[Ord. 561, 4/25/2012]
1.
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority
granted by Section 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a),
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
|
|---|---|---|
|
Bridgetown Pike
|
Conrail bridge near Maple Avenue
|
5 tons
|
|
Bridgetown Pike
|
Mill Creek bridge between Rocksville Road and Krewson Avenue
|
5 tons
|
|
Bridgetown Pike
|
Neshaminy Creek bridge
|
3 tons
|
|
Grenoble Road
|
Neshaminy Creek bridge
|
3 1/2 tons
|
|
Lower Holland Road
|
Bridge-Lower Holland Road
|
34 tons except combinations 40 tons
|
|
Old Bristol Road
|
Conrail bridge south of Buck Road
|
11 tons
|
|
St. Leonards Road
|
Bridge north of Buck Road
|
5 tons
|
|
Spencer Road
|
Bridge near Temperance Lane
|
10 tons
|
|
Twining Road
|
Bridge 1,584 feet east of Second Street Pike (Rt. 232)
|
5 tons
|
|
Worthington
|
Neshaminy Creek bridge Mill Road
|
11 tons
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under Sections 4902(a) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§§ 4902(a), 4902(g-1) 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.
[Ord. 561, 4/25/2012]
1.
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority
granted by Section 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a),
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
|
|---|---|---|
|
Cherry Blossom Drive
|
Bristol Road and
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle
|
|
Cherry Blossom Drive
|
Second Street Pike
|
Weight of 14,000 lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or
a trailer that has a registered gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Hatboro Road
|
Almshouse Road and Sackettsford Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Hatboro Road
|
Bristol Road and Almshouse Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Joanne Road
|
Middle Holland Road and Joanne Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Jodie Road
|
Sima Road and Shelly Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Karen Road
|
Michael Road and Joanne Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
New Road
|
Second Street Pike and Hatboro Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
North Friesland Drive
|
Almshouse Road (Rt 332 and Tanyard Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Old Jacksonville Road
|
Almshouse Road and Sackettsford Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Sackettsford Road
|
Second Street Pike and Township line
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Shelly Road
|
Holland Road and Lempa Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Spencer Road
|
Almshouse Road and Sackettsford Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Tanyard Road
|
Second Street Pike and Hatboro Road
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
|
Tapeworm Road
|
Sackettsford Road and Second Street Pike
|
Greater than 25 feet in length, gross vehicle weight of 14,000
lbs or greater or has more than 2 axles or a trailer that has a registered
gross weight of 10,000 lbs
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under Sections 4902(a) and 4902(g)(1) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§§ 4902(a), 4902(g)(1) and, upon conviction, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of $75 and costs.
[Ord. 561, 4/25/2012]
1.
By reason of hazardous traffic conditions and other safety factors,
by authority granted by Section 4902(b) of the Vehicle Code 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 4902(b), 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
|
|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under Sections 4902(b) and 4902(g)(2) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§§ 4902(b), 4902(g)(2), and, upon conviction, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500 and costs.
[Ord. 561, 4/25/2012]
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, 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
|
|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 588, 12/14/2016; as amended by Ord. 595, 2/28/2018]
1.
Title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Northampton
Township Engine Brake Retarder Section of 2016."
2.
Authority. This section is established pursuant to the policy established
by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) regarding
engine brake retarder prohibitions. A study has been performed pursuant
to said procedure for each location where the use of engine brake
retarders is prohibited.
3.
Findings. The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Northampton
finds it a fact that the operation of an engine brake retarder on
a gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle creates an excessive
noise that adversely affects the public health, safety, and welfare
of the residents of the Township and is a nuisance in fact.
4.
Engine Brake Retarders Prohibited on Certain Streets. No person shall
operate, or allow to be operated, a vehicle powered by an internal
combustion engine, on the public ways, as defined in this section,
within the Township of Northampton while utilizing in said operation
an engine brake retarder on any of the following streets or parts
of streets:
|
Street
|
Between
|
Traveling
|
|---|---|---|
|
Almshouse Road
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 11/14/2018] |
Warwick Township border and Second Street Pike
|
East- and Westbound
|
|
Jacksonville Road
|
Bristol Road and Almshouse Road
| |
|
Newtown-Richboro Road
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 11/14/2018] |
Second Street Pike and Holland Road
|
East- and Westbound
|
|
SR 232 (Second Street Pike)
|
Bristol Road and Kings Lane
|
North- and southbound
|
|
SR 2065 (Bustleton Pike)
|
Entire length of Bustleton Pike
|
North- and southbound
|
|
Upper Holland Road
|
Entire length of Upper Holland Road
|
East- and westbound
|
5.
Emergency Situations. This section shall not apply to emergency driving
situations requiring the utilization of an engine brake to protect
the safety and property of the residents of the Township of Northampton,
other motor vehicle operators, pedestrians, and the operator and passengers
of the motor vehicle involved in said emergency situations.
6.
Posting of Signs. Pursuant to the procedures of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, and pursuant to regulations
of the Department with respect to signs on highways, the Township
of Northampton shall cause to be erected upon the roadways herein
specified signs regarding the prohibition of the use of said engine
brake retarders on the designated highways.
7.
Penalties. Any person, firm, corporation or organization violating
any of the provisions of this section shall pay a fine of $100 for
the first offense, $200 for the second offense, and $300 for the third
and subsequent offenses.
