[Adopted 6-22-2011 by Ord. No. 985]
This article shall be known as the "Morrisville Borough Engine
Brake Retarder Ordinance."
The Borough Council of the Borough of Morrisville, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, finds as a fact that the operation of an engine brake
on a gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle not equipped
with exhaust mufflers, or equipped with defective or modified exhaust
mufflers (commonly referred to as engine brake retarders), so as to
create excessive noise through the use of said engine brake, adversely
affects the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of
the Borough of Morrisville and, therefore, is a nuisance in fact.
No gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle shall be
operated on the following streets, roads, alleys or highways within
the Borough of Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, utilizing,
in said operation, an engine brake, without exhaust mufflers, or with
defective or modified exhaust mufflers (commonly referred to as engine
brake retarders), permitting excessive noise to be created by said
motor vehicle:
A. North Pennsylvania Avenue: Ridge Avenue to Bridge Street.
B. South Pennsylvania Avenue: Bridge Street to Post Road.
C. North Delmorr Avenue: East Trenton Avenue to East Bridge Street.
D. West Philadelphia Avenue: South Pennsylvania Avenue to Wright Avenue.
E. East Bridge Street: Trenton-Makes (Lower) Bridge to Pennsylvania
Avenue.
F. West Bridge Street: Pennsylvania Avenue to Althea Avenue.
G. East Trenton Avenue: Calhoun Street Bridge to Pennsylvania Avenue.
H. West Trenton Avenue: Pennsylvania Avenue to Route 13.
Morrisville Borough shall erect notice provisions ("signs") indicating that engine brake retarders are prohibited at the locations identified in §
293-6 of this article.
This article shall not apply to emergency driving situations
requiring the utilization of an engine brake to protect the safety
and property of the residents of Morrisville Borough, other motor
vehicle operators, pedestrians, and the operator and passengers of
the motor vehicle involved in said emergency situation.