[Ord. 1997-2, 3/6/1997; as amended by Ord. 2008-02, 11/5/2008,
§ 301]
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to operate or drive
any vehicle or combination with a gross weight in excess of the maximum
prescribed below upon, along, over, or across the roads, streets,
alleys or bridges within the Township of Vernon, Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, as hereinafter set forth if such vehicle exceeds the
weight limits hereinafter specified for said road(s), all pursuant
to § 4902(a) of the Act of Assembly known as the Motor Vehicle
Code.
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Township Road Number & Name
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Identified Area of Road
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Maximum Gross Weight Limit
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|---|---|---|
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Bailey Road (T431)
|
Route 19 S. to S. Watson Run Road
|
10 tons
|
|
Bishop Avenue (T489)
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Hollis Road (T488) to Eastview Avenue (T486)
|
10 tons
|
|
Brooks Road (T478)
|
Between Harmonsburg Road (SR3016) and Middle Road (T487)
|
10 tons
|
|
Brown Hill Road (T387)
|
Between South Watson Run Road (T456) and West Vernon Road (T429)
|
10 tons
|
|
Cervone Drive (T496)
|
Between U.S. 322 and the dead end
|
10 tons
|
|
Coleman Road (T569)
|
Between SR 0098 and SR 4007
|
10 tons
|
|
Cotton Road (T488)
|
Between SR 0006 and Middle Road (T487)
|
10 tons
|
|
Cotton Road (T488)
|
Between Middle Road (T487) and Van Horn Road (T514)
|
10 tons
|
|
Culver Drive (T407)
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Between US 322 to dead end
|
10 tons
|
|
Cutter Road (T490)
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U.S. Route 322 to Carr Hill Road (T457)
|
10 tons
|
|
Davis Road (T469)
|
Between SR 0098 and dead end
|
10 tons
|
|
Debra Drive (T601)
|
Between Mullen Road (T457) and Kevin Drive (T604)
|
10 tons
|
|
Denoon Road
|
Between Harmonsburg Road SR 3016 to Coleman Road
|
10 tons
|
|
Eastview Avenue (T486)
|
Between SR 0006 and Bishop Avenue (T489)
|
10 tons
|
|
Finley Avenue (T964)
|
Between SR 102 and dead end to south
|
10 tons
|
|
Hager Road (T455)
|
Between Carr Hill Road (T457) and Bailey Road (T431)
|
10 tons
|
|
Hollis Road (T488)
|
Between SR 0006 and S. Watson Run Road (T456)
|
10 tons
|
|
Hough Road (T476)
|
Between S. Watson Run Road (T456) and Brown Hill Road (T387)
|
10 tons
|
|
Jackson Avenue (T484)
|
Between U.S. Route 322 and Cherry Street (T483)
|
10 tons
|
|
Johnson Road (T512)
|
Between Bailey Road (T431) to its terminus at the Union Township
line
|
10 tons
|
|
Kennedy Hill Road (T702)
|
Between Kennedy Hill Road (SR3025) to Union Township line
|
10 tons
|
|
Kevin Drive (T604)
|
Between Debra Drive (T601) to private road
| |
|
Middle Road (T487)
|
Between SR 0098 and its terminus with the Summit Township line
|
10 tons
|
|
Mullen Road (T457)
|
Between SR 0019 and SR 3025
|
10 tons
|
|
McClintock Road (T514)
|
Between SR 102 and SR 3016
|
10 tons
|
|
Ontario Drive (T520)
|
Between SR 102 and SR 3016 Harmonsburg Road
|
10 tons
|
|
Park Lane Drive (T450)
|
From SR3016 to Cul-de-sac
|
10 tons
|
|
Parkview Drive (T603)
|
Between Mullen. Road (T457) and Brown Hill Road (T600)
|
10 tons
|
|
Pine Road (T474)
|
Between SR 0006 and Brown Hill Road (T387)
|
10 tons
|
|
Putnam Road (T462)
|
Between Middle Road (T487) and the Summit Township line
|
10 tons
|
|
Scenic Drive (T470)
|
Between Harmonsburg Road (SR3016) and the dead end
|
10 tons
|
|
S. Watson Run Road (T456)
|
Between SR 0006 and the Union Township line
|
10 tons
|
|
Swamp Road (T387)
|
Between West Vernon Road (T429) and the Greenwood Township line
|
10 tons
|
|
VanHorne Road (T514)
|
Between SR 0098 and the dead end
|
10 tons
|
|
W. Vernon Road (T429)
|
Between South Watson Run Road (T456) to Sadsbury Township line
|
10 tons
|
|
Williams Road (T464)
|
Between the Summit Township line and Coleman Road (T569)
|
10 tons
|
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Williams-Reynolds (T501)
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Between SR 102 to SR 102
|
10 tons
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under §§ 4902(a) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code,
and upon conviction, shall 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 limit and costs of prosecution.
[Ord. 1997-2, 3/6/1997; as reenacted by Ord. 2008-02, 11/5/2008,
§ 302]
1.
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority
granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful
for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of
the size restrictions prescribed below for that bridge or street or
part of street:
|
Street or Bridge
|
Between
|
Restrictions
|
|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under §§ 4902(a) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code
and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $75 and
costs.
[Ord. 1997-2, 3/6/1997; as amended by Ord. 2008-02, 11/5/2008,
§ 303]
1.
The Township of Vernon, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, with respect
to roads and bridges under its jurisdiction may prohibit the operation
of vehicles and may impose restrictions as to the weight or size of
vehicles operated upon a road or bridge in the Township of Vernon,
Crawford County, Pennsylvania, whenever the Board of Supervisors of
Vernon Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, determine that hazardous
traffic conditions or other safety factors require such a prohibition
or restriction. School buses, emergency vehicles, and vehicles making
local deliveries or pickups may be exempted from restriction on the
use of roads imposed under this section.
2.
Any person operating a vehicle or combination in violation of a prohibition
or restriction imposed under this subsection is guilty of a summary
offense and shall upon conviction thereof be sentenced to pay a fine
of not less than $25 and not more than $100.
[Ord. 1997-2, 3/6/1997; as reenacted by Ord. 2008-02, 11/5/2008,
§ 304]
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle other than
a passenger car on any of the following streets or parts of streets,
provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from
driving an emergency vehicle on any of those streets or parts of streets
or from driving on any of those streets or parts of streets a truck
or other commercial vehicle making local deliveries to or pickups
from premises located along that street or part of a street:
|
Street
|
Between
|
|---|---|
|
Carr Hill Road
|
U.S. Rt. 19 and Hager Road (Twp. Rt. 455)
|
|
Mullen Road (Twp. Rt. 457)
|
U.S. Rt. 19 and Kennedy Hill Road
|
|
Park Lane Drive
|
Harmonsburg Road (Leg. Rt. 20046) and its southern terminus
|
|
Patricia Drive
|
U.S. Rt. 19 and terminus in Roche Park
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 1997-2, 3/6/1997; as added by Ord. 2008-02, 11/5/2008,
§ 305]
1.
The Township of Vernon, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, may issue permits for movement of vehicles of size and weight in excess of restrictions promulgated under §§ 15-301 and 15-303 of this Part, and may require such undertaking or security as the Board of Supervisors of Vernon Township deem necessary to cover the costs of repairs and restoration necessitated by the permitted movement of said vehicles. The Township of Vernon, Crawford County, Pennsylvania shall not refuse to issue a permit with respect to a road or bridge under its jurisdiction if there is no reasonable alternate route available. For purpose of this section, "reasonable alternate route" shall be deemed the criteria as set forth in the regulations promulgated by the Department of Highways, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relating to traffic and engineering studies.
2.
Designation of alternate routes:
B.
In conjunction with the exercise of the powers set forth in Subsection
(1) when refusing to issue a permit with respect to a road or bridge
under its jurisdiction the Township of Vernon, Crawford County, Pennsylvania,
may conduct or cause to be conducted an alternate route study. The
elements of an engineering and traffic study conducted to designate
an alternate route pursuant to this section shall consist of the same
elements found in the regulations of the Department of Highways, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 1997-2, 3/6/1997; as added by Ord. 2008-02, 11/5/2008,
§ 306]
The Township of Vernon, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, shall erect or cause to be erected and maintain restriction signs designating restrictions within 25 feet of each end of a bridge or portion of a highway restricted and provided in §§ 15-301 and 15-303 of this Part. In the case of restriction on a bridge or on a road which does not begin or end at the intersection with an unrestricted road, the Township of Vernon, Crawford County, Pennsylvania shall also place in advance an information sign at the intersection nearest each end of the restricted bridge or portion of the road which would allow drivers to avoid the restricted bridge or portion of the road. No person shall be convicted of violating §§ 15-301 and 15-303 of this Part unless the restriction sign designating a restricted bridge or a portion of the road to traffic moving in the direction that the person was drive was erected as required in this section. However, failure to post the restriction and sign designating a restricted bridge or a portion of highway to traffic moving in the opposite direct or failure to post any advance informational sign should not constitute a defense to a violation of this section.
