[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall operate a vehicle upon any sidewalk in the Borough;
nor shall any person operate a vehicle upon or across any sidewalk
except in order to gain access to or egress from a driveway or alley
at such locations where the curb, if such sidewalk is curbed, shall
have been properly cut down for the purpose.
A.Â
The following speed limits are hereby established:
|
Name of Street
|
Speed Limit
(mph)
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Chatham Road
|
40
|
From East Evergreen Street to north Borough line
|
|
Chestnut Road
|
25
|
From Oakland Avenue to east Borough line
|
|
Circle Drive
|
15
|
Entire cul-de-sac
|
|
Evergreen Street
|
35
|
From Harmony Road to Guernsey Avenue
|
|
Guernsey Avenue
|
25
|
From north Borough line to south Borough lines
|
|
Harmony Road
|
25
|
From east Borough line to Evergreen Street
|
|
Harmony Road
|
25
|
From Guernsey Avenue to Evergreen Street
|
|
Oakland Avenue
|
25
|
From Evergreen Street to Rosehill Avenue
|
|
Parkway Avenue
|
15
|
From Rosehill Avenue to Summit Avenue
|
|
Prospect Avenue
|
35
|
From south Borough line to Evergreen Street
|
|
Rosehill Avenue
|
25
|
From Prospect Avenue to east Borough line
|
|
Summit Avenue
|
25
|
From Myrtle Avenue to Willow Street
|
|
Walnut Street
|
25
|
From Prospect Avenue to Woodland Avenue
|
|
Willow Street
|
25
|
From Woodland Avenue to Guernsey Avenue
|
|
Woodland Avenue
|
25
|
From Evergreen Street to Summit Avenue
|
|
All roads
|
15
|
West Meadows subdivision
|
|
All roads
|
15
|
Heather Grove subdivision
|
|
All roads
|
15
|
Harmony Hills subdivision
|
|
All Borough-maintained alleys not otherwise designated
[Added 7-2-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-02] |
15
| |
|
All other streets not otherwise designated
[Amended 7-2-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-02] |
25
|
B.Â
Any person who shall operate a vehicle at a speed in excess of the
maximum speed established therefor, upon any highway or portion thereof
specified in this section, will be prosecuted as per the Pa. Vehicle
Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3365(d).
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
At the following intersections, official traffic signals shall
be erected (or if heretofore erected are hereby ratified), and traffic
at such intersections shall be directed by such signals:
|
Location
|
|---|
|
Prospect Avenue and Evergreen Street
|
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The following are hereby established as one-way highways:
|
Name of Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
From
|
To
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Exchange Place
|
North
|
Railroad Avenue
|
Evergreen Street
|
|
Jackson Avenue
|
North
|
Summit Avenue
|
Walnut Street
|
|
Murray Avenue
|
North
|
Summit Avenue
|
Walnut Street
|
|
Parkway Avenue
|
South
|
Rosehill Avenue
|
East Summit Avenue
|
|
Railroad Avenue
|
East
|
Prospect Avenue
|
Exchange Place
|
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All vehicular traffic shall keep to the right of the parking
island located in the center of Rosehill Avenue, east of the Prospect
Avenue.
The following highways are hereby established as through highways,
and the operator of every vehicle upon approaching any such highway
at any intersection thereof (except for such intersections where there
are now or shall hereafter be located official traffic signals) shall
come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering
any such highway:
|
Name of Street
|
Limits
|
|---|---|
|
Chatham Road
|
From Evergreen Street to north Borough line
|
|
Evergreen Street
|
From east Borough line to west Borough line
|
|
Guernsey Avenue
|
From south Borough line to north Borough line
|
|
Prospect Avenue
|
From south Borough line to Evergreen Street
|
The following intersections (in addition to highways intersecting with the through highways established by § 375-12 of this article) are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such intersection:
|
Stop Sign on
|
Direction of Travel
|
At Intersection of
|
|---|---|---|
|
Chambers Way
|
North
|
East Hillcrest Avenue
|
|
Chestnut Street
|
West
|
Oakland Avenue
|
|
Circle Drive
|
South
|
Rosehill Avenue
|
|
East Summit Avenue
|
West
|
Myrtle Avenue
|
|
Edgehill Avenue
|
West
|
Little Avenue
|
|
Harmony Road
|
East
|
Maple Avenue
|
|
Harmony Road
|
West
|
Maple Avenue
|
|
Jackson Avenue
|
North
|
Walnut Street
|
|
Little Avenue
|
North
|
West Summit Avenue
|
|
Maple Avenue
|
North
|
Harmony Road
|
|
Meetinghouse Road
|
South
|
Harmony Road
|
|
Murray Avenue
|
North
|
Walnut Street
|
|
Myrtle Avenue
|
North
|
Rosehill Avenue
|
|
Myrtle Avenue
[Added 7-2-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-02] |
South
|
East Summit Avenue
|
|
Oakland Avenue
|
South
|
Rosehill Avenue
|
|
Parkway Avenue
|
South
|
East Summit Avenue
|
|
Railroad Avenue
|
East
|
Oakland Avenue
|
|
Railroad Avenue
|
West
|
Exchange Plane
|
|
Rosehill Avenue
|
East
|
Oakland Avenue and Welcome Avenue
|
|
Rosehill Avenue
|
West
|
Oakland Avenue and Welcome Avenue
|
|
Rosehill Avenue
[Added 8-1-2007 by Ord.
No. 2007-05] |
West
|
Entrance to Borough building lot
|
|
Sciarra Alley
[Added 7-2-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-02] |
North
|
Walnut Avenue
|
|
Sciarra Alley
[Added 7-2-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-02] |
South
|
West Summit Avenue
|
|
South Hills Drive
|
West
|
Guernsey Avenue
|
|
Townview Drive
|
South
|
East Hillcrest Avenue
|
|
Walnut Street
|
West
|
Woodland Avenue
|
|
Welcome Avenue
|
North
|
Rosehill Avenue
|
|
West Summit Avenue
|
West
|
Murray Avenue
|
|
West Summit Avenue
|
North
|
Willow Street
|
|
Willow Street
|
West
|
Guernsey Avenue
|
|
Willow Street
|
East
|
Woodland Avenue
|
|
Woodland Avenue
|
South
|
West Summit Avenue
|
|
Woodland Avenue
[Added 6-5-2012 by Ord.
No. 2012-03] |
North and south
|
Railroad crossing
|
|
West Meadows Subdivision, Heather Grove Subdivision and Harmony
Hills Subdivision: according to approved traffic control plans.
| ||
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle upon
any highway in the Borough that is under construction, resurfacing
or repair, in disregard of any official sign, barricade or notice
that the same is closed to vehicular traffic.
A.Â
The Mayor is hereby authorized to designate as play highways, whenever
he shall deem such action advisable, and for whatever period of time
directed by him, any portion of any highway in the Borough, whereon
sledding and coasting shall be permitted. Such highway shall be set
apart for the purpose under the direction of the Mayor.
B.Â
No person shall operate a vehicle upon any play highway at any time
when such highway shall be designated, except in case of emergency,
with special permission of the Mayor or of the police office in charge,
who shall first clear such play highway of all persons using such
highway for the purpose for which it was set aside.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident in the Borough
and required by law to report such accident to any department or agency
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any other person required
to make such report, shall, at the time of making such report to the
commonwealth, make a written report to the Chief of Police of the
Borough containing the same information.
