Borough of Akron, PA Part 3 GENERAL STREET REGULATIONS

§ 15-301 Regulation of Traffic in the Thoroughfares.

[Ord. 303, 3/9/1981, Art. III, § 1]

1. Motor vehicles in parking shall draw up to the right-hand curb and stop not more than 12 inches from the curb and parallel thereto, unless white lines or other directions are applicable to a particular place.

2. No motor vehicle shall park or remain standing within 20 feet of a street or alley intersection.

3. No vehicle shall park between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of the safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by official traffic control devices.

4. No vehicle shall park or remain standing within an intersection.

5. No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any uniformed police officer, sheriff or constable or any appropriately attired person authorized to direct, control or regulate traffic.

6. Police officers may place in front of public buildings and in front of private buildings as may be authorized by Council, a sign prohibiting parking, and may likewise place signs as designated by Council marking spaces wherein parking shall be restricted to a limited time.

7. No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact, alter, twist, obstruct, deface, injure, knock down, remove or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic-control device, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon or any other part thereof.

8. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or their agents to obstruct or interfere with the free and full use of the highways, including the sidewalks and anything so interfering may be removed as nuisances by any officer of the Borough; provided, however, these regulations shall not affect any person holding a valid permit.

§ 15-302 Stop Intersections Established.

[Ord. 303, 3/9/1981, Art. III, § 2; as amended by Ord. 348, 5/12/1986, § 2; by Ord. 350, 7/14/1986, § 1; by Ord. 403, 8/8/1994, §§ 1, 2; by Ord. 00037, 10/8/2007; and by Ord. 00083, 11/10/2014, § 1]

The following intersections located in the Borough are hereby declared to be 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 on the first named street in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles approaching the second named street in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance before entering said intersection:

Stop Street	Intersecting or Through Street	Direction of Travel
Broad Street	Eleventh Street	East and west
Broad Street	Ninth Street	East and west
Broad Street	Seventh Street	East and west
Broad Street	Sixth Street	West
Broad Street	Tenth Street	East and west
Broad Street	Third Street	Four-way stop
Broad Street	Twelfth Street	East and west
Brubaker Alley	Seventh Street	East
Church Street	Eleventh Street	East
Church Street	Ninth Street	West
Church Street	Tenth Street	East and west
Circle Drive	Main Street	South
Colonial Drive	Fulton Street	West
Crest View Drive	Main Street	East
Dawn Avenue	Diamond Street	West
Dawn Avenue	Main Street	North
Diamond Spring Circle	Farmersville Road
Diamond Station Road	Tobacco Road	Westbound (right turn need not stop)
Diamond Station Road	Diamond Street
Diamond Street	Main Street	East
Diller Avenue	Eshleman Drive	South
Diller Avenue	Walnut Street	North
East End Avenue	Main Street	West
Edgehill Drive	Colonial Drive	West
Edgehill Drive	Manor Ridge Drive	West
Eighth Street	Broad Street	North
Eighth Street	New Street	North and south
Eighth Street	Oak Street	South
Eleventh Street	Lions Lane	North and south
Eleventh Street	Main Street	North and south
Eshleman Drive	Eleventh Street	East
Eshleman Drive	Tenth Street	East
Fairview Drive	East End Avenue	West
Fairview Drive	Farmersville Road	East
Fifth Street	Fulton Street	North
Fifth Street	Main Street	North and south
Fifth Street	West View Drive	South
Ford Alley	Eleventh Street	East
Fourth Street	Main Street	North
Front Street	Fulton Street	East
Front Street	Main Street	West
Fulton Street	Ninth Street	East
Fulton Street	Rothsville Road	North
Fulton Street	Seventh Street	East and west
Grandview Drive	Hillcrest Road	East
Grandview Road	Oak Street	West
Heritage Road	Knollwood Drive	East (right turn need not stop) and west
Heritage Road	Rothsville Road	South
High Street	Oak Street	West
High Street	Tenth Street	East
Hillcrest Road	Eleventh Street	West
Hillcrest Road	Tenth Street	East and west
Knollwood Drive	Heritage Road	West
Lions Lane	Eleventh Street	West
Main Street	Diamond Street	West
Main Street	Seventh Street	East and west
Market Alley	Eighth Street	East
Meadowview Drive	Main Street	North
Meadowview Drive	Park Street	South
Miller Road	Fulton Street	East and west
Miller Road	Main Street	West
Miller Road	Rothsville Road	North
Moon Street	Eleventh Street	East
Moon Street	Ninth Street	West
Moon Street	Tenth Street	East and west
New Street	Eleventh Street	East
New Street	Ninth Street	West
New Street	Seventh Street	West
New Street	Tenth Street	East and west
Ninth Street	Broad Street	Four-way stop
Ninth Street	Main Street	North and south
Ninth Street	Seventh Street	North
Oak Street	Ninth Street	North and south
Oak Street	Seventh Street	North and south
Orchard Street	Eleventh Street	East
Park Street	Farmersville Road	East
Park Street	Main Street	North
Playground Alley	Broad Street	North and south
Playground Alley	Main Street	North
Playground Alley	New Street	South
Prince Street	High Street	South
Ridgewood Drive	Knollwood Drive	South
Scenic View Drive	Main Street	South
Sheppard Alley	Broad Street	North and south
Sheppard Alley	New Street	South
Sixth Street	Main Street	North
Springcrest Drive	Farmersville Road	East
Tenth Street	Main Street	North
Tenth Street	New Street	East and west
Third Street	Broad Street	Four-way stop
Third Street	Main Street	North
Twelfth Street	Main Street	North
Vista Drive	Bomberger Road	North
Vista Drive	Broad Street	East
Walnut Street	Ninth Street	West
Walnut Street	Tenth Street	East
West End Avenue	Fifth Street	East
West End Avenue	Fourth Street	West
West View Drive	Broad Street	North and south
West View Drive	Sixth Street	East
Westbrook Drive	Heritage Road	South
Wolf Road	Broad Street	West
Wolf Road	Fulton Street	East
Wolf Road	Main Street	East and west

§ 15-303 Restrictions as to Speed.

[Ord. 303, 3/9/1981, Art. III, § 3; as amended by Ord. 335A, 9/10/1984, § 1; by Ord. 00006, 7/9/2001, § 1; by Ord. 00007, 9/10/2001, § 1; and by Ord. 00037, 10/8/2007; and by Ord. 00050, 9/13/2010, §§ 1, 5, 7]

1.

A. All streets in the Borough of Akron are designated as 25 miles per hour speed limit zones, other than Rothsville Road and North Farmersville Road (SR 1025), which shall both retain their 40 miles per hour maximum speed limit their entire lengths, and 7th Street (SR 272), which shall retain its 35 miles per hour maximum speed limit its entire length in the Borough of Akron.

B. As used herein the term "all streets" includes the entire lengths of 3rd Street, 4th Street, 5th Street, 6th Street, 8th Street, 9th Street, 10th Street, 11th Street, 12th Street, Baker Alley, Bethany Road, Bomberger Road, Broad Street, Brubaker Alley, Cedar Street, Church Alley, Chestnut Street, Circle Drive, Colonial Drive, Crestview Drive, Dawn Avenue, Diamond Spring Circle, Diamond Station Road, Diamond Street, Diller Drive, East End Avenue, Edgehill Drive, Eshelman Drive, Evergreen Drive, Fairview Drive, Ford Alley, Front Street, Fulton Street, Grandview Drive, Grandview Road, Heritage Road, High Street, Highland Alley, Hillcrest Road, Knollwood Drive, Main Street, Market Alley, Meadowview Street, Miller Road, Moon Street, New Street, North Farmersville Road, Oak Street, Orchard Street, Park Street, Playground Alley, Prince Street, Ridgewood Drive, Scenic View Drive, Shepherd Alley, Short Alley, Springcrest Drive, Sunset Avenue, Vista Drive, Walnut Street, West End Avenue, West View Drive, Westbrook Drive, Willow Street, and Wolf Road.

2. A school zone is established on South Eleventh Street from Broad Street south to Hillcrest Road, where the speed limit shall be 15 miles per hour from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (prevailing time) Monday through Friday.

3. The speed limit the entire length of Lions Lane shall be 15 miles per hour. All persons driving on Lions Lane shall not drive at a speed greater than 15 miles per hour.

§ 15-304 Traffic Signals at Certain Intersections.

[Ord. 303, 3/9/1981, Art. III, § 4; as amended by Ord. 403, 7/11/1994, § 3; and by Ord. 101094, 10/10/1994, § 1]

At the following intersections, official traffic signals shall be erected upon prior approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways or, if already erected, are hereby ratified; and traffic at such intersection may be directed by such signals:

Location

Main Street and Rothsville Road, right turns on red prohibited

Main Street and Seventh Street, right turns on red prohibited

§ 15-305 One-Way Streets Established.

[Ord. 303, 3/9/1981, Art. III, § 5]

The following are established as one-way streets:

Street	From	To	Direction of Travel
Market Alley	South Seventh Street	Distance of 125 feet	East

§ 15-306 Prohibited Activities in Streets.

[Ord. 303, 3/9/1981, Art. III, § 6; as added by Ord. 357, 12/14/1987, § 3; and by Ord. 00051, 11/8/2010, § 1]

1. No person, partnership, or corporation shall, place, throw, or otherwise dispose of snow or slush upon the traveling lanes of any street within the Borough. As used herein the term "traveling lanes" is that area of each street that has been plowed for use by the traveling public in traversing any street. The term shall not include any appropriately designated parking lanes. At a minimum, the term "traveling lane" shall extend for a distance of 12 feet from the center line of each street within the Borough.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, or corporation to throw, place, or leave grass, leaves, or any other natural materials or any trash within the streets of the Borough.

3. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity to allow any tree, brush, shrub, or any other natural growth or any other object to project onto any portion of any street or thoroughfare within the Borough or to allow any overhanging trees to grow (measured from the street surface at the curb vertically) under the following distances on the following streets in the Borough of Akron:

A. Fourteen feet the entire lengths of Seventh Street and Main Street, North Ninth Street from SR 272 to Main Street, South Ninth Street from Oak Street South to the Borough Line and North Eleventh Street from SR 272 to Main Street.

B. Twelve feet along any other Borough street or alley.

4. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, or corporation to allow any stones, soil, or any other similar natural material to wash upon the Borough streets.