Borough of Ben Avon, PA GENERAL REGULATIONS

Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., as now in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted or re-enacted, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine.

§ 15-102 Manner of Adopting Permanent Traffic and Parking Regulations.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 2]

All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall be enacted as ordinances or as parts of ordinances or as amendments to ordinances of the Borough of Ben Avon, except where the law authorizes less formal action.

§ 15-103 Special Powers of the Mayor.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 3]

The Mayor shall have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in times of emergency and shall designate those regulations by proper signs and markings:

In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish temporary traffic and parking regulations.

In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works or in the case of the conduct of processions and public events, to restrict or prohibit parking or traffic in limited areas for periods of not more than 24 hours.

To limit parking in any part of the commercial section in the Borough to a period of two hours.

Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Mayor and the police of the Borough in the same manner as permanent regulations.

The Mayor shall further have the power and authority to establish, change and abolish, and to designate by appropriate markings or signs: crosswalks, traffic lanes and parking spaces.

§ 15-104 Authority of Police Officers.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 4]

The police officers of the municipality hired to provide police protection in the Borough are hereby given authority, inter alia, to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough, and at intersections thereof.

§ 15-105 Speed Limits Established on Certain Streets.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 5]

The following speed limits are hereby established:

Ohio River Boulevard: 40 miles per hour.

All other streets in the Borough: 25 miles per hour.

§ 15-106 One-Way Streets Established.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 6]

The following are established as one-way streets, and no person shall operate a motor vehicle thereon except in the direction indicated:

Street	From	To	Direction of Travel
Dickson Avenue	Ohio River Boulevard	Church Avenue	Northbound except that it shall be lawful for vehicles leaving Woodland Avenue to travel on Dickson Avenue for a sufficient distance to enable said vehicles to enter Sturgeon Street
Forest Avenue	Perrysville Avenue	Church Avenue	Southbound
Laurel Avenue	Ohio River Boulevard	Brighton Road	Northbound
Marvin Way [Added by Ord. 772, 9/15/2015]	Hilands Avenue	Rostrevor Place	Westbound
Monitor Avenue	Brighton Road	Ohio River Boulevard	Southbound
Perrysville Avenue	Dickson Avenue	Brighton Road	Westbound

§ 15-107 Experimental Regulations.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 7]

Council may by resolution, from time to time, designate places upon and along the streets, roads, highways and alleys in the Borough where, for a period of not more than 180 days, specific traffic and parking regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be in force and effect, and shall designate those locations by proper signs and markings. Those regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had been specified in this chapter. No person shall drive or park a vehicle in violation of any such regulation, prohibition or restriction, and no person shall move, remove, destroy or deface any sign or marking erected, posted or made by authority of this section. This section will be used solely for the purpose of allowing for the testing and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.

§ 15-108 Traffic on Streets Closed or Restricted for Maintenance or Special Events.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 8]

Council or the Mayor shall have authority to close any street or any specific part of a street to vehicular traffic and to place barriers or station police officers at each end of the closed portion, while construction or maintenance work is under way or a special event is being conducted on the closed portion. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or park a motor vehicle upon any such closed portion.

Council or the Mayor shall have authority to establish a restricted traffic area upon any street where construction or maintenance work is under way, and Council or the Mayor may station, or cause to be stationed, flagmen at each end of the restricted portion. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle upon any such restricted traffic area at any time when a flagman is displaying a sign directing that vehicle to stop, or is signaling that vehicle, by a flag or other device, not to proceed.

§ 15-109 Stop Intersections Established.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 9; as amended by Ord. 719, 10/18/2005, Art. I; and by Ord. 746, 5/19/2010, § I]

The following intersections 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 street:

Stop Street	Intersecting or Through Street	Direction of Travel
Alder Drive	Short Street	Northbound
Alder Drive	Short Street	Southbound
Alder Drive	Brighton Road	Southbound
Berringer Place	Brighton Road	Southbound
Breading Avenue	Church Avenue	Southbound
Breading Avenue	Church Avenue	Northbound
Brighton Road	Dalzell Avenue	Eastbound
Brighton Road	Hilands Avenue	Westbound
Brighton Road	Forest Avenue	Eastbound
Brighton Road	Forest Avenue	Westbound
Brighton Road	Dickson Avenue	Westbound
Church Avenue	Breading Avenue	Eastbound
Church Avenue	Hilands Avenue	Eastbound
Church Avenue	Hilands Avenue	Westbound
Church Avenue	Breading Avenue	Westbound
Church Avenue	Forest Avenue	Westbound
Church Avenue	Walnut Road	Westbound
Church Avenue	Dickson Avenue	Westbound
Church Avenue	Ridge Avenue	Eastbound
Church Avenue	Ridge Avenue	Westbound
Church Avenue	Dickson Avenue	Eastbound
Church Avenue	Forest Avenue	Eastbound
Dalzell Avenue	Church Avenue	Southbound
Dalzell Avenue	Church Avenue	Northbound
Dickson Avenue	Church Avenue	Northbound
Dickson Avenue	Sturgeon Street	Northbound
Dickson Avenue	Church Avenue	Southbound
Dickson Avenue	Perrysville Avenue	Southbound
Flaccus Road	Forest Avenue	Westbound
Flaccus Road	Dickson Avenue	Eastbound
Forest Avenue	Church Avenue	Southbound
Forest Avenue	Brighton Road	Southbound
Forest Avenue	Brighton Road	Northbound
Forest Avenue	Church Avenue	Northbound
Hilands Avenue	Church Avenue	Northbound
Irwin Avenue	Woodland Avenue	Northbound
Irwin Avenue	Ohio River Boulevard	Southbound
Juniper Way	Perrysville Avenue	Westbound
Juniper Way	Ridge Avenue	Eastbound
Laurel Avenue	Brighton Road	Northbound
Merton Road	Perrysville Avenue	Eastbound
Park Avenue	Brighton Road	Southbound
Perrysville Avenue	Church Avenue	Westbound
Perrysville Avenue	Dalzell Avenue	Westbound
Perrysville Avenue	Breading Avenue	Westbound
Perrysville Avenue	Brighton Road	Westbound
Perrysville Avenue	Dickson Avenue	Westbound
Prospect Avenue [Added by Ord. 771, 5/19/2015]	Dickson Avenue	Westbound
Prospect Avenue	Ridge Avenue	Eastbound
Ridge Avenue	Church Avenue	Southbound
Ridge Avenue	Church Avenue	Northbound
Ridge Avenue	Juniper Way	Northbound
Ridge Avenue	Brighton Road	Southbound
Rostrevor Place	Church Avenue	Northbound
Spruce Run Road	Brighton Road	Northbound
Sturgeon Street	Ridge Avenue	Eastbound
Sturgeon Street	Dickson Avenue	Westbound
Virginia Avenue	Walnut Road	Westbound
Walnut Road	Church Avenue	Southbound
Woodland Avenue	Forest Avenue	Westbound
Woodland Avenue	Dickson Avenue	Eastbound

§ 15-110 Yield Intersections Established.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 10]

The following intersections 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 in the direction or directions indicated for that street:

Yield Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
Belle Riviere Court	Brighton Road	Southbound
Breading Avenue	Forest Avenue	Southbound

§ 15-111 Entrance to Certain Streets Prohibited.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 11]

To Ohio River Boulevard. No person shall operate a motor vehicle southbound on Belle Riviere Court to enter Ohio River Boulevard or southbound on Dickson Avenue from Brighton Road to enter Ohio River Boulevard.

To Marvin Way. No person shall operate a motor vehicle northbound on Rostrevor Place to enter eastbound Marvin Way.

Left turns shall be prohibited from Perrysville Avenue onto Juniper Way.

[Added by Ord. 772, 9/15/2015]

Right turns shall be prohibited from Juniper Way onto Perrysville Avenue.

[Added by Ord. 772, 9/15/2015]

§ 15-112 No-Passing Zones Established.

[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 12]

Except while traveling on Ohio River Boulevard, no motor vehicle may pass another moving motor vehicle traveling in the same direction on any street, road or alley in the Borough.

§ 15-113 Engine Brake Prohibition.

[Added by Ord. 753, 3/20/2012]

The Ben Avon Borough Council finds as a fact that the operation of an engine brake on a gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle not equipped with exhaust mufflers, or equipped with defective or modified exhaust mufflers, so as to create excessive noise through the use of said engine brake, adversely affects the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Borough and of motorists and, therefore, is a nuisance in fact.

No gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle shall be operated on the following described portion of Ohio River Boulevard within the Borough of Ben Avon utilizing, in said operation, an engine brake, without exhaust mufflers or with defective or modified exhaust mufflers, so as to permit excessive noise to be created by said motor vehicle when the engine brake is employed:

Those portions of Ohio River Boulevard designated by appropriate signage and also comprising the following areas:

(1)

Those portions of Ohio River Boulevard northbound between PennDOT Stations 194+50 and 224+00.

(2)

Those portions of Ohio River Boulevard southbound between PennDOT Stations 224+00 and 194+50.

Appropriate signage is authorized and directed to be installed.

This section shall not apply to emergency driving situations requiring the utilization of an engine brake to protect the safety and property of the residents of the Borough, other motor vehicle operators, pedestrians and the operator and passengers of the motor vehicle involved in said emergency situation.