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Borough of Hamburg, PA
Berks County
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[Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
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:
Bridge
Street
Between
Mill Creek
[Added Ord. No. 862-2021, 10/25/2021]
Primrose Alley
Pine Street and old U.S. 22
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.
[Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
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
Restrictions
Franklin Street
North Fourth Street and East State Street
Passenger cars only
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. 680, 12/28/1998]
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 restriction prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street.
Bridge
Street
Between
Mill Creek
[Added Ord. No. 862-2021, 10/25/2021]
Primrose Alley
Pine Street and old U.S. 22
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. 680, 12/28/1998]
1. 
By reason of hazardous traffic conditions and other safety factors, by authority granted by § 4902(b) of the Vehicle Code,[1] it shall be unlawful for any to drive a vehicle other than a passenger car on any of the following streets or parts of streets:
[Amended by Ord. No. 869-2022, 11/22/2022]
Street
Between
Island Street
North Fourth Street and North Fifth Street
North Fifth Street
Old U.S. 22 aka State Street and Franklin Street
William Street
Port Clinton Street and Poplar Street
Provided: nothing in this Section shall prohibit any person from driving an emergency vehicle on any of those streets or parts of streets, or from driving on any of those streets or parts of streets a truck or other commercial vehicle making local deliveries to or pickups from premises located along that street or part of a street.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902.
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.