[Ord. 2002-01, 1/7/2002]
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 or persons to drive any vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street, as the case may be:
Street or Bridge
Between
Maximum Gross Weight
Angel Drive (T-818)
8,000
Anna May Street (T-816)
8,000
Appell Avenue (T-978)
8,000
Beaver Street (T-834)
8,000
Bedford Road (T-532)
8,000
Belair Way (T-848)
8,000
Breezeview Drive (T-821)
8,000
Brian Lane (T-830)
8,000
Broad Street (T-943)
8,000
Central Avenue (T-965)
8,000
Chapel Drive (T-822, T-826)
8,000
Claystone Road (T-824)
8,000
Clearbrook Boulevard (T-935)
8,000
Clearspring Boulevard (T-944)
8,000
Clearview Drive (T-841)
8,000
Detwiler Drive (T-849)
8,000
Duella Court (T-984)
8,000
Duella Court North (T-985)
8,000
Dundee Road (T-942)
8,000
Eastland Avenue (T-946)
8,000
Eaton Street (T-512)
8,000
Edward Avenue (T-961)
8,000
Eleventh Avenue (T-836)
Front Street (T-836) to Toronita Street (T-514)
8,000
Evenbreth Drive (T-828)
8,000
Fairfax Road (T-843)
8,000
Finks Drive (T-969)
8,000
Forest Hill Circle (T-971)
8,000
Forest Hill Road (T-971)
8,000
Frelen Road (T-815)
8,000
Frelen Road
8,000
Friesian Road (T-975)
8,000
Front Street (T-513)
8,000
Garrett Road (T-842)
8,000
Garrison Road (T-972)
8,000
Gleneagles Drive (T-847)
8,000
Gwen Drive (T-834)
8,000
Hake Street (T-951)
8,000
Haybrook Drive (T-945)
8,000
Haymeadow Drive (T-952)
8,000
Hayshire Drive (T-950)
8,000
Heidelberg Avenue (T-837)
8,000
Hepplewhite Drive (T-515)
8,000
Hickory Lane (T-530)
8,000
High Street (T-949)
8,000
Ironstone Drive (T-598)
8,000
Jasper Avenue (T-831)
8,000
Jonathon Road (T-980)
8,000
Karyl Lane (T-830)
8,000
Kildore Court (T-517)
8,000
Knoll Lane (T-974)
8,000
Larchmont Drive (T-523)
8,000
Lehrs Drive (T-968)
8,000
Liverpool Turnpike (T-969)
8,000
Locust Lane (T-943) from Sinking Springs Lane (T-893) to Lewisberry Road (LR 66003)
8,000
Longview Road (T-947)
8,000
Lori Drive (T-518)
8,000
Maurice Street (T-817)
8,000
Mayfield Street (T-948)
8,000
Meadowbrook Boulevard (T-938)
8,000
Michael Lane (T-519)
8,000
Midpine Drive (T-973)
8,000
Mountain View Drive (T-973)
8,000
Nagow Street (T-953)
8,000
Norman Road (T-976)
8,000
North Circle Boulevard (T-939)
8,000
Northland Avenue (T-946)
8,000
Oberlin Drive (T-531)
8,000
Parklyn Lane (T-520)
8,000
Parkside Avenue (T-967)
8,000
Paul Street (T-951)
8,000
Penwood Road (T-952)
8,000
Piedmont Drive (T-846)
8,000
Primrose Lane (T-982)
8,000
Rockwood Avenue (T-951)
8,000
Rolling Green Drive (T-820)
8,000
Rutland Avenue (T-954)
8,000
Sandalwood Court (T-845)
8,000
Shenandoah Lane (T-533)
8,000
Sherry Drive (T-970)
8,000
Skyline Drive (T-912)
8,000
Skyview Drive (T-827)
8,000
St. Andrews Way (T-522)
8,000
St. Marks Street (T-936)
8,000
Stella Avenue (T-966)
8,000
Sycamore Lane (T-937)
8,000
Taft Avenue (T-836)
8,000
Tenth Avenue (T-511)
Front Street (T-513) to Toronita Street (T-514)
8,000
Teslin Road (T-850)
8,000
Timberland Drive (T-987)
8,000
Turnberry Court (T-814)
8,000
Valley Road (T-844)
8,000
Warren Road (T-960)
8,000
Webster Avenue (T-835)
8,000
Whiteoak Drive (T-977)
8,000
Wilson Avenue (T-833)
8,000
Woodland Avenue (T-838)
8,000
Woodward Road (T-955)
8,000
Zoar Avenue (T-829)
8,000
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, and costs.
3. 
Local deliveries of food, fuel and other like necessities may be made over the roads, streets and highways herein enumerated in a vehicle which, including load, exceeds 8,000 pounds.
4. 
The weight restrictions specified in this section shall not apply to fire engines or other fire fighting apparatus, snow removal equipment owned, used or hired by the Township, police and rescue squad vehicles and equipment or road building and maintenance vehicles and equipment owned, used or hired by the Township or by the Manchester Township Municipal Authority, or to school buses or mass transit buses or vehicles on their regularly assigned routes, or to farm equipment or machinery engaged in general farm activities.
[Ord. 2002-01, 1/7/2002; as amended by Ord. 2010-10, 9/14/2010, § 3]
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
Bear Road
Susquehanna Trail and East Manchester Township line (entire length)
Trucks over 30 feet in length (except local deliveries)
Emig Road
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-01, 2/8/2022]
North George Street to the eastern side of the railroad overpass on Emig Road
Trucks over 35 feet in length (except school buses and single-unit vehicles)
Mundis Race Road
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-01, 2/8/2022]
Emig Road to Manchester Township line
Trucks (except school buses and local deliveries)
North Point Drive
[Added by Ord. 2014-02, 8/12/2014]
Backbridge Road and Masonic Drive
Trucks over 45 feet in length
Raintree Road
[Added by Ord. 2012-06, 10/9/2012]
Farmbrook Lane and Susquehanna Trail
Trucks over 26 feet in length
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. 2002-01, 1/7/2002]
1. 
By reason of hazardous traffic conditions and other safety factors, by authority granted by § 4902(b) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of the restriction prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street.
Street or Bridge
Between
Restrictions
Gwen Drive (T-834)
North and south side from Susquehanna Trail (SR 4005) to Piedmont Drive (T-846)
Class 3 and heavier
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under §§ 4902(b) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $100 and costs.
[Ord. 2002-01, 1/7/2002; as amended by Ord. 2008-04, 6/10/2008, § 2]
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:
Street
Between
Blackbridge Road (T-836)
Emig Road (SR 1012) to Woodland View Drive (T-900)
Brandywine Lane (T-832)
Stillmeadow Lane (T-801) south to Greenbriar Road (SR 4011)
Dundee Road (T-942)
East Locust Lane (T-943) north to North George Street (SR 0181)
East Locust Lane (T-943)
North George Street (SR 0181) east to Sinking Springs Lane (T-808)
Edinburgh Road (T-861)
East Locust Lane (T-943) east to Sinking Springs Lane (T-808)
Kayla Boulevard
Stillmeadow Lane (T-801) south to Brandywine Lane (T-832)
Sinking Springs Lane (T-908)
North George Street (SR 0181) east for a distance of 500 feet from North George Street (SR 0181)
Sinking Springs Lane (T-808)
North George Street (SR 0181) and Susquehanna Trail (SR 4005)
Woodland View Drive (T-900)
North George Street (SR 0181) to Blackbridge Road (T-836)
Provided: 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.
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Added by Ord. No. 2018-03, 4/10/2018]
1. 
Vehicle Restriction. The operation of all trucks, except school buses, emergency vehicles and vehicles making local deliveries or pickups, is prohibited on any part of the following named streets or highways:
Name of Street
Hake Street (T-923)
Hayshire Drive (T-950)
Ironstone Drive (T-958)
Nagow Street (T-953)
Skyview Drive (T-827)
2. 
Additional Restriction. The operation of all trucks larger than 45 feet in length, except school buses, emergency vehicles and vehicles making local deliveries or pickups, is prohibited on any part of the following street:
Name of Street
Masonic Drive (T-957)
3. 
Traffic Control Devices. All of the above streets shall be appropriately posted by official signs as approved by the Secretary of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as set forth in the aforesaid engineering and traffic investigations.
4. 
Penalty. Any person operating a motor vehicle or combination in violation of the prohibition imposed under this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $500 or such other fines and costs as shall be provided under the applicable provisions of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code which may be in effect at the time of commission of the offense.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
5. 
Enforcement. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by any police officer having jurisdiction within Manchester Township.