Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those streets described in Schedule I (§ 180-35), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
A. 
The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule II (§ 180-36), attached to and made a part of this chapter, is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated.
B. 
A maximum speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets, roads and lanes within public parks.[1]
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Editor's Note: See also § 124-19 of Ch. 124, Parks and Recreation, Art. I, Rules and Regulations.
C. 
The Borough Council may, from time to time, by resolution, lower any maximum speed limit to 15 miles per hour, when it determines that an emergency exists or any street described in § 180-8A is under construction or being repaired. Any time a maximum speed is altered in accordance with these provisions, the change of maximum speeds should be posted by appropriate signs and markings designating such alteration. All such alterations of speed limits shall be deemed temporary and may be terminated at any time by resolution of the Borough Council, but in no event shall any such alteration be in effect for a period of more than six months. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Council from continuing an alteration beyond the original six-month period for successive six-month periods; provided, however, that the Council shall effect each such six-month continuation by resolution and only after it has determined that the conditions which existed originally and which formed the basis for the alteration of the maximum speed continue to exist at the time that each such resolution is adopted for each successive six-month period.
D. 
The Police Department of the Borough of Perkasie is hereby empowered to use any and all mechanical or electrical speed timing devices which have been approved by the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of timing the rate of speed of any vehicle on any of the public highways, streets and roadways of the Borough of Perkasie. The type of mechanical or electrical speed timing device hereby approved shall relate to any such device currently approved by the Department of Transportation as of the date of enactment of this chapter, together with those to be developed and approved by the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the future.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III (§ 180-37), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
U-turns are hereby prohibited on all streets except on the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV (§ 180-38), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall make a right turn when facing a steady red signal (stop indication) at any of the locations described in Schedule V (§ 180-39), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 1023]
No person shall make the specified turn at any of the locations described in Schedule VA (§ 180-39.1), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The intersections described in Schedule VI (§ 180-40), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as provided therein.
The intersections described in Schedule VII (§ 180-41), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as yield intersections. Yield signs shall be installed as provided therein.
Trucks in excess of the weights indicated are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VIII (§ 180-42), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except for the pickup and delivery of materials on such streets.
[Added 4-18-1994 by Ord. No. 747]
Trucks are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VIIIA (§ 180-42.1), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except for the pickup and delivery of materials to residences on such streets. For purposes of this chapter and § 180-42.1 only, a "truck" shall be defined to be a motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. It shall not include a pickup truck or any truck owned by a resident whose property is on such street.
The Mayor is authorized to designate as play highways, whenever he deems that action advisable and for whatever period of time directed by him, any portion of any street or alley in the Borough; every such play highway shall be set apart and marked off for the purpose on orders of the Mayor and shall be clearly designated by appropriate signs, specifying the hours between which that play highway shall be closed to general traffic. No person shall drive a motor vehicle or horse-drawn vehicle upon a play highway at any time when that street or alley is so designated, except in case of emergency, with special permission of the Mayor or police officer in charge, who shall first clear that play highway of all persons using it for the purpose for which it was set aside. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.