[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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
5th Avenue
Entire length
15 mph
6th Avenue
[Added by Ord. 2015-197, 1/4/2016]
Entire length
15 mph
Academic Way
[Amended by Ord. 2015-197, 1/4/2016]
Entire length
15 mph
Amwell Valley Drive
Entire length
25 mph
Battlecreek Way
Charlestown Hunt Drive
25 mph
Benburb Road
Entire length
25 mph
Blackberry Lane
Entire length
35 mph
Bodine Road (s)
Entire length
35 mph
Charlestown Road
Entire length
35 mph
Church Road
Entire length
35 mph
Brandywine Road
Entire length
25 mph
Buckwalter Road
Entire length
25 mph
Charlestown Hunt Drive
Entire length
25 mph
F Street
Entire length
15 mph
Glenview Road
Entire length
25 mph
Green Lane Road
Entire length
25 mph
Hilltop Road
Entire length
25 mph
Hollow Road
Yellow Springs Road
35 mph
Howells Road
Entire length
35 mph
Marian Road
Entire length
25 mph
Maryhill Road
Crestview Road to Coldstream Road
35 mph
Maryhill Road
Entire length
25 mph
Merlin Road
Entire length
35 mph
Newcomen Road (w)
Windsor
35 mph
Pickering Dam Road
Entire length
25 mph
Pine Drive
Township Line
25 mph
Ravenhill Road
Entire length
25 mph
Rees Road
Entire length
25 mph
Sidley Hill Road
Entire length
35 mph
Southwest Avenue
[Added by Ord. 2015-197, 1/4/2016]
Entire length
15 mph
Spring Mill Road
[Amended by Ord. No. 2017-207, 11/6/2017]
East Whiteland Township line to its intersection with Phoenixville Pike
25 mph
Sycamore Lane
Entire length
15 mph
Taconic Drive
Entire length
25 mph
Tyrone Road
Entire length
25 mph
Township-Owned Roads
Passing through residential areas
35 mph
Union Hill Road
Entire length
25 mph
Valley Hill Road
Entire length
35 mph
Wells Road
Entire length
35 mph
Windy Hollow Drive
Entire length
25 mph
Yellow Springs Road
Entire length
35 mph
Yorktown Road
Entire length
25 mph
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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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
Conestoga Road (Rt 401) and Newcomen Road
Conestoga Road (Rt 401) and Valley Hill Road
Phoenixville Pike at Warner Lane
Phoenixville Pike/State Road (Rt 29) at Charlestown Road/Morehall Road (Rt 29)
Morehall Road (Rt 29) and Whitehorse Road
Morehall Road (Rt 29) and Yellow Springs Road/Warner Lane
2. 
Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1. 
The following are established as one-way roadways, 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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make other than a left turn, at any time stated, both right turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:
Vehicles Traveling On
Direction of Travel
Times
Not To Make Right Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
(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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle traveling upon any of the following portions of streets, in the direction or directions indicated for that street, to make a U-turn:
Street
Portion
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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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), 3323(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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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
Academic Way
Southwest Street
Aldham Road
State Road
Aldham Road
Union Hill Road
Amwell Valley Drive
Charlestown Hunt Drive
Battlecreek Way
Charlestown Hunt Drive
Beaufort Court
Windy Hollow Drive
Bell Circle
Conestoga Road
Benburb Road
Hilltop Road
Benburb Road
Coldstream Road
Blackberry Lane
Hollow Road
Blackberry Lane
Sidley Hill Road
Blackstone Lane
Rees Road
Blackstone Lane
Great Woods Lane
Bodine Road
Valley Hill
Brandywine Road
Yellow Springs Road
Buckwalter Road
State Road
Buckwalter Road
Charlestown Road
Charlestown Hunt Drive
State Road
Crestvu Road
Maryhill Road
Crown Oak Drive
Newcomen Road
Devault Lane
Whitehorse Road
Devault Lane
Post Office Drive
Dickson Drive
State Road
Dobs Lane
Oak Lane
Glenview Road
Tyrone Road
Green Lane Road
Valley Hill Road
Green Lane Road
Foster Road
Greenbriar Circle
Bodine Road
Hedgerow Lane
Rosewood Lane
Highlands Lane
Pikeland Road
Hilltop Road
Charlestown Road
Howells Road
Rees Road and Green Lane
Northeast and Southwest
Howells Road
Clothier Springs Road
Jamie Lane
Maryhill Road
Lincoln Road
Pickering Road
Loudoun Place
Charlestown Hunt Drive
Marian Road
Coldstream Road
Marian Road
Hilltop Road
Maryhill Road
Ravenhill Road
All
Maryhill Road
Coldstream Road
Maryhill Road
Crestvu Road
Mine Road
Whitehorse Road
Oak Lane
Blackberry Lane
Peaks Pike Road
State Road
Peaks Pike Road
Pickering Dam Road
Pickering Road
Pickering Spur
Pickering Road
Charlestown Road
Pickering Spur
Charlestown Road
Primrose Lane
South Winds Lane
Ravenhill Road
Maryhill Road
Ravenill Road
Coldstream Road
Rees Road
Blackstone Lane
Northwest and Southeast
Rees Road
Howells Road
Southeast
Rees Road
Whitehorse Road
Ridgewood Road
Sidley Hill Road
Rosewood Lane
Bodine Road
Sawgrass Lane
Great Woods Lane
Sidley Hill Road
Yellow Springs Road
Somerset Lane
Hollow Road
Southwinds Lane
Great Woods Lane
Southwinds Lane
Whitehorse Road
Spring Meadow Farms Lane
Howells Road
Spring Mill Drive
Phoenixville Pike
Sycamore Lane
Charlestown Road
Taconic Drive
Charlestown Hunt Drive
Theresa Drive
Three Ponds Lane
Pikeland Road
Tinkerhill Lane
Union Hill Road
Tipperary Drive
Windy Hollow Drive
Tranquility Drive
Tyrone Road
Marian Road
Union Hill Road
Aldham Road
Union Hill Road
Railroad underpass
East and West
Union Hill Road
State Road
Union Hill Road
Tinkerhill Lane
Northwest and Southeast
Union Hill Road
Whitehorse Road
Wells Road
Yellow Springs Road
Wells Road
Pikeland Road
Whitehorse Meadows Road
Whitehorse Road
Windy Hollow Drive
Charlestown Hunt Drive
Wyndham Lane
Newcomen Road
Yorktown Road
Yellow Springs Road
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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 [Designated Official] 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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
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. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1. 
The following areas upon the streets in the Township are established as play highways:
Street
Between
Days
Hours
(Reserved)
2. 
The [Designated Official] 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 [Designated Official].
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 [Designated Official] 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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1. 
The following roads and streets within the Township are designated as special snowmobile roads:
Street or Road
Between
Used by Snow-mobiles 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 the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7721, for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways.
B. 
For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7723. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 7752(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7752(a).
[Ord. 160-2010, 10/4/2010]
1. 
The following are hereby established as school zones in accordance with § 3365(b) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3365(b), and no person shall drive a vehicles at a speed greater than 15 miles per hour in said zone or zones:
2. 
Penalty.
A. 
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section, upon conviction, except as set forth under paragraph .B, a fine of $35.
B. 
For a violation of this section, a fine of not more than $500 if the person exceeds the maximum speed limit by more than 11 miles per hour.
C. 
Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit established under this section 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 in excess of the maximum speed limit.