No person shall operate a motor vehicle or tractor upon any
sidewalk in the Borough; nor shall any person operate a motor 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.
[Amended 6-14-2005 by Ord. No. 05-05, approved 6-14-2005; 11-12-2013 by Ord. No.
2013-05, approved 11-12-2013]
The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the highways
or parts thereof described below is hereby established at the rate
of speed indicated:
|
Name of Highway
|
Speed Limit
(mph)
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
4 Falls Corporate Center
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Apple Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Balligomingo Road
|
30
|
Entire length
|
|
Barr Harbor Drive
|
35
|
Entire length
|
|
Bliss Road
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Bliss Street
|
25
| |
|
Brittmoir Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Bullock Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Campbell Drive
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Cedar Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Chestnut Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Church Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Clipper Road
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Conshohocken State Road
|
35
|
Entire length
|
|
Crawford Avenue
|
35
|
Entire length
|
|
Dehaven Road
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Elizabeth Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Fayette Street
|
35
|
Entire length
|
|
Ford Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Front Street
|
35
|
Entire length
|
|
George Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Josephine Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Knob Hill Lane
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Maria Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Matsonford Road
|
35
|
Entire length
|
|
Merion Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Merion Hill Lane
|
15
|
Entire length
|
|
Moir Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Moorehead Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Nathan Place
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
New Dehaven Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Penn Lane
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Pleasant Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Portland Road
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Powers Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Riverview Lane
|
15
|
Entire length
|
|
Simon Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Spring Garden Lane
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Spring Garden Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Spruce Lane
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Stead Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Union Hill Road
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Veterans Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
William Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Woodmont Road
|
25
|
Entire length
|
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the
intersection of those highways described below:
|
Intersection
|
|---|
|
(Reserved)
|
The highways or parts of highways described below are hereby
designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated:
|
Name of Highway
|
Direction of Travel
|
Limits
|
|---|---|---|
|
Church Street Road
|
Northeast
|
From Ford Street to Balligomingo
|
|
Spruce Street
|
South
|
From Spring Garden Street to Conshohocken State Road
|
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a motor vehicle or
tractor to make a U-turn on any of the highways or parts thereof described
below:
|
Name of Highway
|
Location
|
|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |
No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right,
all) at any of the intersections described below:
|
Name of Highway
|
Direction of Travel
|
Prohibited Turn
|
At Intersection of
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||
All vehicular traffic shall keep to the right of the following
structures or barriers located in the center of the specified intersections:
|
Structure on (name of highway)
|
At Intersection of
|
|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |
The highways described below are hereby established as through
highways, and the operator of every vehicle or tractor 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 through highway:
|
Name of Highway
|
Limits
|
|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |
[Amended 3-21-1994 by Ord. No. 428, approved 9-19-1994; 10-14-2003 by Ord. No. 03-09,
approved 10-14-2003; 10-14-2003 by Ord. No. 03-11,
approved 10-14-2003; 11-9-2004 by Ord. No. 04-10; 2-13-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02, approved 2-13-2007; 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05, approved 11-12-2013; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-02, approved 11-14-2017]
The intersections described below are hereby established as
stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected in such
a position upon the first-named highway as to face traffic approaching
the second-named highway in the direction or directions indicated.
All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the
first-named highway, in the direction or directions 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
|
|---|---|---|
|
Apple Street
[Amended 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05, approved 11-12-2013] |
East
|
Elizabeth Street
|
|
Barr Harbor Road
[Added 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05, approved 11-12-2013] |
Southeast
|
Bliss Road
|
|
Barr Harbor Road
[Added 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05, approved 11-12-2013] |
South
|
Crawford Avenue
|
|
Bliss Road
[Added 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05, approved 11-12-2013] |
Northwest
|
Barr Harbor Road
|
|
Bliss Road
[Added 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05, approved 11-12-2013] |
Southeast
|
Barr Harbor Road
|
|
Bliss Street
[Added 10-14-2003 by Ord. No. 03-11, approved 10-14-2003] |
North
|
Barr Harbor Drive
|
|
Brittmoir Avenue
[Added 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05, approved 11-12-2013] |
Southwest
|
Cedar Avenue
|
|
Bullock Avenue
|
Northeast
|
Cedar Avenue
|
|
Bullock Avenue
|
Northeast
|
Front Street
|
|
Bullock Avenue
|
Northeast
|
Josephine Avenue
|
|
Bullock Avenue
|
Southwest
|
Church Street
|
|
Cedar Avenue
|
Northwest
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Cedar Avenue
|
Northwest
|
William Street
|
|
Cedar Avenue
|
Southeast
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Cedar Avenue
|
Southeast
|
Ford Street
|
|
Cedar Avenue
|
Southeast
|
William Street
|
|
Chestnut Street
|
Southwest
|
Spring Garden Lane
|
|
Church Street
|
Southeast
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Church Street
|
Northwest
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Clipper Road
|
Southwest
|
Union Hill Road
|
|
Elizabeth Street
|
Northwest
|
Ford Street
|
|
Elizabeth Street
|
Southeast
|
Moorehead Avenue
|
|
First Avenue
|
Northwest
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
First Avenue
|
Northwest
|
William Street
|
|
First Avenue
|
Southeast
|
William Street
|
|
Ford Street
|
East
|
Elizabeth Street
|
|
Ford Street
|
Northeast
|
Front Street
|
|
Ford Street
|
Northeast
|
Simon Street
|
|
Ford Street
|
Southwest
|
Church Street
|
|
Ford Street
|
West
|
Elizabeth Street
|
|
Four Falls Corporate Center
|
North
|
Woodmont Road
|
|
George Street
|
Northeast
|
Powers Avenue
|
|
George Street
|
Southwest
|
Powers Avenue
|
|
Josephine Avenue
|
Northwest
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Josephine Avenue
|
Southeast
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Josephine Street
|
Southeast
|
Ford Street
|
|
Josephine Avenue
|
Southeast
|
William Street
|
|
Matsonford Bridge Street
|
Northwest
|
Front Street
|
|
Merion Avenue
|
Northwest
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Merion Avenue
|
Northwest
|
William Street
|
|
Merion Avenue
|
Southeast
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Merion Avenue
|
Southeast
|
Ford Street
|
|
Merion Avenue
|
Southeast
|
William Street
|
|
Merion Hill Lane
|
North
|
Spruce Lane
|
|
Moir Avenue
|
Northwest
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Moir Avenue
|
Southeast
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Moorehead Avenue
|
Northeast
|
Front Street
|
|
Moorehead Avenue
|
West
|
Elizabeth Street
|
|
Nathans Place
|
North
|
Ford Street
|
|
New Dehaven Street
|
Northeast
|
Dehaven Avenue
|
|
New Dehaven Street
|
Southwest
|
Dehaven Avenue
|
|
Pleasant Street
|
Northwest
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Pleasant Street
|
Northwest
|
William Street
|
|
Pleasant Street
|
Southeast
|
Bullock Avenue
|
|
Pleasant Street
|
Southeast
|
Ford Street
|
|
Pleasant Street
|
Southeast
|
William Street
|
|
Portland Road
|
Northeast
|
Balligamingo Avenue
|
|
Powers Avenue
|
Southeast
|
Ford Street
|
|
Riverview Lane
|
Northeast
|
Riverview Lane
|
|
Riverview Lane
|
Northwest
|
Riverview Lane
|
|
Riverview Lane
|
Southeast
|
Riverview Lane
|
|
Simon Street
|
North
|
Ford Street
|
|
Spring Garden Lane
|
South
|
Spruce Lane
|
|
Spruce Lane
|
Southeast
|
Merion Hill Lane
|
|
Spruce Lane
|
Southwest
|
Riverview Lane
|
|
Stead Street
|
Northeast
|
Moir Avenue
|
|
Stead Street
|
Southwest
|
Church Street
|
|
Union Hill Road
|
South
|
Clipper Road
|
|
Veterans Avenue
|
Southeast
|
Brittmoir Avenue
|
|
Veterans Avenue
|
Southeast
|
Ford Street
|
|
William Street
|
Northeast
|
Cedar Avenue
|
|
William Street
|
Northeast
|
Josephine Avenue
|
|
William Street
|
Northeast
|
Merion Avenue
|
|
William Street
|
Southwest
|
Cedar Avenue
|
|
William Street
|
Southwest
|
Ford Street
|
|
William Street
|
Southwest
|
Josephine Avenue
|
|
William Street
|
Southwest
|
Merion Avenue
|
The intersections described below are hereby established as
yield-right-of-way intersections, and official yield signs shall be
erected in such a position upon the first-named highway as to face
traffic approaching the second-named highway in the direction or directions
indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersections
upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions indicated,
shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or
approaching on the second-named highway so closely as to constitute
an immediate hazard during the time that the operator of such vehicle
or tractor is moving across or within such intersection:
|
Yield Sign on
|
Direction of Travel
|
At Intersection of
|
|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||
The zones described below are hereby established as no-passing
zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person driving a vehicle to
pass any other vehicle which is proceeding in the same direction:
|
Name of Highway
|
Limits
|
|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or
tractor except a passenger vehicle (but not including any passenger
vehicle drawing any trailer or towing any other vehicle) upon any
of the highways or portions of the highways described below; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of any commercial
vehicle or tractor upon any highway or portion thereof listed below
where such operation thereon shall be necessary in order to pick up
or deliver any goods, wares, merchandise or material from or to any
premises located upon any such highway or portion thereof:
|
Name of Highway
|
Limits
|
|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any commercial
vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination having
a gross weight in excess of that herein respectively prescribed upon
any of the highways or portions thereof described below, except for
the purpose of making local deliveries on that highway:
|
Name of Highway
|
Maximum Gross Weight
(pounds)
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Bullock Avenue
|
5,000
|
From Church Street to Front Street
|
|
Church Street
|
5,000
|
From Ford Street to Stead Street
|
|
Dehaven Avenue
|
5,000
|
From Ford Street to Dehaven Street
|
|
Elizabeth Street
|
5,000
|
From Moorehead Avenue to Ford Street
|
|
Josephine Avenue
|
5,000
|
From Bullock Avenue to Ford Street
|
|
Moorehead Avenue
|
5,000
|
From Elizabeth Street to Crawford Avenue
|
|
William Street
|
5,000
|
From Ford Street to Front Street
|
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or
tractor 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.
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.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle or tractor upon any play
highway at any time when such highway shall be so designated, excepted
in case of emergency and with special permission of the Mayor or of
the police officer in charge, who shall first clear such play highway
of all persons using such highway for the purpose for which it was
set aside.
C.
The portions of highways described below are hereby established as
play highways during the times designated:
|
Name of Highway
|
Days
|
Hours
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
The operator of any motor 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.
[Added 2-13-2007 by Ord. No. 07-01, approved 2-13-2007]
The following traffic regulation signs shall be added along
Spruce Lane:
|
Type of Sign
|
Direction of Travel
|
At the Intersection of
|
|---|---|---|
|
No Outlet
|
Northwest
|
Spruce Lane and Merion Hill Lane
|
|
Do Not Enter
|
North
|
Spruce Lane and Riverview Lane
|
[Added 5-13-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01, approved 5-13-2014]
The roads detailed in this § 109-21.2 are hereby designated as local traffic only roads. Such roads are subject to individual regulations established for the roads as detailed in this section.
|
Name of road
|
Location
|
Time restrictions
|
|---|---|---|
|
Church Street
|
Between Bullock Avenue and Ford Street
|
7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
|
[Added 7-12-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-04, approved 7-12-2016]
A.
Intent. The purpose of this section is to establish guidelines for
the installation of traffic-calming systems on Borough-owned roadways.
Such systems are specifically designed to reduce the speed, but not
necessarily the volume, of motor vehicle traffic in residential areas,
nor is their purpose to move traffic to adjoining roadways. Traffic-calming
measures shall also consist of enforcement and education activities
by the Police Department.
B.
SPEED HUMP
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Shall be synonymous with "traffic-calming system" or "traffic-calming
measure." A speed hump is a raised hump in the pavement extending
across the width of the roadway at a right angle to the direction
of the flow of traffic.
D.
Application procedure.
(1)
Application. Applicants may request that a study be conducted
to construct speed humps in a particular neighborhood. Requests shall
be submitted in writing, along with a petition described below, to
the Borough Manager for consideration.
(2)
Petition.
(a)
All households on the affected street must be contacted by the
applicants and advised that speed humps are being considered for their
street.
(b)
A signed petition must be submitted reflecting the support of
at least 80% of the households (determined by street address) on the
affected street.
(c)
Support is also required from 60% of the residents of households
located on streets of culs-de-sac whose only access is via the affected
street.
(d)
Only one adult signature per household, apartment or business
will be considered on the petition.
E.
Criteria. The following criteria have been established as a means
to limit the use of speed humps to areas where they will be most effective
and practical:
(1)
Speed humps will not be installed on state roadways.
(2)
The legally posted speed limit on the street shall not exceed
25 miles per hour (mph).
(3)
The minimum length of the street, or portion thereof, measured
from the nearest intersecting street, shall be at least 1,000 feet.
(4)
The average daily traffic (ADT) shall exceed either 1,000 vehicles
per day or the peak hour volume of at least 100 vehicles, which shall
be determined by a seven-day automated traffic count conducted by
the Borough's Police Department. Manual counts may be instituted at
the Department's discretion.
(5)
The average vehicle speed (based upon the 85th percentile of
the speeds recorded during the traffic count) shall not be less than
five miles per hour over the legally posted speed limit, which shall
be determined by a seven-day automated traffic count.
(6)
The Department will analyze the number of accidents on the affected
roadway over the most recent three-year period to ascertain the extent
to which excessive or unsafe speeds were a major contributing factor.
(7)
The distance between speed humps shall not be less than 250
or greater than 600 feet apart; provided, however, that should an
intersection controlled by a stop sign or yield sign be located on
the affected roadway, the distance between humps may exceed 600 feet.
The existing stop sign or yield sign may be reevaluated to see if
it continues to meet the warrants of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
after the installation of humps.
(8)
Speed humps shall not be less than 150 feet from an intersecting
roadway or within 250 feet of a signalized intersection.
(9)
Speed humps shall not be installed on hills or curves that could
affect the safe control of vehicles.
(10)
Speed humps shall traverse the entire roadway, allowing one
foot on each side for the flow of stormwater.
(11)
Speed humps shall be no less than 12 feet in width.
(12)
Signs indicating "HUMP" shall be erected in each direction at
the location of the hump and a sufficient distance before the hump
to warn approaching motorists. For increased visibility, reflective
stripes shall be painted on the humps.
(13)
Speed humps shall be set back a minimum distance of five feet
from a driveway to permit access to the drive.
(14)
Other traffic-calming measures:
(a)
Notwithstanding whether or not a petition has been submitted under Subsection D(2), nothing herein shall limit the Borough's right to unilaterally consider and install any traffic-calming measures whatsoever, including but not limited to speed humps, bulb outs, chicanes, raised crosswalks, etc., as it may deem necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of a specific neighborhood or the public in general.
(b)
This section shall apply to any street within the Borough, especially
streets where the Borough determines there is a high concentration
of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, such as those near schools, parks
and recreation areas, churches, and business districts.
(c)
The Borough shall notify the residents and businesses on any
streets for which such traffic-calming measures are being considered
to permit their input before such measures are approved and installed.
F.
Recommendation and approval.
(1)
All decisions regarding whether or not to recommend the installation
of speed humps shall be made by the committee made up of the Police
Department, the Borough Engineer and the Borough Manager or his designee
in accordance with the criteria contained herein.
(2)
All committee recommendations to install speed humps in the
petitioned area shall be subject to final approval of the Borough
Council.
