[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Elizabeth 10-13-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-7. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Elizabeth Township Traffic Ordinance."
A.Â
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings ascribed in the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 101
et seq., as hereinafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania (hereinafter referred to as
the "Vehicle Code"), unless the context clearly indicates a different
meaning.
B.Â
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
STREET
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.
Shall be used interchangeably with the word "highway" and
shall have the same meaning as the word "highway" defined in the Vehicle
Code.
C.Â
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include
the feminine and neuter genders.
All traffic and parking regulations of a permanent
nature shall be enacted as ordinances, as parts of ordinances, as
amendments to ordinances or as amendments to this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter, so far as they
are the same as those of ordinances in force immediately prior to
the enactment of this chapter, are intended as a continuation of such
ordinances and regulations and not as new enactments. The provisions
of this chapter shall not affect any act done or liability incurred,
nor shall they affect any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted
to enforce any right or penalty or to punish any offense under any
such ordinances or regulations aforesaid.
A.Â
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors or the Road
Superintendent shall have the following powers to regulate traffic
and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
(1)Â
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency,
to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
(2)Â
In the case of emergency, or to facilitate public
works or in the conduct of parades, processions or public events,
to restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited areas for
periods of not more than 72 hours.
B.Â
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be
enforced in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any person who
shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor in violation of any such
regulations or who shall move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any
sign or marking erected, posted or made to give notice of the regulation
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty set forth
in the Vehicle Code or elsewhere in this chapter for a violation of
such nature, and, in case of a violation for which no specific penalty
is set forth in the Vehicle Code or elsewhere in this chapter, to
a fine of not more than $25, together with costs of prosecution.
The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time
by resolution, designate places upon and along the highways in the
Township of Elizabeth where for a period of not more than 90 days,
specific traffic and/or parking regulations, prohibitions and restrictions
shall be in force and effect and shall designate such locations by
proper signs and markings. Such regulations, prohibitions and restrictions
shall be effective as if they had been specified in this chapter.
No person shall operate or park a vehicle or tractor in violation
of any such regulation, prohibition or restriction, and no person
shall move, remove, destroy or deface any sign or marking erected,
posted or made by authority of this section. Any person who shall
violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to the penalty set forth in the Vehicle Code or elsewhere
in this chapter for violation of such nature, and, in case of a violation
for which no specific penalty is set forth in the Vehicle Code or
elsewhere in this chapter, to a fine of not more than $25, together
with costs of prosecution, provided that the purpose of this section
is to allow for the testing and experimental determination of the
feasibility and desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances
of the township relative to traffic and parking.
A.Â
The following intersections are hereby established
as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or
are hereby ratified if heretofore erected) in such a position as to
face traffic approaching the second-named street (the 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 Section
3323(b) of the Vehicle Code[1] and shall not proceed into or across the second-named
or through street until he has followed all applicable requirements
of that section of the law.
|
Stop Street
|
Through Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
|---|---|---|
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Apple Blossom Circle (T-622)
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Sleepy Hollow Road (T-594B)
|
Westbound
|
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Beechwood Drive (T-587)
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Keener Road (T-586)
|
Westbound
|
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Blantz Road (T-582)
|
Long Lane (T-873)
|
Northbound
|
|
Blantz Road (T-582)
|
Long Lane (T-873)
|
Southbound
|
|
California Avenue (T-804)
|
Park Avenue (T-801)
|
Southbound
|
|
Crest Road (T-979)
|
Blantz Road (T-582)
|
Westbound
|
|
Farm Del Circle (T-625)
|
Hershey Road (T-592)
|
Eastbound
|
|
Gingrich Drive (T-627)
|
Esbenshade Drive (T-626)
|
Eastbound
|
|
Gingrich Drive (T-627)
|
Sleepy Hollow Road (T-594B)
|
Westbound
|
|
Glen View Circle (T-623)
|
Hershey Road (T-592)
|
Eastbound
|
|
Hackman Road (T-933)
|
Clay Road (T-598)
|
Eastbound
|
|
Hallmark Drive (T-604)
|
Pewter Drive (T-603)
|
Westbound
|
|
Hammercreek Road (T-596)
|
Clay Road (T-598)
|
Eastbound
|
|
Jeanel Circle (T-621)
|
South View Drive (T-620)
|
Northbound
|
|
Joyce Drive (T-566)
|
Webster Hill Road (T-476)
|
Northbound
|
|
Kreider Road (T-476)
|
Bomberger Road (T-588)
|
Eastbound
|
|
Lancaster Avenue (T-802)
|
Pennsylvania Avenue (T-803)
|
Westbound
|
|
Lindel Circle (T-712)
|
Hershey Road (T-592)
|
Westbound
|
|
Mayberry Drive (T-714)
|
Hickory Drive (T-713)
|
Southbound
|
|
Mumma Road (T-977)
|
Evans Road (T-907)
|
Southbound
|
|
Mumma Road (T-977)
|
Zartman Mill Road (T-977)
|
Northbound
|
|
Park Avenue (T-801)
|
Pennsylvania Avenue (T-803)
|
Eastbound
|
|
Park Avenue (T-801)
|
Pennsylvania Avenue (T-803)
|
Westbound
|
|
Pewter Drive (T-603)
|
Ironstone Drive (T-601)
|
Westbound
|
|
Prospect Drive (T-564)
|
Webster Hill Road (T-476)
|
Southbound
|
|
Reifsnyder Road (T-586)
|
Snavely Mill Road (T-855)
|
Southbound
|
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South View Drive (T-620)
|
Hershey Road (T-592)
|
Westbound
|
|
South View Drive (T-620)
|
Sleepy Hollow Road (T-594B)
|
Eastbound
|
|
Snavely Mill Road (T-855)
|
Loop Road (T-442)
|
Westbound
|
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Weber Road (T-906)
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Blantz Road (T-852)
|
Northbound
|
|
Webster Hill Road (T-476)
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Bomberger Road (T-588)
|
Westbound
|
|
Wicker Drive (T-602)
|
Ironstone Drive (2 locations) (T-601)
|
Westbound
|
|
Zartman Mill Road (T-977)
|
Mumma Road (T-977)
|
Westbound
|
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b).
B.Â
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25, plus costs
of prosecution.
A.Â
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
position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street upon
the first-named street. All vehicles approaching any such intersection
upon the first-named street shall yield right-of-way to any vehicle
in the intersection or approaching on the second-named street so closely
as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time that the driver
of such vehicle is moving across or within such intersection:
|
Yield Street
|
Through Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
|---|---|---|
|
East Manor Drive (T-569)
|
West Manor Drive (T-569)
|
Westbound
|
|
East Manor Drive (T-569)
|
Wheatland Drive (T-567)
|
Westbound
|
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Mayberry Drive (T-714)
|
Hickory Drive (T-713)
|
Southbound
|
|
Melony Lane (T-624)
|
Farm Del Circle (T-625)
|
Southbound
|
|
Melony Lane (T-624)
|
Glen View Circle (T-623)
|
Northbound
|
B.Â
Any driver of a vehicle who shall violate any provisions
of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of $25, together with costs of prosecution.
[Added 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-2]
A.Â
Maximum speed limits are established on portions of
specified streets listed below, and it shall be unlawful for any person
to drive a vehicle on any part of a street where a maximum speed limit
applies, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that portion
of the street:
|
Name of Street
|
Between
|
Maximum Speed Limit
(mph)
|
|---|---|---|
|
Apple Blossom Circle (T622)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Beechwood Drive (T587)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Bomberger Road (T588)
|
Entire length
|
40
|
|
California Avenue (T804)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Clay Road (T598)
|
Entire length
|
45
|
|
East Manor Drive (T569)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Elser Hill Road (T594A)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Esbenshade Drive (T626)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Farm Del Circle (T625)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Fox Road (T476)
|
Entire length
|
35
|
|
Gingrich Drive (T627)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Glen View Circle (T623)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Hallmark Drive (T604)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Hammercreek Road (T596)
|
Entire length
|
40
|
|
Hershey Road (T592)
|
Entire length
|
35
|
|
Hickory Drive (T713)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Ironstone Drive (T601)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Jeanel Circle (T621)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Joyce Drive (T566)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Keener Road (T586)
|
Entire length
|
35
|
|
Lancaster Avenue (T802)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Laurel Avenue (T800)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Lindel Circle (T712)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Long Lane (T873)
|
Entire length
|
40
|
|
Mayberry Drive (T714)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Melony Lane (T624)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Oak Lane (T570)
|
Entire length
|
35
|
|
Park Avenue (T801)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Pennsylvania Avenue (T803)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Pewter Drive (T603)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Prospect Drive (T564)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Sharona Drive (T593)
|
Entire length
|
28
|
|
Sleepy Hollow Road (T594B)
|
Entire length
|
35
|
|
Snavely Mill Road (T855)
|
Entire length
|
40
|
|
South View Drive (T620)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Sunrise Avenue (T580)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
West Manor Drive (T568)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Wheatland Drive (T567)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Wicker Drive (T602)
|
Entire length
|
25
|
|
Zartman Mill Road (T977)
|
Entire length
|
40
|
B.Â
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay the fines and penalties
set forth in the Vehicle Code for such violations, plus costs of prosecution.
In the absence of the establishment of fines and penalties in the
Vehicle Code, any person shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
a fine of $25, plus costs of prosecution.
[Added 6-14-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-2]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person 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 a street:
|
Street
|
Between
|
|---|---|
|
Pumping Station Road
|
28th Division Highway (SR 0322) and Heidelberg Township, Lebanon
County, Line.
|
B.Â
Any person who violates this section shall be prosecuted under § 4902
of the Vehicle Code and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of $75 plus costs.
