[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.