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Township of Lower Oxford, PA
Chester County
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Table of Contents
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[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993; as amended by Ord. 2-2005, 10/12/2005, § 2; and by Ord. 3-2008, 8/13/2008, § 2]
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:
Street
Between
Maximum Speed Limit
Dalton Road
Township Road to Toby Way
25 miles per hour
Toby Way
Entire length
25 miles per hour
Wyncote Drive
Union School Road (Township Road T353) to Pennsylvania Route 10 (State Route 0010) also known as Limestone Road
25 miles per hour
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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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:
Bridge or Elevated Structure
Location
Maximum Speed Limit
(Reserved)
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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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
Between
Direction of Travel
Maximum Gross Weight
Maximum Speed Limit
Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
(Reserved)
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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
1. 
A speed limit of 35 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Township of Lower Oxford, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:
Park
Street
Location
Maximum Speed Limit
(Reserved)
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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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
Type of Signal
(Reserved)
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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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 in to another one-way street) on a steady red signal:
Intersection
Vehicles Traveling on
Facing
(Reserved)
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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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:
Street
From
To
Direction of Travel
(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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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
Not to Make
Into
When
Type of Vehicle Applicable to
(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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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 right turn, at any time stated, both left turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:
Vehicles Traveling on
Direction of Travel
Times
Not to make left turn into or travel straight across
(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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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
(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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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
(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. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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 Section 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
Bethel Road (Twp. Route 323)
From Calvary Cemetery to Tweedale
Elkview Road (Twp. Road 323)
From Big Elk Creek to Lincoln U.
Route 323
Intersects on Route 314
Spring Lawn (Twp. Road 335)
From Hayesville to Union School Road
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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 of 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 Section 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
Intersecting or Through Street
Direction of Travel
Bethel Road (T-323)
Roney's Corner Road (T-314)
(4-way)
Bethel Road (T-323) (except right turn)
Calvery Road (T-319)
West
Calvery Road (T-319)
Bethel Road (T-323)
East and West
Calvery Road (T-319)
Lower Hopewell Road (T-312)
North and South
Calvery Road (T-319)
Roneys Corner Road (T314)
North and South
Conner Road (T-321)
Reedville Road (T-318)
(4-way)
Conner Road (T-321)
Lincoln Hayesville Road (T-342)
East and West
Crowl Toot Road (T340)
Elkdale Road (T-329)
East and West
Cullen Road (T-332)
Lincoln Hayesville Road (T-342)
East and West
Dalton Road (T-350)
Lincoln Hayesville Road (T-342)
East and West
Fairview Road (T-311)
Lower Hopewell Road (T-312)
North and South
Farmers Mill Road (T-313)
Wilson Mill Road (T-316)
North and South
Hall Road (T-331)
Lincoln Hayesville Road (T-342)
East and West
Kimbal Road (T-336)
Elkview Road (T-308)
East and West
Little Quarryville Road (T-352)
Cream Road (15025)
East and West
Lower Hopewell Road (T-312)
Bethel Road (T-323)
North and South
Quarry Road (T-352)
Jackson School Road (T-327)
East and West
Reedville Road (T-318)
Conner Road (T-321)
(4-way)
Roney Corner Road (T-314)
Bethel Road (T-323)
(4-way)
Spring Valley Road (T-330)
Hayesville-Cream Road (T-335)
East and West
University Circle (T-354)
Elkdale Road (T-329)
East and West
University Circle (T-354)
Elkdale Road (T-329)
East and West
Walnut Street (T-349)
First Avenue (T-347)
East and West
West Branch Road (T-315)
Duck Farm Road (T-334)
North and South
West Branch Road (T-315)
Crowl Toot Road (T-309)
North and South
Widdison Road (T-337)
Hayesville Cream Road (T-335)
East and West
Worths Bridge Road (T-310)
Jackson School Road (T-327)
East and West
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 1-93, 1/6/1993]
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 Section 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
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.