[Ord. 2010-20, 7/8/2010, § 1]
This Part shall be known as the "Motor Vehicle Weight Limitation
of Swatara Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania."
[Ord. 2010-20, 7/8/2010, § 2]
This Part is enacted pursuant to the authority conferred by
the Vehicle Code, Act of 1976, June 17, P.L. 162, No. 81, § 1,
effective July 1, 1977 (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., as amended)
and is intended to include and be subject to all provisions of § 4902
of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902, and all Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation regulations promulgated under the Vehicle
Code, by way of illustration and not limitation, under §§ 4902(f)
and 6103 [75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 4902(f) and 6103].
[Ord. 2010-20, 7/8/2010, § 3]
For the purpose of this Part, the following terms, phrases,
words, or their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When
not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense
include the future, words in the plural number include the singular
number, and words in the singular number include the plural number
and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory:
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Swatara, Lebanon
County, Pennsylvania.
A fire department vehicle, police vehicle, ambulance, blood
delivery vehicle, Armed Forces emergency vehicle, one private vehicle
of a fire or police chief or assistant chief, or ambulance corps commander
or assistant commander, or of a river rescue commander used for answering
emergency calls, or other vehicle designated by the State Police under
§ 6106 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code (relating to designation
of emergency vehicles by the Pennsylvania State Police).
Any emergency vehicles and school buses, defined hereinafter,
vehicles and combinations or governmental entities and utilities where
their contractors are engaged in construction or maintenance on a
posted highway or in a location which can be reached only via a posted
highway, and vehicles and combinations going to or coming from a residence
or farm located on a posted highway or which can be reached only via
a posted highway.
Any vehicle or combination as defined and/or governed by
the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. 101 et seq., as amended.
A natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company, club, copartnership, society, or organization of any kind.
A motor vehicle designated for carrying more than 10 passengers,
exclusive of the driver, and used for the transportation of children.
The Township of Swatara, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 2010-20, 7/8/2010, § 4]
The Board of Supervisors has determined and hereby determines
based upon engineering studies conducted by the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation and otherwise that the following road may be damaged
or destroyed unless the permissible weight of motor vehicles is restricted
to the weight limits listed below and more fully described on Exhibit
15-2-A.
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Route Numbers
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Street Name
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Between
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Weight Limit
(Ton)
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|---|---|---|---|
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T437
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Monroe Valley Drive
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T474 and Municipal Line
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16
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[Ord. 2010-20, 7/8/2010, § 5]
1.
Pursuant to the findings under § 15-204, and by authority of § 4902 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, no motor vehicle or combination shall be operated upon the road listed in § 15-204 with gross weight in excess of the weight limits listed for said road in § 15-204.
2.
Local traffic as defined herein shall be exempted from the restrictions imposed under Subsection 1 above. However, if the Board of Supervisors determines that any local traffic is likely to damage the road, the Board of Supervisors will so notify the registrants of the motor vehicle or combination and will also notify the Pennsylvania State Police. After two business days following delivery of notice, or after five days following mailing of the notice, such local traffic vehicles shall not exceed the weight limits except in accordance with § 15-207 hereof.
[Ord. 2010-20, 7/8/2010, § 6]
The Board of Supervisors may issue permits for the movement of motor vehicles or combination with weights in excess of the restrictions imposed under § 15-204, and may require such undertaking or security as they deem necessary to cover the costs of anticipated or probable repairs and restoration necessitated by the permitted movement of vehicles. All actions taken under the authority of this section shall be taken in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, as found in Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Code.
[Ord. 2010-20, 7/8/2010, § 7]
The Township shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained
restriction signs designating the restrictions at the end of the portion
of road restricted as provided in this Part. In the case of a restriction
on a road which has not begun or ended at an intersection with an
unrestricted highway, the Township shall also place an advance informational
sign at the intersection nearest each end of the restricted portion
of the road which would allow drivers to avoid the restricted portion
of the road.
[Ord. 2010-20, 7/8/2010, § 8]
Any person operating a motor vehicle or combination upon a road or bridge in violation of a prohibition or restriction imposed under § 15-204 is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $75, except that any person 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.
