[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 1]
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.
[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 3]
1. 
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:
A. 
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish temporary traffic and parking regulations.
B. 
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.
C. 
To limit parking in any part of the commercial section in the Borough to a period of two hours.
2. 
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Mayor and the police of the Borough in the same manner as permanent regulations.
3. 
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.
[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.
[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
[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.
[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 8]
1. 
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.
2. 
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.
[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 9; Ord. 719, 10/18/2005, Art. I; Ord. 746, 5/19/2010, § I; Ord. 771, 5/19/2015; Ord. No. 801, 3/18/2025]
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
Perrysville 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
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
[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
[Ord. 692, 4/19/2000, Art. I, § 11]
1. 
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.
2. 
To Marvin Way. No person shall operate a motor vehicle northbound on Rostrevor Place to enter eastbound Marvin Way.
3. 
Left turns shall be prohibited from Perrysville Avenue onto Juniper Way.
[Added by Ord. 772, 9/15/2015]
4. 
Right turns shall be prohibited from Juniper Way onto Perrysville Avenue.
[Added by Ord. 772, 9/15/2015]
[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.
[Added by Ord. 753, 3/20/2012]
1. 
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.
2. 
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:
A. 
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.
B. 
Appropriate signage is authorized and directed to be installed.
3. 
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.