[Ord. 757-2009, 7/1/2009]
1. At all locations in the Township where official traffic-control signals are installed, pedestrians, except where directed otherwise by pedestrian-control signals installed under §
15-1102 of this Part, shall obey the directions of those traffic-control signals, as follows:
A. When facing a green signal, a pedestrian may proceed across the roadway
within a crosswalk.
B. When facing a steady yellow signal, a pedestrian shall not start
to cross the roadway.
C. When facing a steady red signal, a pedestrian shall not enter the
roadway.
[Ord. 757-2009, 7/1/2009]
1. At the following locations, official pedestrian-control signals shall
be erected (or are ratified if previously erected):
Location
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21st Street at Ridge Road (Holy Spirit Hospital exit)
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East Penn Drive at Pennsboro Commons entrance
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Erford Road at Poplar Church Road
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Erford Road at Routs 11 and 15 (SR0011)
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Intersection of East Penn Drive and Magaro Road
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Intersection of East Penn Drive and Wertzville Road
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Intersection of North Enola Drive and Shady Lane
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Intersection of Wertzville Road and Center Street
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Intersection of Wertzville Road and Southmont Drive
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Poplar Church Road at rear exit Holy Spirit Hospital
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Routes 11 and 15 at Summerdale Plaza entrance
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Valley Road at "B" Street
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2. Every pedestrian facing a steady or flashing "Don't Walk" signal
shall obey the directions of that signal, as follows:
A. When facing a steady "Don't Walk" signal, a pedestrian shall
not start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal, but
any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the "Walk"
signal should proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while the "Don't
Walk" signal is showing.
B. When facing a flashing "Don't Walk" signal a pedestrian shall
not start to cross the roadway in the direction of the indication,
but any pedestrian who has partly completed crossing during the "Walk"
indication should proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone.
C. Any pedestrian who fails to obey the directions of a "Don't
Walk" signal, as indicated above, shall be guilty of an offense and
a violation of this Part.
[Ord. 757-2009, 7/1/2009]
Except when authorized by a police officer or other appropriately
attired person authorized to direct, control or regulate traffic,
it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to cross the roadway at any
of the following streets, at the intersection with that street indicated.
Location
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Intersection of 21st Street and Center Street/Poplar Church
Road
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Intersection of 21st Street and Cumberland Blvd.
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Intersection of Erford Road and Hunter Lane
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Intersection of Erford Road and Mumma Lane
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Southbound Route 15 at Route 581 Overpass
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[Ord. 757-2009, 7/1/2009]
1. It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian:
A. To cross any roadway in a business district within the Township except
in a crosswalk.
B. To cross the roadway, in any of the following portions of streets
in the Township, except in a crosswalk.
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Street
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Between
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(Reserved)
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2. Provided, nothing in this section shall permit any pedestrian to cross in a crosswalk at any location where that crossing is prohibited by §
15-1102 of this Part.
3. Definition of a "Crosswalk"
A. That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections
of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on the opposite sides of the
highway, measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from
the edges of the traversable roadway; and, in the absence of a sidewalk
on the side of the roadway, that part of a roadway included within
the extension of the lateral lines of the existing sidewalk.
B. Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the
surface.
[Ord. 757-2009, 7/1/2009]
Any pedestrian who violates any provision of this Part shall
be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of $5 and costs.