[Ord. 60, 8/12/1985; as amended by Ord. 62, 3/10/1986, §§ 102, 103, 107; by Ord. 80, 11/12/1990; by Ord. 88, 3/9/1992; by Ord. 106, 10/11/1993; by Ord. 112, 3/14/1994; by Ord. 142, 12/9/1996; by Ord. 153, 8/11/1997; by Ord. 164, 3/8/1999; and by Ord. 278, 2/9/2009; and by Ord. 369, 3/9/2015]
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
Alana Drive (T-990)
Entire length
25 mph
Alwine Road (T-569)
Entire length
40 mph
Audrey Lane (T-841)
Entire length
15 mph
Becker Road (T-749)
Entire length
40 mph
Blakely Road (T-575)
Entire length
40 mph
Bonniebrook Rd. (T-538)
Entire length (from Rt. 356 to Great Belt Rd. and from Great Belt Rd. to the Summit Township line)
35 mph
Bullcreek Road (T-558)
Entire length
40 mph
Burtner Road (T-582)
Entire length
40 mph
Caldwell Drive (T-588)
Entire length
35 mph
Charlemagne Drive (T-880)
Entire length
15 mph
Cobham Woods (T-780)
Entire length
15 mph
Constitution Avenue (T-767)
Entire length
35 mph
Cooper Road (T-677)
Entire length
40 mph
Dreher Road (T-576)
Entire length
40 mph
Fisher Road (T-910)
Entire length
45 mph
Frazier Road (T-571)
Entire length
40 mph
Golden City Road (T-565)
Entire length
40 mph
E. & W. Green Manor Drive (T-581)
Entire length
25 mph
Great Belt Road (T-556)
Entire length
35 mph
Hannahstown Road (T-851)
Entire length
35 mph
Heller Road (T-830)
Entire length
40 mph
Janice Lane (T-842)
Entire length
15 mph
Jones Road (T-577)
Entire length
40 mph
Keck Road (T-567)
Entire length
35 mph
Knoch Road (T-552)
Entire length
35 mph
Marwood Road (T-846)
Entire length
25 mph
May Drive (T-902)
Entire length
15 mph
Mushrush Road (T-832)
Entire length
35 mph
Neubert Road (T-850)
Entire length
40 mph
Nursery Lane (T-573)
Entire length
35 mph
Oak Drive (T-901)
Entire length
15 mph
O'Hara Road (T-557)
Entire length
35 mph
Patterson Road (T-590)
Entire length
40 mph
Rancindin Road (T-840)
Entire length
15 mph
Reimer Road (T-580)
Entire length
40 mph
Rennick Road (T-579)
Entire length
40 mph
Sheetz Dive (T-980)
Entire length
25 mph
Simon Drive (T-589)
Entire length
35 mph
Smith Road (T-563)
Entire length
35 mph
Thorn Creek Road (T-562)
Entire length
35 mph
Tower Road (T-554)
Entire length
35 mph
Victory Road (T-555)
Entire length
35 mph
West Jefferson Road (T-844)
Entire length
35 mph
Whitaker Drive (T-900)
Entire length
15 mph
2. 
All other Township highways not specifically named in subsection 1 above shall have speed limitations as established by the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. 3362).
3. 
Penalties and Fines. Violation of this § 15-201 shall cause the guilty party to pay a fine and penalty in accordance with the provisions for violation of maximum speed limits as provided in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.
[Ord. 60, 8/12/1985]
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. 60, 8/12/1985]
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. 60, 8/12/1985]
1. 
A speed limit of 35 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
Maximum Speed Limit
Laura Doerr
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. 60, 8/12/1985]
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. 60, 8/12/1985]
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. 60, 8/12/1985]
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
(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. 60, 8/12/1985]
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. 60, 8/12/1985; as amended by Ord. 63, 3/10/1986, § 102[1]; by Ord. 74, 1/2/1990; by Ord. 113, 3/14/1994; by Ord. 163, 3/8/1999; and by Ord. 181, 8/13/2001]
1. 
The following intersections 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 of 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 Section 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
Intersecting or Through Street
Direction of Travel
Alana Drive (T-990)
Fisher Road
East
Alana Drive (at "T")
North
Alwine
Reimer
East
Audrey Lane
Fisher Road
North
Becker
Great-Belt
West
Blakely
Saxonburg
West
Bullcreek
East
Bonniebrook
Freeport
South
Great-Belt
North
Bullcreek
Frazier
South
W. Jefferson
North and south
Mushrush
North and south
Rockdale
North
Burtner
Saxonburg Road
West
Freeport
East
Caldwell
Freeport
East and west
Saxonburg
East
Cooper Road
Freeport
West
Constitution
Neubert
East
Dreher
Bonniebrook
East
Great-Belt
West
Frazier
Dinnerbell
South
Saxonburg
North
Golden City Road
Victory
East and west
Great-Belt
Bonniebrook
East and west
Freeport
East and west
Saxonburg
South
Green Manor
Saxonburg
East and west
Hannahstown
Great-Belt
West
Heller
W. Jefferson
South
Rockdale
North
W. Jefferson
Bullcreek
East and west
Janice Lane
Fisher Road
South
Jones
Bonniebrook
West
Keck
Winfield
South
Knock Road
Dinnerbell
North
Mushrush
Bullcreek
East
Saxonburg
West
Neubert
Freeport
East
Nursery Lane
Fisher
East
Great-Belt
West
O'Hara Road
Frazier
West
Dinnerbell
South
Patterson
Bullcreek
South
Saxonburg Road
North
Rancindin
Caldwell
South
Reimer
Winfield
North
Rennick
Bonniebrook
East
Freeport
West
Sheetz Drive (T-980)
Bonniebrook Road
West
Smith
Bullcreek
South
W. Jefferson
North
Thorn Creek
W. Jefferson
South
Tower Road
Golden City
North
Victory Road
Dinnerbell
North
Golden City Road
North and south
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[1]
Sections 103 and 104 were not codified as they are covered by the Vehicle Code.
[Ord. 60, 8/12/1985]
1. 
The following intersections 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 Section 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. 60, 8/12/1985]
1. 
The following areas upon the streets in the Township are established as play highways:
Street
Between
Days
Hours
(Reserved)
2. 
The Roadmaster/Supervisor 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 Roadmaster/Supervisor.
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 Roadmaster/Supervisor 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. 60, 8/12/1985]
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: nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating a snowmobile on any other street in the Township:
A. 
As authorized by Section 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 Section 7723 of the Vehicle Code. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Section 7752(a) of the Vehicle Code.