Borough of Nazareth, PA PART 2 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

§ 15-201 Maximum Speed Limits Established on Certain Streets.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991; as amended by Ord. 677, 7/2/2001; by Ord. 848, 6/3/2019; and by Ord. 853, 10/7/2019]

1. Maximum speed limits are established on portions of specified streets, as follows, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle, on any part of a street where a maximum speed limit applies, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street:

Street	Between	Maximum Speed Limit
Belvidere Street	Victory Lane and Fairview Street	25 miles per hour
East Center Street	Victory Lane and Liberty Street	25 miles per hour
West Center Street	North Convent Avenue and Main Street	25 miles per hour
Easton Road	Broad Street and Green Street	25 miles per hour
Forest Drive	West Center Street and West High Street	25 miles per hour
Green Street	High Street and Easton Road	25 miles per hour
Main Street	Easton Road and High Street	25 miles per hour
South New Street	South Street and Center Street	25 miles per hour
North Street	Forest Drive and North New Street	25 miles per hour
East Prospect Street	South Main Street and Franklin Street	25 miles per hour
All other highways		35 miles per hour

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 15-202 Maximum Speed Limits Established in Parks.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991; as amended by Ord. 861, 3/1/2021]

1. A speed limit of 10 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough of Nazareth.

2. A speed limit of 10 miles per hour is established for the length of Sage Street adjacent to Kim D. Kromer Park.

3. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 15-203 Traffic Signals at Certain Locations.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]

1. At the following locations, traffic signals as indicated below shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected), and traffic at those locations shall be directed by those signals:

Location of Intersection	Type of Signal
Broad Street and East Center Street	Traffic Control Signals
South Broad Street and Belvidere Street	Traffic Control Signals
South Broad Street and Easton Road	Lane Direction Control Signals
South Broad Street and East Walnut Street	Lane Direction Control Signals
Easton Road and Green Street	Lane Direction Control Signals
Easton Road and Main Street	Lane Direction Control Signals 15-8
South Main Street and Belvidere Street	Traffic Control Signals
South Main Street and Mauch Chunk Street	Traffic Control Signals

2. Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-204 Intersections Where Turn Prohibited on Red Signal.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]

1. The following are established as intersections where drivers of vehicles headed in the direction or directions indicated are prohibited from making a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) on a steady red signal:

Intersection	Vehicles Traveling On	Facing
Belvidere at Broad Street	Belvidere Street	East and West
Belvidere Street at Main Street	Belvidere Street	West
Broad Street at Center Street	Broad Street	North and South
South Broad Street at Belvidere	Broad Street	North and South
South Broad Street at Easton Road	Easton Road	West
Center Street at Broad Street	Center Street	East and West
Main Street at Belvidere Street	Main Street	South
Main Street at Mauch Chunk Street	Main Street	North
Mauch Chunk Street at Main Street	Mauch Chunk Street	East

2. Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-205 One-Way Streets Established.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991; as amended by Ord. 651, 12/7/1998; by Ord. 664, 6/5/2000; by Ord. 677, 7/2/2001; by Ord. 699, 8/2/2004; by Ord. 713, 9/6/2005; by Ord. 771, 3/7/2011; by Ord. 819, 8/1/2016; by Ord. 835, 8/6/2018; by Ord. 854, 10/7/2019; by Ord. 862, 3/1/2021; and by Ord. 865, 9/7/2021]

1. The following are established as one-way streets, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic on that street:

Street	From	To	Direction of Travel
Cedar Street	Belvidere Street	Center Street	North
Cherry Street	Prospect Street	Spring Street	North
Chestnut Street	Broad Street	Fairview Street	East
East Chestnut Street	North Broad Street	North Main Street	West
Elm Street	Belvidere Street	East Walnut Street	South
Evergreen Street	Main Street	Broad Street	East
West Evergreen Street	Main Street	Green Street	West
Locust Street	Green Street	Main Street	East
Meeser Street	Broad Street	Spruce Street	West
Oak Street	South Whitfield Street	South New Street	East
Park Street	Broad Street	Whitfield Street	East
Park Street	Broad Street	Main Street	West
West Park Street	South Green Street	South Main Street	East
North Pine Street	Center Street	Chestnut Street	North
South Pine Street	Orchard Street	Belvidere Street	South
East Prospect Street	South Spruce Street	South Broad Street	East (Sundays only from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. & Christmas Eve from 4:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.)
School Street	Belvidere Street	East Center Street	North
Spruce Street	Belvidere Street	Prospect Street	South
Spruce Street	Belvidere Street	West Center Street	North
East Walnut Street	South Main Street	South Broad Street	East
West Walnut Street	South Main Street	South Church Street	West
Ziegler Ave	Spring Street	West Prospect Street	South

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-206 Turning at Certain Intersections Prohibited or Restricted.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]

1. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, of the type indicated, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make a left turn and/or a right turn into the second-named street, as indicated, at any time when such a turn is prohibited by this Section:

Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Not to Make Into	When	Type of Vehicle Applicable To:
(Reserved)

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-207 Right Turns Only Permitted at Certain Intersections.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]

1. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make other than a right turn, at any time stated, both left turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:

Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Times	Not to make left turn into or travel straight across
(Reserved)

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-208 U-Turns Prohibited at Certain Locations.

[Ord. 595, 19/7/1991]

1. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon any of the following portions of streets, in the direction or directions indicated for that street, to make a U-turn:

Street	Portion	Direction of Travel
(Reserved)

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-209 No-Passing Zones Established.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]

1. 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 Travel	Between
(Reserved)

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-210 Through Highways Established.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]

1. The following highways are established as through highways, thus authorizing stop or yield signs to be erected facing traffic approaching every intersection with the through highway except for those intersections with traffic signals, or with exceptions or modifications as indicated below. Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop or yield sign authorized by this Section shall stop the vehicle or yield right-of-way as required by Section 3323(b) or Section 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code, as the case may be and shall not proceed into or across the through highway until he has followed all applicable requirements of that Section of the law:

Highway	Between
Belvidere Street	Main Street and Victory Lane
Broad Street	North Borough line and South Borough line
Center Street	West Borough line and Victory Lane
Easton Road	East Borough line and West Borough Line
Green Street	Easton Road and Roth Street
High Street	West Borough line and New Street
Main Street	Easton Road and High Street
Mauch Chunk Street	West Borough line and Main Street
New Street	North Borough line and Lackawanna Street
Prospect Street	East Borough line and Phoenix Street
Walnut Street	East Borough line and Washington Street
Whitfield Street	Pond Road and Lackawanna Street

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-211 Stop Intersections Established.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991; as amended by Ord. 613, 12/6/1993; by Ord. 623, 11/7/1994; by Ord. 654, 2/1/1998; by Ord. 665, 8/7/2000; by Ord. 679, 12/3/2001; and by Ord. 682, 6/3/2002; by Ord. 686, 12/2/2002; by Ord. 689, 8/4/2003; by Ord. 708, 5/2/2005; by Ord. 711, 7/5/2005; by Ord. 713, 9/6/2005; by Ord. 730, 1/2/2007; by Ord. 738, 10/1/2007; by Ord. 758, 2/1/2010; by Ord. 815, 1/4/2016; and by Ord. 836, 10/1/2018]

1. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-210) are established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the intersecting or 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 on the first named or stop street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code, 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	Intersection or Through Street	Direction of Travel
Acorn Street	Willow Street	East
Acorn Street	Wood Street	West
Allen Street	Moravian Street	South
Bacon Street	Broad Street	East
Bacon Street	Wambold Street	West
Bank Street	Fairview Street	West
Bank Street	Liberty Street	East
Beck Street	Kohl Street	East and West
Beck Street	Phoenix Street	East
Belvidere Street	Fairview Street	All directions
Belvidere Street	Liberty Street	All directions
Belvidere Street	New Street	All directions
Belvidere Street	Victory Lane	East
Belvidere Street	Whitfield Street	East
Belvidere Street	Whitfield Street	West
Berger Street	Prospect Street	South
Berger Street	Walnut Street	North
Birch Street	New Street	East
Birch Street	Pearl Street	East and West
Birch Street	Whitfield Street	West
Black Rock Road	High Street	South
Borough Park (exit)	Broad Street	East
Borough Park (circular road)	Pedestrian walkway	East
Broad Street	High Street	South
Broad Street	High Street	North
Cedar Street	Center Street	North and South
Cedar Street	Chestnut Street	North and South
Cedar Street	Hickory Street	North
Cedar Street	High Street	North and South
Cedar Street	North Street	North and South
Cedar Street	Park Street	North and South
Cedar Street	Prospect Street	North and South
Cedar Street	South Street	South
Cedar Street	Walnut Street	North and South
Center Street	Convent Street	East and West
Center Street	Liberty Street	North, South & West
Center Street	New Street	All directions
Center Street	Victory Lane	East
Center Street	Center Square	East and West
Cement Street	Franklin Street	North
Cement Street	Franklin Street	South
Quarry Street	Franklin Street	East
Cherry Street	Spring Street	North
Chestnut Street	Broad Street	West
Chestnut Street	Fairview Street	North and South
Chestnut Street	Green Street	West
Chestnut Street	Main Street	East and West
Chestnut Street	New Street	East and West
Chestnut Street	Whitfield Street	East and West
Church Street	Center Street	North
Church Street	High Street	North
Church Street	Mauch Chunk Street	North and South
Church Street	North Street	South
Church Street	Prospect Street	South
Convent Street	Center Street	North and South
Convent Street	Mauch Chunk Street	North and South
Convent Street	Spring Street	South
Delaware Street	Green Street	West
Delaware Street	Main Street	East
Elm Street	Belvidere Street	North and South
Elm Street	Center Street	South
Elm Street	Chestnut Street	North and South
Elm Street	Moravian Street	North
Elm Street	Orchard Street	North
Elm Street	Walnut Street	South
Evergreen Street	Broad Street	East
Evergreen Street	Green Street	West
Fairview Street	Belvidere Street	All directions
Fairview Street	Center Street	North arid South
Fairview Street	Walnut Street	South
Forest Drive	Center Street	South
Forest Drive	High Street	North
Franklin Street	New Street	South
Franklin Street	Prospect Street	North and South
Franklin Street	Walnut Street	North
Garden Terrace	Chestnut Street	South
Green Street	Center Street	North and South
Green Street	High Street	North and South
Green Street	Mauch Chunk Street	North and South
Green Street	Prospect Street	North and South
Green Street	Roth Street	North
Green Street	North Street	North and South
Green Street	Moravian Hall	North
Greenwood Street	High Street	North
Greenwood Street	North Street	South
Heckman Street	Phoenix Street	East
Hickory Street	Pond Road	East
Hickory Street	Schoeneck Avenue	West
Hickory Street	Whitfield Street	East and West
High Street	Broad Street	East and West
High Street	Main Street	East and West
High Street	New Street	East
Hillside Street	High Street	North
Hillside Street	North Street	South
Hummel Street	Franklin Street	East
Hummel Street	New Street	West
Kessler Street	Cherry Street	East and West
Kessler Street	Phoenix Street	West
Kessler Street	Wood Street	East
Kessler Street	Ziegler Street	East and West
Kohl Street	Heckman Street	North and South
Kohl Street	Mauch Chunk Street	North
Kohl Street	Seip Avenue	North and South
Kohl Street	Sage Street	South
Liberty Street	Belvidere Street	All directions
Liberty Street	Center Street	All Directions
Liberty Street	Walnut Street	South
Lincoln Street	Church Street	East
Lincoln Street	Wood Street	West
Locust Street	Main Street	East
Locker Street	Kohl Street	East and West
Locker Street	Phoenix Street	East
Locker Street	Wonderly Street	East and West
Madison Street	Church Street	East
Madison Street	Wood Street	West
North Main Street	North Street	North and South
Main Street	High Street	North
Main Street	Center Square	North and South
Maple Street	Center Street	North
Maple Street	Mauch Chunk Street	South
Mauch Chunk Street	Wood Street	All Directions
Meeser Street	Broad Street	East
Meeser Street	Race Street	East and West
Meeser Street	Spruce Street	West
Miller Street	Chestnut Street	North
Miller Street	Center Street	South
Moravian Street	Fairview Street	East and West
Moravian Street	Liberty Street	East
Moravian Street	New Street	West
Mulberry Street	Green Street	West
Mulberry Street	Main Street	East and West
New Street	Belvidere Street	All directions
New Street	Center Street	All directions
New Street	Walnut Street	All directions
North Street	Forest Drive	West
North Street	Main Street	East and West
North Street	New Street	East
Oak Street	New Street	East
Oak Street	Whitfield Street	West
Orchard Street	Fairview Street	East
Orchard Street	New Street	East and West
Orchard Street	Whitfield Street	West
Orchard Street	Willow Street	East
Orchard Street	Wood Street	West
Paradise Street	Spruce Street	West
Paradise Street	Race Street	East
Parkside Street	Spruce Street	West
Parkside Street	Race Street	East
Park Street	Main Street	East and West
Park Street	New Street	East
Park Street	Pine Street	East and West
Park Street	Whitfield Street	East and West
Pearl Street	Oak Street	South
Pearl Street	South Street	North
Penn Street	Franklin Street	East
Penn Street	New Street	West
Phoenix Street	Mauch Chunk Street	North
Phoenix Street	Spring Street	North and South
Phoenix Street	Prospect Street	South
Pine Street	Center Street	South
Pine Street	Chestnut Street	North and South
Pine Street	High Street	North
Pine Street	North Street	North and South
Pine Street	Prospect Street	North and South
Pine Street	South Street	South
Pine Street	Belvidere Street	North and South
Pine Street	Center Street	South
Pine Street	Chestnut Street	North and South
Pine Street	High Street	North
Pine Street	North Street	North and South
Pine Street	Prospect Street	North and South
Pine Street	South Street	South
Pine Street	Walnut Street	North and South
Pond Road	Broad Street	West
Pond Road	High Street	East
Poplar Street	Church Street	East
Poplar Street	Washington Street	East and West
Poplar Street	Wood Street	West
Progress Avenue	Mauch Chunk Street	North
Progress Avenue	Prospect Street	South
Progress Avenue	Walnut Street	North and South
Prospect Street	Broad Street	East and West
Prospect Street	Main Street	East and West
Prospect Street	New Street	East and West
Prospect Street	Phoenix Street	West
Race Street	Bacon Street	South
Race Street	Easton Road	North
Race Street	Evergreen Street	North and South
Race Street	Park Street	North
Race Street	South Street	South
Roth Street	Black Rock Road	West
Roth Street	Schoeneck Road	East
Sage Street	G.W. Stoudt Boulevard	East
Schaffer Street	Green Street	East
Schaffer Street	North Street	South
Schoeneck Road	Broad Street	North
Schoeneck Road	High Street	South
School Street	Center Street	North
Smickley Street	Lincoln Street	South
Smickley Street	Madison Street	North
South Street	Broad Street	East and West
South Street	New Street	East
South Street	Main Street	West
South Street	Whitfield Street	East and West
Spring Street	Seip Avenue	North
Spring Street	Wood Street	All Directions
Spring Brook Terrace	Broad Street	West
Spruce Street	Bacon Street	South
Spruce Street	Center Street	North and South
Spruce Street	Chestnut Street	North and South
Spruce Street	Easton Road	North
Spruce Street	Evergreen Street	North and South
Spruce Street	High Street	North
Spruce Street	North Street	North and South
Spruce Street	Park Street	North and South
Spruce Street	Prospect Street	North and South
Spruce Street	South Street	South
Spruce Street	Walnut Street	South
Stoudt Street	Phoenix Street	East
Union Street	Franklin Street	East
Union Street	New Street	West
Victory Lane	Belvidere Street	North, South & East
Victory Lane	Center Street	North
Victory Lane	Liberty Street	South
Walnut Street	Broad Street	East and West
Walnut Street	Church Street	East and West
Walnut Street	Green Street	West
Walnut Street	Madison Street	North
Walnut Street	New Street	East and West
Walnut Street	Smickley Street	West
Walnut Street	Washington Street	West
Wambold Street	Bacon Street	South
Wambold Street	Easton Road	North
Washington Street	Center Street	North
Washington Street	Lincoln Street	North and South
Washington Street	Madison Street	North and South
Washington Street	Mauch Chunk Street	North and South
Washington Street	Prospect Street	South
Whitfield Street	Belvidere Street	North and South
Whitfield Street	Center Street	North and South
Whitfield Street	High Street	North and South
Whitfield Street	North Street	North and South
Whitfield Street	Pond Road	North
Whitfield Street	Prospect Street	North and South
Whitfield Street	Walnut Street	North and South
Willow Street	Center Street	North
Willow Street	Mauch Chunk Street	South
Wonderly Street	Heckman Street	North
Wonderly Street	Sage Street	South
Wonderly Street	Seip Avenue	North and South
Wood Street	Center Street	North
Wood Street	Prospect Street	South
Wood Street	Mauch Chunk Street	All Directions
Woodside Street	High Street	North
Woodside Street	North Street	South
Ziegler Street	Prospect Street	South

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-212 Yield Intersections Established.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991; as amended by Ord. 689, 8/4/2003]

1. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with through highways established by § 15-210) 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) on the first-named street (the yield 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, and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of Vehicle Code.

Yield Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
(Reserved)

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-213 Operation of Motor Vehicles Restricted on Public Lands.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]

1. No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile or mini-bike shall be operated on any property owned by the Borough of Nazareth or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Borough without permission of the property owner and a permit from the Mayor of the Borough.

2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-214 Rotary Traffic Islands Established.

[Ord. 595, 10/7/1991]

1. The following locations are designated as rotary traffic islands and every vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island:

Location

At Center Square where Main Street intersects East Center Street and West Center Street

2. Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of any rotary traffic island shall be guilty of a violation of this Section, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-215 Motor Vehicles not to be Driven on Sidewalks.

[Ord. 827, 3/6/2017]

1. No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any sidewalk in the Borough, nor shall any person operate a motor vehicle across any sidewalk except in order to gain access to or egress from a driveway or alley at such locations where the curb, if such sidewalk is curbed, shall have been properly cut down for that purpose. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay fine of not more than $50 and costs of prosecution or shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five days as now or hereafter provided by law.

2. For purposes of this Section, “motor vehicle” is defined as any vehicle which is self–propelled including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, motorbikes, all-terrain vehicles, recreational vehicles, agricultural vehicles and commercial vehicles, except any vehicle which is designed for the conveyance of one disabled person.