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Township of Susquehanna, PA
Dauphin County
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New Laws (2) Index Notes (3)
[Ord. 89-16, 11/21/1989; as amended by Ord. 93-6, 3/11/1993; by Ord. 93-12, 6/17/1993; by Ord. 00-3, 1/13/2000, § 301; by Ord. 02-06, 7/11/2002; by Ord. 09-05, 8/13/2009; and by Ord. 11-09, 7/14/2011]
1. 
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority granted by § 4902 (a) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street, as the case may be:
Street or Bridge
Between
Restriction
Bergner Street
Entire length
10,000 lbs.
Crooked Hill Road
Paxton Church Road. north to Linglestown Road
30,000 lbs.
Edwin Street
N. Second Street and N. Sixth Street
10,000 lbs.
Estherton Street
Entire length
10,000 lbs.
Fargreen Road
Linglestown Road to Galen Road
20,000 lbs.
Fishburn Street
Entire length
10,000 lbs.
Galen Road
Fargreen Road to Mountainview Road
20,000 lbs.
Green Street
City line and N. Sixth Street
10,000 lbs.
Hurlock Street
Entire length
10,000 lbs.
Lucknow Road
N. Sixth Street to N. Front Street
10,000 lbs.
Montrose Street[1]
Entire length
10,000 lbs.
N. Fourth Street
City line and Green Street Ext.
10,000 lbs.
N. Second Street
City line and Edwin Street
10,000 lbs.
N. Third Street
City line and Green Street Ext.
10,000 lbs.
Oak Street
Chestnut Alley and Ash Street
10,000 lbs.
Parkway Road
N. Front Street and N. Sixth Street
10,000 lbs.
Paxton Church Road
N. Progress Avenue to Shutt Mill Road
30,000 lbs.
Paxton Church Road
Shutt Mill Road to a point 200 feet east of Rose Hill Road
10,000 lbs.
Roberts Valley Road
Entire length
10 tons
State Farm Road
Edgemont Road to Elmerton Avenue
10,000 lbs.
Thirty-first Street, N.
Walnut Street and Canby Street
5,500 lbs.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 22-04, adopted 6-23-2022, provided that truck restrictions currently in place on Montrose Street between Front Street and 6th Street are hereby further restricted to prohibit three or more axle trucks from traversing Montrose Street between Front Street and 6th Street, except for local deliveries.
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under §§ 4902(a) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 plus $150 for each 500 pounds, or part thereof, in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable weight, and costs.
3. 
Weight or Use Restrictions.
A. 
The following weight restrictions or use restrictions shall be placed on the following bridges or overpasses as specified:
Bridge
Restriction
SQT-13, BMS# 22 7101 0431 4013
Weight restricted to 9 tons
Walker Mill Road crossing Paxton Creek
B. 
Any person who violates any provision under this Subsection 3 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of not more than $500 plus costs.
[Ord. 89-16, 11/21/1989]
1. 
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of the size restrictions prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street:
Street or Bridge
Between
Restriction
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under § 4902(a) and § 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $75 and costs.
[Ord. 89-16, 11/21/1989]
1. 
By reason of hazardous traffic conditions and other safety factors, by authority granted by § 4902(b) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of the restrictions prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street.
Street/Bridge
Between
Restriction
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under §§ 4902(b) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $100 and costs.
[Ord. 89-16, 11/21/1989; as amended by Ord. 95-3, 4/13/1995, § 304]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle other than a passenger car on any of the following streets or parts of streets:
Street
Between
Adams Alley
Kaby Street and N. Sixth Street
Unnamed Alley
Kaby Street and N. Sixth Street north of Lucknow Road
2. 
Provided: nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from driving an emergency vehicle on any of those streets or parts of streets, other commercial vehicle making local deliveries to or pickups from premises located along that street or part of a street.
3. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 88-16, 11/21/1989]
Any person, firm or corporation which because of special circumstances needs to use the roads of Susquehanna Township in violation of this Part, may apply to the office of Township Manager for a permit to do so. The Manager may require the posting of a bond as security for repairs for any damage done to the roads.