Township of Dallas, PA Traffic Regulations

§ 85-10 Operation of certain vehicles prohibited in parks.

It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorized pedalcycle, snowmobile, or other motorized recreational vehicle in the public parks maintained and operated by the Township of Dallas or the Dallas Area School District, except that motor vehicles which are titled and registered in this commonwealth or another state according to the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania may be driven on the park streets and parking lots of the public parks maintained and operated by the Township of Dallas:

(1)

Dallas Town Park.

(2)

Kunkle Park.

(3)

School yards and school playing fields.

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a summary offense and be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs.

§ 85-11 Traffic signals at certain locations.

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	Type of Signal
	Intersection of East Center Hill Road and Tunkhannock Highway	Traffic control signals
	Intersection of Upper Demunds Road (LR40053) and Hildebrant Road (LR40131) with Tunkhannock Highway (Route 309)	Traffic control signals

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.

§ 85-12 Intersections where turn prohibited on red signal.

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
(Reserved)

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.

§ 85-13 One-way streets established.

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 Name	From	To	Direction of Travel
(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 85-14 Rotary traffic islands established.

The following 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:

Island On	Location
Elmcrest Drive (T-817) [Repealed 7-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-3]
Grandview Avenue	At the south intersection of Grandview Avenue with the Tunkhannock Highway (Route 309)
Highland Court (T-806)	At the intersection with Highland Drive (T-804)

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.

§ 85-15 Turning at certain intersections prohibited or restricted.

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)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 85-16 Right turns only permitted at certain intersections.

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:

Vehicle Traveling On	Direction of Travel	Times	Not To Make Left Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 85-17 U-turns prohibited at certain locations.

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)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 85-18 No-passing zones established.

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)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 85-19 Through highways established.

The following streets 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 control 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 § 3323(b) or (c) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code,[1] 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
	Eddinger Hill Road	Lower Demunds Road and Dallas Township/Franklin Township line
	Elmcrest Drive	Pennsylvania Route 415 (Memorial Highway) and Lake Street
	Grandview Avenue	South intersection with Route 309 (Tunkhannock Highway) and north intersection with Route 309 (Tunkhannock Highway)
	Hill Street	Harris Street and Dallas Township/Kingston Township line
	Main Street	Memorial Highway (Route 309) and Fernbrook Road
	Old Tunkhannock Road	Alderson Road and Dallas Township/Wyoming County line
	Old Tunkhannock Road	Tunkhannock Highway (Route 309) and Alderson Road
	Terrace Street	Lower Demunds Road and Dallas Township/Kingston Township line

[1]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323.

§ 85-20 Stop intersections established.

The following intersections 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 § 3323(b) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code,[1] 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	Intersecting or Through Street	Direction of Travel
Aspen Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	42nd Street	Southbound
Aster Drive	Upper Demunds Road	Westbound
Belmount Avenue [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Midland Drive	Westbound
Birch Street	Elmcrest Drive	Northbound
Briarcrest Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	42nd Street	North and southbound
Briarcrest Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Route 415	Southbound
Bridel Path [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Winding Way	Northbound
Bryan Drive	Reservoir Road	Westbound
By-Pass Road	Memorial Highway (Route 309)	Westbound
Camp Ground Road	Lower Demunds Road	Eastbound
Camp Ground Road	Upper Demunds Road	Westbound
Canter Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Saddle Ridge Drive	Eastbound
Canter Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Pennbrook Lane	Northbound
Catalpa Road (Fire House Road) [Repealed 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]
Catalpa Road (Fire House Road) [Repealed 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]
Church Road	Ambrose Road	Northbound
Circle Drive	Lake Street	Northbound and southbound
Claridge Street	Westminster Drive	Northbound
Claude Street	Church Street	Southbound
Claude Street	East Center Hill Road	Northbound
Clover Leaf Road	Country Club Road	Westbound
Conyngham Avenue	Hildebrant Road	Northbound
Crestview Drive	Hays Corners Road	Eastbound
Dorchester Drive	Kingswood Drive	Northbound and southbound
Dorchester Drive	Savoy Drive	Northbound and southbound
Dorchester Drive	Westminster Drive	Northbound
Downing Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Rice Drive	South bound
Eddinger Hill Road	Lower Demunds Road	Westbound
Elmcrest Drive	Lake Street	Eastbound
Elmcrest Drive	Route 415 (Memorial Highway)	Westbound
Emily Lane [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Garfield Street	Northbound
Fair Ground Road	Conyngham Avenue	Westbound
Fair Ground Road	Lower Demunds Road	Eastbound
Ferguson Avenue	East Overbrook Avenue	Northbound
Ferguson Avenue	Memorial Highway (Route 309)	Southbound
Fern Street	Terrace Street	Westbound
Fire House Road [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Old Highway Road	Westbound
Fox Hollow Drive	Church Street	Eastbound
Fox Hollow Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Fox Hollow Drive	Northbound
Garbutt Avenue	Gerald Avenue	Westbound
Garbutt Avenue	Memorial Highway (Route 415)	Eastbound
Garfield Street	Hill Street	Eastbound
Gerald Avenue [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	West Center Hill Road	Southbound
Glendalough Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Glendalough Drive	Eastbound
Glendalough Drive	Upper Demunds Road	Northbound
Glen Riddle Lane	Church Street	Eastbound
Glen riddle Lane [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Pheasant Run Drive	Westbound
Glenview Avenue	Terrace Street	Westbound
Goldsmith Road	Demunds Road	Westbound
Goodleigh Road [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Upperdemunds Road	Southbound
Good Man Road [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Briarcrest Drive	Westbound
Gordon Avenue	Hilldonia Avenue	Northbound
Grandview Avenue	Tunkhannock Highway (Route 309)	Northbound
Grandview Avenue	Tunkhannock Highway (Route 309)	Southbound
Goodrich Road	Alderson Road	Southbound
Hamilton Road	Clover Leaf Road	Westbound
Harris Street	Lower Demunds Road	Westbound
Hemlock Street	Terrace Street	Eastbound and westbound
Highland Court	Highland Drive	Westbound
Highland Drive	Grandview Avenue	Northbound
Highland Drive	Grandview Avenue	Southbound
Hilco Drive	Reservoir Road	Westbound
Hillcrest Drive	Grandview Avenue	Northbound
Hillcrest Drive	Highland Drive	Southbound
Hilldonia Avenue	Church Street	Westbound
Hill Street [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Roosevelt Street	Northbound
Jake Moore Road	Ambrose Road	Southbound
James Street	Aster Drive	Northbound and southbound
Joe Pag Lane [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Country Club Road	Northbound
Joe Pag Lane [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Route 415	Southbound
Kingswood Drive	Dorchester Drive	Westbound
Lakeview Drive	Pennsylvania Route 309	Westbound
Lincoln Street	Hill Street	Eastbound
Main Street	Fernbrook	Eastbound
Main Street	Memorial Highway (Route 309)	Eastbound and westbound
Manor Drive	Circle Drive	Northbound and southbound
Manor View Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Upper Demunds Road	Eastbound
Manor View Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Scenic View Drive	Northbound
Maple Seed Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Upper Demunds Roads	Southbound
Maple Seed Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Maple Seed Drive	Westbound
Maple Street	Terrace Street	Westbound
Meadow View Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Lake Catalpa Road	Northbound
Medfield Street	Davenport Street	Eastbound
Medfield Street	Parrish Street	Westbound
Midland Drive	East Center Hill Road	Southbound
Midway Lane	Saginaw Street	Northbound
Mountain View Drive	Hays Corners Road	Eastbound
Mountain View Drive	Laurel Lane	Westbound
North Gate Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	42nd Street	Northbound
Old Grandview Avenue	East Center Hill Road	Northbound
Old Grandview Avenue	Saginaw Street	Southbound
Old Highway Road [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Route 309	Eastbound
Old Highway Road [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Alderson Road	North and Southbound
Old Lake Road	42nd Street	Northbound and southbound
Old Lake Road Old Tunkhannock Road	Route 415 Alderson Road	Southbound Northbound and southbound
Old Tunkhannock Road	Tunkhannock Highway (Route 309)	Southbound
Oval Drive	Memorial Highway (Route 415)	Westbound
Oval Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Oval Drive	Westbound
Pear Tree Lane	Grandview Avenue	Southbound
Pear Tree Lane	Pear Tree Lane	Northbound
Poplar Street	Terrace Street	Eastbound and westbound
Preston Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Lake Street	Eastbound (Both)
Raintree Road	Glendalough Road	Northbound
Reservoir Road	Huntsville Road	Northbound and southbound
Reservoir Road	West Overbrook Avenue	Northbound and southbound
Reynolds Road [Repealed 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]
Ridge Street	Fern Street	Southbound
Robbins Road	Hamilton Road	Eastbound and westbound
Roosevelt Street [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Hill Street	Eastbound
Roushey Street	Harris Street	Southbound
Roushey Street	Lower Demunds Road	Northbound
Ryman Road	Ambrose Road	Southbound
Ryman Road	Demunds Road	Northbound
Ryman Road	Eddinger Hill Road	Northbound and southbound
Saddle Ridge Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Hill Street	Southbound
Saginaw Street	Hilldonia Avenue	Westbound
Saginaw Street	Tunkhannock Highway (Route 309)	Eastbound
Sago Street [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Hilldonia Ave.	East and Westbound
Sago Street	Tunkhannock Highway (Route 309)	Eastbound
Savoy Drive	Dorchester Drive	Westbound
Savoy Drive	Westminister Drive	Eastbound
Scenicview Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Meadow View Drive	Westbound
Scenicview Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Manor View Drive	South Bound
Sedlers Lane	Hildebrant Road	Southbound
Sedlers Lane	Upper Demunds Road	Northbound
Shaver Avenue	Main Street	Northbound
Shepards Hill Road	Lower Demunds Road	Eastbound
Sherwood Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	North Gate Drive	Westbound
Shupp Road	Lower Demunds Road	Westbound
Shupp Road	Ryman Road	Eastbound
Skyview Drive	Grandview Avenue	Northbound
South Fairground Road [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Lower Demunds Road	Southbound
South Side Avenue	Woodland Avenue	Southbound
Spencer Road	Hays Corners Road	Northbound and southbound
Spring View Court [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Scenic View Drive	Southbound
Stredney Road	Hays Corners Road	Northbound
Stredney Road	Route 309	Southbound
Sunnybrook Lane	Church Street	Eastbound
Sunnybrook Lane [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Pheasant Run Drive	Westbound
Sunset Avenue [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Sago Street	Southbound
Terrace Street	Lower Demunds Road	Northbound
Tula Court [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Scenic View Drive	Westbound
Valley View Drive	Hays Corners Road	Eastbound
Warren Drive	West Overbrook Avenue	Southbound
Washington Street	Hill Street	Eastbound
Wedgewood Way [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Country Club Road	Northbound
Wellington Avenue [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Route 309	Eastbound
West Fallbrook Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Midland Drive	Eastbound
Westminster Drive	Dorchester Drive	Westbound and eastbound
Westminster Drive	Grandview Avenue	Westbound
White Birch Lane	Elmcrest Drive	Eastbound
Williams Street	East Overbrook Avenue	Northbound
Windsor Drive	Savoy Drive	Westbound
Winterberry Drive [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]	Sedlar Road	Eastbound
Woodcliff Drive	Skyview Drive	Southbound
Woodland Avenue	Tunkhannock Highway (Route 309)	Eastbound
Yalick Road	Pennsylvania Route 118	Northbound and southbound
Yeager Avenue	Pioneer Avenue	Southbound
Yeager Avenue	West Overbrook Avenue	Northbound and southbound

[1]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323.

Any person who violates any provision of this this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 85-21 Yield intersections established.

The following intersections are established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such 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 street or yield street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by § 3323(c) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code,[1] and then yield the right-of-way required by that subsection of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code:

	Yield Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
	(Reserved)

[1]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323.

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 85-22 Play highways established and authorized.

The following areas upon the streets in the Township of Dallas are established as play highways:

	Street	Between	Days	Hours
	(Reserved)

The Dallas Township Board of Supervisors is authorized to designate as play highways, whenever they deem that action advisable, and for whatever period of time directed by them, any part of any street in the Township where sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Chief of Police or Township Road Master.

No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon any play highway at any time when that street shall be designated as a play highway, except in case of an emergency, with special permission of the Chief of Police or Township Road Master or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear that play highway of all persons using it for the purposes for which it was set aside. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 85-23 Snowmobile roads designated.

The following roads and streets within the Township are designated as special snowmobile roads:

	Street or Road	Between	Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic	Shared with Vehicular Traffic
	Fair Ground Road	500 feet east of Conyngham Avenue and 100 feet west of Lower Demunds Road	Yes	No

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Township other than as provided above; provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating a snowmobile on any other street in the Township:

(1)

As authorized by § 7721 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code[1] for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways; or

[1]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7721.

(2)

For special snowmobile events which are authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in § 7723 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.[2]

[2]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7723.

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 7752(a) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.[3]

[3]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7752.

§ 85-24 Skates, coasters, sleds and other toy vehicles.

It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on a sled upon any sidewalk in the Township, or upon any roadway unless that roadway is on a portion of a street blocked off for sledding by authority of § 85-8A of Article I or of § 85-22B of Article II of this chapter; provided that nothing in this subsection shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a sled, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in rollerskating or to ride upon or propel any coaster or other toy vehicle upon:

(1)

Any street except in order to cross the roadway; or

(2)

Any sidewalk in a business district, except that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a coaster or other toy vehicle, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and costs.