Borough of Vandergrift, PA Traffic Regulations

§ 470-7 Maximum speed limits on certain streets.

[Amended 5-1-1989 by Ord. No. 4-1989]

The following maximum speed limits are established:

Street	Portion	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)	When Applicable
East Harrison Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Between Harrison Avenue and Franklin Avenue	15	At all times
Fifteenth Street	Between Hancock Avenue and Franklin Avenue	15	At all times
Grant Avenue	Between Washington Avenue and Franklin Avenue	15	At all times
Jackson Avenue	Between Madison Avenue and Walnut Street	15	At all times
Kennedy Drive	Entire extent	15	At all times
Madison Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Between Hancock Avenue and Franklin Avenue	15	At all times
Monroe Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Between Hancock Avenue and Franklin Avenue	15	At all times
Tenth Street	Between Franklin Avenue and Hancock Avenue	15	At all times
All streets or portions of streets not listed above	Entire extent	25	At all times

No person shall drive a vehicle upon any part of any street listed above at a greater rate of speed than the maximum speed limit prescribed for that part of the street. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. Any person exceeding a 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.

§ 470-8 Traffic signals at certain intersections.

At the following intersections, official 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:

	Intersection	Type of Signal
	Hancock Avenue and Walnut Street	Traffic control signal

Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of a traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 470-9 Intersections where turn prohibited on red signal.

[Amended 2-1-1982 by Ord. No. 5-1982]

The following are established as intersections where drivers of vehicles are prohibited from making a right turn on a steady red signal:

Intersection	Vehicle Traveling On	Facing
Hancock Avenue and Walnut Street	Hancock Avenue	North
Hancock Avenue and Walnut Street	Hancock Avenue	South
Walnut Street and Hancock Avenue	Walnut Street	East
Walnut Street and Hancock Avenue	Walnut Street	West

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 470-10 One-way streets established.

[Amended 10-6-1986 by Ord. No. 11-1986]

The following are established as one-way streets, and on the days and between the hours applicable to a particular roadway, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle upon a one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic upon that street:

Street	From	To	Lanes	Direction of Travel	Days	Hours
Bryant Street	Hancock Street	Wallace Street	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times
Burns Street	Irving Street	Holland Street	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times
Chestnut Street	Spruce Way	Linden Street	All	Eastbound	Every day	At all times
Custer Avenue	Lincoln Avenue	Washington Avenue	All	Eastbound	Every day	At all times
Delaware Avenue	Indiana Avenue	Pennsylvania Avenue	All	Northbound	Every day	At all times
Eighteenth Street	Eighth Street	Sherman Avenue	All	Northbound	Every day	At all times
Eighth Street	Franklin Avenue	Sherman Avenue	All	Northbound	Every day	At all times
Farragut Avenue	Grant Avenue	Sherman Avenue	All	Northbound	Every day	At all times
Franklin Avenue	Eighth Street	Sherman Avenue	All	Northbound	Every day	At all times
Hawthorne Street	Walnut Street	Longfellow Street	All	Southbound	Every day	At all times
Holmes Street	Hancock Avenue	Wallace Street	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times
Irving Street	Long-fellow Street	Walnut Street	All	Northbound	Every day	At all times
Irving Street	Lowell Street	Emerson Street	All	Northbound	Every day	At all times
Jefferson Street	Grant Avenue	Sherman Avenue	All	Northbound	Every day	At all times
Lafayette Avenue	Sherman Avenue	Franklin Avenue	All	Southbound	Every day	At all times
Lincoln Avenue	Sherman Avenue	Custer Avenue	All	Southbound	Every day	At all times
Longfellow Street	Holland Street	Hancock Avenue	All	Eastbound	Every day	At all times
Madison Avenue	Franklin Avenue	Hancock Avenue	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times
McKinley Avenue	Grant Avenue	Washington Avenue	All	Southbound	Every day	At all times
Monroe Avenue	Hancock Avenue	Franklin Avenue	All	Eastbound	Every day	At all times
Monroe Avenue	Hancock Avenue	Jackson Avenue	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times
Oak Street	Walnut Street	26th Street	All	Southbound	Every day	At all times
Sherman Avenue	Franklin Avenue	Eighth Street and First Street	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times
Spruce Way	Spruce Street	Chestnut Street	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times
Tenth Alley	Ninth Alley	Franklin Avenue	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times
Twenty-ninth Alley	Cooper Street	Wallace Street	All	Eastbound	Every day	At all times
Walnut Street	Hancock Avenue	Oak Street	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times
Washington Avenue	Custer Avenue	Sherman Avenue	All	Northbound	Every day	At all times
Watson Street	Irving Street	Holland Street	All	Westbound	Every day	At all times

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 470-11 Through highways established.

The following highways are established as through highways, and stop or yield signs shall be erected at every intersection of every through highway (except those intersections where traffic control signals are erected and maintained as provided in § 470-8 of this article), facing traffic approaching the through highway on all intersecting streets. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the through highway on any intersecting highway where there is a stop or yield sign shall stop the vehicle as required by § 3323(b) or 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 the requirements of that section of the law:

	Street	Between
	Custer Avenue	Longfellow Street and Hancock Avenue
	Hamilton Avenue	Sherman Avenue and Franklin Avenue
	Hancock Avenue	South Borough line and Custer Avenue
	Holland Street	South Borough line and Longfellow Street
	Longfellow Street	Wallace Street and southwestern terminus of Longfellow Street
	Sherman Avenue	Washington Avenue and Hamilton Avenue
	Walnut Street	Franklin Avenue and Oak Street
	Washington Avenue	Custer Avenue and Sherman Avenue

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs of prosecution.

§ 470-12 Stop intersections established.

[Amended 10-6-1987 by Ord. No. 9-1987]

The following intersections (in addition to streets intersecting with the through highways established by § 470-11 of this article) 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 upon the first-named street in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall stop the vehicle as required by § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code and shall not proceed into or across the second-named street until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law:

Stop Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
Adams Avenue	Franklin Avenue	Eastbound
Adams Avenue	Jackson Avenue	Westbound
Alabama Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Florida Avenue	Northwest
Beech Street	Linden Street	Eastbound
Carolina Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Florida Avenue	West
Chestnut Street	Linden Street	Eastbound
Columbia Avenue	Grant Avenue	Northbound and southbound
Columbia Avenue	Sherman Avenue	Northbound
Cooper Street	Bryant Street	Southbound
Cooper Street (4-way)	Whittier Street	Northbound and southbound
Custer Avenue	Hancock Avenue	Eastbound
Delaware Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Pennsylvania Avenue	North
Delaware Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Pennsylvania Avenue	South
Delaware Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	State Route 56	North
Eighteenth Street	Sherman Avenue	Northbound
Eighth Street	Sherman Avenue	Northbound
Elm Street	Linden Street	Eastbound
Emerson Street	Wallace Street	Eastbound and westbound
Emerson Street (4-way)	Hawthorne Street	Eastbound and westbound
Farragut Avenue	Sherman Avenue	Northbound
Florida Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Carolina Avenue	South
Florida Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	State Route 56	South
Florida Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	West Virginia Avenue	Northwest
Franklin Avenue	East Adams Avenue	Southbound
Franklin Avenue	Hamilton Avenue	Southbound
Franklin Avenue	Harrison Avenue	Southbound
Franklin Avenue	Monroe Avenue	Northbound
Franklin Avenue	Vandergrift Lane	Southbound
Georgia Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Carolina Avenue	South
Georgia Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Florida Avenue	Northwest
Georgia Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Florida Avenue	Southeast
Grant Avenue	Lincoln Avenue	Westbound
Grant Avenue	Washington Avenue	Eastbound and westbound
Hamilton Avenue	Sherman Avenue	Northbound
Harrison Avenue	Franklin Avenue	Eastbound
Harrison Avenue	Madison Avenue	Northbound and southbound
Hawthorne Street	Emerson Street	Northbound and southbound
Hawthorne Street (4-way)	Emerson Street	Northbound and southbound
Holland Street	Longfellow Street	Northbound
Howell Street	Bryant Street	Southbound
Indiana Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Delaware Avenue	West
Indiana Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Pennsylvania Avenue	North
Irving Street	Emerson Street	Southbound
Jackson Avenue	Custer Avenue	Northbound
Jackson Avenue	Twenty-Fourth Street	Southbound
Jackson Avenue	Walnut Street	Southbound
Jackson Avenue (3-way)	Monroe Street	Northbound and Southbound
Longfellow Street	Holland Street	Eastbound
Longfellow Street (3-way)	Wallace Street	Eastbound
Lowell Street	Wallace Street	Eastbound and westbound
Madison Avenue	Jackson Avenue	Westbound
Madison Avenue (3-way)	Harrison Avenue	Westbound
Maryland Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Pennsylvania Avenue	North
Maryland Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Pennsylvania Avenue	South
McKinley Avenue	Washington Avenue	Southbound
Michigan Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Delaware Avenue	North
Monroe Street	Franklin Avenue	Eastbound
Monroe Street (3-way)	Jackson Avenue	Westbound
Ninth Alley	Franklin Avenue	Westbound
Oregon Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	LaBelle Vue Road	South
Pennsylvania Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Delaware Avenue	West
Pennsylvania Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	LaBelle Vue Road	South
Sherman Avenue	Eighth Street	Westbound
Sherman Avenue	Farragut Avenue	Westbound
Spruce Street	Linden Street	Eastbound
Sumner Avenue	Sherman Avenue	Northbound
Sycamore Street	Linden Street	Eastbound
Sycamore Street	Poplar Street	Eastbound and westbound
Twenty-Fourth Street	Jackson Avenue	Eastbound
Unnamed street [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	California Avenue	North
Unnamed street [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Oregon Avenue	West
Vandergrift Lane	Franklin Avenue	Westbound
Virginia Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Pennsylvania Avenue	North
Virginia Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Pennsylvania Avenue	South
Wallace Street	Walnut Street	Northbound
Wallace Street (3-way)	Longfellow Street	Northbound and southbound
Washington Avenue	Custer Avenue	Northwestbound
West Virginia Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Florida Avenue	Southeast
Whittier Street	Howell Street	Westbound
Whittier Street	Wallace Street	Eastbound and westbound
Whittier Street (4-way)	Cooper Street	Eastbound and westbound

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 470-13 Yield intersections established.

The following intersections (in addition to streets intersecting with the through highways established in § 470-11 of this article) 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 upon the first-named street at each yield intersection, in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by § 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
	California Avenue [Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 3-2001]	Pennsylvania Avenue	East

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 470-14 Truck routes established; truck traffic restricted on all other streets.

The following streets and portions of streets are established as truck routes:

	Street	Between
	Custer Avenue	Longfellow Street and Washington Avenue
	Eighth Street	Sherman Avenue and First Street
	Hamilton Avenue	Sherman Avenue and Franklin Avenue
	Hancock Avenue	South Borough line and Custer Avenue
	Holland Street	South Borough line and Longfellow Street
	Longfellow Street	Holland Street and Hancock Avenue
	Sherman Avenue	Washington Avenue and Eighth Street
	Washington Avenue	Custer Avenue and Sherman Avenue

All other streets and portions of streets are set aside for the use of passenger vehicles only. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a truck on any street or portion of street not listed above as a truck route, except that nothing shall prohibit the operation of any commercial vehicle or truck on any street not designated as a truck route where that operation is necessary in order to pick up or deliver any goods, wares, merchandise or material from or to any premises located on that street not designated as a truck route.

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 470-15 Rotary traffic islands established.

[Amended 11-6-1978 by Ord. No. 9-1978]

The following 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
	Circle at the intersection of Grant and Columbia Avenues

Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of a 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.

§ 470-16 Vehicle weight limit established on First Street.

[Added 4-6-1992 by Ord. No. 3-1992]

The word "highway," as used in this chapter, including the preamble, shall mean and include the entire width between the boundary lines of a way publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for vehicular traffic, and commonly referred to as "street," "lane," "avenue," "road" or "alley."

A gross vehicular weight of 10 tons (20,000 pounds) is imposed upon that portion of First Street in the Borough of Vandergrift extending from the intersection of Pennsylvania State Route 0056 and First Street east for a distance of 1,360 feet, more or less, to the intersection of First Street and Eighth Street (commonly known as "First Street"), and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle or combination with gross weight in excess of 10 tons (20,000 pounds) upon that portion of First Street, provided that emergency vehicles shall be exempt from the restrictions in this section.

Any person who violates any provision of Subsection B of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 plus an additional $150 for each 500 pounds, or part thereof, in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable weight.