No motor carrier registered as a truck, a combination unit or a trailer shall be operated on any street of the Borough enumerated in § 530-17 that has a registered gross weight in excess of 11,000 pounds, or if it has a Class 4 or higher registration, as defined by the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1916, or if it is a foreign motor carrier which would be classified as a Class 4 or higher if it were to be registered in the commonwealth pursuant to the Vehicle Code, without a special permit issued by the Borough Secretary, the Mayor or the Chief of Police and approved by Council. For purposes of this article, gross weight of 11,000 pounds shall not be exceeded by any truck towing a trailer when the combined weight of truck and trailer exceeds 11,000 pounds or by any combination unit having a combined weight of truck and trailer in excess of 11,000 pounds.
Vehicles having a registered gross weight, as defined in § 530-16, in excess of 11,000 pounds shall be prohibited from the following Borough streets:
Name of Street | Location |
|---|---|
Beaver Street | From Allegheny to Wilson |
East and West Curtin Streets | From Wilson to Linn |
East Linn Street | From Allegheny to Wilson |
Hamilton Street | From Bishop to Burnside |
Hughes Street | From Humes to Bishop |
Humes Road | From Blanchard to Hughes |
Linn Street | From Allegheny to Wilson |
McAllister Street | From Bishop to Howard |
Monroe Street | From Humes to Bishop |
Shope Street | From Humes to Bishop |
Wilson Street | From Bishop to Howard |
Wilson Street | From Howard to Beaver |
A.
No motor carrier registered as a truck, a combination unit or a trailer shall be parked on any street or state highway within the Borough if it has a registered gross weight in excess of 11,000 pounds, where the parking of said vehicle creates a visibility problem at the intersections, or when said truck parking, in the opinion of Council, the Mayor or the Chief of Police, causes a safety hazard.
B.
Streets and highways that have been declared to be a visibility problem or a safety hazard, with signs prohibiting trucks or vans from parking in those areas, shall be as follows:
Name of Street | Side | Location |
|---|---|---|
North Spring Street | From Linn Street to Fifth Avenue | |
South Allegheny Street | From Bishop to Crawford Lane | |
West Curtin Street | From West Linn Street to Allegheny Street | |
West Linn Street | East | From West Curtin Street to West Beaver Street |
West Linn Street | From West Curtin Street to Allegheny Street |
C.
Additional streets may be added, at the discretion of Council, the Mayor or the Chief of Police.
D.
Within the first parking space adjacent to any intersection or within 40 feet of any intersection if no established parking space exists, these areas shall constitute a restricted parking zone.
E.
Any truck or van parked in violation of this section shall receive a $5 ticket for the first offense, with subsequent tickets increasing in accordance to the Borough Fee Schedule for violations by the same vehicle in the same zone. For example, a second violation shall result in higher fines as detailed in the Borough Fee Schedule. No vehicle may be ticketed more than once in any twenty-four-hour period.
For purposes of this article, gross vehicle weight shall be that weight which is stamped on the manufacturer's serial plate attached to any vehicle. If there is no manufacturer's serial plate attached to a vehicle, then the lowest weight indicated in any vehicle class of registration defined in the act of February 15, 1980, as supplemented and amended (75 Pa. C.S.A. § 1916 et seq.), shall determine the weight of any such vehicle cited for a violation of any of the provisions of this article.
This article shall not apply to motor homes, motor buses, school buses or those motor carriers making local deliveries.
No person shall operate a vehicle, motor carrier, truck, tractor or combination unit upon any of the streets of the Borough set forth in § 530-17, which vehicle bears a Class 4 registration or higher or exceeds the maximum gross weight of 11,000 pounds, as determined by the manufacturer's serial plate and/or registration class of such vehicle or combination.
The proper officers of the Borough are hereby required, requested, directed and authorized to erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating the restrictions set forth in this article at each end of that portion of the Borough streets restricted in accordance with this article.
The restrictions set forth in this article are imposed as to the weight or size of vehicles operating upon certain streets by reason of deterioration, rain, snow and other climatic conditions, which conditions, unless the use of such vehicles is prohibited and/or the permissible weights of such vehicles are reduced, may damage or destroy such streets. Further, it is the finding of Council that the narrowness and width of such streets and the congestion occasioned by the operation of vehicles or combinations in excess of 11,000 pounds thereon have led to serious and dangerous traffic conditions and congestions resulting in the restriction of free traffic flow through the streets of the Borough and have caused significant danger to other users of the Borough streets, including pedestrians, all of which necessitate the regulations, restrictions and requirements set forth in this article.
Whoever violates § 530-21 is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine be sentenced to pay a maximum fine as outlined in the Borough Fee Schedule.