[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Clinton 4-15-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-02. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, except for sections or parts to which different or additional definitions apply, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code (the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162 No. 81),[1] as amended, except that, in this chapter, the word "streets" may be used interchangeably with the word "highway" and shall have the same meaning as the word "highway" as defined in the Vehicle Code. The term "legal holidays" as used in this chapter shall mean and include: any holiday designated by the United States Government as a federal holiday.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B. 
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the masculine shall include the feminine.
C. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
LOCAL TRAFFIC
Regarded as the following:
(1) 
Emergency vehicles.
(2) 
School buses.
(3) 
Vehicles and combinations of governmental agencies and utilities or their contractors engaged in construction or maintenance on a posted highway or which can be reached only via a posted highway.
(4) 
Vehicles and combinations going to or coming from a residence, commercial establishment or farm located on a posted highway which can be reached only via a posted highway.
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Clinton.
THRU HIGHWAY
That highway or portion of a highway on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way.
VEHICLE CODE
As used in this chapter shall mean and include: all rules, regulations and times contained within the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code (the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81, as amended).[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
A. 
The municipality shall have the authority to close any street or specific part of a street to vehicular traffic and to place barriers or station police officers or Township employees at each end of the closed portion while construction or maintenance work is under way or a special event is being conducted on the closed portion. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle upon any such closed portion.
B. 
The municipality shall have authority to establish a restricted traffic area upon any street where construction or maintenance work is underway and to station flagmen at each end of the restricted portion. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle upon any such restricted portion. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle upon any such restricted traffic area at any time when the flagman is displaying a signal directing traffic to stop.
C. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine in accordance with the Vehicle Code guidelines.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01; 6-23-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-02]
A. 
For the purpose of this section the words "assemblage" and "procession" shall have the following meanings:
ASSEMBLAGE
A gathering of people without vehicles which interferes with the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a highway.
PROCESSION
A group of individuals, vehicles, animals and/or objects moving along a street in a way which interferes with the normal movement of traffic. A procession shall not include a funeral caravan or military convoy.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or participate in any assemblage unless the person organizing or conducting the assemblage first obtains a permit from the proper municipality official, which shall be issued without fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least one week in advance of the day on which the assemblage is proposed to be held. But in any case, where a state-designated highway is proposed to be used, application shall be made at least three weeks in advance of the proposed date. The permit shall state the place where and the date when the assemblage is to be held, the hour when the assemblage may convene and the hour by which it shall have completely disbursed. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or to participate in any assemblage unless the permit has been granted or at any time or place other than that authorized by the permit.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or participate in a procession unless the person organizing or conducting the procession first obtains a permit from the proper municipality official, which shall be issued without fee. Application for the permit shall be made at least two weeks in advance of the day when the procession is proposed to be held, but, in any case where a state-designated highway is proposed to be used, application shall be made at least three weeks in advance of the proposed date. The permit shall specify the date on which the procession is to be held, the route to be followed by the procession, the hour when and the place where participants may commence to assemble and form before the procession is under way, the time when the procession may commence to move along its route and the time by which the end of the procession shall have reached the end of the route of the procession and the procession shall have been disbanded. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold or to participate in any procession unless the permit shall have been granted or under any conditions as to time, or route or otherwise than those stated in the permit.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to park their vehicle on any Township street or road. For special events, the person organizing must first obtain a permit from the proper municipality official, with a fee determined by the Township Fee Schedule.[1] Application for the permit shall be made at least one week in advance of the day of the event. If by parking vehicles on the street or road restricts two-way traffic, then a flagman will be required to control traffic during the entire event until all vehicles are no longer parked on the street or road.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Township Fee Schedule is on file in the Township offices.
E. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine as determined by the Township Fee Schedule.
A. 
Maximum speed limits are established on streets or portions of specified streets as follows, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle on any part of a street where the maximum speed limit applies, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that section of the street:
Name of Street
Maximum Speed Limit
(mph)
Between
Albin Road
35
Entire length
Alderson Road
35
Entire length
Anderson Road
35
Entire length
Brewer Road
[Added 12-28-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
25
From the south end of Brewer Road at Saxonburg Boulevard to the north side of the railroad tracks
Brewer Road
[Amended 12-28-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
35
From the north end of Brewer Road at Saxonburg Boulevard to the north side of the railroad tracks
Callen Road
35
Entire length
Cannon Hill Road
35
Entire length
Carriage Lane
[Added 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
25
Entire length
Chantler Drive
25
Entire length
Cherry Valley Road
35
Entire length
Christy Road
35
Entire length
Coal Hollow Road
35
Entire length
Deer Creek Road
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
25
Entire length
Goldscheitter Road
35
Entire length
Hidden Hill Road
35
Entire length
Ivywood Road
35
Entire length
Jack Road
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
25
Entire length
Knoch Road
35
Entire length
Kozy Korner Road
35
Entire length
McKay Road
35
Entire length
Miller Road
35
Entire length
Monks Road
35
Entire length
North Noah Drive
25
Entire length
Old Route 228 Extension
25
Entire length
Plantation Drive
[Added 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
25
Entire length
Rachel Drive
25
Entire length
Red Ore Lane
25
Entire length
Sandy Hill Road
35
Entire length
South Noah Drive
25
Entire length
Spring Valley Road
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
25
Entire length
Stark Road
35
Entire length
Sun Mine Road
25
From Westminster Drive to Anderson Road
Tara Court
[Added 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
25
Entire length
Timber Ridge
25
Entire length
Tower Road
35
Entire length
Victory Road
[Amended 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03[1]]
30
Entire length
Violet Court
[Added 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
25
Entire length
West Sarver Road
35
Entire length
Westminster Drive
35
Entire length
Westminster Road
35
Entire length
Wylie Road
35
Entire length
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that the reduction in speed limit was made pursuant to certain road specifications. A complete copy of the ordinance is on file in the Township offices.
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine in accordance with PA Vehicle Code, Title 75 and applicable Titles.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
C. 
From and after the effective date of this chapter, the Board of Supervisors does enact a speed limit of 25 miles per hour for all roadways upon adoption of the roadway by Clinton Township as part of the approval of a subdivision plan.
D. 
After the effective date of any change to or addition of speed limits, the Township shall post with official traffic control devices (speed limit signs) erected in accordance with the Vehicle Code [75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3362(b)] and applicable regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
[Added 12-28-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
E. 
Any change to or addition of speed limits shall take effect 30 days after the date of its enactment.
[Added 12-28-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
F. 
The provisions of this section are severable, and, in the event that any provision is held invalid, void, illegal, or unconstitutional by any court, it is the intent of the Board of Supervisors that such determination by the court shall not affect or render void the remaining provisions of this section. It is the declared intent of the Board of Supervisors that this section would have been enacted if any provision subsequently declared to be void, invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional had not been included at the time of enactment.
[Added 12-28-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
A. 
At the following locations, traffic signals shall be erected (or ratified if previously erected) and traffic at those locations shall be directed by those signals.
[Amended 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
Location
Type of Signal
(Hereinafter referred to as the "Houseville Intersection") Route 228 (Glade Mill Road), Route 228 (Saxonburg Boulevard), Saxonburg Boulevard (SR 2007), and Victory Road
Traffic signal
2,550 feet east of the Houseville Intersection on SR 228
Traffic warning light
B. 
Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs.
A. 
The following are established as no-passing zones, 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.
Street
Direction of Traffic
Between
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine in accordance with PA Vehicle Code, Title 75 and all applicable Titles.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
A. 
The following intersections are established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the intersections of through street) on the first-named street (the stop street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection of the first-named or stop street in a direction indicated in each case shall stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code[1] and shall not proceed into or across the second-named, or intersecting or through street until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law.
Stop Street
Intersecting or Through Street
Direction of Travel
Albin
Brewer
West
Albin
Westminster
East
Alderson
Kozy Korner
South
Anderson
Lardintown
East
Anderson
Saxonburg Boulevard (2007)
West
Anderson
Sun Mine
East
Anderson
[Added 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
Sun Mine
West
Brewer
Saxonburg Boulevard (2007)
Southwest
Brewer
Saxonburg Boulevard (228)
North
Callen
Lardintown
East
Callen
Sun Mine
West
Chantler Drive
N. Noah Drive
East
Chantler Drive
Victory
West
Cherry Valley
Cannon Hill
East
Cherry Valley
Christy Road
East
Cherry Valley
Deer Creek
West
Cherry Valley
Saxonburg Boulevard (2007)
East
Coal Hollow
Ekastown Road (228)
South
Deer Creek
Monks Road
West
Deer Creek
Saxonburg Boulevard (2007)
East
Deer Creek
Saxonburg Boulevard (2007)
West
Deer Creek
Saxonburg Boulevard (228)
North
Goldscheitter
Goldscheitter
North
Goldscheitter
Lardintown
Southwest
Hidden Hill
Lardintown
West
Hidden Hill
Stark
Southeast
Ivywood
Brewer
East
Ivywood
Deer Creek
West
Jack
Deer Creek
East
Knoch Road
Saxonburg Boulevard (2005)
South
Kozy Korner
Spring Valley
Southeast
McKay
Monks Road
West
McKay
Saxonburg Boulevard (2007)
East
Miller Road
Lardintown
East
Miller Road
Westminster
West
Monks Road
Deer Creek
South
Monks Road
Jack Road
South
Monks Road
[Added 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
Jack Road
West
Monks Road
Sandy Hill
North
Monks Road
[Added 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
Steiner Bridge Extension
East
Old Route 228
Saxonburg Boulevard (228)
South
Rachel Drive
Knoch
West
Rachel Drive
Rachel Drive
North
Rachel Drive
Saxonburg Boulevard (2005)
East
Rachel Drive
Saxonburg Boulevard (2005)
East
Red Ore Lane
North Noah Drive
East
Sandy Hill
Glade Mill (228)
North
Sarver
Lardintown
West
South Noah Drive
Victory
West
Spring Valley
Glade Mill (228)
South
Spring Valley
Victory
East
Stark
Goldscheitter
East
Stark
Lardintown
West
Sun Mine
Anderson
North
Sun Mine
Anderson
South
Timber Ridge
Deer Creek
East
Tower
RT 228
South
Victory Road
RT 228
South
Westminster Drive
Brewer
West
Westminster Drive
Sun Mine
East
Westminster Road
Ekastown Road (228)
North
Wylie
Cherry Valley
South
Wylie
Saxonburg Boulevard
Northeast
(1) 
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine in accordance with PA Vehicle Code, Title 75 and all applicable Titles.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b).
A. 
The following intersections are established as yield intersections and official yield signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the through street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named or yield street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code[1] and then yield to the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.
Yield Street
Through Street
Direction of Traffic
Cherry Valley
Cannon hill
West
Cherry Valley
Christy Road
West
Kozy Korner
Spring Valley
East
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(c).
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine in accordance with PA Vehicle Code, Title 75 and all applicable Titles.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
A. 
For the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority granted by Section 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code,[1] 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.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
Street or Bridge
Between
Maximum Gross Weight
(tons)
Albin Road
From its intersection with Brewer Road to its intersection with Westminster Road
U
Alderson Road
From its intersection with Kozy Korner Road to the Township line
5
Anderson Road
From its intersection with Sun Mine Road to its intersection with Lardintown Road
5
Brewer Road-Lower
Between its intersections with Saxonburg Boulevard
5
Brewer Road-Upper
Saxonburg Boulevard to Albin Road
U
Callen Road
From its intersection with Sun Mine Road to its intersection with Lardintown Road
10
Cannon Hill Road
From its intersection with Cherry Valley Road to the Township line
5
Carriage Lane
Entire length
10
Chantler Drive
U
Cherry Valley Road
From its intersection with Saxonburg Boulevard to the Township line
10
Christy Road
From its intersection with Cherry Valley Road to the Township line
5
Coal Hollow Road
From its intersection with Ekastown Road to the Township line
5
Deer Creek Road
Entire length
10
Goldscheiter Road
From its intersection with Lardintown Road to the Township Line
5
Hidden Hill Road
From its intersection with Lardintown Road to its intersection with Stark Road
10
Ivywood Road
From its intersection with Saxonburg Boulevard to its intersection with Brewer Road
10
Jack Road
From its intersection with Monks Road to its intersection with Deer Creek Road
5
Knoch Road
Entire length
10
Kozy Korner Road
From its intersection with Spring Valley Road to the Township line
10
McKay Road
From its intersection with Monks Road to its intersection with Saxonburg Boulevard
5
Miller Road
From its intersection with Westminster Road to its intersection with Lardintown Road
5
Monks Road
From its intersection with Sandy Hill Road to the Township line
10
North Noah Drive
U
Old Route 228
Entire length
10
Plantation Drive
Entire length
10
Rachel Drive
From its intersection with Knoch Road to its intersections with Saxonburg Boulevard
10
Red Ore Lane
U
Sandy Hill Road
From its intersection with Monks Road at the Township line to State Road Route 228
10
South Noah Drive
U
Spring Valley Road
Entire length
10
Stark Road (front)
From Lardintown Road to Hidden Hill Road
10
Stark Road
From its intersection with Lardintown Road to its intersection with Goldscheiter Road
5
Sun Mine
U
Tara Court
Entire length
10
Timber Ridge
From its intersection with Deer Creek Road to its end
10
Tower Road
From its intersection with State Road 228 to the Township line
5
Victory Road
Bridge Number 728 over Davis Run
3
Victory Road
From its intersection with Chantler Drive to the Township line
3
Violet Court
Entire length
10
West Sarver Road
From its intersection with Lardintown Road to the Township line
10
Westminster Road
From its intersection with Brewer Road to its intersection with Sun Mine Road
5
Westminster Road
From its intersection with Westminster Road to its intersection with Ekastown Road
10
Wylie Road
From its intersection with Cherry Valley Road to its intersection with Saxonburg Boulevard
5
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a).
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall be prosecuted under Section 4902(a) and Section 4902(g)(1) of the Vehicle Code,[2] and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine in accordance to PA Vehicle Code.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
[2]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a) and (g)(1).
C. 
Local traffic hauling in excess of posted weight limits shall be only as prescribed by 67 Pa. Code § 189.1 et seq. (Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Code, Chapter 189.)
This chapter, and any amendments thereto, have been, or will be, enacted and/or enforceable subject to any requirements of the Department of Transportation regarding, but not limited to, signage, approval by the Department of Transportation, and engineering and traffic investigation.
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this chapter is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect nor impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections or parts of this chapter. It is hereby declared as the intent of the municipality that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or part thereof not been included herein.