[Amended 2-11-1998 by Ord. No. 98-356;
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that street or part of a street. The speed limits for the streets enumerated in Schedule I (§ 400-28) have been established by ordinance by the Patton Township Board of Supervisors. The speed limit for streets in existence prior to the adoption of Ord. No. 96-330 and not enumerated in Schedule I is set at 25 miles per hour. The speed limit for all streets ordained by the Township after the initial enactment of this § 400-7 shall be enumerated in Schedule I.
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those streets described in Schedule II (§ 400-29), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall make a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) when facing a steady red signal at any of the locations described in Schedule III (§ 400-30), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the intersections described in Schedule IV (§ 400-31), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a U-turn on any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule V (§ 400-32), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VI (§ 400-33), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated, 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.
The intersections described in Schedule VII (§ 400-34), attached to and made a part of this chapter (in addition to intersections with the through streets established by this chapter), are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated in said schedule. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop before entering any such intersection.
The intersections described in Schedule VIII (§ 400-35), attached to and made a part of this chapter (in addition to intersections with the through streets established by this chapter), are hereby established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle and then yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named street so closely as to constitute a hazard during the time that the driver is moving across or within such intersection.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any commercial vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination, having a gross weight in excess of that respectively prescribed, upon any of the streets or bridges, or portions thereof, described in Schedule IX (§ 400-36), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except for the purpose of making local deliveries on said streets.
[Amended 9-12-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-596]
No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of that indicated in Schedule X (§ 400-37), in the area described in said Schedule X, on days that school is in session during the time periods indicated in said Schedule X.
[Added 6-17-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-509]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any commercial vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination, having a height, width or length in excess of that respectively prescribed, upon any of the streets or bridges, or portions thereof, described in Schedule XVII (§ 400-44), attached to and made part of this chapter, in accordance with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Publication 212, Official Traffic Control Devices § 212.117(d).
