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Township of Lower Saucon, PA
Northampton County
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No person shall operate a motor vehicle or tractor upon any sidewalk in the Township; nor shall any person operate a motor vehicle upon or 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 the purpose. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 10 days.
A. 
The following speed limits are hereby established:
(1) 
15 mph.
Highway
Between
Speed Limit
(mph)
Amherst Court (T 562)
Entire length
15
Barner Court (T 542)
Entire length
15
Benton Court (T 541)
Entire length
15
Brunswick Court
Entire length
15
Bucknell Circle (T 451)
Entire length
15
Bucknell Court (T 526)
Entire length
15
Cemetery Lane (T 382)
Entire length
15
Clauser Drive
Entire length
15
Cross Lane (T 537) (cul-de-sac only)
Hilltop Road and cul-de-sac
15
Dixon Court (T 439)
Entire length
15
Douglas Court
Entire length
15
Essex Court
Entire length
15
Fahs Lane (T 576)
Entire length
15
Focht Avenue (T 440)
Entire length
15
Franklin Court
Entire length
15
Fredrick Street (T 374)
Entire length
15
Gawell Street (T 430)
Entire length
15
Glenwood Court (T 545)
Entire length
15
Highland Court (T 538)
Entire length
15
Illes Lane (T 504)
Entire length
15
Ivy Court (T 539)
Entire length
15
Limpar Lane (T 571)
Entire length
15
Marick Circle (T 535)
Entire length
15
Nemeth Avenue (T 530)
Entire length
15
Oakwood Court (T 523)
Entire length
15
Osborne Court
Entire length
15
Peartree Lane (T 597)
Entire length
15
Rambling Rose (T 550)
Entire length
15
Robin Court (T 524)
Entire length
15
Rumson Court
Entire length
15
Southeastern Park
Entire length
15
South Mountain Park Road
Entire length
15
Town Hall Park Road
Entire length
15
Town Hall Road
Entire length
15
Wassergass Road (T 381)
Entire length of designated school zone from 8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. and from 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, during the school year
15
Weavers Lane (T 365)
Entire length
15
Yost Avenue (T 511)
Entire length
15
(2) 
20 mph.
Highway
Between
Speed Limit
(mph)
Barclay Court (T 525)
Entire length
20
Bart Garden Drive (T 438)
Entire length
20
Beechwood Court (T 385)
Entire length
20
Girard Avenue (T 599)
Entire length
20
Glenwood Drive (T 544)
Entire length
20
Hersh Lane (T 529)
Entire length
20
Kunsman Lane (T 392)
Entire length
20
Moravia Street (T 512)
Entire length
20
Sanbrook Court (T 521)
Entire length
20
West Point Drive (T 579)
Entire length
20
Willowbrook Court (T 543)
Entire length
20
(3) 
25 mph.
Highway
Between
Speed Limit
(mph)
Adams Avenue (T 416)
Entire length
25
Alice Drive (T 561)
Entire length
25
Amherst Drive (T 554)
Entire length
25
Apple Street (T395) (between Hellertown Borough line and Wilhelm Drive)
[Amended 3-4-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
Entire length
25
Appletree Lane (T 533)
Entire length
25
Appletree Lane East (T 595)
Entire length
25
Arden Lane (T 580)
Entire length
25
Arnold Lane (T 573)
Entire length
25
Athens Court
[Added 2-4-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
Entire length
25
Banko Lane (T 377) (between Fawn Lane and Bucks County line)
Entire length
25
Bee Line Drive (T 388)
Entire length
25
Benner Street (T 513)
Entire length
25
Bette Lane
[Added 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-13]
Entire length
25
Bouder Lane (T 575)
Entire length
25
Brad Lane (T 546)
Entire length
25
Brian Jones Way (T 606)
Entire length
25
Broadhead Court (T 572)
Entire length
25
Bucknell Drive (T 449)
Entire length
25
Camac Avenue (T 421)
Entire length
25
Cannon Avenue (T 502)
Entire length
25
Carol Ann Way (T 591)
Entire length
25
Charles Drive
[Added 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-13]
Entire length
25
Clarence Drive (T 548)
Entire length
25
Clearfield Avenue (T 433)
Entire length
25
Collins Avenue (T 410)
Entire length
25
Connelly Avenue (T 420)
Entire length
25
County Line Road (T 508)
Entire length
25
Creekview Road (T 442)
Entire length
25
Cross Lane (T 537)
Hilltop Road and Hilltop Road
25
Dartford Road (T 450)
Entire length
25
Deer Run Road (T 585)
Entire length
25
Dennis Lane (T 588)
Entire length
25
Dickenson Lane (T 439)
Entire length
25
Dolores Lane (T 570)
Entire length
25
Douglas Fir Drive (T 598)
Entire length
25
Eagle Lane (T 604)
Entire length
25
East University Avenue (T 391)
Entire length
25
Edward Drive (T 583)
Entire length
25
Elm Terrace (T 587)
Entire length
25
Evergreen Drive (T 370)
Entire length
25
Fairway Road (T 531)
Entire length
25
Fawn Lane (T 553)
Entire length
25
Fieldstone Drive (T 605)
Entire length
25
Fritz Avenue (T 441)
Entire length
25
Green Acres Drive (T 368)
Entire length
25
Green Pine Lane (T 426)
Entire length
25
Greens Drive (T 603)
Entire length
25
Hafler Road (T 366)
Entire length
25
Helms Road (T 408)
Entire length
25
Herbert Street (T 423)
Entire length
25
Highland Drive (T 522)
Entire length
25
Hill Drive (T 569)
Entire length
25
Hillside Drive (T 532)
Entire length
25
Hilltop Road (T 536)
Entire length
25
Ivywood Avenue (T 429)
Entire length
25
Jake's Place
[Added 9-15-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-08; amended 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-13]
Entire length
25
Jefferson Avenue (T 445)
Entire length
25
Johnston Avenue (T 417)
Entire length
25
Kefallonia Drive
[Added 2-4-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
Entire length
25
Keith Drive (T 581)
Entire length
25
Kevin Drive (T 590)
Entire length
25
Kistler Avenue (T 419)
Entire length
25
Knollwood Road
Entire length
25
Kohas Drive
Entire length
25
Koehler Drive (T 414)
Entire length
25
Lower Saucon Road (T 567) (south of Polk Valley Road)
Entire length
25
Majestic Overlook Drive (T 589)
Entire length
25
Manor Drive (T 594)
Entire length
25
Maple Drive (T 586)
Entire length
25
Martin Lane (T 379)
Entire length
25
Mathews Avenue (T 402)
Entire length
25
McCloskey Avenue (T 415)
Entire length
25
Meadows Ridge Court (T 584)
Entire length
25
Meadows Road (T 376) (between Willemet and Route 412)
Entire length
25
Merryweather Drive (T 452)
Entire length
25
Mixsell Avenue (T 428)
Entire length
25
Mountain Hill Lane (T 582)
Entire length
25
Mountainview Drive (T 436)
Entire length
25
Mount Pleasant Road (T 510)
Entire length
25
Moyer Road (T 600)
Entire length
25
Nace Avenue (T 431)
Entire length
25
Noah's Circle
[Added 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-13]
Entire length
25
North Drive (T 446)
Entire length
25
Orchard Road (T 378)
Entire length
25
Overlook Drive (T 557)
Entire length
25
Peachtree Road (T 556)
Entire length
25
Penrose (T 424)
Entire length
25
Pleasant Drive (T 534)
Entire length
25
Pleasantview Road (T 437)
Entire length
25
Puggy Lane (T 380)
Entire length
25
Quarter Mile Road (T 444)
Entire length
25
Rader's Lane East (T 411)
Entire length
25
Rader's Lane West (T 397)
Entire length
25
Reading Drive (T 373) (between Route 412 and Bingen Road)
Entire length
25
Redington Road East (T 403)
Entire length
25
Reilly Lane (T 574)
Entire length
25
Reservoir Road (T 435) (south of Polk Valley Road)
Entire length
25
Roberts Avenue (T 505)
Entire length
25
Rosalie Drive (T 552)
Entire length
25
Rose Lane (T 551)
Entire length
25
Rovaldi Avenue (T 418)
Entire length
25
Sanbrook Drive (T 520)
Entire length
25
Saucon Avenue (T 413)
Entire length
25
Saucon Dale Circle (T 560)
Entire length
25
Saucon Lane (T 528)
Entire length
25
Saucon Meadow Court (T 577)
Entire length
25
Schwab Avenue (T 412)
Entire length
25
Scottie Lane (T 501)
Entire length
25
Sherbrooke Drive (T 593)
Entire length
25
Sherry Hill Road (T 401) (between Ringhoffer Road and Peartree Lane)
Entire length
25
Sir Walter's Way
[Added 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-13]
Entire length
25
Skyline Drive (T 399)
Entire length
25
Snyder Avenue (T 506)
Entire length
25
Stover Road
Entire length
25
Strauss Avenue (T 503)
Entire length
25
Sunderland Drive (T 448)
Entire length
25
Surrey Road (T 559)
Entire length
25
Timber Lane (T 555)
Entire length
25
Trotter Lane (T 519)
Entire length
25
Velvet Trail
[Added 9-15-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-08]
Entire length
25
Victor Road (T 547)
Entire length
25
Village Lane (T 434)
Entire length
25
Viola Lane (T 549)
Entire length
25
Walnut Street (eastbound)
Entire length
25
Walter Street (T 409)
Entire length
25
West University Avenue (T 432)
Entire length
25
Wildberry Road (T 578)
Entire length
25
Wilhelm Road (T 384) (between Apple Street and Easton Road)
Entire length
25
Williams Church Road (T 396)
Entire length
25
Willowbrook Drive (T 596)
Entire length
25
Wirth Road (T 443)
Entire length
25
Woodfield Drive (T 592)
Entire length
25
Woodland Drive (T 447)
Entire length
25
Woodland Hills Court (T 602)
Entire length
25
Woodland Road (T 405)
Entire length
25
Wydnor Avenue (T 518)
Entire length
25
(4) 
30 mph.
Highway
Between
Speed Limit
(mph)
Alpine Drive (T 514)
Entire length
30
Banko Lane (T 377) (between Fawn Lane and Lower Saucon Road)
Entire length
30
Bergstresser Drive (T 507)
Entire length
30
Black River Road (T 563) (between Route 378 and Old Philadelphia Pike)
Entire length
30
Colesville Road (T 517)
Entire length
30
Crestline Drive (T 389) (between Williams Church Road and Wassergass Road)
Entire length
30
Fire Lane (T 372)
Entire length
30
Kelleman Road (T 509)
Entire length
30
Lower Saucon Road (SR2012)
[Added 7-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-06]
Applebutter Road and a point 2,000 feet north
30
Lower Saucon Road (SR2012, Segment 80)
[Added 2-3-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02]
Valley View Road and Redington Road
30
Lower Saucon Road (T567)
[Added 2-3-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02; amended 7-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-06]
Wassergass Road and Polk Valley Road (Springfield Township Line)
30
Mockingbird Hill Road (T 386)
Entire length
30
Old Mill Road (T 371)
Entire length
30
Reading Drive (T 373) (between Bingen Road and Spring Valley Road)
Entire length
30
Ringhoffer Road (T 400)
Entire length
30
Seidersville Road (T 515) (between Hickory Hill Road and Mountain Drive South)
Entire length
30
Silver Creek Road (T 375) (between Reservoir Road and PP&L Pole No. 67797/S46153
Entire length
30
Spring Valley Road (T 369)
Entire length
30
Stonesthrow Road (T 383)
Entire length
30
Valley View Road (T 406)
Entire length
30
Waldheim Road (T 425)
Entire length
30
Wilhelm Road (T 384) (between Apple Street and Wassergass Road)
Entire length
30
(5) 
35 mph.
Highway
Between
Speed Limit
(mph)
Apples Church Road (T 367) (between Bingen Road and Lehigh County line)[1]
Entire length
35
Black River Road (T 563) (between old Philadelphia Pike and Lehigh County line)
Entire length
35
Buttermilk Road (T 404)
Entire length
35
Countryside Lane (T 398)
Entire length
35
Crestline Drive (T 389) (between Williams Church Road and Lower Saucon Road)
Entire length
35
Drifting Drive (T 390)
Entire length
35
Meadows Road (T 376) (between Willemet Lane and Friedensville Road)
Entire length
35
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
Entire length
35
Polk Valley Road (T 566) (between Reservoir Road and Lower Saucon Road)
Entire length
35
Saucon Valley Road (T 565)
Entire length
35
Seidersville Road (T 515) (between Mountain Drive South and Bethlehem line)
Entire length
35
Sherry Hill Road (T 401) (between Peartree Road and Applebutter Road)
Entire length
35
Silver Creek Road (T 375)
PP&L Pole No. 67797/S46153 and Lower Saucon Road
35
Skibo Road (T 387)
Entire length
35
Springtown Hill Road (T 516)
Entire length
35
[1]
Editor's Note: The entry for Apple Street (T 395), which immediately followed this entry, was amended to change the speed limit from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour. See now Subsection A(3).
(6) 
40 mph.
Highway
Between
Speed Limit
(mph)
Apples Church Road (T 367) (between Route 412 and Bingen Road)
Entire length
40
Apple Street (T 395) (between Mockingbird Hill Road and Lower Saucon Road
Entire length
40
Bingen Road (T 564) (between Black River Road and Appleschurch Road)
Entire length
40
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
[Amended 2-3-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02; 7-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-06]
Between Easton Road and Wassergass Road
40
Mountain Drive North (T 422)
Entire length
40
Mountain Drive South (T 453)
Entire length
40
Polk Valley Road (T 566) (between Route 412 and Reservoir Road)
Entire length
40
Reservoir Road (T 435) (between Polk Valley Road and Wassergass Road)
Entire length
40
Wassergass Road (T 381) (between Hellerton Borough line and Drifting Drive)
Entire length
40
B. 
The following area is declared to be an Urban District: The section of highway of Route 412 (also known as Leithsville Road) between the addresses of 1981 Leithsville Road and 2031 Leithsville Road. The speed limit for this section of highway shall be 35 miles per hour.
C. 
School safety zones established; traffic speeds reduced certain days and hours.
[Added 5-19-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-03]
(1) 
The speed limit within the following school safety zones shall be 15 miles per hour during the days and times listed herein.
Highway
Days/Hours
Location
Polk Valley Road
School days/7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
From a point 260 feet south of the intersection of Campus Way north to Campus Way, then east to Reservoir Road
Polk Valley Road
School days/7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
From Reservoir Road west to the intersection of Campus Way, then south 260 feet
Reservoir Road
School days/7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
From Panther Way south to Polk Valley Road
Reservoir Road
School days/7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
From Polk Valley Road north to Panther Way
Rose Lane
School days/7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
From a point 200 feet east of Reservoir Road west to Reservoir Road
Walnut Street
School days/7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
From the SVSD service road east to Panther Way
(2) 
Any person who shall operate a vehicle at a speed in excess of that hereby established upon any highway or portion thereof specified in this subsection commits a summary offense, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine in accordance with the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, §3365 for school zones, as amended, and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 90 days.
At the following intersections, official traffic signals shall be erected (or, if heretofore erected, are hereby ratified), and traffic at such intersections shall be directed by such signals:
A. 
Intersection of Pennsylvania Route 378 and Black River Road (Local Route 48001).
B. 
Intersection of Pennsylvania Route 378 and Seidersville Road (Local Route 48118).
C. 
Intersection of Pennsylvania Route 378 and Mountain Drive North (T 422).
D. 
Intersection of Hickory Hill Road, Bingen Road, Mountain Drive South and Friedensville Road.
E. 
Intersection of Pennsylvania Route 378 and Saucon Valley Square.
Highway
From
To
Direction of Travel
Clauser Drive
Only at Pennsylvania Route 378
 — 
West
Frederick Street
(T 374)
Yost Avenue
(T 511)
Wyandotte Street (Pennsylvania Route 378)
West
Mount Pleasant Road
(T 510)
Only at Pennsylvania Route 412
West
West University Avenue
(T432)
Only at Pennsylvania Route 378
 — 
East
The following intersections are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or hereby confirmed, if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway upon the first-named highway in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case shall come to a full stop within a reasonable distance before entering any such intersection:
A. 
Individual Township roads.
Stop Highway
Through Highway
Direction for Stop
Adams Avenue (T 416)
Mixsell Avenue (T 428)
South
Alpine Drive (T 514)
Apple Street (T 395)
West
Alpine Drive (T 514)
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
Southeast
Amherst Drive (T 554)
Willowbrook Drive (T 596)
South
Appletree Lane (T 533)
Appletree Lane East (T 595)
North
Appletree Lane (T 533)
Colesville Road (T 517)
East
Appletree Lane (T 533)
Saucon Valley Road (T 565)
South
Appletree Lane East (T 595)
Colesville Road (T 517)
North
Apple Street (T 395)
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
East
Arden Lane (T 580)
Old Mill Road (T 371)
Southwest/ southwest[1]
Arnold Lane (T 573)
Mockingbird Hill Road (T 386)
Northeast
Athens Court
[Added 3-3-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-04]
Kefallonia Drive
North
Banko Lane (T 377)
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
West
Barclay Court (T 525)
Willowbrook Drive (T 596)
North
Barner Court (T 542)
Highland Drive (T 522)
West
Bauder Lane (T 575)
Bee Line Drive (T 388)
Southwest
Bee Line Drive (T 388)
Apple Street (T 395)
South
Benton Court (T 541)
Highland Drive (T 522)
West
Bergstresser Drive (T 507)
Drifting Drive (T 390)
East
Bergstresser Drive (T 507)
Wassergrass Road (T 381)
West
Bette Lane (T 621)
[Added 3-3-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-04]
Jake's Place
Northeast
Brad Lane (T 546)
Meadows Road (T 376)
West
Brian Jones Way (T 606)
Fieldstone Drive (T 605)
Southwest
Brian Jones Way
Sherbrooke Drive (T 593)
Northeast
Briarwood Circle Brunswick Court
Cambridge Court Alice Drive (T 561)
Southwest East
Bucknell Circle (T 451)
Dartford Road (T 450)
East
Bucknell Court (T 526)
Willowbrook Drive (T 596)
North
Bucknell Drive (T 449)
Dartford Road (T 450)
West
Camac Avenue (T 421)
East University Avenue (T 391)
North
Cambridge Court
Reading Drive
Northwest
Cannon Avenue (T 502)
Puggy Lane (T 380)
North/south
Carol Ann Way (T 591)
Kevin Drive (T 590)
South/south/ north
Cemetery Lane (T 382)
Easton Road (SR 2006)
North
Charles Drive (T 622)
[Added 3-3-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-04]
Bette Lane (T 621)
West
Clarence Drive (T 548)
Victor Road (T 547)
North/south
Clauser Drive
Old Philadelphia Park (T 407)
West
Clearfield Avenue (T 433)
Cannon Avenue (T 502)
East
Collins Avenue (T 410)
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
East
Connolly Avenue (T 420)
East University Avenue (T 391)
North/south
Connolly Avenue (T 420)
Mountain Drive North (T 422)
North
County Line Road (T 508)
Drifting Drive (T 390)
West
Country Road
Green Acres Drive (T 368)
South
Creekview Road (T 442)
Reading Drive (T 373)
North
Crestine Drive (T 389)
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
West
Cross Lane (T 537)
Hilltop Road (T 536)
East/west/east
Dartford Road (T 450)
Colesville Road (T 517)
North
Deer Run Road (T 585)
Meadows Ridge Court (T 584)
East
Delancy Street
Freidensville Road (SR 3004)
North
Dennis Lane (T 588)
Majestic Overlook Drive (T 589)
South/east
Dixon Court (T 540)
Highland Drive (T 522)
West
Dolores Lane (T 570)
Hill Drive (T 569)
East
Douglas Court
Amherst Drive (T 554)
East
Douglas Fir Drive (T 598)
Drifting Drive (T 390)
Southeast
Drifting Drive (T 390)
Wassergass Road (T 381)
North
Eagle Lane (T 604)
Countryside Lane (T 398)
West
Edward Drive (T 583)
Mountain Hill Lane (T 582)
East/north
Essex Court
Alice Drive (T 561)
East
Evergreen Drive (T 370)
Black River Road (T 563)
West
Fahs Lane (T 576)
Redington Road (SR 2014)
South
Fairway Road (T 531)
Silver Creek Road (T 375)
Southwest
Fawn Lane (T 553)
Banko Lane (T 377)
South
Fieldstone Drive (T 605)
Mountain Drive South
East
Fieldstone Drive (T 605)
Sherbrooke Drive (T 593)
East
Fieldstone Drive (T 605)
Sherbrooke Drive (T 593)
Northeast
Fire Lane (T 372)
Black River Road (T 563)
South
Focht Avenue (T 440)
East University Avenue (T 391)
North
Franklin Court
Amherst Drive (T 554)
East
Fritz Avenue (T 441)
Johnston Avenue (T 417)
South
Fritz Avenue (T 441)
Schwab Avenue (T 412)
North/south
Gawell Street (T 430)
Ivywood Avenue (T 429)
South
Glenwood Court (T 545)
Glenwood Drive (T 544)
South
Glenwood Drive (T 544)
Sanbrook Drive (T 520)
West
Green Acres Drive (T 368)
Bingen Road (T 564)
North
Green Pine Lane (T 426)
Wassergass Road (T 381)
West
Greens Drive (T 603)
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
East
Hafler Road (T 366)
Apples Church Road (T 367)
South
Hafler Road (T 366)
Spring Valley Road (T 369)
West
Highland Drive (T 522)
Amherst Drive (T 554)
West
Highland Drive (T 522)
Sanbrook Drive (T 520)
East/west
Hill Drive (T 569)
Springtown Hill Road (T 516)
South
Hillside Drive (T 532)
Pleasant View Road (T 437)
North
Hillside Drive (T 532)
Bingen Road (T 564)
Southwest
Hilltop Road (T 536)
Pleasant Drive (T 534)
Northwest
Illes Lane (T 504)
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
East
Ivy Court (T 539)
Highland Drive (T 522)
South
Jefferson Avenue (T 445)
Johnston Avenue (T 417)
South
Johnston Avenue (T 417)
Adams Avenue (T 416)
East/west
Johnston Avenue (T 417)
Mathews Avenue (T 402)
East/west
Johnston Avenue (T 417)
Snyder Avenue (T 506)
South
Kefallonia Drive
[Added 3-3-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-04]
Wassergass Road
Northeast
Keith Drive (T 581)
Mount Pleasant Road (T 510)
Northwest
Kelleman Road (T 509)
Drifting Drive (T 390)
West
Kevin Drive (T 590)
Hickory Hill Road (SR 3004)
Southwest
Kistler Avenue (T 419)
East University Avenue (T 391)
North
Knollwood Road
Woodfield Drive (T 592)
Northwest
Knollwood Road
Woodfield Drive (T 592)
East
Kohas Drive
[Added 1-4-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-01]
None
North
Kunsman Lane (T 392)
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
South
Limpar Lane (T 571)
Countryside Lane (T 398)
East
Linden Oaks Lane
Green Acres Drive (T 368)
East
Lower Saucon Elementary School lower road
Wassergass Road (T 381)
North
Lower Saucon Elementary School upper road
Wassergass Road (T 381)
North
Majestic Overlook (T 589)
Hickory Hill Road (SR 3004)
North Drive
Manor Drive (T 594)
Saucon Lane (T 528)
South/southeast
Maple Drive (T 586)
Elm Terrace (T 587)
South
Maple Drive (T 586) (T 396)
Williams Church Lane
North
Marick Circle (T 535)
Hilltop Road (T 536)
South
Martins Lane (T 379)
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
West
McCloskey Avenue (T 415)
Stonesthrow Road (T 383)
South
Meadows Road (T376)
[Added 11-3-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-07]
Rail Trail
East
Meadows Road (T376)
[Added 11-3-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-07]
Rail Trail
West
Meadows Road Bridge
[Added 6-18-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-08]
Meadows Road Bridge
East/west
Merryweather Drive (T 452)
Bingen Road (T 564)
East
Merryweather Drive (T 452)
Colesville Road (T 517)
West
Mixsell Avenue (T 428)
Jefferson Avenue (T 445)
West
Mixsell Avenue (T 428)
Mathews Avenue (T 402)
East/west
Moravia Street (T 512)
Benner Street (T 513)
North/south
Moravia Street (T 512)
Frederick Street (T 374)
North/south
Mountain Drive North (T 422)
Mountain Drive North (T 422; northeastbound)
Southwest
Mountain Drive North (T 422)
Mountain Drive South (T 453)
Northeast
Mountain Hill Lane (T 582)
Mount Pleasant Road (T 510)
Northwest
Mountaintop Campus Road South
Mountain Drive South (T 453)
South
Mountainview Drive (T 436)
Bingen Road (T 564)
Southwest
Mountainview Drive (T 436)
Pleasant View Road (T 437)
North (except right turn)
Mount Pleasant Road (T 510)
Springtown Hill Road (T 516)
North
Nace Avenue (T 431)
West University Avenue (T 432)
East
Noah's Circle (T 620)
[Added 3-3-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-04]
Sir Walter's Way (T 619)
Northeast
North Drive (T 446)
Quarter Mile Road (T 444)
North
North Drive (T 446)
[Repealed 6-15-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-02]
Oakwood Court (T 523)
Willowbrook Drive (T 596)
South
Old Mill Road (T 371)
Bingen Road (T 564)
West
Orchards Road (T 378)
Moyer Lane (T 600)
South
Orchards Road (T 378)
Springtown Hill Road (T 516)
North
Osborne Court
Highland Drive (T 522)
South
Overlook Drive (T 557)
Polk Valley Road (T 566)
South
Peachtree Lane (T 556)
Black River Road (SR 3002)
North
Peachtree Lane (T 556)
Dickenson Lane (T 439)
North
Peartree Lane (T 597)
Sherry Hill Road (T 401)
Northwest
Penrose Street (T 424)
Springtown Hill Road (T 516)
West
Polk Valley Road (T566)
None
North/west
Polk Valley Road (T 566)
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
Southeast
Puggy Lane off-ramp (T 380)
Puggy Lane (T 380)
Southwest
Quarter Mile Road (T 444)
Sunderland Drive (T 448)
West
Rambling Rose Lane (T 550)
Pleasant Drive (T 534)
North
Reading Drive (T 373)
Bingen Road (T 564)
Northeast/ southwest
Reilly Lane (T 574)
Mockingbird Hill Road (T 386)
Southwest
Reservoir Road (T 435)
Polk Valley Road (T 566)
North/south
Roberts Avenue (T 505)
Snyder Avenue (T 506)
North/south
Robin Court (T 524)
Willowbrook Drive (T 596)
North
Rose Lane (T 551)
Overlook Drive (T 557)
East (except right turn)
Rose Lane (T 551)
Reservoir Road (T 435)
West
Rovaldi Avenue (T 418)
East University Avenue (T 391)
North
Rovaldi Avenue (T 418)
Kistler Avenue (T 419)
South
Rumson Court
Highland Drive (T 522)
North
Sanbrook Court (T 521)
Sanbrook Drive (T 520)
East
Saucon Avenue (T 413)
Roberts Avenue (T 505)
East/west
Saucon Dale Circle (T 560)
Surrey Road (T 559)
Southwest
Saucon Lane (T 528)
Colesville Road (T 517)
South
Saucon Meadow Court (T 577)
Saucon Lane (T 528)
Northwest
Saucon Valley High School middle road
Polk Valley Road (T 566)
South
Saucon Valley High School Road
Reservoir Road (T 435)
East
Saucon Valley High School upper road
Polk Valley Road (T 566)
South
Saucon Valley Middle/Elementary School, road coming from behind school
Walnut Street
North
Saucon Valley Road (T 565)
Bingen Road (T 564)
East
Schwab Avenue (T 412)
Adams Avenue (T 416)
East/west
Schwab Avenue (T 412)
Mathews Avenue (T 402)
East
Scottie Lane (T 501)
Cannon Avenue (T 502)
East
Seiderville Road East (T 515) to Bethlehem line
Mountain Drive South (T 453)
West
Sherbrooke Drive (T 593)
Fieldstone Drive (T 605)
Northwest
Sherbrooke Drive
Woodfield Drive
South
Silver Creek Road (T 375)
Lower Saucon Road (T 435)
East
Silver Creek Road (T 377A)
Reservoir Road (T 568)
Northwest
Sir Walter's Way (T 619)
[Added 3-3-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-04]
Bette Lane (T 621)
Southeast
Sir Walter's Way (T 619)
[Added 3-3-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-04]
Flint Hill Road (SR 3001)
West
Snyder Avenue (T 506)
Schwab Avenue (T 412)
East
Southeastern Park exit/entrance
Wassergass Road (T 381)
East
South Mountain Park entrance
East University Avenue (T 391)
North/south (except right turn)
South Mountain Park entrance
Mountain Drive North (T 422)
North
Springtown Hill Road
[Added 11-7-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-13]
Eastbound
East (except right turn)
Springtown Hill Road
[Added 1-4-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-01]
None
South
Springtown Hill Road
[Added 1-4-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-01]
None
West
Spring Valley Road (T 369)
Bingen Road (T 564)
Northeast
Stonesthrow Road (T 383)
Evergreen Drive (T 370)
East
Stonesthrow Road (T 383)
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
East
Stover Road
Arden Lane (T 580)
Southwest
Strauss Avenue (T 503)
Stonesthrow Road (T 383)
South
Strauss Avenue (T 503)
Walter Street (T 409)
North/south
Summit Drive (T 558)
Overlook Drive (T 557)
West
Timber Lane (T 555)
Polk Valley Road (T 566)
North
Town Hall Park Road
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
East
Town Hall Road
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
East
Trotter Lane (T 519)
Wydnor Avenue (T 518)
East
Velvet Trail
[Added 3-3-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-04]
Jake's Place
East
Veteran's Lane (Saucon Valley School District campus main entrance drive)
None
South
Victor Road
[Added 7-15-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-06]
Amelia Court
North
Victor Road (T 547)
Meadow Road (T 376)
Northeast
Victor Road
[Added 7-15-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-06]
Nancy Lee Court
South
Village Lane (T 434)
West University Avenue (T 432)
East
Viola Lane (T 549)
Victor Road (T 547)
Northwest/ southeast
Waldheim Road (T 425)
Apples Church Road (T 367)
Northwest
Waldheim Road (T 425)
Wimmer Road/Waldheim Road (T 425; westbound)
South
Walter Street (T 409)
McCloskey Avenue (T 415)
West
Walter Street (T 409)
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
East/west
West Point Drive (T 579)
Bingen Road (SR 3003)
South
Weyhill Farm Lane
Saucon Valley Road (T 565)
North
Whiteacre Drive
[Added 12-6-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
Bingen Road
West
Wildberry Road (T 578)
Bingen Road (T 564)
West
Wilhelm Road (T 384)
Apple Street (T 395)
North/south
Wilhelm Road (T 384)
Wassergrass Road (T 381)
South
Williams Church Lane (T 396)
Crestline Drive (T 379)
West
Willings Lane
Skibo Hill Road (T 387)
South
Willowbrook Court (T 543)
Willowbrook Drive (T 522A)
Northwest
Wirth Road (T 443)
Wassergrass Road (T 381)
East
Woodfield Drive (T 592)
Hickory Hill Road
Southwest
Woodfield Drive (T 592)
Mountain Drive South (T 422A)
East
Woodfield Drive (T 592)
Mountain Drive South
Northeast
Woodland Drive (T447)
[Added 6-15-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-02]
North Drive (T446)
East
Woodland Drive (T 447)
Sunderland Drive (T 448)
West/northwest
Woodland Hills Court (T 602)
Lower Saucon Road (SR 2001)
East
Wydnor Avenue (T 518)
Black River Road (T 563)
South
Yost Avenue (T 511)
Frederick Street (T 374)
North
[1]
Editor's Note: So in original.
B. 
Paired groupings of specific streets.
Stop Highway
Through Highway
Direction for Stop
A.
Alice Drive (T 561)
[Amended 7-19-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
None
North/south
B.
Willowbrook Drive (T 596)
None
West
A.
Apple Street (T 395)
None
North/south
B.
Mockingbird Hill Road (T 386)
East
A.
Apples Church Road (T 367)
[Amended 8-21-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-03]
None
Northeast/southwest
B.
Bingen Road (T 564)
Southeast
A.
Cannon Avenue (T 502)
West University Avenue (T 432)
South (except right turn)
B.
West University Avenue (T 432)
(eastbound)
West
A.
Ivywood Avenue (T 429)
[Amended 7-19-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-04]
Ivywood Avenue (T 429)
South
B.
Schwab Avenue (T 412)
(eastbound)
West
A.
Mathews Avenue (T 402)
Snyder Avenue (T 506)
South (except right turn)
B.
Snyder Avenue (T 506)
(eastbound)
West
A.
Meadows Ridge Court (T 584)
Meadows Road (T 376)
North
B.
Meadows Road (T 376; westbound)
(eastbound)
West (except right turn)
A.
Mixsell Avenue (T 428)
Johnston Avenue (T 417)
West
B.
Roberts Avenue (T 505)
North
A.
Mountain Drive South (T 453)
Mountain Drive South (T 453)
North
B.
Mountaintop Campus Road North
(southbound)
East
A.
Old Philadelphia Pike (T 407)
None
North/south
B.
Black River Road (T 563)
East/west
A.
Reservoir Road (T 435)
None
East/south/north
B.
Wassergass Road (T 381)
A.
Sanbrook Drive (T 520)
None
North/south
B.
Willowbrook Drive (T 596)
East/west
A.
Seidersville Road (T 515)
East
B.
Mountain Drive South (T 453)
None
North/south
C.
Broadhead Court (T 572)
West
A.
Spring Valley Road (T 369; southbound)
None
South
B.
Spring Valley Road (T 369; northbound)
North
C.
Reading Drive (T 373)
East
A.
Meadows Road (T 376; eastbound)
[Added 7-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-06]
None
East
B.
Meadows Road (T 376; northbound)
[Amended 7-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-06]
None
North/west
C.
Skibo Road (T 387)
[Amended 7-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-06]
None
West
A.
Springtown Hill Road (T 516)
Springtown Hill Road (T 516)
Northeast (except right turn)
B.
Kohas Drive
(southbound)
A.
Walnut Street
None
East
B.
Saucon Valley High School Road
North
A.
Wassergass Road (T 381)
None
East/west
B.
Lower Saucon Road (T 567)
North/south
A.
Polk Valley Road (T 566)
None
North/south/west
B.
Saucon Valley High School overpass road
None
North/south/west
A.
Camac Avenue (eastbound) (T 421)
Connolly Avenue (southbound) (T 420)
East/west
B.
Connolly Avenue (westbound) (T 420)
A.
Carol Ann Way (T 591)
None
North/east/west
B.
Woodfield Drive (T 592)
The following intersections are hereby established as yield right-of-way intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected (or are hereby ratified if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway from the first-named highway in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway in the direction or directions hereby indicated shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time that the operator of such vehicle or tractor is moving across or within such intersections:
Yield Highway
Through Highway
Direction of Travel
Amherst Drive (T 554)
Amherst Court (T 562)
North
Bingen Road (T 564)
Bingen Road (T 564)
Eastbound; yield except right turn
Crestline Drive (T 389)
Wassergass Road (T 381)
South
Girard Avenue (T 599)
Kistler Avenue (T 419)
South
Peachtree Lane (T 556 from Black River Road)
Peachtree Lane (T 556; cul-de-sac to Dickenson Lane)
South
Sanbrook Drive (T 520)
Highland Court (T 538)
North
Sunderland Drive (T 448)
Surrey Road (T 559)
South
Woodland Drive (T 447)
Woodland Drive (T 447)
Southeast
A. 
Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Motor Vehicle Size, Weight and/or Class Limitations Ordinance of the Township of Lower Saucon."
B. 
Enactment. This section is enacted pursuant to the Authority conferred by the Vehicle Code, Sections 4902 and 6103 (75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 4902 and 6103).
C. 
Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
CLASS OF VEHICLES
As defined in the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 75, Vehicles, 1976 Edition, as revised on 3-1-1983 for Motor Homes, Paragraph 1913, and for Trucks and Truck Tractors, Paragraph 1916.
EXCESS MAINTENANCE
Maintenance or restoration or both (but not betterment) of a posted highway in excess of normal maintenance, caused by use of over-posted-weight vehicles.
LOCAL TRAFFIC
The following shall be regarded as local traffic for the purposes of Subsection D of this section (relating to local traffic):
(1) 
Emergency vehicles;
(2) 
School buses;
(3) 
Vehicles and combinations of government agencies and utilities or their contractors engaged in construction or maintenance on a posted highway or in a location which can be reached only via a posted highway; and
(4) 
Vehicles and combinations going to or coming from a residence, commercial establishment or farm located on a posted highway or which can be reached only via a posted highway.
NORMAL MAINTENANCE
The usual and typical activities necessary to maintain the roadway, shoulders and drainage facilities in the state of repair existing at the date of the inspection prescribed in Subsection E(6)(a) of this section (relating to use under permit).
OVERPOSTED WEIGHT/CLASS VEHICLE
A vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of a posted weight limit or a vehicle or combination having a registered gross or combination weight in excess of the applicable gross or combination weight established for a particular posted class limit of vehicle.
POSTED HIGHWAY
A highway or road having a posted weight/class limit.
POSTED WEIGHT/CLASS LIMIT
A restricted weight/class limit posted on a highway under authority of Section 4902 of the Vehicle Code.
[1]
POSTING AUTHORITY
The Township of Lower Saucon for Township roads, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for state highways, and the County of Northampton for County bridges.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A § 4902.
D. 
Local traffic.
(1) 
General rule. Overposted-weight/class local traffic may exceed posted weight/class limits, unless the posting authority determines that an overposted-weight/class vehicle or vehicles being driven to or from a particular destination or destinations are likely to damage the highway.
(2) 
Vehicles determined likely to damage highway. If the posting authority determines that one or more overposted-weight/class vehicles are likely to damage the highway, the posting authority will so notify the registrants of the overposted-weight/class vehicles or owners of the destination or destinations or both and will also notify state and local police. After two business days following delivery of the notice or after five days following mailing of the notice, such overposted-weight vehicles shall not exceed the posted weight/class limits, except in accordance with the provisions of Subsection E of this section (relating to use under permit).
(3) 
Proof of local traffic status. The following types of documents will constitute evidence that a vehicle is local traffic:
(a) 
A bill of lading, shipping order or similar document which shows a destination on the posted highway.
(b) 
Certification by the permittee or an official of a permittee company on the company letterhead, describing the local traffic nature of the activity which the vehicle is engaged in.
E. 
Use of permits.
(1) 
General rule. No overposted-weight/class vehicle, except local traffic authorized under Subsection D of this section (relating to local traffic), shall be driven on a posted highway with a gross weight or registered class in excess of the posted weight/class limit, unless the posting authority has issued a permit for the vehicle or vehicles in accordance with this section.
(2) 
Types of permits. Types of permits shall include the following:
(a) 
A Type 1 permit authorizes use of a particular posted highway or portion thereof by an overposted-weight/class vehicle. It is valid only when carried in the overposted-weight vehicle.
(b) 
A Type 2 permit authorizes use of a particular posted highway or portion thereof by any number of overposted-weight/class vehicles being driven to or from a common destination.
[1] 
Documents of the type set forth in Subsection D(3) of this section (relating to local traffic) will constitute evidence of a vehicle's destination.
[2] 
A Type 2 permit will be issued only upon request of the permittee and if the posting authority determines that it is not feasible to issue a Type 1 permit for each vehicle. For example, most overposted-weight/class vehicles hauling to and from the place of business of the permittee belong to or are hauling under contract with customers or suppliers of the permittee.
(c) 
A Type 3 permit authorizes use of a number of specified posted highways or portions thereof by an overposted-weight/class vehicle.
[1] 
A Type 3 permit is valid only when carried in the overposted-weight/class vehicle.
[2] 
A Type 3 permit is issued only if the posting authority determines that damage to the posted highway covered by the permit will be minimal because of the limited number of moves by overposted-weight/class vehicles and short-term use of the highways anticipated by the permittee.
(3) 
Excess maintenance agreement. Issuance of a permit to exceed a posted weight/class limit or limits will be conditioned on the agreement by the permittee to accept financial responsibility for excess maintenance of the posted highway or portion thereof to be used by the permittee. The agreement may provide for the work to be performed by the posting authority or its contractor or by the permittee or its contractor at the discretion of the posting authority.
(4) 
Security. Except as provided in Subsection E(4)(d) of this section, the permittee shall be required to provide security in favor of the posting authority to assure compliance with the maintenance-reconstruction agreement.
(a) 
Amount of security. The amount of security shall be as follows:
[1] 
Type 1 and Type 2 permits. Type 1 and Type 2 permits shall include:
[a] 
Six thousand dollars per linear mile for unpaved highways to be maintained at a level consistent with the type of highway.
[b] 
Twelve thousand dollars per linear mile for paved highways to be maintained at a level consistent with the type of highway.
[c] 
Fifty thousand dollars per linear mile for any highway which the posting authority allows to be maintained below a level consistent with the type of highway.
[2] 
Type 3 permits shall include $10,000 for each county or municipality covered by the permit.
[3] 
Schedule of bonding amounts. The posting authority will, from time to time but not more often than annually, publish a revised schedule of bonding amounts based on increased or decreased maintenance costs.
(b) 
Form of security. The security may be in the form of a performance bond with surety by a company authorized to do business in the commonwealth; or, at the option of the permittee, in the form of a certified or cashier's check, bank account or irrevocable letter of credit in favor of the posting authority; or in some other form of security acceptable to the posting authority.
(c) 
Additional security. When the amount of damage in excess of normal maintenance to a posted highway is estimated by the posting authority to constitute 75% or more of the amount of the security, the posting authority may require the highway to be maintained or reconstructed within 30 days, unless the permittee agrees to provide such additional security as the posting authority shall determine.
(d) 
Self bonding. The posting authority may authorize self bonding if it determines, on the basis of the financial ability of the permittee, that it is unlikely that the posting authority will be unable to collect a judgment rendered against the permittee for failure to comply with the maintenance agreement.
[1] 
The posting authority may require corporate officers and stockholders and their spouses to execute a self bond if the financial ability of a corporation is insufficient in itself to justify self bonding.
[2] 
The posting authority may require the permittee to execute liens on real or personal property, or both, as a condition for authorizing self bonding.
[3] 
To be considered for self bonding by the posting authority, a permittee shall file Contractor's Financial Statement, Department Form CS 4300, Part 1. The financial statement shall be updated annually and within 30 days of any posting authority request for an update.
(5) 
Multiple permittees. Multiple permittees shall conform with the following:
(a) 
Agreement to share excess maintenance responsibility. If two or more persons wish to obtain Type 1 or Type 2 permits to operate overposted-weight/class vehicles on the same posted highway or portion thereof, they may agree among themselves as to their relative responsibility for the cost of excess maintenance, and the posting authority will enter into agreements and accept security on the basis of the agreed shares.
(b) 
Determination by posting authority. If multiple applicants for Type 1 or Type 2 permits cannot agree on their relative responsibility, the posting authority will determine their relative shares and will enter into agreement with and accept security from any person agreeing to such determination.
(c) 
Subsequent permit applicants. Subsection E(5)(a) and (b) of this section shall apply even if one or more persons have already entered into a Type 1 or Type 2 permit agreement and posted security when another person expresses the desire to obtain a Type 1 or Type 2 permit to operate overposted-weight/class vehicles on the same posted highway.
(6) 
Determination of highway condition. Determination of highway condition shall consist of the following:
(a) 
Inspection. Representatives of the posting authority and of the permittee or permittees will make an on-site inspection of the posted highway immediately before issuance of each permit to determine its condition.
(b) 
Reinspection. The posted highway will be reinspected:
[1] 
Upon issuance of any new permit;
[2] 
From time to time as the posting authority determines repairs may be required; and
[3] 
Upon termination of any permit, to determine the amount of damage for which the permittee or permittees are responsible.
(c) 
Type 3 permits. Before and after using a Type 3 permit on any posted highway specified in the permit, the representatives of the permittee and the posting authority will make an on-site inspection to determine the relative condition of the highway before and after the use and to assess any excess maintenance caused by the permittee.
(d) 
Notification of inspections and reinspections. All Type 1 and Type 2 permittees on a posted highway or portion thereof will be notified of all inspections and reinspections on the highway or portion and may participate in the inspections and reinspections.
(e) 
Inspection costs. The inspection costs of the posting authority shall be paid by the permittee or permittees. Inspection costs related to a county-wide or municipality-wide Type 3 permit will be paid solely by the Type 3 permittee.
(7) 
Administrative fee. The department will charge an administrative fee as set from time to time by resolution or ordinance, as may be required by law, for issuance of each Type 3 permit for state roads. The posting authority shall charge an administrative fee as set from time to time by resolution or ordinance, as may be required by law, for issuance of each permit.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is available at the Town Hall.
F. 
Posted roads and bridges. The Council of Lower Saucon Township has determined and does hereby determine that the following roads or bridges under the jurisdiction of the Township may be damaged or destroyed unless the permissible weight or class of motor vehicles or combinations is reduced to the weight/class limits listed. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination, having a gross weight in excess of that therein respectively prescribed, upon any of the following highways or portions thereof; excluded are Fire Department vehicles when responding to or participating in an emergency.
Class Limit
Road
Estimated Miles
Between
Weight Limit
Motor Homes
Trucks and Truck Tractors
Apple Street
(T 395)
3.0
Township line and Lower Saucon Road
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Bee Line Drive
(T 388)
0.6
Township line and Apple Street
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Cannon Avenue
(T 502)
0.18
Entire length
14,000 lb or 7 tons
2
4
Colesville Road
(T 517)
1.0
PA Rte 378 and Black River Road
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Countryside Lane
(T 398)
1.5
Hellertown Road and Applebutter Road
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Evergreen Drive
(T 370)
0.36
Black River Road and Stonesthrow Road
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Fire Lane
(T 372)
0.6
Township line and Black River Road
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Helms Road
(T 408)
0.3
Applebutter Road and I-78 (dead end)
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Skyline Drive
(T 399)
0.8
Township line and dead end
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Meadows Road
(T 376)
0.55
Friedensville Road and Skibo Road
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Meadows Road
(T 376)
0.9
Skibo Road and PA Rte 412
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Mockingbird Hill Road
(T 386)
0.6
Township line and Apple Street
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Mountain Drive North
(T 422)
1.44
PA Rte 378 and Mountain Drive South
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Mountain Drive South
(T 453)
0.2
Mountain Drive North and Township line
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Mountain Drive South
(T 453)
0.15
Township line and Township line
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Mountain Drive South
(T 453)
0.96
Township line and Township line
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Mount Pleasant Road
(T 510)
0.4
PA Rte 412 and Springtown Hill Road
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Old Mill Road
(T 371)
0.95
Bingen Road and Reading Road
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Old Philadelphia Pike
(T 407)
1.45
PA Rte 378 and Township line
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Orchard Road
(T 378)
0.5
Springtown Hill and Township line
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Orchard Road
(T 378)
0.65
Orchard Road and PA Rte 412
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Puggy Lane
(T 380)
0.15
Entire length
14,000 lb or 7 tons
2
4
Raders Lane East
(T 411)
0.71
PA Rte 378 and Hickory Hill Road
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Ringhoffer Road
(T 400)
0.1
Township line and Township line
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Ringhoffer Road
(T 400)
0.5
Township line and Applebutter Road
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Saucon Valley Road
(T 565)
0.63
Bingen Road and Upper Saucon Township Line
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Scottie Lane
(T 501)
0.07
Entire length
14,000 lb or 7 tons
2
4
Seidersville Road
(T 515)
0.93
Hickory Hill Road and Township line
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Sherry Hill Road
(T 401)
1.4
Township line and Applebutter Road
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Skibo Road
(T 387)
0.45
Meadows Road and Township line
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Springtown Hill Road
(T 516)
2.1
PA Rte 412 and Township line
20,000 lb or 10 tons
3
7
Stonesthrow Road
(T 383)
0.45
Old Philadelphia Pike and Township line
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Walter Street
(T 409)
0.11
Old Philadelphia Pike and PA Rte 378
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Wilhelm Road
(T 384)
0.5
Apple Street and Wassergass Road
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Wilhelm Road
(T 384)
0.5
Township line and Apple Street
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
Williams Church Road
(T 396)
1.5
Entire length
10,000 lb or 5 tons
2
4
G. 
Vehicle weight limit/class established.
(1) 
Pursuant to the findings under Subsection F, no motor vehicles or combinations shall, when operated on any of the roads or bridges listed in Subsection F, have a gross weight or class exceeding the weight limit/class listed for said road in Subsection F.
(2) 
The following motor vehicles shall be exempted from the restrictions imposed under Subsection G(1) above:
(a) 
School buses.
(b) 
Emergency vehicles.
(c) 
Vehicles making local deliveries or pickups.
H. 
Erection of signs. The Township shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained restriction signs designating the restrictions at each end of a bridge or portion of road restricted as provided in this section. In the case of a restriction on a bridge or on a road which does not begin or end at an intersection with an unrestricted road, the Township shall also place an advance informational sign at the intersection nearest each end of the restricted bridge or portion of road, which would allow drivers to avoid the restricted bridge or portion of road. No person shall be convicted of violating any portion of this section unless the restriction sign designating the restricted bridge or portion of road to traffic moving in the direction the person was driving was posted as required in this subsection. However, failure to post the restriction sign designating the restricted bridge or portion of road to traffic moving in the opposite direction or failure to post any advance informational sign shall not constitute a defense to a violation of this subsection.
I. 
Violations and penalties. Any person operating a motor vehicle or combination upon a road or bridge in violation of this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $75, except that any person convicted of operating a vehicle with a gross weight or class in excess of a posted weight/class shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $150, plus $150 for each 500 pounds or part thereof in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable weight or pay a fine of $150, plus $1,000 for every class category for the vehicle in excess of one class above the class limit established for the road.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or tractor upon any highway in the Township that is under construction, resurfacing or repair in disregard of any official sign, barricade or notice that the same is closed to vehicular traffic.
At the following intersections, official traffic signs shall be erected (or if heretofore erected are hereby ratified), and traffic at such intersections as directed shall be prohibited from making left-hand turns:
A. 
Left turn restriction for East University Avenue at the intersection of SR 0378.
B. 
Left turn restriction for Meadows Road at the intersection of SR 0412.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-10]