The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule I (§ 175-40), attached to and made a part of this chapter, is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated in said schedule. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that street or part of a street.
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those streets described in Schedule II (§ 175-41), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the intersections described in Schedule III (§ 175-42), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a U-turn on any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV (§ 175-43), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule V (§ 175-44), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated, 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.
No-passing zones are hereby established along those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VI (§ 175-45), attached to and made a part of this chapter, 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 described in said schedule.
The intersections described in Schedule VII (§ 175-46), attached to and made a part of this chapter (in addition to intersections with the through streets established by this chapter), are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated in said schedule. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop before entering any such intersection.
The intersections described in Schedule VIII (§ 175-47), attached to and made a part of this chapter (in addition to intersections with the through streets established by this chapter), are hereby established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle and then yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named street so closely as to constitute a hazard during the time that the driver is moving across or within such intersection.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle, except a passenger vehicle (but not including any passenger vehicle drawing any trailer or towing any other vehicle), upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IX (§ 175-48), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 11-9-2015 by Ord. No. 362]
Through traffic shall hereinafter be prohibited on Olivia Street. Traffic on Olivia Street shall be limited to residents. The proper signage shall be erected.
[Amended 11-30-1999 by Ord. No. 287]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any truck or tractor-trailer combination upon any of the streets or bridges or portions thereof described in Schedule X (§ 175-49), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except in accordance with the provisions of § 175-17A, B, C, D and E of this chapter.
A.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of that respectively prescribed, upon any of the streets or bridges, or portions thereof, described in Schedule XI (§ 175-50), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
B.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle more than 25 feet in length between the front and rear axles or a combination more than 40 feet between the front axle of the truck tractor and the rear axle of the trailer upon any of the streets or bridges within the Township of Vanport.
C.
Vehicles or combinations having a gross weight in excess of that prescribed in Schedule XI (§ 175-50), attached to and made a part of this chapter, or a length greater than that provided in Subsection B may be operated on any of the streets and bridges of the Township of Vanport for the purpose of making a single, nonrepetitive local delivery when no other means or way is available to accomplish delivery to the address to which the same is sought.
D.
When any vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of that provided in Schedule XI (§ 175-50), attached to and made a part of this chapter, or a length greater than that provided in Subsection B must be operated upon any of the streets or bridges of the Township of Vanport other than for a single, nonrepetitive local delivery, the Township Commissioners may by ordinance duly enacted establish or provide a truck route which must be used for the purposes of such deliveries and may require such undertaking or security as they may deem necessary to cover the cost of repair or restoration necessitated by the permitted repetitive movement of such vehicles.
E.
The undertaking or security for which provision is made in Subsection D of this chapter may be furnished by the operator of the vehicle or vehicles permitted or in the alternative, by the owner or occupier of the premises to which repetitive local deliveries are made.
F.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under Section 4902 of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, the supplements and/or amendments thereto, and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine in accordance with said section.
[Added 7-12-1999 by Ord. No. 285; amended 9-8-2003 by Ord. No. 308]
A.
Third-party deliveries will be permitted at the warehouse located at 407 State Avenue via Grove Way so long as vehicular traffic in the course of pickup and delivery operations is conducted in accordance with the following terms and conditions:
(1)
Entry onto Grove Way shall commence from Dravo Street and exit via Maplewood Street.
(2)
No truck or vehicle shall be permitted to park or stop in any location which will result in the obstruction of vehicular traffic on Grove Way, Church Way, or any other public street, road, highway, alley, or thoroughfare in Vanport Township or through any private road, driveway or thoroughfare without the expressed consent of the owner thereof.
(3)
A truck or vehicle shall be in violation of this provision if, as a result of its parked position or the location of any merchandise or material associated with the pickup or delivery being made by such truck or vehicle, any other vehicle lawfully permitted to use the public or private thoroughfare:
(a)
Is prevented from passing the parked vehicle without delay;
(b)
Is prevented from passing the parked vehicle with all of its wheels and tires on the paved surface of the cartway; or
(c)
Is prevented from passing the parked vehicle without encroaching upon the curb, sidewalk or other private or public property.
C.
No more than a total of 30 "stops," be they deliveries or pickups, in any calendar month by way of Grove Way to the warehouse known as 407 State Avenue, shall be permitted.
D.
No truck or motor vehicle making a delivery to or pickup from the retail establishment located at 463 State Avenue shall be permitted to traverse or park upon Chestnut Street or Grove Way.