[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
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.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2017-739, 1/11/2017]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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 Borough,
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and
costs.
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Christian Street
|
Blue Church Road
|
Yale Avenue
|
West
| |
|
Maple Street
|
Walnut Street
|
Woodland Avenue
|
Southeasterly
| |
|
Main Street 200 Block
|
Woodland Avenue
|
Newell Street
| ||
|
Morton Avenue
|
Main Street
|
Woodland Avenue
| ||
|
Newell Street
|
Harding Avenue
|
Walnut Street
| ||
|
Oak Street
|
Woodland Avenue
|
Walnut Street
|
Northeasterly
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
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
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Christian Street
|
Left Hand Turn
|
Yale Avenue
| |||
|
Woodland Avenue
|
Left Hand Turn
|
Morton Avenue
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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
|
|---|---|---|
|
Alfa Terrace
|
Amosland Road at Morton Avenue
| |
|
Althea Avenue
|
Locust Road
| |
|
Althea Avenue
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Althea Lane
|
Providence Road
| |
|
Baker Avenue
|
Maple Avenue
|
North and South
|
|
Baker Street
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Baker Street
|
School Street
|
North and South
|
|
Beech Street
|
Bridge Street
|
North and South
|
|
Beech Street
|
Yale Avenue
| |
|
Bridge Street
|
Beech Street
|
East and West
|
|
Bridge Street
|
Taylor Avenue
|
East and West
|
|
Bridge Street
|
West Sylvan Avenue
| |
|
Broad Street
|
Maple Avenue
| |
|
Broad Street
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Broad Street
|
School Street
|
North
|
|
Cedar Lane
|
Highland Avenue
|
East
|
|
Cedar Lane
|
Sycamore Avenue
|
South
|
|
Christian Street
|
Yale Avenue
| |
|
Church Road
|
Yale Avenue
| |
|
Country Lane
|
Country Lane
|
North and South
|
|
Country Circle
|
Country Lane
| |
|
Country Lane
|
Providence Road
| |
|
Country Lane
|
Sycamore Avenue
| |
|
Fairhill Road
|
Hawthorne Road
|
North and South
|
|
Fairhill Road
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Fairhill Road
|
Rose Lane
|
North and South
|
|
Fairhill Road
|
Waverly Terrace
| |
|
Harding Avenue
|
Maple Avenue
|
North and South
|
|
Harding Avenue
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Harding Avenue
|
School Street
|
North and South
|
|
Hawthorn
|
Waverly Road
|
North
|
|
Highland Avenue
|
Alfa Terrace
|
North
|
|
Highland Avenue
|
Alfa Terrace
|
North and South
|
|
Highland Avenue
|
Amosland Road
|
West
|
|
Highland Avenue
|
Providence Road
|
North
|
|
Highland Avenue
|
Sycamore Avenue
|
North and South
|
|
Leamy Road
|
Providence Road
| |
|
Locust Road
|
Althea Lane
| |
|
Locust Road
|
Morton Avenue
|
East and West
|
|
Main Street
|
Maple Avenue
|
North and South
|
|
Main Street
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Main Street
|
School Street
| |
|
Main Street
|
Woodland Avenue
| |
|
Maple Avenue
|
Baker Avenue
|
East and West
|
|
Maple Avenue
|
Broad Street
| |
|
Maple Avenue
|
Harding Avenue
|
East and West
|
|
Maple Avenue
|
Main Street
| |
|
Maple Avenue
|
Pennington Street
| |
|
Maple Avenue
|
Walnut Street
| |
|
Maple Avenue
|
Woodland Avenue
| |
|
Mitchell Avenue
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Morton Avenue
|
Baker Street
| |
|
Morton Avenue
|
Broad Street
| |
|
Morton Avenue
|
Locust Road
|
North and South
|
|
Morton Avenue
|
Providence Road
|
North
|
|
Newell Street
|
Pennington Street
| |
|
Newell Street
|
Walnut Street
|
East and West
|
|
Oak Street
|
Main Street
|
East
|
|
Oak Street
|
Walnut Street
|
East
|
|
Pennington Street
|
Maple Avenue
|
North and South
|
|
Pennington Street
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Pennington Street
|
Newell Street
| |
|
Pennington Street
|
School Street
| |
|
Providence Road
|
Highland Avenue
|
North and South
|
|
Providence Road
|
Leamy Road
|
North and South
|
|
Providence Road
|
Morton Avenue
|
East and West, North and South
|
|
Providence Road
|
Waverly Road
|
East and West
|
|
Providence Road
|
Waverly Terrace
|
East and West
|
|
Rose Lane
|
Fairhill Road
| |
|
Rose Lane
|
Locust Road
| |
|
School Street
|
Baker Street
|
East and West
|
|
School Street
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-739, 1/11/2017] |
Broad Street
|
East
|
|
School Street
|
Harding Avenue
|
East and West
|
|
School Street
|
Pennington Street
|
East and West
|
|
School Street
|
Walnut Street
|
East and West
|
|
School Street
|
Woodland Avenue
| |
|
Silverlake
|
Woodland Avenue
| |
|
Sycamore Avenue
|
Country Lane
|
East and West
|
|
Sycamore Avenue
|
Highland Avenue
|
East and West
|
|
Sycamore Avenue
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Taylor Avenue
|
Bridge Street
|
East and West
|
|
Taylor Avenue
|
Yale Avenue
| |
|
Walnut Street
|
Maple Avenue
|
North and South
|
|
Walnut Street
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Walnut Street
|
Newell Street
|
North and South
|
|
Walnut Street
|
School Street
|
North and South
|
|
Waverly Road
|
Baltimore Pike
|
North
|
|
Waverly Road
|
Fairhill Road
|
East and West
|
|
Waverly Road
|
Hawthorne Road
|
East
|
|
Waverly Road
|
Providence Road
|
North and South
|
|
West Sylvan Avenue
|
Bridge Street
|
East and West
|
|
West Sylvan Avenue
|
Yale Avenue
|
East and West
|
|
Yale Avenue
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-758, 4/10/2019] |
Church Road
|
East and West
|
|
Yale Avenue
|
Morton Avenue
| |
|
Yale Avenue
|
Sylvan Avenue
|
East 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. 731, 2/11/2015]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
1.
No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall
be operated on any property owned by the Borough or any other public
agency or instrumentality within the Borough without the permission
of the property owner and a permit from the Borough Manager of the
Borough.
2.
Any person who violates an provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
1.
The following areas upon the streets in the Borough are established
as play highways:
|
Street
|
Between
|
Days
|
Hours
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
The Borough Manager 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 Borough where
sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall
be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Borough Manager.
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 Borough Manager
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. 731, 2/11/2015]
1.
The following roads and streets within the Borough 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 Borough other than as provided above.
Provided, nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating
a snowmobile on any other street in the Borough:
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).
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-739, 1/11/2017]
1.
The driver of a vehicle shall not, for the purpose of avoiding slower
traffic and/or avoiding obedience to a traffic control device, drive
upon or through private property, or upon or through public property
which is not a street or highway.
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
