[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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:
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Street
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Between
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Maximum Speed Limit
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Addison Street
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McGovern Avenue and Washington City line
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15 MPH
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Albert Street
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Melvin and Harold
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15 MPH
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Buena Vista Street
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McCarrell Avenue to a Dead End
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15 MPH
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Buena Vista Street
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McCarrell Avenue and East Wayne Street
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10 MPH
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Charles Street
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Oakwood Avenue and Griffith Street
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25 MPH
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Cortez Drive
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Jefferson Avenue and North Hewitt Avenue
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25 MPH
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Crescent Drive
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Beatty Drive and North Hewitt Avenue
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25 MPH
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Dye Road
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Prigg Road and McKee Road
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15 MPH
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Griffith Street
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Edgewood Avenue and Charles Street
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15 MPH
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Haney Road
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Haines Road and South Hewitt
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25 MPH
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Haney Road
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Haines Road and Township line
|
25 MPH
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Hilltop Lane
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Jefferson Avenue and North Hewitt Avenue
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15 MPH
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Malone Ridge Road
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Lynn Road and Hewitt Avenue
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35 MPH
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McClay Road
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South Hewitt Avenue and Jefferson Avenue
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35 MPH
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Midlan Drive
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Jefferson Avenue and Dead End
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25 MPH
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Ohio Avenue
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West Wylie Avenue and Oakland Avenue
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15 MPH
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Old Chestnut Street
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The Circle and Virginia Via
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15 MPH
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Old Street
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The Road and the Circle
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25 MPH
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Pat Drive
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Old Chestnut and dead end
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15 MPH
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Pennsylvania Avenue, South
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Oakland Avenue and North Pennsylvania Avenue
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15 MPH
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Prigg Road
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Weirich Avenue and McKee Road
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35 MPH
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Rex Road
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Jefferson Avenue and Malone Ridge Road
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25 MPH
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Sunset Drive, East
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Circle and dead end
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15 MPH
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Valley View
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Point View and dead end
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15 MPH
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Weirich Avenue
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Route 40 and Armstrong Drive
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25 MPH
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Weirich Avenue
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U.S. Route 40 to the intersection of Armstrong Drive
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25 MPH
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Woodland Avenue, East
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Griffith Street and Washington City line
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15 MPH
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Woodland Avenue, East
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Griffith Street and Elizabeth Street
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15 MPH
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2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. 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. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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:
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Bridge or Elevated Structure
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Location
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Maximum Speed Limit
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(Reserved)
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2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. 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. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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
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Between
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Direction of Travel
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Maximum Gross Weight
|
Maximum Speed Limit
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Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
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(Reserved)
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2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. 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. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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 Township,
except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified,
shall apply:
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Park
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Street
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Location
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Maximum Speed Limit
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(Reserved)
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2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. 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. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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
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Type of Signal
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Jefferson Avenue and Hewitt Avenue
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Blinking yellow signal
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Henderson Avenue and Hewitt Avenue
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Conventional 4-way signal
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2. Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic
signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and
costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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:
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Intersection
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Vehicles Traveling On
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Facing
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(Reserved)
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2. Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
1. The following are established as one-way streets, 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:
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Street
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From
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To
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Direction of Travel
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(Reserved)
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2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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
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Not to Make Turn
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Into
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When
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Type of Vehicle Applicable To
|
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(Reserved)
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2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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
|
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|
(Reserved)
|
2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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
|
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|
(Reserved)
|
2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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
|
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|
(Reserved)
|
2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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 § 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 all applicable requirements of that
section of the law:
|
Highway
|
Between
|
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|
(Reserved)
|
2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1; as amended by Ord.
7-2009, 9/30/2009, § 4; by Ord. 3-2010, 11/16/2010, § 4;
and by Ord. 10-2011, 12/21/2011, § 4]
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 § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code, 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
|
Intersection or Through Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
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Airport Road
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Lynn Portal Road
|
South
|
|
Airport Road
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Route 18
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North
|
|
Airport Road
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Lynn Portal Road
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South
|
|
Airport Road
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Route 18
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North
|
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Albert Street
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Harold Street
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North
|
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Albert Street
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Harold Street
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South
|
|
Apple Alley
|
Davis Avenue
|
South
|
|
Arch Street
|
Ohio Street
|
West and East 2 way stop
|
|
Arlington Street, East
|
Hilltop Lane
|
East
|
|
Baird Avenue
|
East Findlay Avenue
|
West
|
|
Beatty Drive
|
Cortez Drive
|
West
|
|
Beatty Drive
|
Hilltop Drive
|
West
|
|
Berthel Avenue
|
Grove Avenue
|
West
|
|
Beverly Drive
|
Jefferson Avenue
|
South
|
|
Blue Jay Drive
|
Malone Ridge Road
|
West
|
|
Buena Vista Street
|
Hayes Avenue
|
West
|
|
Buena Vista Street
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Baird Avenue
|
East
|
|
Buena Vista Street
|
Baird Avenue
|
West
|
|
Buena Vista Street
|
South McCarrell Avenue
|
East
|
|
Buena Vista Street
|
Grove Avenue
|
East
|
|
Buena Vista Street
|
Grove Avenue
|
West
|
|
Carbon Avenue, North
|
Green Street
|
North
|
|
Carbon Avenue, South
|
West Findlay Street
|
North
|
|
Charles Street
|
Oakwood Avenue
|
West
|
|
Cornelia Drive
|
Hewitt Avenue
|
East
|
|
Cornelia Drive
|
Hewitt Avenue
|
West
|
|
Cortez Drive
|
Jefferson Avenue
|
South
|
|
Cortez Drive
|
Kline Drive
|
North
|
|
Cortez Drive
|
Kline Drive
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South
|
|
Cortez Drive
|
North Hewitt Avenue
|
North
|
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Crescent Drive
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Beatty Drive
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South
|
|
Diane Drive
|
Beverly Drive
|
South
|
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Dye Road
|
McKee Road
|
North
|
|
Elizabeth Street
|
Griffith Street
|
East
|
|
Euclid Avenue
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Hickory Street
|
West
|
|
Ewing Street
|
Caldwell Avenue
|
West
|
|
Ewing Street
|
Hayes Avenue
|
Both
|
|
Findlay Street, East
|
Grove Avenue
|
East
|
|
Findlay Street, East
|
Baird Avenue
|
West
|
|
Findlay Street, West
|
Jessop Place
|
East
|
|
Griffith Street
|
Oakwood Avenue
|
West
|
|
Griffith Street
|
Woodland Avenue
|
East
|
|
Haney Road
|
South Hewitt Avenue
|
East
|
|
Hawkins Street
|
West Wylie Avenue
|
East
|
|
Hawkins Street
|
West Wylie
|
West
|
|
Hawkins Street
|
Charles Street
|
East
|
|
Hawkins Street
|
Kerns Hill
|
East
|
|
Hawkins Street
|
Ford Street
|
West
|
|
Hayes Avenue
|
Ewing Street
|
Both
|
|
Hewitt Avenue, North
|
Belmont Avenue
|
North
|
|
Hewitt Avenue
|
Jefferson Avenue
|
North by Northeast/North by Northwest 4 way stop
|
|
Hickory Street
|
Euclid Avenue
|
South
|
|
Hilltop Lane
|
North Hewitt Avenue
|
North
|
|
Hilltop Lane
|
Jefferson Avenue
|
South
|
|
Jefferson Avenue
|
Hewitt Avenue
|
North to South/South to North 4 way stop
|
|
Kerns Hill
|
Weirich Avenue
|
South
|
|
Kline Drive
|
Cortez
|
West
|
|
Kline Drive
|
Crescent Drive
|
West
|
|
Linnwood Avenue
|
Buena Vista Street
|
South
|
|
Linnwood Avenue
|
East Wayne Street
|
West
|
|
Lynn Road
|
Lynn Portal Road
|
East
|
|
Lynn Road
|
Malone Ridge Road
|
West
|
|
Malone Ridge Road
|
Hewitt Avenue
|
South
|
|
Mary Street
|
Weirich Avenue
|
South
|
|
Mary Street
|
Davis Street
|
North
|
|
McGovern Avenue
|
Euclid Avenue
|
North
|
|
McGovern Avenue
|
Scott Avenue
|
North
|
|
McGovern Avenue
|
Caldwell Avenue
|
North
|
|
Melody Lane
|
Jefferson Avenue
|
South
|
|
Melody Lane
|
West Arlington Avenue
|
South
|
|
Midlan Drive
|
Beverly Drive
|
North
|
|
Midlan Drive
|
Beverly Drive
|
South
|
|
Morrison Drive
|
Beverly Drive
|
North
|
|
Mulberry Hill Road
|
Route 18
|
North
|
|
Mulberry Hill Road
|
Lynn Portal Road
|
South
|
|
*Oakwood Avenue
|
Elizabeth Street
|
(check up or down hill)
|
|
Ohio Avenue
|
Oakland Avenue
|
South
|
|
Ohio Avenue
|
West Wylie Avenue
|
North
|
|
Old Chestnut Street
|
Virginia Via
|
West
|
|
Old Street
|
The Road
|
West/*-
|
|
Pennsylvania Avenue, North
|
Ohio Street
|
South
|
|
Point View Drive
|
Weirich Avenue
|
South
|
|
Prigg Road
|
Weirich
|
East
|
|
Prigg Road
|
McKee Road
|
West
|
|
Rex Road
|
Malone Ridge Road
|
North
|
|
Short Street
|
Grove Avenue
|
West
|
|
Short Street
|
Grove Avenue
|
South
|
|
Sunset Drive
|
The Circle
|
South
|
|
The Circle
|
Sunset Drive
|
East
|
|
The Circle
|
Virginia Via
|
East
|
|
The Circle
|
Virginia Via
|
West
|
|
Virginia Via
|
The Circle
|
South
|
|
Virginia Via
|
Old Chestnut
|
South
|
|
Wayne Street, West
|
Green Street
|
West
|
|
Weirich Avenue
|
Armstrong Drive
|
North
|
|
Weirich Avenue
|
The Road
|
North
|
|
Weirich Avenue
|
Route 40
|
South
|
|
Wolf Avenue
|
Cornelia Street
|
South
|
2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
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 § 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
|
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|
(Reserved)
|
2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
1. No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall
be operated on any property owned by the Township or any other public
agency or instrumentality within the Township without the permission
of the property owner and a permit from the Code Enforcement Officer
and/or other Township designee of the Township.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code]
2. Any person who violates an provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002, § 1]
1. The following roads and streets within the Township are designated
as special snowmobile roads:
|
Street or Road
|
Between
|
Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic
|
Shared With Vehicular Traffic
|
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|
(Reserved)
|
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any
highway, street or road in the Township other than as provided above,
provided, nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating
a snowmobile on any other street in the Township:
A. As authorized by § 7721 of the Vehicle Code for emergency
and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane
highways; or,
B. For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the
street is blocked off as provided in § 7723 of the Vehicle
Code. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall
be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 7752(a) of the
Vehicle Code.
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002; as added by Ord. 1-2012, 2/9/2012,
§§ 1 — 6]
1. This section shall be known as the "Canton Township Engine Brake
Ordinance."
2. The Supervisors of Canton Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania,
find, as a fact, that the operation of an engine brake on a gasoline
powered or diesel powered motor vehicle, creates excessive noise through
the use of said engine brake, adversely affects the public health,
safety and welfare of the residents of Canton Township, and, therefore,
is a nuisance in fact.
3. No operator of a gasoline powered or diesel powered motor vehicle
shall utilize an engine brake while operated on the streets, roads,
alleys or highways within the Township of Canton, Washington County,
Pennsylvania, due to excessive noise being created by said motor vehicles.
4. 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 Canton Township, other motor vehicles operators,
pedestrians, and the operator and passengers of the motor vehicle
involved in said emergency situation.
5. This section shall not apply to hybrid vehicles using electric regeneration
or pneumatic/hydraulic energy recuperation for braking.
6. Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code]
[Ord. 2-2002, 5/15/2002; as added by Ord. 2-2012, 2/9/2012,
§§ I — VIII]
1. Name. This section shall hereafter be known and cited as the "Canton
Township Recreational Vehicle Ordinance of 2012."
2. Purpose. The purpose of the within section is to regulate and control
the operation and use of recreational vehicles within the said Township
for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the
residents, property owners, visitors and others within said Township.
3. Definitions. The following terms, when used in the within section,
shall have the following meanings:
DEALER
Any person engaged in the sale, lease or rental of all terrain
vehicles, four wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, motor bikes, dirt
bikes, three wheelers, bicycles, cars, trucks and all other type of
recreational vehicle and snowmobiles as a regular business.
HIGHWAY or STREET
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained where any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes or vehicular travel.
OPERATE
To ride in or on and to be in actual physical control of
the operation of the recreation vehicle.
OPERATOR
Any person who operates or is in actual physical control
of a snowmobile o any other recreational vehicle described in this
section.
OWNER
Any of the following:
|
(1)
|
A person who holds the legal title to a snowmobile or any other
recreational vehicle described in said ordinance.
|
|
(2)
|
A vendee or lessee of the snowmobile or any other recreational
vehicle described in said ordinance, which in the subject of an agreement
for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase
upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with
an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee
or lessee.
|
|
(3)
|
A person renting a recreational vehicle or having the exclusive
use of a recreational vehicle.
|
PERSON
An individual, partnership, corporation, the state or any
of its agencies or subdivisions, and any body of persons, whether
incorporated or not.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
All terrain vehicles, four wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles,
motor bikes, dirt bikes, three wheelers, bicycles, cars, trucks and
any other type of recreational vehicle and any motor-driven vehicle
designed for travel primarily on snow or ice of a type which utilizes
sled-type runners or skis, or an endless belt tread or any combination
of these or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which
it is operated.
RIGHT OF WAY
That portion of a highway less the roadway and any shoulder.
ROADWAY
That portion of a highway improved, designated or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel. If a highway includes two or more separate
roadways, the term roadway refers to any such roadway separately,
but not to all such roadways collectively.
SHOULDER
That portion of a highway on either side of the roadway which
is normally snowplowed for the safety and convenience of vehicular
traffic.
4. Regulations.
A. No person, owner and/or dealer shall operate or permit the operation
by others of their owned all terrain vehicles, dirt bikes, three wheelers
and any other type of recreational vehicle and snowmobiles upon a
public highway, land used as farm or play areas, (except as permitted
by law) or parking lot(s) not specifically designed for the use of
vehicles described herein, except under the conditions and circumstances
set forth in this section. No person, owner, dealer shall operate
said vehicles in residential zoned areas.
B. If it is determined that the use of all terrain vehicles, dirt bikes, three wheelers and any other type of recreational vehicle and snowmobiles upon a public highway, land used as farm or play areas, (except as permitted by law), parking lot(s) and/or private property that detrimentally affects the health, safety and welfare of the residents and/or guests thereof, then the same shall be a violation of this section. The Township shall have the right to issue a cease and desist order to the owner and/or operator of the aforesaid vehicles. This remedy shall be in addition to Subsection
8, "Penalties" thereof.
5. Special Allowances.
A. The Supervisors, any police officer or ordinance or law enforcement
officer may authorize the use of such vehicles described herein, on
a public highway or street when an emergency occurs and conventional
motor vehicles cannot be used for transportation due to snow or other
extreme highway conditions.
B. A person may operate such vehicles described herein, on a highway
for a special event of limited duration, conducted according to a
pre-arranged schedule, if he or she first obtains a permit from the
township board which shall only be granted if said board is of the
opinion that the same can be operated in a safe, non-destructive manner
and without thereby creating a nuisance or hazard to persons or property.
C. No person, owner or dealer shall permit the operating of all terrain
vehicles, four wheel drives, motorcycles, motor bikes, dirt bikes,
three wheeler, cars, trucks and any other type of recreational vehicles
and snowmobiles as follows:
(1)
On private property not owned, leased or under the control of
the operator unless the operator has the express consent in writing
of the owner, lessee or other person in control of said property,
except in case of an emergency when other means of travel are not
feasible or possible.
(2)
On public school grounds, parks, playgrounds, recreational areas,
golf courses and other public lands (other than state owned lands
where such operation is authorized by statute), without the express
consent of the public authority in charge of such lands or premises,
except where such operation is absolutely necessary in an emergency
when other means of travel are not feasible or possible.
(3)
At a speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having due
regard for conditions then existing.
(4)
While under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic
drugs, barbital or any derivative of barbital.
(5)
During the hours from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before
sunrise without displaying a lighted headlight and a lighted tail
light.
(6)
In any forest nursery, planting area, or public lands posted
or reasonably identifiable as an area of forest reproduction when
growing stock may be damaged or as a natural dedicated area.
(7)
On the frozen surface of public waters within 100 feet of a
person including, but not limited to, a skater, not in or upon a snowmobile
or recreational vehicle, or within 100 feet of a fishing shanty or
shelter, except at the minimum speed, or on an area which has been
cleared of snow for skating purposes unless the area is necessary
for access to the frozen public water.
(8)
Unless such vehicle described in Subsection
5C(3) of this section is equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation from which noise emission at 50 feet in an arc at right angles from the vehicle path- and extending rearward entirely behind the vehicle under full throttle does not exceed 86 DBA (decibels on the "A" scale) on a sound meter having characteristics defined by American Standards Association SI 4-1966, "General Purpose Sound Meter."
(9)
Within 100 feet of a dwelling between 12:00 midnight and 6:00
a.m., at a speed greater than minimum required to maintain forward
movement of the vehicle.
(10)
In or upon premises which are fenced, otherwise enclosed in
or a manner to exclude intruders, private property, not posted, in
a conspicuous manner or when notice against trespass is personally
communicated to the operator by the owner of the promises or other
authorized persons.
(11)
In areas zoned residential.
(12)
In any area on which public hunting is permitted during the
season open to the taking of deer with firearms from 7:00 a.m. to
11:00 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., except during an emergency
for lawful enforcement purpose, to go to and from a permanent residence
or a hunting camp otherwise inaccessible by conventional wheeled vehicle
or for the conduct of necessary work functions involving land and
timber survey, communication and transmission line patrol and timber
harvest operations, or on the operator's own property under his control
or as an invited guest of an owner or person in control of said property.
(13)
While transporting a bow, unless unstrung, or a firearm, unless
securely encased or equipped with and made inoperative by a manufactured
key locked trigger housing mechanism.
(14)
On or across a cemetery or burial ground.
(15)
Within 100 feet of a slide, ski or skating area, except for
the purpose of servicing the area or for medical emergencies.
(16)
On a railroad or railroad right-of-way, except for railroad,
public utility or law enforcement personnel while in the performance
of their duties.
(17)
Unless it has at least one headlight, one tail-light and adequate
brakes capable of stopping the vehicle.
6. Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code]
7. Savings Clause. The provisions of this section are hereby declared
to be severable. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or subsection
is declared void or inoperable for any reason by any court, it shall
not affect any other part or portion thereof other than the part declared
void or inoperable.
8. Penalties.
A. Any violation of this section shall constitute a summary offense
and any person, firm or corporation found guilty of such violation
shall be fined in the discretion of the court up to $300 or imprisoned
in the County Jail for up to 90 days or both. Each day that a violation
continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
B. Any person guilty of a violation of the within section shall also
be subject to civil proceedings for damages and/or injunctive relief
by the property owner, firm or corporation injured or damaged by such
violations.
C. Both criminal and civil proceedings may be commenced against, a person
violating the within ordinance and commencement of any such proceedings
shall not constitute an election of remedies preventing the commencement
of the other proceedings against such violator.
D. The burden of proof is required by the defendant to prove he/she
had permission to ride a recreational vehicle upon any property except
their own property.