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Borough of Burnham, PA
Mifflin County
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[Ord. 1995-2, 3/14/1995; as amended by Ord. 1999-9, 11/1/1999, § 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 Speed Limit
First Avenue
Walnut Street and alley off Freedom Avenue
25 mph
Second Avenue
Walnut Street and Pine Street
25 mph
Third Avenue
Beech Street and Derry Township line
25 mph
Fourth Avenue
Walnut Street and Derry Township line
25 mph
Fifth Avenue
Walnut Street and Derry Township line
25 mph
Sixth Avenue
Walnut Street and Derry Township line
25 mph
Seventh Avenue
Beech Street and Oak Street Extension
25 mph
Eighth Avenue
Beech Street and Oak Street Extension
25 mph
Ninth Avenue
Beech Street and Derry Township line
15 mph
Beech Street, North
First Avenue and Derry Township line
25 mph
Cedar Avenue
Logan Level Boulevard and Derry Township line
15 mph
Cedar Street
SR 1005/Logan Boulevard and Derry Township line
25 mph
Church Street
Walnut Street and Beech Street
25 mph
Dry Valley Road
Walnut Street and Derry Township line
25 mph
Elm Street
Freedom Avenue and First Avenue
25 mph
Edwardtown Road
Beech Street and Derry Township line
25 mph
Freedom Avenue
Logan Boulevard and Walnut Street
25 mph
Freedom Avenue
Walnut Street and Derry Township line
25 mph
Glendale Avenue
Orchard Grove Avenue and Derry Township line
25 mph
Highland Avenue
Poplar Street and Snyder Street
25 mph
Jasper's Drive
Freedom Avenue and First Avenue
25 mph
Locust Street
Third Street and Dry Valley Road
25 mph
Logan Boulevard
Entire length
35 mph
Mill Street
Edwardtown Road and Derry Township line
25 mph
Oak Street
Freedom Avenue and First Avenue
25 mph
Oak Street
Sixth Avenue and Third Street
25 mph
Oak Street Extension
Sixth Avenue and Derry Township line
25 mph
Old Logan Level Building
SR 1005/Logan Boulevard and SR 1005/Logan Boulevard
25 mph
Pine Street
First Avenue and Sixth Avenue
25 mph
Pine Street
Sixth Avenue and Derry Township line
25 mph
Poplar Street
Freedom Avenue and Highland Avenue
25 mph
Railroad Street
Freedom Avenue and Dead End
25 mph
Ridge Street
Highland Avenue and Derry Township line
25 mph
School Street
Walnut Street and Beech Street
25 mph
Snyder Street
Highland Avenue and Freedom Avenue
25 mph
Sunset Drive
Spruce Street and Fourth Street
25 mph
Spruce Street
Fourth Street and Sunset Drive
25 mph
Wood Street
Snyder Street and Freedom Avenue
25 mph
Spruce Street
Wood Street and Freedom Avenue
25 mph
Walnut Street North
Beech Street and Freedom Avenue
25 mph
Walnut Street South
Freedom Avenue and Derry Township line
25 mph
Vermont Avenue
SR 1005/Logan Boulevard and Derry Township line
25 mph
Second Street
SR 1005/Walnut Street and Beech Street
25 mph
Third Street
Locust Street and dead end
25 mph
Fourth Street
Walnut Street and Dry Valley Road
25 mph
Alley Between Beech and Walnut
School Street and First Avenue
15 mph
Alley Between Pine and Beech
First Avenue and Alley Between First and Second Avenue
15 mph
Alley Between 1st and 2nd Avenue
Pine Street and Alley Between Beech and Walnut Street
15 mph
Alley Between 2nd and 3rd Avenue
Pine Street and Alley Between School and Second Avenue
15 mph
Alley Between 3rd and 4th Avenue
Beech Street and Derry Township line
15 mph
Alley Between 4th and 5th Avenue
Walnut Street and Derry Township line
15 mph
Alley Between 5th and 6th Avenue
Walnut Street and Derry Township line
15 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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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 Structures
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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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 Borough, 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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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
Freedom Avenue and Walnut Street
Traffic
Logan Boulevard and Freedom Avenue
Traffic
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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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
Freedom Avenue and Logan Boulevard
Freedom Avenue/Route 4013
East
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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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
Dry Valley Road
Dry Valley Road
Intersection of 4th Street
East
Elm Street
Elm Street
First Avenue
Northwest
Jasper's Drive
First Avenue
Freedom Avenue
Southeast
Locust Street
Dry Valley Road
Fourth Street
Northwest
School Street
Beech Street
Walnut Street
Southwest
Unnamed Alley
Freedom Avenue
First Avenue
Northwest
Unnamed Alley
Unnamed Alley
Beech Street
Northeast
Unnamed Alley
First Avenue
Unnamed Alley
Northwest
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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:
Vehicles Traveling On
Direction of Travel
Not to Make
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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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 right turn, at any time stated, both left turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:
Vehicles Traveling On
Direction of Travel
Times
Not to Make Left 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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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, except a lawfully parked vehicle, or to drive on the left side of the roadway in any no passing zone:
Street
Direction of Travel
Between
Dry Valley Road
Either east or west
South Walnut Street and Borough line
Freedom Avenue
Either east or west
Logan Boulevard and Borough line
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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
Beech Street
Entire length except at intersection with First Avenue
First Avenue
Entire length except at intersection with Beech Street and intersection with Walnut Street
Fourth Street
Entire length except at intersection with Walnut Street
Highland Avenue
Entire length, except at intersection with Ridge Street
Walnut Street
Entire length, except at intersection with Freedom Avenue
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 1995-2, 3/14/1995; as amended by Ord. 2001-4, 5/7/2001, § 1]
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
Alley/Spruce Street until north side of Freedom Avenue between the Borough line until Snyder Street
Freedom Avenue
South
Alley between Walnut Street and Beech Street
Second Avenue
North
Beech Street
Beech Street Extension
South
Beech Street
First Avenue
South
Cedar Street
Logan Boulevard
East
Church Street
Beech Street
Northeast
Church Street
Walnut Street
Southwest
Dry Valley Road
Intersection of 4th Street
East
Dry Valley Road
Intersection of Fourth Street and Sunset Drive
West
East Mill Street
[Added by Ord. No. 2018-2, 7/2/2018]
East Mill Street and Ewardtown Road
East
East Mill Street
Intersection with North Derry Avenue
East and West
Edwardtown Road
[Repealed by Ord. No. 2018-2, 7/2/2018]
Eighth Avenue
Beech Street
Southwest
Eighth Avenue
Pine Street Extension
4-way
Ewardtown Road
[Added by Ord. No. 2018-2, 7/2/2018]
East Mill Street and Ewardtown Road
North
Ewardtown Road
[Added by Ord. No. 2018-2, 7/2/2018]
East Mill Street and Ewardtown Road
South
Fifth Avenue
Oak Street
East
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
4-way
Fifth Avenue
Walnut Street
Southwest
First Avenue
Beech Street
Southwest
First Avenue
Walnut Street
Southwest
Fourth Avenue
Beech Street
Northeast
Fourth Avenue
Beech Street
Southwest
Fourth Avenue
Oak Street
Northeast
Fourth Avenue
Walnut Street
Southwest
Fourth Street
Walnut Street
Southwest
Glendale Avenue
Orchard Grove Avenue
Northwest
Highland Avenue
Ridge Street
Northeast
Highland Avenue
Ridge Street
Southwest
Jaspers Drive
Freedom Avenue
Northwest
Jaspers Drive
Freedom Avenue
Southeast
Jaspers Drive
Freedom Avenue
West
Locust Street
Fourth Street
South
Locust Street
Fourth Street
Northwest
Logan Level Boulevard
Logan Boulevard
Northwest
Ninth Avenue
Beech Street
Southwest
North Derry Avenue
Intersection with East Mill Street
South
Oak Street
First Avenue
Northwest
Oak Street
Freedom Avenue
Southeast
Oak Street
Sixth Avenue
Northwest
Oak Street Extension/Oak Street
8th Avenue
Northwest
Oak Street Extension/Oak Street
Sixth Avenue/Derry Township Line
Southeast
Orchard Grove Avenue
Walnut Street
Southwest
Pine Street
Sixth Avenue
Northwest
Pine Street
Third Avenue
4-way
Pine Street Extension
Sixth Avenue
Southwest
Poplar Street
Freedom Avenue
Northwest
Railroad Street
Freedom Avenue
North
Ridge Street
Freedom Avenue
Southeast
Ridge Street
Freedom Avenue
Northwest
School Street
Walnut Street
Southwest
Second Avenue
Beech Street
Southwest
Second Avenue
Beech Street
Northeast
Second Street
Walnut Street
Southwest
Seventh Avenue
Beech Street
Southwest
Seventh Avenue
Oak Street Extension
Northeast
Seventh Avenue
Pine Street Extension
4-way
Sixth Avenue
Beech Street
Northeast
Sixth Avenue
Beech Street
Southwest
Sixth Avenue
Pine Street Extension
Southwest
Snyder
Freedom Avenue
Northwest
Spruce Street
Fourth Street
South
Spruce Street
Freedom Avenue
Northwest
Sunset Drive
Fourth Street
Southeast
Third Avenue
Beech Street
Southwest
Third Avenue
Pine Street
4-way
Wood Street
Freedom Avenue
Northwest
Wood Street
Spruce Street
Northeast
Wood Street
Spruce Street
Southwest
Vermont Avenue
Logan Boulevard
East
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
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. 1995-2, 3/14/1995]
1. 
No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall be operated on any property owned by the Borough or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Borough without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Mayor of the Borough.
2. 
Any person who violates an provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.