[Added 4-11-1983 by Ord. No. 110]
[Amended 3-8-1999 by Ord. No. 271; 4-15-2019 by Ord. No. 403]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any vehicle
or combination having a gross weight in excess of 10 tons (20,000
pounds) on Moyer Road between Route 113 and Lower Road, nor on Wambold
Road, Schoolhouse Road and Lower Road; provided, however, that school
buses, emergency vehicles and vehicles making local deliveries or
pickups on Moyer Road, Wambold Road, Schoolhouse Road and Lower Road
are excepted from this restriction.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive a vehicle
other than a passenger car on any of the following streets or parts
of streets, provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit any
person from driving an emergency vehicle on any of those streets or
parts of streets, or from driving on any of those streets or parts
of streets a truck or other commercial vehicle making local deliveries
to or pickups from premises located along that street or part of street:
Official signs, as authorized by the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation, advising of the restrictions and excepting
local deliveries, shall be erected and maintained at the entrances
onto Moyer Road both from Route 113 and from Lower Road and also at
the intersection of Moyer Road and Halteman Road.
Any person who violates the restrictions imposed
by this article shall be prosecuted under Sections 4902(a) and 4902(g)(1)
of the Vehicle Code, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of $150 plus $150 for each 500 pounds, or part thereof, of
vehicle weight in excess of 23,000 pounds, and costs.
