive
Entire length
25 mph
Clark's Road
T-463 and S.R. 2016
20 mph
Hemlock Street
Intersection with Pine Avenue and cul-de-sac
25 mph
Hickory Street
S.R. 487 to East Center Street (T-517)
25 mph
Hillside Avenue
Intersection with Market Street (S.R. 54) to intersection with Valley Avenue (S.R. 487)
25 mph
Horne Drive
South View Drive to a cul-de-sac
25 mph
Kase Street
Hillside Avenue (T-503) to Valley Avenue (S.R. 487)
25 mph
Lindy Acres Road (Sugar Hollow Road)
Market Street (S.R. 54) to intersection with Jeremiah Avenue
35 mph
Monastery Road
S.R. 54 to S.R. 487
35 mph
Mountain View Road
S.R. 4012 to Center Street West (T-825)
35 mph
Overlook Boulevard
Intersection with S.R. 2020 at S.R. 2018 to S.R. 61
25 mph
Pine Avenue
Pearle Avenue (T-812) to stop sign of T-824 at Hemlock Lane (T-822)
25 mph
Pocohontas Lane
From its intersection with Township Road 753 for its entire length to the cul-de-sac
25 mph
Roadarmel Lane
Mountainview Road (T-501) to S.R. 4012
35 mph
Romanoski's Road
S.R. 2016 to 0.8 mile east of beginning
25 mph
Scenic Drive, North
S.R. 2008 to Pocohontas Drive (T-757)
25 mph
Southview Drive
S.R. 2008 to Market Street (S.R. 54)
25 mph
Stoney Lane
Intersection with Lindy Acres Road to intersection with S.R. 2018
35 mph
Turkey Hill Road
West Center Street to S.R. 2008, Penn Avenue
35 mph
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the 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.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
Maximum speed limits are established, as follows, on certain bridges and elevated structures, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any such bridge or elevated structure at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that bridge or elevated structure:
Bridge or Elevated Structure
Location
Maximum Speed Limit
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the 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.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
The following are declared to be hazardous grades, and, upon any such hazardous grade, 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 in this section for that grade; and, if so stated for a particular grade, the driver of every such vehicle shall stop the vehicle before proceeding downhill:
Street
Between
Direction of Travel
Maximum Gross Weight
Maximum Speed Limit
Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Township, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:
Park
Street
Location
Maximum Speed Limit
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the 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.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
At the following locations, traffic signals as indicated below shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected), and traffic at those locations shall be directed by those signals:
Location
Type of Signal
(Reserved)
2. 
Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
The following 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 another one-way street) on a steady red signal:
Intersection
Vehicles Traveling On
Facing
(Reserved)
2. 
Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998; as amended by Ord. 164, 9/11/2007, § 2; and by Ord. 170, 1/5/2009]
1. 
The following are established as one-way streets, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic on that street:
Street
From
To
Direction of Travel
Moore Road
[Added by Ord. 188, 7/11/2017]
Intersection of Airport Road
1,200 feet from Airport Road
Traffic can enter Moore Road from Airport Road, but there is no exit from Moore Road onto Airport Road
Terrace Street
T-750
T-456
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, of the type indicated, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, 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 such a turn is prohibited by this section:
Vehicle Traveling on
Direction of Travel
Not to Make Turn
Into
When
Type of Vehicle Applicable To
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make other than a left turn, at any time stated, both right turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:
Vehicles Traveling On
Direction of Travel
Times
Not To Make Right Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon any of the following portions of streets, in the direction or directions indicated for that street, to make a U-turn:
Street
Portion
Direction of Travel
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
The following are established as no-passing zones, and it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to overtake or pass another vehicle or to drive on the left side of the roadway in any no-passing zone:
Street
Direction of Travel
Between
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
The following highways are established as through highways, thus authorizing stop or yield signs to be erected facing traffic approaching every intersection with the through highway, except for those intersections with traffic signals, or with exceptions or modifications as indicated below. Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop or yield sign authorized by this section shall stop the vehicle or yield right-of-way as required by § 3323(b) or 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:
Highway
Between
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998; as amended by Ord. 126, 4/13/1999]
1. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 212) are established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are 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 § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code and shall not proceed into or across the second-named or intersecting or through street until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law.
Stop Street
Intersection or Through Street
Direction of Travel
Alpha Avenue (T-555)
Pineview Road (T-756)
East and west
Andrew Street (T-816)
West Center Street (T-825)
Apple Lane (T-811)
Andrew Street (T-816)
Apple Lane (T-811)
Hillcrest Drive (T-814)
Aspen Street (T-820)
Naylor Street (T-813)
Barton Street, East (T-810)
Hickory Street (T-808)
East and west
Bear Hollow Road (T-800)
Happy Valley Road (T-802)
Birchwyn Drive (T-748)
Hillside Avenue (T-503)
Birchwyn Drive (T-751)
Birchwyn Drive (T-748)
Butternut Lane (T-696)
Hemlock Street (T-822)
Catman Hollow Road (T-785)
Lindy Acres Road (T-463)
Center Street, East (T-825)
West Center Street (T-825)
Cherry Street (T-454)
Chestnut Street (T-762)
Cherry Street (T-454)
Poplar Street (T-758)
Cherry Street (T-683)
Aspen Street (T-820)
Chestnut Street (T-762)
Orchard Street (T-456)
Church Road (T-771)
Roadarmel Lane (T-770)
Circleview Drive, South (T-690 South)
Circleview Drive (T-690)
Clair Street (T-680)
East Barton Street (T-810)
Elm Street (T-697)
Butternut Lane (T-696)
Elm Street (T-697)
Hemlock Street (T-822)
Fairview Street (T-504)
Hillside Avenue (T-503)
Fifth Street (T-674)
Bloom Avenue (T-673)
Forest Court (T-691)
Circleview Drive (T-690)
Fourth Street, North (T-521N)
West Mt. Carmel Avenue (T-522)
Fourth Street, South (T-521S)
West Mt. Carmel Avenue (T-522)
Grande Avenue (T-705)
West Avenue (T-702)
North and south
Happy Valley Road (T-802)
[Added by Ord. 177, 6/14/2011]
Bear Hollow Road (T-800)
North
Harding Avenue (T-749)
Overlook Boulevard (T-451)
Harding Street (T-840)
Pearle Street (T-812)
Hemlock Street (T-822)
Monastery Road (T-828)
Hemlock Street (T-822)
Pine Avenue (T-824)
Hickory Street, South (T-808)
East Center Street (T-517)
High Street (T-827)
Andrew Street (T-816)
High Street (T-827)
Valley View Drive (T-826)
Hillcrest Drive (T-814)
West Center Street (T-825)
Horizon Drive (T-701)
West Center Street (T-825)
Horne Drive (T-809)
South View Drive (T-513)
Industrial Park Road (T-780)
Industrial Park Road (T-781)
Jeremiah Avenue (T-469)
Lindy Acres Road (T-463)
Kase Street (T-670)
Hillside Avenue (T-503)
Leiby Road (T-804)
Reader Drive (T-515)
Madison Avenue (T-671)
Fairview Street (T-504)
Madison Avenue (T-671)
Hillside Avenue (T-503)
Madison Avenue (T-671)
Kase Street (T-670)
Maple Lane (T-790)
West Barton Avenue (T-799)
Maple Lane (T-790)
West Center Street (T-825)
Maple Lane (T-790)
West Roosevelt Avenue (T-806)
North and south
Memorial Park Avenue (T-509)
East Center Street (T-517)
Mill Street, East (T-507)
Memorial Park Road (T-509)
Montour Road (T-501)
[Added by Ord. 177, 6/14/2011]
West Center Street (T-825)
East
Moore Road (T-776)
Blue Church Road (T-457)
Intersection west of T-457
Mountainview Road (T-501)
Roadarmel Lane (T-770)
Mt. Carmel Avenue, East (T-510)
Memorial Park Road (T-509)
Mt. Carmel Avenue, West (T-522)
Third Avenue (T-520)
Oak Grove Road, East (T-458)
Marley Road (T-835)
East
Oak Grove Road, West (T-458)
Marley Road (T-835)
Orchard Lane (T-815)
Andrew Street (T-816)
East and west
Pearle Street (T-812)
Pine Avenue (T-824)
At intersection west of Pine Avenue
Pine Avenue (T-824)
Hemlock Lane (T-822)
Pine View Road (T-756)
West Center Street (T-825)
Pocohontas Road (T-757)
North Scenic Drive (T-753)
Northern intersection
Poplar Street (T-460)
Terrace Street (T-758)
Richards Road, South (T-794S)
Richards Road (T-794N)/Reeder Road (T-515W)
Roadarmel Lane (T-770)
Roadarmel Lane (T-770)
Roadarmel Lane (T-770)
West Center Street (T-825)
North and south
Romanoski's (T-461)
Stoney Lane (T-788)
Roosevelt Avenue (T-453)
Overlook Boulevard (T-451)
Roosevelt Avenue, East (T-508)
Hickory Street (T-808)
Scenic Drive, North (T-753)
Pocohontas Lane (T-757)
South
Short Street (T-778)
West Center Street (T-825)
Short Street (T-788)
Spruce Street (T-506)
Spruce Street (T-506)
West Center Street (T-825)
Spruce Street (T-768)
Orchard Street (T-456)
North and south
Stoney Lane (T-788)
Lindy Acres Road (T-463)
Sugar Hollow Road (T-463)
Lindy Acres Road (T-463)/Berkheiser's Road (T-465)
Sumac Lane (T-699)
Sycamore Street (T-698)
Sunset Drive (T-703)
Turkey Hill Road (T-830)
Sycamore Street (T-698)
Butternut Lane (T-696)
Sycamore Street (T-698)
Hemlock Street (T-822)
Terrace Street (T-758)
Orchard Street (T-456)
Turkey Hill Road (T-830)
West Center Street (T-825)
Walnut Street (T-505)
East Center Street (T-517)
Walnut Street (T-505)
East Roosevelt Avenue (T-508)
North
Washington Avenue (T-747)
Overlook Boulevard (T-451)
Washington Avenue (T-747)
Roosevelt Avenue (T-453)
West Avenue (T-702)
Turkey Hill Road (T-830)
Windom Lane (T-789)
Window Lane (T-791)
East and west
Wonderview Road (T-464)
Lindy Acres Road (T-463)
Yucha Road (T-467)
Quarry Road (T-796)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 212) are established as yield 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 (the through street) on the first-named street (the yield street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named or yield street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by § 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.
Yield Street
Through Street
Direction of Travel
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
No motor vehicle, including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike, shall be operated on any property owned by the Township or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Township without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Board of Supervisors of the Township.
2. 
Any person who violates an provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
The following locations are designated as rotary traffic islands, and every vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island:
Location
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of any rotary traffic island shall be guilty of a violation of this section, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
The following areas upon the streets in the Township are established as play highways:
Street
Between
Days
Hours
(Reserved)
2. 
The Chief of Police is authorized to designate as play highways, whenever he deems that action advisable, and for whatever period of time directed by him, any part of any street in the Township, where sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Chief of Police.
3. 
No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon any play highway at any time when that street shall be designated as a play highway, except in case of emergency, with special permission of the Chief of Police or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear that play highway of all persons using it for the purpose for which it was set aside. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998]
1. 
The following roads and streets within the Township are designated as special snowmobile roads:
Street or Road
Between
Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic
Shared With Vehicular Traffic
(Reserved)
2. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Township other than as provided above, provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating a snowmobile on any other street in the Township:
A. 
As authorized by § 7721 of the Vehicle Code for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways; or
B. 
For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in § 7723 of the Vehicle Code. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 7752(a) of the Vehicle Code.
[Ord. 119, 4/14/1998; as added by Ord. 139, 8/13/2002, §§ 1-6]
1. 
Short Title. This section shall be known as the "Ralpho Township Engine Suppression/Brake Retarder/Engine Brake Ordinance."
2. 
Legislative Intent. The Ralpho Township Supervisors find as a fact that the operation of an engine brake or an engine suppression device or a compression brake on a gasoline- powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle not equipped with exhaust mufflers, or equipped with defective or modified exhaust mufflers, so as to create excessive noise through the use of said engine brake or engine suppression device or a compression brake, adversely affects the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Township of Ralpho and, therefore, is a nuisance in fact.
3. 
Engine Brakes Prohibited. No gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle shall be operated on the streets, roads, alleys or highways listed below within the Township of Ralpho, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, utilizing, in said operation, an engine brake, engine suppression device or compression brake, without exhaust mufflers, or with defective or modified exhaust mufflers permitting excessive noise to be created by said motor vehicle.
4. 
Streets. The streets subject to this prohibition shall be as follows:
A. 
S.R.54 from Hillside Avenue north to 240 feet north of Circle Drive for northbound traffic.
B. 
S.R.54 from 280 feet south of Mill Street south to Hillside Avenue for southbound traffic.
C. 
S.R.487 from 200 feet east of Hillside Avenue, east to 60 feet east of Clair Street for eastbound traffic.
D. 
S.R.487 from 60 feet east of Clair Street, west to 240 feet west of Spruce Street for westbound traffic.
E. 
S.R.2008 from 300 feet east of North Scenic Drive, east to 100 feet west of S.R.54 for eastbound traffic.
5. 
Emergency Situations. This section shall not apply to emergency driving situations requiring the utilization of an engine brake to protect the safety and property of the residents of the Township of Ralpho, other motor vehicle operators, pedestrians and the operator and passengers of the motor vehicle involved in said emergency situation.
6. 
Penalty. Any person, firm, corporation or organization violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon summary conviction before a district magistrate having jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment in the Northumberland County Jail for a period not to exceed 10 days.