Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have meanings ascribed to them in the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code as now in force or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted,[1] 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
[Amended 4-9-1990 by Ord. No. 800]
The Township of Wilkins shall adopt all traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature:
A. 
By enactment of an ordinance.
B. 
By action of the Chief of Police of Wilkins Township. The Chief of Police is by this section authorized and directed to impose such traffic regulations as may be specified from time to time by the Board of Commissioners of Wilkins Township by resolution. Such resolution may direct the Chief of Police to regulate traffic or parking through exercise of any of the powers specified at 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(a). Regulations of traffic or parking so imposed shall be deemed to have been authorized and imposed by this chapter and by action of a public official authorized to act on specified matters in accordance with the provisions of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(b)(2).
C. 
In such other manner as may be authorized by law.
The Chief of Police of the Township of Wilkins or the officer in command in his absence shall have the following powers:
A. 
Regulating and temporarily prohibiting traffic on streets closed or restricted for construction, maintenance, or special events; Vehicle Code Section 6109(a)(1).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(a)(15).
B. 
Adopting and enforcing such temporary or experimental regulations as may be necessary to cover emergencies or special conditions, including but not limited to fire, flood, storm or road construction damage; Vehicle Code Section 6109(a)(20).[2] Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Police Department of the Township of Wilkins in the same manner as permanent regulations.
[Amended 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917]
[2]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(a)(20).
The Board of Commissioners of Wilkins Township 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; Vehicle Code Section 6109(b).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(b).
The Police Department shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic ordinances of this Township or of the state Vehicle Code of which any person has been charged, together with the final disposition of all such alleged offenses.
The Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular traffic hazards exist upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such stop intersection, and shall erect a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required; Vehicle Code Section 6109(b).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(b).
A. 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon any highway where such stopping, standing or parking would create a hazardous traffic condition or would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic.
B. 
The site where such standing, stopping or parking is prohibited shall be marked by the erection of official traffic signs; Vehicle Code Section 3353(d).[1] [2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3353(d).
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Section 8, entitled "Stopping, standing or parking prohibited," which immediately followed this section, was repealed 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such circumstances as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all street's and highways within the Township, except as this chapter, as authorized by state law, hereby declares and determines upon the basis of traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets and highways or in certain areas, in which event it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in this chapter when signs are in place giving notice thereof. No person shall exceed the maximum speed limit as posted on any highway within the Township; Vehicle Code Sections 3363 and 6109(a)(10) and (14).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3363 and 6109(a)(10) and (14).
Any person or firm or corporation causing damage to be done to any traffic standard, sign or other construction of the Township shall become liable to pay the damages caused thereby.
The Police Department shall have the right to remove, if necessary, any vehicle obstructing traffic, whether parked or standing. The charges for such removal shall be held by the person owning or in charge of the vehicle causing such obstruction or which is illegally parked; Vehicle Code Section 3351.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3351.
The Township may determine and designate which streets or highways in the Township require a limitation of the weight of motor vehicles which use said streets or highways in order that said streets or highways shall not be damaged. Upon ascertaining which streets or highways require said limitation of weight passing over the same, signs shall be erected at either end and along streets and highways setting forth the maximum weight of motor vehicles which can use said streets and highways; Vehicle Code Section 4902.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Pa.C.S.A. § 4902.
The provisions of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code as to the procedure in prosecuting violations shall be followed in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917]
No operator of any vehicle shall make a U-turn upon the Greensburg Pike, William Penn Highway, Brown Avenue, Churchill Road, Larimer Avenue, Rodi Road or Penn Center Boulevard.
[Amended 11-13-1989 by Ord. No. 788; 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917]
The following are established as one-way streets:
Name of Street
Direction of Travel
Location
Cherry Way
East
From Greensburg Pike to Wallace Avenue
Hart Drive Turnabout
Counter-clockwise
Entire length
Leneake Street
West
From Larimer Avenue to Linhart Street
Linhart Street
East
Entire length
Rebecca Avenue
East
From Thompson Street to McMasters Avenue
Ridge Street
South
From Wallace Avenue to Cline Street
Upper Mortimer Avenue
North
Entire length
Upper Mortimer
North
Entire length
The following speed limits are hereby established:
Name of Street
Speed Limit
(mph)
Limits
Alpine Boulevard
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Braddsley Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Briaridge Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Brown Avenue
35
Entire length
Calmont Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Churchill Road
25
From the Churchill Borough line to Larimer Avenue
Cline Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Clugston Avenue
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Curry Avenue
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Curry Court
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Delaney Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Dunbar Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Farnsworth Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Frazier Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Gardenia Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
George Lane
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
George Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Gilchrest Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Gilmore Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Grandview Avenue
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Greensburg Pike
35
From the Churchill Borough line to the Borough of Turtle Creek line
Harrison Road
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Harwick Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Hawthorne Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Highland Avenue
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
James Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Jefferson Heights Road
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Kingston Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Larimer Avenue
25
From Rodi Road south to the Turtle Creek Borough line
Laurel Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Leax Lane
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Leneake Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Linhart Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Lucia Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
McMasters Avenue
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Mortimer Avenue
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Negley Avenue
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Old William Penn Highway
35
Entire length
Patterson Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Penhurst Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Penn Center Boulevard
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Powell Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Quarry Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Queenston Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Radcliff Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Rebecca Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Ridge Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Ridgewood Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Rita Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Rodi Road South
35
Entire length
Roland Road
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Stevendale Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Sunset Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Thompson Run Road
35
Entire length
Thompson Street
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Thorncrest Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Tynewood Drive
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Wallace Avenue
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
Wilbur Avenue
[Added 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 23-94]
20
Entire length
[Amended 1-12-1981 by Ord. No. 666; 8-29-1994 by Res. No. 24-94; 4-30-2007 by Ord. No. 980; 9-10-2007 by Ord. No. 981]
The following intersections located in the Township are hereby declared to be stop intersections and official stop signs shall be erected or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected. All vehicles traveling upon the first named street, upon approaching the second named street shall come to a full stop, at a clearly marked stop line, or if none, before entering a crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then, at a point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering into the intersection.
If Traveling Upon
Stop At
Direction
Alpine Boulevard
Greensburg Pike
Alpine Boulevard
Miller Street
Both
Alpine Boulevard
Stevendale Drive
Ayers Alley
Negley Avenue
Baker Street
Lower Rodi Road
Balint Lane
Brown Avenue
Beech Street
Washington Street Extension
Beech Street Extension
Saw Mill Run Road
Boone Alley
Clugston Avenue (upper)
Boone Alley
Clugston Avenue (lower)
Braddsley Drive
Penhurst Drive (upper)
Braddsley Drive
Penhurst Drive (lower)
Briaridge Drive
Larchwood
South
Briaridge Drive
Leax Lane
Briaridge Drive
Tynewood (lower)
Both
Calmont Drive
Thorncrest Drive
Charnwood Drive
Frazier Drive
Cherry Way
Wallace Avenue
Churchill Court
Churchill Road
Churchill Lane
Coal Street
Churchill Lane
Negley Avenue
Churchill Road
Larimer Avenue
Churchill Road
Penhurst Drive
Both
Cline Street
Greensburg Pike
Cline Street
Powell Street
South
Cline Street
Wallace Avenue
Both
Clugston Avenue
Highland Avenue
Coal Street
Meadow Street
Curry Avenue
Negley Avenue
Curry Court
Negley Avenue
Delaney Drive
Dunbar Drive (lower)
South
Delaney Drive
Dunbar Drive (upper)
Delaney Drive
Kingston Drive
Delaney Drive
Queenston Drive
Both
Dorothy Street
Greensburg Pike
Dorothy Street
John Street
Both
Dorothy Street
Peter Street
Both
Dowling Avenue
Elizabeth Street
Dunbar Drive
Delaney Drive (lower)
Dunbar Drive
Delaney Drive (upper)
Both
Dunbar Drive
Jefferson Heights Road
Dunbar Drive
Kingston Drive
Both
Eastmont Park Road
Frazier Drive
Elizabeth Street
Greensburg Pike
Elizabeth Street
Lucia Road
Elizabeth Street
Nanette Drive
Both
Elizabeth Street
Rita Drive (lower)
Both
Elizabeth Street
Rita Drive (upper)
Both
Elizabeth Street
Stevendale Drive
Both
Farnsworth Avenue
Churchill Road
Farnsworth Avenue
Harrison Road
Farnsworth Avenue
Patterson Street
Both
Fire Department No. 4
Frazier Drive
Frazier Drive
Gilmore Drive
Both
Frazier Drive
Kingston Drive
Free Lane
Brown Avenue
Gardenia Drive
Churchill Road
George Lane
Churchill Road
George Street
Harrison Road
Gilchrist Drive
Old Northern Pike
Gilchrist Drive
Ridgewood Drive
Both
Gilmore Drive
Frazier Drive
Gilmore Drive
Kingston Drive
Grayhurst Drive
Harrison Road
Harrison Road
Churchill Road
Harrison Road
Farnsworth Avenue
Both
Harrison Road
Larimer Avenue
Harrison Road
Patterson Street
East
Hart Drive
Delaney Drive
Harwick Drive
Penhurst Drive (lower)
Harwick Drive
Penhurst Drive (upper)
Hawthorne Drive
Laurel Drive
Both
Hawthorne Drive
Sunset Drive (upper)
Hawthorne Drive
William Penn Highway
Heritage Drive
Penhurst Drive
Hibiscus Drive
Gardenia Drive
Highland Avenue
Clugston Avenue
Both
Highland Avenue
Mortimer Avenue
Both
Highland Avenue
Negley Avenue
Ivy Street
Brown Avenue
Ivy Street
Tongalucas Street
James Street
George Street
Jefferson Heights Road
Dunbar Drive
Both
Jefferson Heights Road
Orion Drive
Both
John Street
Dorothy Street
Kingston Drive
Dunbar Drive
Kingston Drive
Gilmore/Delaney Drives
Both
Kingston Drive
Frazier Drive
Both
Kingston Drive
Queenston Drive
Both
Larchwood Drive
Briaridge Drive
South
Laurel Drive
Hawthorne Drive
Laurel Drive
Orion Drive
Both
Laurel Village Drive
Penn Center Boulevard
Leax Lane
Briaridge Drive
Lilly Lane
Elizabeth Street
Lilly Lane
Rita Drive
Linhart Street
Larimer Avenue
Lougeay Road
Lower Rodi Road
Lougeay Road
Old William Penn Highway
Lucia Road
Roland Road
Lucinda Drive
Brown Avenue
McMasters Avenue
Larimer Avenue
McMasters Avenue
Rebecca Avenue
Both
McMasters Avenue
Semmens Street
Both
Miller Street
Alpine Boulevard
Both
Miller Street
Elizabeth Street
Mortimer Avenue
Highland Avenue
Mortimer Avenue
Saw Mill Run Road
Both
Mortimer Avenue
Spur Road
Both
Moss Street
Brown Avenue
Nanette Street
Elizabeth Street
Nanette Street
Rita Drive
Negley Avenue
Churchill Road
Both
Negley Avenue
Highland Avenue
North
Negley Avenue
Rebecca Avenue
Both
Negley Avenue
Semmens Street
Both
No Name Alley
Beaver Street
Old Northern Pike
Gilchrist Drive
Old Northern Pike
Old William Penn Highway
Orion Drive
Laurel Drive
Orion Drive
Sunset Drive
Patterson Street
Harrison Road
Peffer Road
Gardenia Drive
Peffer Road
Sawmill Run Road
Penhurst Drive
Braddsley Drive (lower)
Both
Penhurst Drive
Braddsley Drive (upper)
Both
Penhurst Drive
Churchill Road
Penhurst Drive
Harrison Road
Penhurst Drive
Harwick Drive (lower)
Both
Penhurst Drive
Harwick Drive (upper)
Both
Penhurst Drive
Heritage Drive
Both
Penhurst Drive
Radcliffe Drive
Both
Penn Center Boulevard
Building No. 2
North
Penn Center Boulevard
Building No. 7
Both
Penn Center Boulevard
Laurel Village Entrance
Both
Penn Center Boulevard
Lower Rodi Road
Peter Street
Dorothy Street
Pine Tree Drive
Vineseian Place
Powell Street
Cline Street
Powell Street
Greensburg Pike
Queenston Drive
Delaney Drive
Queenston Drive
Kingston Drive
Radcliff Drive
Harwick Drive
Radcliff Drive
Penhurst Drive
Railroad Street
Larimer Avenue
Rebecca Avenue
McMasters Avenue
Ridge Street
Cline Street
Both
Ridge Street
Greensburg Pike
Ridgecrest Drive
Lougeay Road
Ridgewood Drive
Gilchrist Drive
Both
Rita Drive
Elizabeth Street (lower)
Rita Drive
Elizabeth Street (upper)
Rita Drive
Stevendale Drive
Both
Roland Road
Brown Avenue
Roland Road
Stevendale Drive
Russell Lane
Brown Avenue
Saw Mill Run Road
Mortimer Avenue
Semmens Street
McMasters Avenue
East
Spur Road
Beaver Street
Stevendale Drive
Alpine Boulevard
Both
Stevendale Drive
Elizabeth Street
Both
Stevendale Drive
Rita Drive
Stevendale Drive
Roland Road
Both
Straley Lane
Brown Avenue
Sunset Drive
Hawthorne Drive (lower)
Both
Sunset Drive
Hawthorne Drive (upper)
Sunset Drive
Old William Penn Highway
Sunset Drive
Orion Drive
Both
Sylvia Lane
Old William Penn Highway
Thomas Lane
George Lane
Thompson Street
Rebecca Avenue
Both
Thompson Street
Semmens Street
Thompson Run Road
Lower Rodi Road
Thorncrest Drive
Calmont Drive
Both
Thorncrest Drive
Hawthorne Drive
Tynewood Drive
Briaridge (lower)
Tynewood Drive
Briaridge (upper)
Upper Mortimer Avenue
Clugston Avenue
Vineseian Place
Churchill Road
Wallace Avenue
Cline Street
Wallace Avenue
Powell Street
Wallace Avenue
Ridge Street
Both
Washington Avenue
Brown Avenue
Washington Avenue Extension
Hazel Street
Wilbur Avenue
Ivy Street