Borough of Mount Holly Springs, PA: One way streets.

§ 475-1 Definitions and interpretation.

Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in The Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.

In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.

§ 475-2 Adopting of permanent traffic and parking regulations.

All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent nature shall be enacted as chapters or as parts of chapters or as amendments to chapters of the Borough of Mount Holly Springs.

§ 475-3 Temporary and emergency regulations.

The Mayor shall have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:

(1)

In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations;

(2)

In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works, or in the conduct of parades, processions or public events, to restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of not more than 72 hours.

Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Mayor and the Police Department of the Borough in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any person who shall operate or park a vehicle in violation of any such regulation, or who shall move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any sign erected or posted to give notice of any such regulation shall be liable to the penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation of such nature, and, in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each subsection of this section that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this section in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]

§ 475-4 Experimental regulations.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]

The Borough Council may, from time to time, designate places upon and along the streets and alleys in the Borough where, for a period of not more than 90 days, specific traffic and/or parking regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be in force and effect, and shall designate such locations by proper signs and markings. Such regulations, prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they had been specified in this chapter. No person shall operate or park a vehicle in violation of any such regulation, prohibition or restriction, and no person shall move, remove, destroy or deface any sign or marking erected or made by authority of this section. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof before a Magisterial District Judge, be liable to penalty set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation of such nature, and in case of a violation for which no specific penalty is set forth in the law or elsewhere in this chapter, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each subsection of this section that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this section in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County. Provided: the purpose of this section is to allow for the test and experimental determination of the feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the chapters of the Borough relative to traffic and parking.

§ 475-5 Authority of police officers.

The police officers of the Borough are hereby given authority to direct traffic on the highways of the Borough and at intersections thereof.

§ 475-6 Speed limits established on streets and alleys.

The following speed limits have been established:

All state highways shall be subject to the posted speed limits as established pursuant to the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code and the regulations enacted pursuant thereto.

[Added 3-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-02]

All other streets and alleys within the Borough shall have a twenty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit unless otherwise provided pursuant to the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.

[Added 3-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-02]

Twenty-five miles per hour: on Butler Street, from Tichy Drive to Mooreland Avenue; on Chestnut Street, from Watt Street to West Pine Street; on North Walnut Street, from Lauman Street to Butler Street; on South Walnut Street, from West Pine Street to Hill Street; on Hill Street, from South Baltimore Avenue to the Borough line at South Middleton Township; on Mooreland Avenue, from Butler Street to West Pine Street; on Harman Street, from Mooreland Avenue to Chestnut Street; on West Pine Street, from Baltimore Avenue to the Borough line at South Middleton Township; on East Pine Street, from Baltimore Avenue to Mountain Street; on Mountain Street, from East Pine Street to the Borough line at South Middleton Township; and on all other streets, alleys and avenues within the Borough, except those upon which a thirty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit has been established.

[Added 8-14-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-05]

§ 475-7 Through highways and stop intersections established.

The following intersections located in the Borough of Mount Holly Springs are hereby declared to be stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the designated through street traveling upon the stop street in the direction or directions hereby generally indicated. All vehicles approaching the intersections designated below upon the stop streets in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case shall come to a full stop within a reasonable distance before entering such intersection or entering upon the through street.

Intersections
Through	Stop	Direction
Baltimore Avenue	Butler Street	East and West bound
Baltimore Avenue	Church Street	East and West bound
Baltimore Avenue	Harman Street	East and West bound
Baltimore Avenue	Hill Street	East bound
Baltimore Avenue	Lauman Avenue	East bound
Baltimore Avenue	Lenhart Avenue	East bound
Baltimore Avenue	Locust Street	West bound
Baltimore Avenue	Maple Street	West bound
Baltimore Avenue	McElwee Avenue	East bound
Baltimore Avenue	Pine Street	East and West bound
Baltimore Avenue	Stuart Avenue	East bound
Baltimore Avenue	Watts Street	East bound
Baltimore Avenue	All unnamed avenues	East and/or West bound
Butler Street	Wood Avenue	North and South bound
Butler Street	Chapel Avenue	North and South bound
Butler Street	Creek Avenue	North and South bound
Butler Street	Walnut Street	South bound
Center Street	Fairfield Street	South bound
Chapel Avenue	Church Street	West bound
Chapel Avenue [Added 5-11-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-04]	Harman Street	All directions
Chapel Avenue	Lenhart Street	East and West bound
Chestnut Street [Added 5-11-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-04; amended 8-14-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-05]	Butler Street	All directions
Chestnut Street	Church Street	East and West bound
Chestnut Street	Harman Street	East and West bound
Chestnut Street	Lauman Avenue	East and West bound
Chestnut Street	Lenhart Avenue	East and West bound
Chestnut Street	McElwee Avenue	East and West bound
Chestnut Street	Stuart Avenue	East and West bound
Church Street	Wood Avenue	North and South bound
Creek Avenue	Church Street	East bound
Creek Avenue	Harman Street	East bound
East Pine Street [Amended 8-14-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-05]	Mountain Street	South bound, allowing right turns from Mountain Street onto East Pine Street
Harman Street	Wood Avenue	North and South bound
Hill Street	Hollinger Street	South bound
South Walnut Street	Hill Street	East and West bound
Holly Street	Hill Street	East and West bound
Lauman Avenue	Wood Avenue	North bound
Lauman Avenue	Chapel Avenue	North bound
Lenhart Avenue	Wood Avenue	North and South bound
McElwee Avenue	Chapel Avenue	North and South bound
McElwee Street [Added 7-11-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-04]	Wood Alley	All directions
McElwee Avenue [Amended 8-14-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-05]	Wood Avenue	All directions
Mill Street	East Street	North bound
Mill Street	Fairfield Street	North bound
Peach Street	South Street	East bound
Mill Street	Orange Street	North bound
Mill Street	Peach Street	North bound
Butler Street	Mooreland Avenue	North bound
Mooreland Avenue	Harman Street	West bound
South Walnut Street	Holly Street	East bound
Stuart Avenue	Chapel Avenue	North and South bound
Stuart Avenue	Wood Avenue	North and South bound
Walnut Street	Lenhart Avenue	West bound
Walnut Street	McElwee Avenue	West bound
Walnut Street	Stuart Avenue	West bound
Watts Street	Chestnut Street	North bound
West Pine Street	Chapel Avenue	South bound
West Pine Street	Chestnut Street	South bound
West Pine Street	Hollinger Street	North bound
West Pine Street	Mooreland Avenue	South bound
West Pine Street	South Walnut Street	North bound
West Pine Street	Wood Avenue	South bound
West Pine Street	Trine Avenue	South bound
Harman Street	Trine Avenue	North bound
Orange Street	South Street	West bound
East Street	South Street	East and West bound

Any operator of a vehicle who shall fail to come to a full stop within a reasonable distance before entering such stop intersections as herein above required shall be cited under the relevant portions of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code and upon conviction shall be sentenced accordingly.

§ 475-8 (Reserved) [1]

[1]

Editor's Note: Original Section 8, Play highways authorized, of the 1979 Code of Ordinances, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

§ 475-9 One way streets.

One-way direction of traffic is hereby established for the following streets.

Street	Direction	Location
Lauman Street	West	Between Baltimore Avenue and Chestnut Street
Lenhart Street	East	Between Chapel Avenue and Wood Avenue
Harman Street	West	Baltimore Avenue to Chestnut Street

§ 475-10 Truck traffic.

Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

OTHER VEHICLES

All other words shall have the meaning ascribed to the word in the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.

TRUCK

A motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

Prohibition. No person shall operate a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles which gross weight or total gross weight of the combination shall exceed 3 1/2 tons on the following streets:

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]

Orange Street.

East Street.

Watts Street.

Chestnut Street.

Mooreland Avenue.

Mountain Street.

Exceptions:

(1)

Nothing in this section shall prohibit passage of any vehicle or combination for the purposes of local deliveries to the residents or businesses located on streets named immediately above. Further, nothing in this section shall prohibit the passage of any vehicle or combination for the purpose of local deliveries within the Borough of Mount Holly Springs, if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has permitted said vehicle and/or combination to be included on an access route listing of any state highways passing through the Borough of Mount Holly Springs.

[Amended 12-13-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-02]

(2)

Nothing herein shall prohibit the passage over these streets of fire, police, snow plows or other emergency vehicles.

(3)

The Mayor shall have the power to permit traffic over the above named streets under the following conditions:

(a)

Fire, flood, storm or other emergency requiring the use of said street.

Any person who violates or permits a violation of this section shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each subsection of this section that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this section in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]