[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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
|
Between
|
Maximum Speed Limit
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Anderson Road
|
Entire length
|
30
| |
|
Ballast Lane
|
SR-0024 to East Scarborough Fare
|
25
| |
|
Bens Road
|
Macks Road to the Township line
|
30
| |
|
Blevins Road (T-548)
|
West Liberty Road to Ridge Meadow Road
|
30
| |
|
Bowers Road (T-434)
|
Hess Road to Clark Road
|
30
| |
|
Bowman School Road
|
Entire length
|
30
| |
|
Brakeman Drive
|
Smokebox Circle to Smokebox Circle
|
25
| |
|
Camelback Court
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Cedar Lane
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Center Road (T-550)
|
Plank Road to Zeigler School Road
|
30
| |
|
Charles Avenue extended
|
High Street to Hershey Circle
|
25
| |
|
Church Street (T-607)
|
Stewartstown Road to the Borough line
|
25
| |
|
Clark Road
|
Rinely Road to the Township line
|
30
| |
|
Coupler Drive
|
Smokebox Circle to cul-de-sac
|
25
| |
|
Davis Valley Road
|
Stewartstown Road to Five Forks Road
|
30
| |
|
Deer Creek Road (T-532)
|
Gemmill Road to the Township line
|
30
| |
|
East Scarborough Fare
|
SR-24 to Hollow Road
|
25
| |
|
Enola Drive/Court
|
Smokebox Circle to cul-de-sac
|
25
| |
|
Fairfield Road (T-556)
|
Route 24, Barrens Road S. to the state line
|
35
| |
|
Far Hills Drive
|
Wolfe Road to Wolfe Road
|
25
| |
|
Firebox Court
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Five Forks Road (T-539)
|
35
| ||
|
Forest Road (T-429)
|
The Borough line to Sterling Road
|
25
| |
|
Gauge Court
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Gemmill Road (T-533)
|
Deer Creek Road to Davis Valley Road
|
30
| |
|
Gemmill Road (T-533)
|
Ridge Meadow Road to Davis Valley Road
|
30
| |
|
Grove Mill Road (T-561)
|
The Township line to Woolen Mill Road
|
35
| |
|
Haugh Road (T-558)
|
Woolen Mill Road to the bridge crossing
|
30
| |
|
Hershey Circle
|
Charles Avenue extended to Lee Street
|
25
| |
|
Hess Road (T-578)
|
Clarke Road to the Township line
|
30
| |
|
Hess Road (T-578)
|
Route 24, Barrens Road to the Township line
|
30
| |
|
Hollow Road
|
Stewartstown Borough line to SR-851
|
30
| |
|
Hollow Road (T-554)
|
Entire length
|
30
| |
|
Hopewell Road (T-559)
|
Draco Road to the Township line
|
25
| |
|
Iron Bridge Road (T-574)
|
Five Forks Road to Bridgeview Road
|
25
| |
|
Jenny Lane
|
Runningboard Road to the end of Runningboard Road
|
25
| |
|
Jims Road (T-529)
|
Shaw Road to Zeigler School Road
|
25
| |
|
Johnson Road (T-557)
|
Route 24, Barrens Road to Orchard Road
|
30
| |
|
Joy Road (T-546)
|
Sadlers Church Road to Orwig Road
|
30
| |
|
Junction Road (T-441)
|
Mt. Airy Road to Plank Road
|
25
| |
|
Kilgore Road (T-568)
|
Draco Road to Woolen Mill Road
|
35
| |
|
Kurtz School Road (T-544, 554 and 566)
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Laurel Court
|
Willow Street to cul-de-sac
|
25
| |
|
Leib School Road
|
Entire length
|
35
| |
|
Little Road
|
Entire length
|
30
| |
|
Lowe Road (T-638)
|
Entire length
|
40
| |
|
Macks Road
|
Barren Road to the Township line
|
35
| |
|
Macks Road (T-551)
|
Entire length
|
40
| |
|
Maddox Road
|
Entire length
|
30
| |
|
Mallet Court
|
Piston Court to cul-de-sac
|
25
| |
|
Orchard Road (T-549)
|
Ridge Meadow Road to Blevins Road
|
30
| |
|
Orwig Road (T-528)
|
Bridgeview Road to Center Road
|
30
| |
|
Orwig Road (T-528)
|
Zeigler School Road to Center Road
|
25
| |
|
Piedmont Road (T-563)
|
Hollow Road to Webb Road
|
25
| |
|
Piston Court
|
East Scarborough Fare to cud-de-sac
|
25
| |
|
Renaissance Drive
|
Wolfe Road to Wellspring Road
|
30
| |
|
Ridge Meadow Road
|
State Route 851 to Stewartstown Road
|
35
| |
|
Rinely Road (T-525)
|
Plank Road to Barrens Road
|
35
| |
|
Rinley Road (T-551 and T-553)
|
40
| ||
|
Rosewood Drive
|
Stewartstown Road to Willow Street
|
25
| |
|
Runningboard Road
|
East Scarborough Fare and the end
|
25
| |
|
Sadlers Church Road (T-538)
|
Bridgeview Road to Sawmill Road
|
35
| |
|
Sand Patch Lane
|
East Scarborough Fare to the end of Runningboard Road
|
25
| |
|
Scarborough Fare
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Shaw Road (T-530)
|
Zeigler School Road to Bridgeview Road
|
30
| |
|
Sieling Farm Road
|
Wolfe Road to Sadlers Church Road
|
30
| |
|
Smokebox Circle
|
Hollow Road to Hollow Road
|
25
| |
|
Spring Valley Road (T-571)
|
Little Road to Anderson Road
|
25
| |
|
State Route 0024
|
Hickory Road to the border of Stewartstown Borough nearest to
Charles Avenue
|
35
| |
|
Sterling Road (T-428)
|
Stewartstown Road to Valley Road
|
25
| |
|
Stewartstown Road
|
Ridge Meadow Road to Shrewsbury Township line
|
25
| |
|
Sweitzer Road (T-538)
|
Plank Road to the Township line
|
30
| |
|
Thompson Road
|
SR-24 to the Township line
|
30
| |
|
Throttle Court
|
Runningboard Road to the end
|
25
| |
|
Valley Road (T-536)
|
Bridgeview Road to Ridge Meadow Road
|
25
| |
|
Walker Road (T-569)
|
Draco Road to Barrens Road South
|
35
| |
|
Walnut Way
|
Ridge Meadow Road to cul-de-sac
|
25
| |
|
Waltemyer School Road (T-531)
|
Bridgeview Road to Five Forks Road
|
35
| |
|
Wellspring Road
|
Wolfe Road to the end of Wellspring Road
|
25
| |
|
Willow Street
|
Ridge Meadow Road to Rosewood Drive
|
25
| |
|
Wolfe Road
|
Mt. Airy Road to Route 851
|
30
| |
|
Ziegler School Road
|
Plank Road to State Route 851
|
35
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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)
| |||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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
|
Between
|
Direction of Travel
|
Maximum Gross Weight
|
Maximum Speed Limit
|
Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets
and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Township,
except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified,
shall apply:
|
Park
|
Street
|
Location
|
Maximum Speed Limit
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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 Wolfe Road and State Route 851
|
Traffic light
| |
|
Stewartstown Road — 150 feet forward on each approach
to any and all school bus stops
|
Traffic control signs stating "School Bus Stop Ahead"
|
2.
Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic
signal, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and
costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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)
| |||
2.
Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this section,
upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
The following are established as one-way roadways, 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
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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 Turn
|
Into
|
When
|
Type of Vehicle Applicable To
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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 left turn, at any time stated, both right turns and straight-across
traffic being prohibited:
|
Vehicles Traveling On
|
Direction of Travel
|
Times
|
Not To Make Right Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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)
| |||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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)
| |||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
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 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3323(b), 3323(c) of
the Vehicle Code, 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
| |
|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3323(b), 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
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Anderson Road
|
Leibs School Road
|
4-way
| |
|
Anderson Road
|
Leibs School Road (T-554)
|
East
| |
|
Anderson Road
|
Leibs School Road (T-554)
|
West
| |
|
Anderson Road
|
Little Road (T-556)
|
East
| |
|
Anderson Road
|
Little Road (T-556)
|
West
| |
|
Ballast Lane
|
East Scarborough Fare
|
3-way
| |
|
Bens Road (T-554)
|
Mack's Road (T-551)
|
Southwest
| |
|
Blevins Road (T-548)
|
Orchard Road (T-549)
|
North
| |
|
Bowers Road (T-437)
|
Clark Road (T-550)
|
West
| |
|
Bowers Road (T-437)
|
Hess Road (T-578)
|
East
| |
|
Bowman School Road (T-433)
|
Sadlers Church Road (T-541)
|
South
| |
|
Center Road (T-550)
|
Zeigler School Road (T-552)
|
Southeast
| |
|
Charles Avenue extended
|
Hershey Circle
|
West
| |
|
Clark Road (T-550)
|
Rinley Road (T-551)
|
South
| |
|
Davis Road (T-544)
|
Five Forks Road (T-539)
|
Northwest
| |
|
Davis Road (T-544)
|
Stewartstown Road (T-545)
|
Southeast
| |
|
East Scarborough Fare
|
Ballast Lane
|
3-way
| |
|
East Scarborough Fare
|
Switchpoint Drive
|
4-way
| |
|
East Wellspring Road
|
Wolfe Road
|
4-way
| |
|
Ebaugh Road (T-551)
|
Althouse School Road (T-552)
|
East
| |
|
Ebaugh Road (T-551)
|
Althouse School Road (T-552)
|
West
| |
|
Far Hills Drive
|
Wolfe Road
|
4-way
| |
|
Five Forks Road
|
Ridge Meadow Road
|
4-way
| |
|
Forest Road (T-429)
|
(T-548)
|
Southwest
| |
|
Gemmill Road (T-429)
|
Davis Road (T-544)
|
Northeast
| |
|
Gemmill Road (T-429)
|
Davis Road (T-544)
|
Southwest
| |
|
Gemmill Road (T-429)
|
Ridge Road (T-542)
|
Northeast
| |
|
Hershey Circle
|
Charles Avenue extended
|
East
| |
|
Hershey Circle
|
Lee Street
| ||
|
High Street (T-543)
|
Shaw Road (T-548)
|
West
| |
|
Jenny Lane
|
Runningboard Road
|
North
| |
|
Jenny Lane
|
Runningboard Road
|
South
| |
|
Jims Road (T-543)
|
Shaw Road (T-548)
|
East
| |
|
Jims Road (T-543)
|
Zeigler School Road (T-552)
|
West
| |
|
Johnson Road (T-557)
|
Orchard Road (T-549)
|
South
| |
|
Joy Road
|
Sadlers Church Road (T-541)
|
Northwest
| |
|
Joy Road
|
Orwig Road (T-543)
|
Southeast
| |
|
Kurtz School Road (T-544)
|
Hollow Road (T-555-T-554)
|
South
| |
|
Lee Street
|
Charles Avenue extended
| ||
|
Leibs School Road
|
Anderson Road
|
4-way
| |
|
Little Road (T-556)
|
Spring Valley Road (T-558)
|
South
| |
|
Lowe Road (T-638)
|
Mack's Road (T-551)
|
South
| |
|
Mack's Road (T-551)
|
Lowe Road (T-638)
|
East
| |
|
Mack's Road (T-551)
|
Lowe Road (T-638)
|
West
| |
|
Maddox Road (T-551)
|
Orwig Road (T-543)
|
South
| |
|
Marsteller Lane (T-560)
|
Mack's Road (T-551)
|
North
| |
|
Orwig Road (T-543)
|
Center Road (T-550)
|
East
| |
|
Orwig Road (T-543)
|
Center Road (T-550)
|
West
| |
|
Orwig Road (T-543)
|
Zeigler School Road (T-552)
|
East
| |
|
Piedmont Road (T-555)
|
Hollow Road (T-554)
|
Southwest
| |
|
Ridge Meadow Road
|
Five Forks Road
|
4-way
| |
|
Runningboard Road
|
East Scarborough Fare
| ||
|
Sandpatch Lane
|
East Scarborough Fare
|
Southern intersection
| |
|
Sandpatch Lane
|
Runningboard Road
| ||
|
Seiling Road (T-443)
|
Bowman School Road (T-538)
|
East
| |
|
Seiling Road (T-541)
|
Wolf Road (T-442)
|
West
| |
|
Shaw Road (T-548)
|
Zeigler School Road (T-552)
|
North
| |
|
Spring Valley Road (T-558)
|
Anderson Road (T-557)
|
Northeast
| |
|
Swithchpoint Drive
|
East Scarborough Fare
|
4-way
| |
|
Thompson Road (T-553)
|
Old Route 24
|
West
| |
|
Thompson Road (T-553)
|
Lowe Road (T-638)
|
East
| |
|
Thompson Road (T-553)
|
Lowe Road (T-638)
|
West
| |
|
Throttle Court
|
Runningboard Road
| ||
|
Valley Road (T-548)
|
Ridge Road (T-542)
|
Southwest
| |
|
(T-548)
|
Valley Road (T-548)
|
Northwest
| |
|
Waltemyer School Road (T-540)
|
Five Forks Road (T-539)
|
Southwest
| |
|
Wolfe Road
|
East Wellspring Road
|
4-way
| |
|
Wolfe Road
|
Far Hills Drive
|
4-way
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code, and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.
|
Yield Street
|
Through Street
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enola Drive
|
Smokebox Circle
| ||
|
Juli Drive
|
Joretta Court
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
No motor vehicle, including without limitation a motorcycle, pedalcycle
or minibike, shall be operated on any property owned by the Township
or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Township
without the permission of the property owner and the Township.
2.
Any person who violates an provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
The following locations 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:
|
Location
| |
|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
|
2.
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.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
The following areas upon the streets in the Township are established
as play highways:
|
Street
|
Between
|
Days
|
Hours
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
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2.
The Township Roadmaster is authorized to designate as play highways,
whenever he deems that action advisable, and for whatever period of
time directed by him, 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 Township Roadmaster.
3.
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 emergency, with special permission of the Township Roadmaster
or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear that play
highway of all persons using it for the purpose for which it was set
aside. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection, upon
conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 2016-1, 1/4/2016]
1.
The following roads and streets within the Township are designated
as special snowmobile roads:
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Street or Road
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Between
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Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic
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Shared With Vehicular Traffic
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(Reserved)
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2.
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, nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating
a snowmobile on any other street in the Township:
A.
As authorized by the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7721,
for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets
or two-lane highways.
B.
For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the
street is blocked off as provided in the Vehicle Code, 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 Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7752 (a).
