[Ord. 2009-05, 8/19/2009; Ord. 2016-09, 12/21/2016; Ord. No. 2023-02, 6/21/2023]
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:
A. 
The maximum speed limit for the entire length of the following streets, which are connecting streets in the Township, shall be 35 miles per hour:
Auburn Road
Church Hill Road
Conard Mill Road
Creek Road (paved)
Elbow Lane
Flint Hill Road
Franklin Road (paved)
Gypsy Hill Road
Hess Mill Road
Hilltop Road
Laurel Bridge Road
Old School House Road
Parsons Road
Peacedale Road
School House Road
South Guernsey Road
Walker Road
Walnut Glen Road
B. 
Unless stated otherwise herein, all paved Township streets not referenced in Subsection 1A above shall be defined as residential streets and shall be limited in speed to 25 miles per hour.
C. 
The following Township unpaved streets shall be limited in speed to 15 miles per hour:
Chambers Road
Creek Road (unpaved section)
Franklin Road (unpaved section)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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. 2009-05, 8/19/2009]
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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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. 2009-05, 8/19/2009]
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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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. 2009-05, 8/19/2009]
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 Township, 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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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. 2009-05, 8/19/2009; as amended by Ord. 2016-09, 12/21/2016]
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 Turn
Into
When
Type of Vehicle Applicable To
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2009-05, 8/19/2009]
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 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b) or (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
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2009-05, 8/19/2009; as amended by Ord. 2013-02, 4/17/2013, § 1]
1. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-206) 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 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b), 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
Adams Way
Wingate Drive
West
Appleby Lane
Berkshire Road
South
Auburn Road
Creek Road
West
Belmont Court
SR 841
North
Berkshire Road
Lewisville Road
South
Bullock Road
Walker Road
East
Carriage Run Drive
SR 841
East
Cavender Lane
Walker Road
South
Cavender Lane
Franklin Road
North
Chambers Road
Guernsey Road
West
Chisel Creek Drive
Appleton Road
West
Church Hill Road
Auburn Road
East and west
Church Hill Road
Clay Creek Road
East
Church Hill Road
[Added by Ord. 2015-03, 11/18/2015]
Creek Road
East
Church Hill Road
[Added by Ord. 2015-03, 11/18/2015]
Creek Road
South
Church Hill Road
Creek Road
West
Church Hill Road
Hilltop Road
East
Church Hill Road
Hilltop Road
North
Church Hill Road
SR 841
West
Conards Mill Road
South
Creek Road
Church Hill Road
North
Creek Road
Chesterville Road
South
Crossan Court
Lewisville Road
South
Cub Lane
Den Road
South
Den Road
SR 896
North
Den Road
Red Fox Lane
South
Den Road
SR 896
North
Derby Lane
Preakness Court
West
Derby Lane
Belmont Court
East
Duncan Lane
Wingate Drive
North
Flint Hill Road
Elbow Lane Road
South
Flint Hill Road
SR 841
North
Forrest Gump Road
Parsons Road
North
Fox Run Road
Red Fox Lane
East
Franklin Road
Peacedale Road
East
Glenann Drive
Creek Road
West
Glenloch Drive
North Creek Road
West
Gypsy Hill Road
SR 896
South
Gypsy Hill Road
SR 841
North
Hawthorne Court
Kimbelot Lane
South
Heather Hills Drive
Highland Drive
East and west
Heather Hills Drive
Chesterville Road
North
Hess Mill Road
SR 841
East
Hidden Fox Drive
SR 841
North
Hidden Fox Drive
Walker Road
East
Hidden Spring Lane
Glenann Road
North
Highland Drive
Glenloch Drive
South
Hillcrest Drive
Guernsey Road
East
Hilltop Road
Church Hill Road
South
Hunting Hills Drive
SR 841
East
Hunting Hills Road
Hunting Hills Drive
North
Johnson Lane
Walker Road
North
Kathleen Drive
Franklin Road
South
Kimbelot Lane
Peacedale Road
South
Kimbelot Lane
SR 896
East
Laurel Bridge Road
Stonegate Drive
West
Laurel Bridge Road
Creek Road
East and west
Lavender Hill Lane
Auburn Road
South
Liberti Lane
SR 841
North
Lizanne Lane
Kimbelot Lane
North
Lookout Circle
Auburn Road
South
Mackey Court
Cavender Lane
West
McKean Drive
Chesterville Road
South
McKean Drive
Stonegate Drive
North
Meadow Woods Lane
Appleton Road
West
Mt. Olivet Road
Lewisville Road
South
Mt. Olivet Road
Walker Road
North
Oak Tree Drive
Beechwood Drive
North
Old School House Road
SR 841
North and south
Old School House Road
Pheasant Hill Lane
North and south
Parsons Road
SR 896
West
Partridge Way
Pennock Bridge Road
North
Peacedale Road
SR 896
East
Peacedale Road
[Amended by Ord. 2017-03, 9/20/2017]
Franklin Road
East and west
Pennbrook Drive
SR 896
South
Peter Christopher Drive
Lewisville Road
South
Pheasant Hill Lane
Old School House Road
East
Preakness Court
SR 841
North
Quail Drive
Pennock Bridge Road
North
Quail Drive
Partridge Way
East
Queen Lane
Church Hill Road
East
Red Fox Lane
Carriage Run Drive
South
Red Fox Lane
Den Road
North
Rosewood Court
Hawthorne Court
South
Scotts Glen Road
SR 896
South
South Guernsey Road
Hess Mill Road
South
South Guernsey Road
Pennock Bridge Road
North and south
Sunset Circle
Peacedale Road
South
Thompson Circle
Forrest Gump Road
East
Timber Jump Lane
Hidden Fox Drive
North
Twin Bridge Lane
Clay Creek Road
West
Vixen Place
Den Road
South
Walker Road
Peacedale Road
North
Walker Road
SR 841
North
Walker Road
Kemblesville Elkton Road
East
Walker Road
Kemblesville Elkton Road
East
Walnut Glen Road
South
Wigfall Court
Cavender Lane
West
Willow Way
Scotts Glen Road
West
Wingate Drive
Hess Mill Road
North and west
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2009-05, 8/19/2009]
1. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-206) 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 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2009-05, 8/19/2009]
1. 
No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall be operated on any property owned by the Township or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Township without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Board of Supervisors or its designee of the Township.
2. 
Any person who violates an provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2009-05, 8/19/2009]
1. 
The following locations are designated as rotary traffic islands, and every vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island:
Location
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of any rotary traffic island shall be guilty of a violation of this section, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2015-01, 5/20/2015]
1. 
General Provisions.
A. 
Purpose. The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Franklin (the "Township") finds that the operation of motor- or engine-retarding devices commonly known as "Jake brakes"® (but referred to herein as an "engine-retarding device") on gasoline-, diesel- or other fuel-powered vehicles, whether or not such vehicles are equipped with proper exhaust mufflers or defective or modified exhaust mufflers or systems, creates noise through the use of such devices in the Historic District of Kemblesville that adversely affects the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Township.
B. 
Authority. Franklin Township finds that the operation of engine-retarding devices creates such noise and disturbance as to create a nuisance in fact, which nuisance the Board of Supervisors is authorized to prohibit pursuant to Section 1601(c.1) of the Second Class Township Code.[1] Necessary approval to regulate engine-retarding devices as contemplated by this section has been obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in accordance with 67 Pa. Code § 179.10(20) as a condition precedent to the exercise by the Township of its authority under this section.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 66601(c.1).
2. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings prescribed below:
ENGINE-RETARDING DEVICE
Any motor/engine-retarding device, engine brake retarder, exhaust brake retarder or hydraulic brake retarder, retarding device or system that acts as or is intended to act to supplement the service brakes or wheel brakes, that brakes on the motor, engine or other system other than the wheels for purposes of or as a means of slowing or stopping a truck, truck tractor, motor carrier vehicle, motor vehicle or vehicle.
3. 
Prohibition. No person, firm, corporation, association or entity shall use an engine-retarding device on or along the following roads or highways within Franklin Township:
[Amended by Ord. 2017-04, 9/20/2017; and by Ord. No. 2019-02, 11/20/2019]
A. 
State Road 0896, Segments 0050 and 0060.
B. 
State Road 3007 between the Maryland state line and State Road 0896.
4. 
Erection of Signs. Signs shall be erected on highways or roadways entering the road segments as identified in Subsection 3 above, notifying persons of the prohibition against the use of engine-retarding devices in the Township, which signs and their specific locations shall be in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
5. 
Penalties. The enforcement of this section shall be by action before a Magisterial District Judge in the same manner as provided for the enforcement of a summary offense. Any person, firm, corporation, association or entity violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to pay a fine not to exceed $1,000, reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Township, plus costs of prosecution and, in default of the payment thereof, be sentenced to undergo imprisonment as allowed by law for the punishment of a summary offense.
6. 
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by any law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any authorized agent or code enforcement officer of Franklin Township.