[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Fox Chapel as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 3-20-1978 by Ord. No. 403 (Ch. 15, Part 1, of the 1978 Code
of Ordinances)]
A.
Words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force
or as hereafter amended or enacted, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning.
B.
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine
and the neuter.
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 Fox Chapel.
The Mayor shall have the following powers to regulate traffic
and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
A.
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish
temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
B.
In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works, or in the
conduct of parades, processions or public events, to restrict or prohibit
traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of not more than
72 hours.
C.
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Mayor and the Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any person who shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor in violation of any such regulations, or who shall move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any sign or marking erected, posted or made to give notice of any such regulation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this article for a violation of such nature and, in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this article, to the general penalty provisions in § 338-7.[1]
The Borough Council may, from time to time, designate places upon and along the highways in the Borough where, for a period of not more than 90 days, specific traffic and/or parking regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be in force and effect and shall designate such locations by proper signs and markings. Such regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had been specified in this article. No person shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor 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. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this article for a violation of such nature and, in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this article, to the general penalty provisions in § 338-7, provided that the purpose of this section is to allow for the test and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.
The peace officers of the Borough are hereby given authority
to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough and at intersections
thereof.
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.
Any person who violates a provision of this article shall, upon
conviction, be subject to the appropriate penalties set forth in the
Pennsylvania Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.) for
each provision so violated: 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6502 provides
for a fine of $25 for every violation of the Vehicle Code for which
another penalty is not specifically provided. In default of payment
of such fine and costs of prosecution, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6504
provides for violators to undergo imprisonment for not more than one
day for each $40 of the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
No person shall drive any vehicle except a human-powered vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the general penalty provisions in § 338-7.
[Amended 8-19-1980 by Ord. No. 425; 3-18-1981 by Ord. No. 428; 8-20-2007 by Ord. No. 655]
A.
The following speed limits are hereby established:
|
Highway
|
Between
|
Speed Limit
(mph)
|
|---|---|---|
|
Berkshire Drive
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Buckingham Road
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Delafield Road
|
Entire length
|
35
|
|
Fairview Road
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Field Club Road
|
Fox Chapel Road and O'Hara Township line
|
25
|
|
Field Club Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Fox Chapel Road and Hemlock Hollow Road
|
25
|
|
Field Club Road
|
Tree Farm Road and O'Hara Township line
|
25
|
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
Entire length
|
35
|
|
Grandview Drive
|
Entire length
|
35
|
|
Guyasuta Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Buckingham Road and Hemlock Hollow Road
|
25
|
|
Hemlock Hollow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Fox Chapel Road and Old Mill Road
|
25
|
|
Hemlock Hollow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Old Mill Road and Dorseyville Road
|
35
|
|
Highland Road
|
Fox Chapel Road and Tree Farm Road
|
25
|
|
Hunt Road
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
North Drive
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Old Mill Road
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Pasadena Drive
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Pasadena Drive, South
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Riding Meadow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Riverview Terrace
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
South Drive
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Spring House Lane
|
Fox Chapel Road and the easterly line of lands of the Fox Chapel
Presbyterian Church
|
15
|
|
Spring House Lane
|
The easterly line of lands of the Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church
and the easterly terminus of Spring House Lane
|
25
|
|
Valley Drive
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Waldheim Road
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Waldheim Road East
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Wilmar Drive
|
Entire length
|
25
|
B.
Any person who shall operate a vehicle or tractor at a speed in excess
of the maximum established therefor, upon any highway or portion thereof
specified in this section, will be prosecuted as per the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3362(c), which provides for
a fine of $35, plus $2 for each mile in excess of five miles per hour
over the maximum speed limit.
[Amended 4-16-2018 by Ord. No. 705]
A.
At the following intersections, official traffic signals shall be
erected (or if heretofore erected are hereby ratified), and traffic
at such intersections shall be directed by such signals, provided
that, unless a sign is in place prohibiting a turn, vehicular traffic
facing a steady red signal may enter the intersection to turn right,
or to turn left from a one-way roadway onto a one-way roadway, after
stopping. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully
using the intersection.
|
Intersection
|
|---|
|
Field Club Road and Fox Chapel Road
|
A.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or tractor traveling
upon the first-named highway at any of the following intersections,
in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case, to make
a left and/or right turn at the said intersection, as hereby indicated:
|
Vehicle Traveling From
|
Direction of Travel
|
Into
|
Not to Make
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fox Chapel Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Southbound
|
Hemlock Hollow Road
|
Right turn
|
|
Hemlock Hollow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Southbound
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
Left turn
|
A.
The following highways 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:
|
Highway
|
Between
|
|---|---|
|
Delafield Road
|
Fox Chapel-Aspinwall Borough line and Fox Chapel Road
|
|
Dorseyville Road
|
O'Hara Township line and Indiana Township line
|
|
Fairview Road
|
Fox Chapel Road and Fox Chapel Borough-Indiana Township line
|
|
Fox Chapel Road
[Repealed 5-15-2023 by Ord. No. 724] | |
|
Fox Chapel Road
[Repealed 5-15-2023 by Ord. No. 724] | |
|
Fox Chapel Road
[Added 5-15-2023 by Ord. No. 724] |
Northbound, Chapel Ridge Road and Guys Run Road
|
|
Fox Chapel Road
[Added 5-15-2023 by Ord. No. 724] |
Northbound, Delafield Road and Chapel Ridge Road
|
|
Fox Chapel Road
[Added 5-15-2023 by Ord. No. 724] |
Southbound, Chapel Ridge Road and Powers Run Road
|
|
Fox Chapel Road
[Added 5-15-2023 by Ord. No. 724] |
Southbound, Guys Run Road and Chapel Ridge Road
|
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
Southbound, Powers Run Road and Delafield Road
|
|
Hemlock Hollow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Fox Chapel Road and Dorseyville Road
|
|
Hunt Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Hemlock Hollow Road and Fox Chapel-O'Hara Township line
|
[Amended 4-16-1979 by Ord. No. 407; 4-16-1979 by Ord. No. 408; 2-25-1980 by Ord. No. 415; 3-18-1980 by Ord. No. 417; 10-18-1982 by Ord. No. 436; 4-18-1983 by Ord. No. 439; 3-17-1986 by Ord. No. 461; 5-17-1987 by Ord. No. 477; 6-20-1994 by Ord. No. 550; 10-21-1996 by Ord. No. 579; 5-17-1999 by Ord. No. 603; 11-17-2008 by Ord. No. 662]
A.
The following intersections (in addition to highways intersecting with the through highways established by § 338-12 of this article) are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway upon the first-named highway in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop within a reasonable distance before entering any such intersection:
|
Highway
|
Through Highway
|
Direction of Travel
|
|---|---|---|
|
Berkshire Road
|
Buckingham Road
|
East
|
|
Borough Building (2 stop signs)
|
Fox Chapel Road
| |
|
Buckingham Place
|
Buckingham Road
| |
|
Buckingham Road
|
Hunt Road
|
North
|
|
Buckingham Road
|
Intersection of Guyasuta Road and Grandview Drive South
|
East
|
|
Buckingham Road
|
Marvelwood Lane
|
East
|
|
Chapel Hill Drive
|
Highland Road
|
North
|
|
Chapel Ridge Court
|
Chapel Ridge Road
|
North
|
|
Chapel Ridge Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
East and west
|
|
Deer Spring Lane
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Hemlock Hollow Road
|
South
|
|
Delafield Road
|
East Waldheim Road (southwesterly end)
|
North
|
|
Delafield Road
|
Valley Drive
|
South
|
|
Delafield Road
|
Waldheim Road
|
Southwest
|
|
Easton Road
|
Old Mill Road
|
North
|
|
Easton Road
|
West Chapel Ridge Road
| |
|
Edgewood Road
|
Hampton Road
|
West
|
|
Evergreen Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
East
|
|
Fair Oaks Drive
|
Fairview Road
| |
|
Field Club Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
East and west
|
|
Field Club Road
|
Highland Road
|
North
|
|
Field Club Road
|
Shadow Ridge Drive
|
North and south
|
|
Field Club Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Hemlock Hollow Road
|
Southwest
|
|
Field Club Road
|
Wise Hill Road
|
North
|
|
Forest Drive
|
Highland Road
|
North
|
|
Fox Chapel Road
[Added 5-15-2023 by Ord. No. 724] |
Chapel Ridge Road
|
North and south (4-way)
|
|
Fox Chapel Road*
|
Powers Run Road
|
South
|
|
Fox Chapel Road*
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Riding Meadow Road (north of westerly corner of triangle)
|
West
|
|
Foxhurst Drive
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
Northeast
|
|
Foxhurst Road
|
West Chapel Ridge Road
| |
|
Foxtop Drive
|
Field Club Road
|
North
|
|
Foxwood Drive
|
Highland Road
|
South
|
|
Glenhaven Lane
|
Field Club Road
|
North and south
|
|
Glenover Place
|
East Waldheim Road
| |
|
Glenover Place
|
South Pasadena Drive
| |
|
Grandview Drive North
|
Guyasuta Road
|
Northwest
|
|
Grandview Drive North
|
Guyasuta Road
|
West
|
|
Guyasuta Road
|
Buckingham Road
|
West
|
|
Guyasuta Road
|
Grandview Drive North
|
Southwest
|
|
Guyasuta Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Hemlock Hollow Road
|
Northeast
|
|
Hemlock Hollow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Dorseyville Road
|
West
|
|
Hemlock Hollow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Fox Chapel Road
|
South
|
|
Hickory Hill Road
|
Field Club Road
|
North
|
|
Hidden Spring Lane
|
Wildberry Road
| |
|
Highland Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
West
|
|
Hillcrest Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
Northwest
|
|
Hunt Club Lane
|
Wedge wood Lane
| |
|
Hunt Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Hemlock Hollow Road
|
East
|
|
Indian Hill Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
East
|
|
James Ross Place
|
Buckingham Road
|
South
|
|
La Tourelle Lane
|
Colbert Lane
|
Northeast
|
|
Long Meadow Drive
|
Fox Chapel Road
| |
|
Longfellow Drive
|
Guyasuta Road
|
South
|
|
Marvelwood Lane
|
Buckingham Road
|
West
|
|
Meadowood Drive
|
Edgewood Road
|
West
|
|
Nantucket Drive
|
Fairview Road
|
West
|
|
North Drive
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
West
|
|
Notre Dame Place
|
Pasadena Drive
|
Northeast
|
|
Notre Dame Place
|
Waldheim Road
|
Southwest
|
|
Nottingham Circle
|
Buckingham Road
| |
|
Old Indian Trail
|
Fox Chapel Road
| |
|
Old Mill Road
[Added 12-18-2023 by Ord. No. 727] |
Easton Road
|
East and west (3-way)
|
|
Old Mill Road
|
Fairview Road
|
North and south
|
|
Old Mill Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
North
|
|
Old Mill Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Hemlock Hollow Road
|
South
|
|
Old Timber Trail
|
Highland Road
|
South
|
|
Pasadena Drive
|
Delafield Road
|
South
|
|
Pasadena Drive South
|
Delafield Road
|
North
|
|
Pheasant Drive
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
West
|
|
Poplar Drive
|
Dorseyville Road
|
East
|
|
Powers Run Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
North
|
|
Ridgedale Lane
|
Field Club Road
|
South
|
|
Ridgedale Lane
|
Pheasant Drive
| |
|
Riding Meadow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Fox Chapel Road
|
East
|
|
Riding Meadow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Hemlock Hollow Road
|
West
|
|
Riding Trail
|
Hunt Road
|
South
|
|
Riverview Terrace
|
The Oaks
| |
|
Settler's Ridge Road
|
Dorseyville Road
| |
|
Shadow Ridge Road
|
Field Club Road
|
West
|
|
Shannon Drive
|
Fairview Road
|
Southwest
|
|
South Drive
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
West
|
|
South Drive
|
North Drive
|
North
|
|
Springhouse Lane
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
West
|
|
Sweet Gum Road
|
Wildberry Road
|
South
|
|
Sweet Water Lane
|
Fairview Road
| |
|
The Maples
|
East Waldheim Road
|
Southeast
|
|
The Oaks
|
East Waldheim Road
|
West
|
|
The Oaks
|
South Pasadena Drive
| |
|
Tree Farm Road
|
Highland Road
|
South
|
|
Twin Pine Court
|
Twin Pine Road
| |
|
Twin Stream Drive
|
Old Mill Road
| |
|
Waldheim Road
|
Delafield Road
|
South
|
|
Waldheim Road
|
Windsor Road
|
East
|
|
Waldheim Road, East
|
Delafield Road
|
North
|
|
Waldheim Road, East
|
Delafield Road
|
Northwest
|
|
Waldheim Road, West
|
Windsor Road
|
East
|
|
Wedgewood Lane
|
Hunt Road
|
South
|
|
Westchester Drive
|
Buckingham Road
|
Northeast
|
|
Westmoreland Farms Lane
|
Hunt Road
| |
|
Westport Drive
|
Fairview Road
|
North
|
|
Whispering Pines Drive
|
Fairview Road
| |
|
Wildberry Road
|
Highland Road
|
South
|
|
Wildberry Road
|
Tree Farm Road
| |
|
Willow Farms Lane
|
Dorseyville Road
| |
|
Wilmar Drive
|
Fairview Road
|
North
|
|
Windmere Drive
|
Powers Run Road
| |
|
Windsor Road*
|
Valley Drive
|
South
|
|
Woodbrook Drive
|
Wedgewood Lane
| |
|
Woodcliffe Road
|
Field Club Road
| |
|
Woodcock Drive
|
Wynnwood Drive
| |
|
Woodland Farms Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
East
|
|
Wynnwood Drive
|
Hunt Road
|
North
|
|
*
|
NOTE: As to each highway by the name of which an asterisk appears,
there shall be placed below the "stop" sign a sign which reads "right
turn keep moving."
|
[Amended 3-16-1981 by Ord. No. 428; 4-18-1983 by Ord. No. 439; 8-17-1985 by Ord. No. 456; 11-17-2008 by Ord. No. 662]
A.
The following intersections are hereby established as yield-right-of-way
intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected (or are hereby
ratified if heretofore erected) along the first-named highway in such
a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway
in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and
tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway
in the direction or directions hereby indicated shall yield the right-of-way
to any vehicle in the intersection 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 Highway
|
Through Highway
|
Direction of Travel
|
|---|---|---|
|
Autumn Path Lane
|
Silent Run Road
| |
|
Chapel Oak Road
|
Easton Road
| |
|
Chapel Ridge Place
|
Chapel Ridge Road
| |
|
Fairview Road
|
Fox Chapel Road
|
Southeast
|
|
Fairview Road
|
Old Mill Road
|
West
|
|
Hemlock Hollow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Old Mill Road
|
Eastbound
|
|
Old Mill Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Hemlock Hollow Road
|
West
|
|
Riding Meadow Road (west of southerly corner of triangle)
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Fox Chapel Road
|
South
|
|
Riding Trail Lane
|
Intersection of loop
| |
|
Twin Pine Road
|
Berkshire Drive
|
North
|
|
Twin Pine Road, upper portion
|
Twin Pine Road, lower portion
|
North
|
|
White Fawn Lane
|
Old Timber Trail
| |
|
Wise Hill Road
|
Tree Farm Road
|
[Amended 8-20-1979 by Ord. No. 409; 12-17-1979 by Ord. No. 412]
A.
Due to the threat to the public safety and to the deterioration and
damage to Borough streets resulting from travel by vehicles weighing
in excess of 40,000 pounds, or having wheel weights in excess of 4,500
pounds, no vehicle or combination may be operated on any street maintained
by the Borough of Fox Chapel if:
B.
The Borough may issue a permit as provided for in the preceding subsection
upon the following conditions:
(1)
Application for a permit shall be made to the Borough Manager on
a form to be provided by the Borough.
(2)
In the application, the applicant shall agree to be liable for the
cost of repairing damage to the roadways, structures and appurtenances
within the lines of any street or road or portion thereof traversed.
(3)
The permit may be conditioned as provided in § 4962(a)
of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.
(4)
This Subsection B(4) and Subsection B(5) immediately below recognize that frequent overweight trips are more damaging than isolated overweight trips and, therefore, apply to applicants who propose to make frequent overweight trips over Borough streets. "Frequent" shall mean, for purposes of this section, more than two overweight trips on a particular day. A person, firm or corporation shall be deemed to propose frequent trips if the total of proposed overweight trips in one day by his, her or its officers, employees, agents, contractors or subcontractors exceeds two; in other words, no person, firm or corporation shall avoid treatment as a frequent overweight user by having a number of different persons or entities make two or fewer overweight trips per day. To assist in determining the liability and responsibility under Subsection B(2) above of an applicant proposing frequent overweight trips, and prior to the issuance of a permit or use by the applicant of overweight vehicles on a Borough street, the applicant or his or her designated representative, together with the Borough Manager or his or her authorized representative, shall inspect the street or road, or portion thereof, to determine the condition of the base, surface, berms, signs, drainage facilities and other appurtenances and structures. Said conditions shall be noted on a form to be provided by the Borough. The applicant, together with the Borough representative, shall sign and date said form. One copy shall be given to the applicant. In addition, the applicant, at his expense, shall have the option of taking still or moving pictures of the street or road prior to the applicant's use of overweight vehicles on it, provided that such pictures are taken in the presence of the Borough Manager or representative and a copy of each picture or film is placed in the custody of the Borough. The applicant shall not be responsible for any needed repairs noted during the inspection and noted on the form.
(5)
An applicant who proposes to make frequent overweight trips over
Borough streets shall file a bond with the Borough, in a form and
with corporate surety acceptable to the Borough, conditioned on the
repair of damage to the street or road which appears within two years
after the use by the applicant of said street or road or portions
thereof. The amount of the bond shall be in an amount to be determined
by the Borough Manager.
C.
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of operating a vehicle
with a gross weight in excess of a posted weight shall, upon conviction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 plus $150 for each 500 pounds,
or part thereof, in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable
weight.
[Amended 4-16-2018 by Ord. No. 705]
D.
In the event of concurrent violations of gross weight and wheel weight
provisions, the only fine imposed shall be for violation of that provision
which provides the greatest fine.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 15(e), which referenced sections
of the Motor Vehicle Code that have been repealed and which immediately
followed this subsection, was deleted 4-16-2018 by Ord. No. 705.
[Amended 10-15-2007;
by Ord. No. 657; 1-19-2009 by Ord. No. 665; 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 697; 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 702; 4-16-2018 by Ord. No.
705]
A.
Parking shall be prohibited at all times at the following locations:
|
Highway
|
Side
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Foxtop Drive
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
|
Glenhaven Lane
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
|
Guyasuta Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
Both
|
Between Hemlock Hollow Road and a point 500 feet west of Hemlock
Hollow Road
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Hemlock Hollow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
East
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Between Field Club Road and Hunt Road
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Pheasant Drive
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Both
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Entire length
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Ridgedale Lane
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Both
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Entire length
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Trillium Lane
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Both
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Entire length
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B.
Parking shall be permitted at the following designated locations
only by vehicles displaying a current permit issued by the Borough:
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Designated Parking Areas
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Beechwood Farms
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Hemlock Hollow Road
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
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Old Mill Road
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Riding Meadow
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Riding Meadow Road, between the point 500 feet south of the
southerly line of Riding Meadow Park and the point 500 feet north
of the northerly line of said park.
[Amended 3-20-2023 by Ord. No. 723] |
C.
The Borough may charge an annual fee, set by resolution of Borough Council from time to time, for permits described in Subsection B above, and a permit may be revoked with no reimbursement of fee in the event the permit holder violates this section or another ordinance of the Borough.
D.
Except while actively engaged in making a delivery to or a pickup
from a location in the Borough, unlicensed machines and vehicles and
vehicles with commercial licenses may not be parked on any road or
street (including rights-of-way or easements outside the paved area)
in the Borough.
E.
The Borough Manager is hereby authorized to erect or cause to be
erected signs notifying the public of the restrictions imposed by
this section.
F.
Any person, partnership or corporation violating any parking provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $50.
The provisions of this article, so far as they are the same
as those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately prior
to the enactment of this article, are intended as a continuation of
such ordinances and regulations and not as new enactments. The provisions
of this article shall not affect any act done or liability incurred,
nor shall they affect any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted
to enforce any of these repealed ordinances or regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 19, Authorization to use specific
highway speed-timing devices, and Section 20, Authorization to use
highway speed-timing devices approved by Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, both added 2-26-1982 by Ord. No. 432, which immediately
followed this section, were repealed 4-16-2018 by Ord. No. 705.
[Adopted 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 677 (Ch. 15, Part 2, of the 1978 Code
of Ordinances)]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Fox Chapel
Winter Maintenance Ordinance."
The Fox Chapel Borough Council finds that:
A.
Snow and ice storms can and do impair the flow of vehicular traffic
and emergency services, which may result in conditions adverse to
the welfare and safety of the public.
B.
In order to ensure the welfare and safety of the public, public roads
need to be cleared of snow or ice as promptly as possible.
C.
Vehicles parked on public roads during the deposit or accumulation
of snow or ice present a traffic hazard and impair the Borough's ability
to effectively remove all snow or ice from the roads in a safe and
expedient manner. They further create a financial burden on the Borough
by requiring the Public Works Department to duplicate a service that
could have been completed if not for the parking of said vehicles
on the public roads.
D.
The pushing or shoveling of snow or ice from private driveways or
sidewalks onto public roads in the Borough is counterproductive to
the removal of the snow or ice from the roads by the Public Works
Department and further creates conditions adverse to the welfare and
safety of the public.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Fox Chapel Borough located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The Council of the Borough of Fox Chapel, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania.
A portion of a public road or right-of-way with an improved
surface used for vehicular traffic. Width is determined from one edge
of driving surface to the other and shall include the stormwater gutter
or face of curb.
An inlet or vault usually covered with a grate and/or hood
and located at the point where a street gutter or drainage ditch discharges
into a storm sewer system.
A private area used exclusively for circulation and ingress
and egress to a road or street by the landowner or visitors of a lot.
An individual, partnership, public or private association
or corporation, public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
A road used for vehicular traffic, owned and maintained by
a private individual, organization, company, homeowners' association,
housing co-op or other group of individual homeowners rather than
by a government, which is authorized by an easement to a private party
or which provides access pursuant to a reserved or private right.
An alley, avenue, boulevard, highway, freeway, parkway, lane,
street, road, viaduct and any other way used by vehicular traffic
but not including driveways, private roads, parking areas, sidewalks
or walkways, which is accepted for dedication by Borough Council and/or
maintained by the Borough.
A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced
dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied
by a road, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil or
gas pipeline, waterline, sanitary or storm sewer or other similar
uses.
Any private contractor working for, in or on any private
property within Fox Chapel Borough who is engaged in snow or ice removal
from said private property.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a public road, including but
not limited to automobiles, trucks, carriages, motorcycles, mopeds,
scooters, quads, boats, jet skis, trailers, recreation vehicles, tractors
and wagons.
It shall be unlawful to park or allow to be parked or abandon
any vehicle on the cartway within the municipal boundaries of Fox
Chapel Borough following the deposit or accumulation of ice or snow
or at any other time in such a manner as to impede ice or snow removal
operations and/or winter maintenance.
A.
It shall be unlawful for owners, occupants or tenants of property
or snow removal agencies to dump, throw, shovel, pile or push any
snow or ice removed from driveways, sidewalks or private roads onto
any public road even if the snow placed at the end of the driveway
is a direct result of plowing the public roadway by the Borough.
B.
No snow, ice, slush or a combination thereof shall be pushed or deposited
into any stream or river or any drainage area, culvert or catch basin
within a right-of-way in which the Borough has rights.
C.
No person shall damage any Borough property, including but not limited
to traffic signs, curbs, culverts, etc., while removing snow, ice,
slush or a combination thereof. Any damage to Borough property shall
be repaired or replaced in accordance with the requirements of the
Borough at the expense of the property owner and/or snow removal agency.
The Fox Chapel Police Department shall be the enforcement officer
of this article. Enforcement officers are hereby authorized to remove
any vehicle abandoned or parked upon any public roadway or street
in violation of the terms and provisions of this article and to have
said vehicle towed to the tow truck operations facility. The owner
may recover said vehicle upon payment of any and all towing and storage
charges to the tow truck company. Neither the Borough nor any of its
officers or employees shall be held responsible for any damage to
any vehicle occurring as a result of towing and/or storage of a vehicle
parked in violation of this article.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding 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 court costs and
reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction,
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the Allegheny County correctional facility for a period
not exceeding 30 days, provided that each violation of any provision
of this article and each day the same is continued shall be deemed
a separate offense.
