[Ord. No. 3-2023, 5/15/2023]
This Part shall be known as the "North Lebanon Township Engine
Brake Retarder Ordinance."
[Ord. No. 3-2023, 5/15/2023]
The Board of Supervisors of North Lebanon Township, Lebanon
County, Pennsylvania, finds as a fact that the operation of an engine
brake retarder on an internal combustion engine motor vehicle not
equipped with exhaust mufflers, or equipped with defective or modified
exhaust mufflers, as to create excessive noise through the use of
said engine brake retarder adversely affects the public health, safety,
and welfare of the residents in certain areas of the Township of North
Lebanon, and is a nuisance in fact.
[Ord. No. 3-2023, 5/15/2023]
No person, firm, company, corporation, or organization shall
operate, or allow to be operated, a vehicle that is powered by an
internal combustion engine on the following designated highways or
roads in North Lebanon Township while utilizing an engine break retarder.
Name of Highway or Road
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From:
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To:
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SR72 (Ebenezer Road)
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Long Lane
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Water Street
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SR4006 (Heilmandale Road)
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Elias Avenue
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Russell Road
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[Ord. No. 3-2023, 5/15/2023]
This Part shall not apply to emergency driving situations requiring
the utilization of an engine brake retarder to protect the safety
and property of the residents of North Lebanon Township, other motor
vehicle operators, pedestrians and the operator and passengers of
the motor vehicle involved in said emergency situation.
[Ord. No. 3-2023, 5/15/2023]
All official signs required to be erected to indicate the prohibition
on the utilization of engine break retarders on prohibited roads,
or sections thereof, in the Township are authorized to be erected
in accordance with this Part in such a position as to provide notice
to travelers and in accordance with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation regulations.
[Ord. No. 3-2023, 5/15/2023]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any
of the provisions of this Part shall be prosecuted pursuant to applicable
provisions of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code and shall be subject to a fine not less than $100 nor
more than $600 plus costs of prosecution and, in default of the payment
thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period not
to exceed 90 days.