Borough of Port Vue, PA Traffic Regulations

[Adopted 9-12-1989 by Ord. No. 401 (Ch. 15, Part 2, of the 1989 Code of Ordinances)]

§ 295-10 Maximum speed limits established on certain streets.

Maximum speed limits are established on portions of specified streets, as follows, 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 part of the street:

Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)
Glenn Street	Entire length	25
Liberty Way	Fairmont Street to end	25
Liberty Way	Latrobe Way to Fairmont Street	15
River Road	Glenn Street to Liberty Way	40
Romine Avenue	Cordes Street to Port Vue School	25
Romine Avenue	Port Vue School zone	15

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 295-11 Maximum speed limits established on certain bridges and elevated structures.

Maximum speed limits are established, as follows, on certain bridges and elevated structures, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any such bridge or elevated structure, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that bridge or elevated structure:

	Bridge or Elevated Structure	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	(Reserved)

§ 295-12 Maximum speed limits established for certain vehicles on hazardous grades.

The following are declared to be hazardous grades, and, upon any such hazardous grade, no person shall drive a vehicle, having a gross weight in excess of that referred to for that grade, in the direction stated for that grade, at a speed in excess of that established in this section for that grade, and, if so stated for a particular grade, the driver of every such vehicle shall stop the vehicle before proceeding downhill:

	Street	Location	Direction of Travel	Maximum Gross Weight	Maximum Speed Limit	Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 295-13 Maximum speed limits established in parks.

A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough of Port Vue, except in the following locations, where the lower or higher maximums, as specified, shall apply:

	Park	Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	(Reserved)

§ 295-14 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
	(Reserved)

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.

§ 295-15 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.

§ 295-16 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	From	To	Direction of Travel
Chontos Alley [Added 10-7-2015 by Ord. No. 599]	Romaine Street	Huber Street	East
Gray Avenue	Pine Street	Vermont Street	South
Highland Avenue	Elmwood Avenue	Upston Avenue	Northwest
Liberty Way	Port Vue Avenue	Glenn Avenue	South
Nan Alley [Added 9-7-2016 by Ord. No. 606]	Hunter Street	Elmwood Avenue	South
Vermont Avenue [Added 5-4-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-649]	Dover Avenue	Romine Avenue	West to east
Vermont Avenue [Added 11-3-2021 by Ord. No. 644]	Trimble Avenue	Romine Avenue	West to east

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

§ 295-17 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:

(Reserved)

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.

§ 295-18 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.

§ 295-19 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:

Vehicles 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.

§ 295-20 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.

§ 295-21 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	Location
(Reserved)

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

§ 295-22 Through highways established.

The following highways 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 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 Section 3323(b) or 3323(c) of the 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	Location
	(Reserved)

[1]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b) or (c), respectively.

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

§ 295-23 Stop intersections established.

[Amended 5-39-1990 by Ord. No. 411; 11-1992 by Ord. No. 439; 6-1998 by Ord. No. 478; 8-17-1999 by Ord. No. 482; 11-16-1999 by Ord. No. 483]

The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 295-22) 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 Section 3323(b) of the 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
Alquin Street	Romine Avenue	East
Archie's Way	McClure Road	Northwest
Barkley Road	Coronado Road	South
Bellair Road	Washington Boulevard	East
Bellair Road	Woodland Road	West
Beverly Road	Burbank Road	South
Beverly Road	Dersam Avenue	Northeast
Beverly Road	McClelland Road	East and west
Burbank Road	Beverly Road	East
Burbank Road	McClelland Road	East
Burbank Road	Washington Boulevard	East and west
Burbank Road	Woodland Road	West
Burbridge Street	Myer Avenue	North
Burbridge Street	Port Vue Avenue	South
Burbridge Street [Added 6-1-2010 by Ord. No. 566]	Port Vue Avenue	West
Cordes Way	Romine Avenue	Northeast
Coronado Road	Barkley Road	West
Coronado Road	Pasadena Drive	East
Crossland Street	Romine Avenue	Northeast
Dersam Avenue	New York Avenue	South
Dersam Avenue	Pasadena Drive	Northwest and southeast
Dersam Avenue	San Jose Drive	Northwest
Dersam Avenue	Washington Boulevard	North
Dersam Street	New York Avenue	North
Dover Alley/Trimble Rear [Added 3-6-2019 by Ord. No. 628]	Vermont Avenue	Southeast
Edmundson Avenue	Lysle Avenue	Northeast and southwest
Edmundson Avenue	Washington Boulevard	Northeast
Edmundson Avenue	Washington Boulevard	Southwest
Edmundson Avenue [Added 6-1-2010 by Ord. No. 566]	Highland Avenue	North and south
Elmwood Avenue	Washington Boulevard	Northwest and southwest
Elmwood Avenue [Added 11-12-2003 by Ord. No. 517]	Lysle Avenue	East and west
Glenn Avenue Extension [Added 2-1-2005 by Ord. No. 529]	Liberty Way	South-southeast
Gumbert Street	Romine Avenue	Northeast
Havilla Avenue	Manning Avenue	Northwest and southeast
Havilla Avenue	Rebecca Street	Southeast
Highland Avenue	Elmwood Avenue	Northwest
Highland Avenue	Upston Avenue	Northwest
Highland Avenue [Added 3-10-2004 by Ord. No. 521]	Edmundson Avenue	South
Highland Avenue [Added 3-10-2004 by Ord. No. 521]	Elmwood Avenue	South
Hunter Avenue	Elmwood Avenue	East and west
Hunter Avenue	Romine Avenue	East and west
Hunter Avenue	Upston Avenue	West
Hunter Avenue	Washington Boulevard	East and west
June Drive	McClure Road	North
June Street	McClure Road	Northwest
Laredo Street	Tacoma Avenue	Northeast and southwest
Laredo Street	Trimble Avenue	East
Liberty Way	Romine Avenue	South
Liberty Way	unnamed	South
Lysle Avenue	Edmwood Avenue	Northwest and southeast
Lysle Avenue	Upston Avenue	Southeast
Manning Avenue	Lysle Avenue	Northeast and southwest
McClelland Drive [Added 3-6-2013 by Ord. No. 627]	Burbank Road	North
McClelland Drive [Added 3-6-2013 by Ord. No. 627]	Burbank Road	South
McClelland Drive	Washington Boulevard	North
McClure Road	Archie's Way	Northeast
McClure Road	June Drive	East
McClure Road	New York Avenue	North
Monroe Avenue	Edmundson Avenue	Northwest and southeast
Monroe Avenue	Elmwood Avenue	Northwest and southeast
Monroe Avenue	Manning Avenue	Northwest
Monroe Avenue	Upston Avenue	Northwest
Monroe Avenue	Washington Boulevard	Southeast
Morton Avenue	Elmwood Avenue	Northwest and southeast
Myer Avenue	Brushton Street	Northwest and southeast
Myer Avenue	Burbridge Street	Southeast
Myer Avenue [Added 1-4-2016 by Ord. No. 603]	Pine Street	West
Myer Avenue	Vermont Avenue	Northwest and southeast
New York Avenue	Barkley Road	West
New York Avenue	Dersam Avenue	East
New York Avenue	Gumbert Street	Northwest
New York Avenue	McClure Road	West
New York Avenue	Vermont Street	Northwest and southeast
Norwood Avenue	Edmundson Avenue	East
Norwood Avenue	Riverview Avenue	West
Oakland Avenue	Riverview Avenue	East and west
Oakland Avenue	Upston Avenue	West
Park Road	McClure Road	Northwest
Pasadena Drive	Dersam Avenue	North
Pasadena Drive	New York Avenue	South
Pike Street	Barkley Road	Southeast
Pike Street	McClelland Road	Northwest
Pine Street	Gray Avenue	East and west
Pine Street	Myer Avenue	Northeast
Pine Street	Tacoma Avenue	Northeast
Pine Street	Woodland Avenue	South
Pleasant Avenue	Edmundson Avenue	Southeast
Pleasant Avenue	Elmwood Avenue	Northwest and southeast
Port Vue Avenue [Added 5-5-2021 by Ord. No. 639]	Liberty Way	Southeast
Port Vue Avenue	Romine Avenue	North
Portsmouth Drive	Washington Boulevard	West
Rebecca Street	Washington Boulevard	Northeast
Rec Way [Added 9-8-2021 by Ord. No. 640]	Romine Avenue	Southwest
River Road	Glenn Avenue	Northwest and southeast
River Road	Liberty Way	West
Riverview Avenue	Oakland Avenue	North
Riverview Avenue	Washington	East
Romine Avenue	Alquin Street	North and south
Romine Avenue	Awelog Street	North
Romine Avenue	Gumbert Street	Southwest
Romine Avenue	Hunter Avenue	North and south
Romine Avenue	Kennedy Square	North and south
Romine Avenue	Liberty Way	East
Romine Avenue [Added 11-3-2004 by Ord. No. 528]	Gumbert Street	North
Romine Avenue [Added 5-4-2004 by Ord. No. 527]	Liberty Way (at the slip)	South
Romine Avenue [Added 10-6-2021 by Ord. No. 641]	Rec Way	Southeast
San Jose Drive	Alquin Street	East
San Juan Drive	Alquin Street	East
San Juan Drive	Washington Boulevard	Northwest
Santa Monica Road	Washington Boulevard	East
Santa Monica Road	Woodland Road	West
Smith Alley	Port Vue Avenue	West
Taft Street	Romine Avenue	West
Trimble Avenue	Brushton Street	Northwest and southwest
Trimble Avenue	Vermont Street	Northwest
Upston Avenue	Hunter Avenue	West
Upston Avenue	Oakland Avenue	Southwest
Upston Avenue [Amended 12-3-2014 by Ord. No. 589]	Pleasant Avenue	Northeast
Vermont Avenue	Myer Avenue	Northeast
Vermont Avenue [Added 11-6-2019 by Ord. No. 631]	Romine Avenue	East and west
Vermont Avenue	Romine Avenue	Northeast
Washington Boulevard	Kennedy Square	South
Washington Boulevard	Rebecca Street	Northwest
Waymouth Drive	McClure Road	Northwest
Waymouth Drive	Portsmouth Drive	South
Woodland Avenue	Burbridge Street	East
Woodland Road	McClure Road	East
Woodland Road	Washington Boulevard	East and west

[1]

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

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

§ 295-24 Yield intersections established.

The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 295-22) are established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a 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 or yield street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by Section 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.

Yield Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
Pine Street [Added 10-7-2015 by Ord. No. 598]	Myer Avenue	Southwest
Upston Avenue [Repealed 12-3-2014 by Ord. No. 588]
Vermont Avenue	Myer Avenue	Southwest

[1]

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

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

§ 295-25 Skates, skateboards, coasters, sleds and other toy vehicles.

It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on a sled upon any sidewalk in the Borough, or upon any roadway unless that roadway in on a portion of a street blocked off for sledding by § 295-5 of Article I of this chapter. Provided: 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 roller-skating, skateboarding or to ride upon or propel any coaster or other toy vehicle upon:

(1)

Any street except in order to cross the roadway.

(2)

Any sidewalk located in a business district, except that nothing in this subsection 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 $5 and costs.