The maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed on or along any highway within the Borough is hereby established at 25 miles per hour, except that the speed limit for vehicles proceeding on or along those highways or part of highways described below is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated:
Name of Highway
Speed
Limit
(mph)
Location
Chester Pike
40
Entire length
Lincoln Avenue
35
From the Darby Creek Bridge to Ninth Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
35
From Thirteenth Avenue to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those highways described below:
Intersection
Chester Pike and Amosland Road
Chester Pike and Huron Avenue
Chester Pike and Lincoln Avenue
Chester Pike and Prospect Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Chester Pike and Summit Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Lincoln Avenue and Eleventh Avenue
Lincoln Avenue and Fourth Avenue
Lincoln Avenue and Ninth Avenue
Lincoln Avenue and Thirteenth Avenue
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3112(a)(3)(ii) of the Vehicle Code, no person shall make a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way roadway onto a one-way roadway) on a steady red signal at the locations described below:
Red Signal Facing Traffic on
At Intersection of
Chester Pike
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Lincoln Avenue
Chester Pike
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Summit Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Chester Pike
Summit Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Chester Pike
The highways or parts of highways described below are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated during the hours specified, if any:
Name
of Highway
Direction
of Travel
Hours
Limits
Darby Crescent
[Added 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1071, approved 11-11-1986; amended 5-12-1987 by Ord. No. 1081, approved 5-12-1987]
West
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
From 198 feet west of Riverside Avenue to Riverside Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
From Pennsylvania Avenue to Lincoln Avenue
Fifth Avenue
[Amended 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1071, approved 11-11-1986; repealed 5-12-1987 by Ord. No. 1081, approved 5-12-1987]
Fifth Avenue
[Added 1-9-1996 by Ord. No. 1175, approved 1-9-1996]
East
6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday
From Pennsylvania Avenue to Summit Avenue
Fourth Avenue
[Added 1-9-1996 by Ord. No. 1175, approved 1-9-1996]
East
6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., through Friday
From Pennsylvania Avenue to Summit Avenue
Fourth Avenue
[Added 1-9-1996 by Ord. No. 1175, approved 1-9-1996]
West
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
From Nassau Boulevard to Riverside Avenue
Fourth Avenue
[Amended 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1071, approved 11-11-1986; repealed 5-12-1987 by Ord. No. 1081, approved 5-12-1987]
Lafayette Avenue
South
From Chester Pike to Fourth Avenue
Maryland Avenue
[Repealed 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1070, approved 11-11-1986]
Nassau Boulevard
[Repealed 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1071, approved 11-11-1986]
Ninth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998; amended 1-14-2003 by Ord. No. 1242, approved 1-14-2003]
West
From Amosland Road to Pennsylvania Avenue
Prospect Avenue
South
From Chester Pike to Fifth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
From Lafayette Avenue to Lincoln Avenue
Tenth Avenue
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
From Lincoln Avenue to Washington Avenue
Third Avenue
[Amended 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1071, approved 11-11-1986; repealed 5-12-1987 by Ord. No. 1081, approved 5-12-1987]
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a motor vehicle or tractor to make a U-turn on any of the highways or parts thereof described below:
Name of Highway
Location
Lincoln Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Northbound at Second Avenue/Lazaretto Road
No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the intersections described below:
Name of Highway
Direction of Travel
Prohibited Turn
At Intersection of
Amosland Road
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Right
9th Avenue from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Chester Pike
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
Left
Lafayette Avenue from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Chester Pike
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
Left
Prospect Avenue from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Lincoln Avenue (from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
North
Left
Eleventh Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
North
Left
Second Avenue
Maryland Avenue
[Added 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1070, approved 11-11-1986]
West
Left
Lincoln Avenue
All vehicular traffic shall be driven to the right of traffic monuments, pedestals, street traffic mushrooms, signaling devices and center lines.
The highways described below are hereby established as through highways, and the operator of every vehicle or tractor, upon approaching any such highway at any intersection thereof (except for such intersections where there are now or shall hereafter be located official traffic signals), shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such through highway:
Name of Highway
Limits
Amosland Road
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Entire length
Chester Pike
Entire length
Lincoln Avenue
Entire length
Thirteenth Avenue
From Ridley Avenue to Lincoln Avenue
The intersections described below are hereby established as stop intersections,[1] and official stop signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named highway as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway in the direction or directions indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such intersection.
Stop Sign on
Direction
of Travel
At Intersection of
(* Indicates three- or four-way stop intersection)
Baltimore Avenue
East
Amosland Road
Carlisle Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Fifteenth Avenue
Carlisle Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Fourth Avenue
Darby Crescent Road
Both
Riverside Avenue
Darby Crescent Road
East
Pennsylvania Avenue
Darby Road
East
Madison Avenue
Darby Crescent Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
Lincoln Avenue
East Park Square
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Tenth Avenue
East Park Square
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Ninth Avenue
Eighth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Lafayette Avenue
Eighth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Lincoln Avenue
Eighth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Washington Avenue
Eighth Avenue*
West
Prospect Avenue
Eighth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
Summit Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Washington Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Amosland Road
Eleventh Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Lafayette Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
Madison Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
West
Pennsylvania Avenue
Evans Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Sixteenth Avenue
Evans Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Fifteenth Avenue
First Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Nassau Boulevard
First Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
Riverside Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Lincoln Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue
East
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Both
Lafayette Avenue
Fifth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Lincoln Avenue
Fifth Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Both
Prospect Avenue
Fifth Avenue
East
Summit Avenue
Fifth Avenue
West
Nassau Boulevard
Fletcher Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Fourteenth Avenue
Fletcher Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Thirteenth Avenue
Folsom Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Fifth Avenue
Folsom Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Thirteenth Avenue
Folsom Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Eleventh Avenue
Folsom Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Fourth Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Lincoln Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Fletcher Avenue
Fourth Avenue*
Both
Lafayette Avenue
Fourth Avenue*
Both
Madison Avenue
Fourth Avenue*
Both
Nassau Boulevard
Fourth Avenue*
Both
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourth Avenue
East
Summit Avenue
Lafayette Avenue
Both
Eighth Avenue
Lafayette Avenue
Both
Tenth Avenue
Lafayette Avenue
[Added 11-14-1989 by Ord. No. 1105, approved 11-14-1989; amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Ninth Avenue
Lafayette Avenue
[Added 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1070, approved 11-11-1986]
South
Fifth Street
Lafayette Avenue*
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Fourth Avenue
Lafayette Avenue*
South
Seventh Avenue
Lafayette Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Twelfth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Both
Eighth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Both
Fifth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Both
Ninth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Both
Second Avenue
Madison Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Chester Pike
Madison Avenue*
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Fourth Avenue
Madison Avenue
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Thirteenth Avenue
Madison Avenue
South
Darby Road
Maryland Avenue
[Added 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1070, approved 11-11-1986]
Both
Pennsylvania Avenue
Maryland Avenue*
[Added 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1070, approved 11-11-1986]
West
Lincoln Avenue
Maryland Avenue
[Added 3-12-2013 by Ord. No. 1324, approved 3-12-2013]
West
Washington
Mckenzie Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Darby Road
Nassau Boulevard
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Fifth Avenue
Nassau Boulevard
Both
Second Avenue
Nassau Boulevard
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Chester Pike
Nassau Boulevard
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Darby Crescent Road
Nassau Boulevard*
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Fourth Avenue
Ninth Avenue
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Pennsylvania Avenue (east intersection)
Ninth Avenue
[Added 11-14-1989 by Ord. No. 1105, approved 11-14-1989]
East
Lafayette Avenue
Ninth Avenue
[Repealed 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Ninth Avenue
West
Washington Avenue
Norwood Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Baltimore Avenue
Norwood Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Sixteenth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Fifteenth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Both
Fifth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Both
First Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue*
Both
Fourteenth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Ninth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue*
Both
Second Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Sixteenth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Both
Tenth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue*
[Added 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 1275, approved 2-14-2006]
Both
Thirteenth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue*
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Fourth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Maryland Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Seventeenth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Chester Pike
Pennsylvania Avenue*
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Thirteenth Avenue
Prospect Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Eighth Avenue
Prospect Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Eleventh Avenue
Prospect Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Seventh Avenue
Prospect Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Ninth Avenue
Prospect Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Thirteenth Avenue
Prospect Avenue
[Added 2-8-2011 by Ord. No. 1310, approved 2-8-2011]
South
Fifth Avenue
Prospect Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1310, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Fourth Avenue
Prospect Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Tenth Avenue
Riverside Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Second Avenue
Riverside Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Fourth Avenue
Second Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Pennsylvania Avenue
Second Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Lincoln Avenue
Second Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
Madison Avenue
Second Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
Mckenzie Avenue
Seventeenth Avenue
Both
Evans Avenue
Seventeenth Avenue
East
Holmes Avenue
Seventeenth Avenue
[Repealed 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Seventh Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Lafayette Avenue
Seventh Avenue*
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Lincoln Avenue
Seventh Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
West
Prospect Avenue
Short Street
[Added 3-12-2013 by Ord. No. 1324, approved 3-12-2013]
East
Nassau
Sixteenth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Adams Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Holmes Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Lincoln Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue*
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
East
Amosland Road
Summit Avenue
North
Ninth Avenue
Summit Avenue
South
Fourth Avenue
Summit Avenue
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Mohawk Avenue
Tenth Avenue
[Added 11-12-2002 by Ord. No. 1236, approved 11-12-2002]
Both
Lafayette Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Both
Madison Avenue
Tenth Avenue
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Washington Avenue
Tenth Avenue
East
Amosland Road
Tenth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Lincoln Avenue
Tenth Avenue
East
Pennsylvania Avenue
Third Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Riverside Avenue
Third Avenue
East
Madison Avenue
Third Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Nassau Boulevard
Third Avenue
[Added 5-12-1987 by Ord. No. 1081, approved 5-12-1987]
West
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thirteenth Avenue*
Both
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thirteenth Avenue*
Both
Washington Avenue
Thirteenth Avenue
East
Amosland Road
Twelfth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Folsom Avenue
Twelfth Avenue
Both
Madison Avenue
Twelfth Avenue
Both
Prospect Avenue
Twelfth Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
East
Lincoln Avenue
Washington Avenue
Both
Ninth Avenue
Washington Avenue
[Repealed 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Washington Avenue
[Added 1-14-1992 by Ord. No. 1133, approved 1-14-1992]
North
Maryland Avenue
Washington Avenue
[Added 10-11-1988 by Ord. No. 1091, approved 10-11-1988]
North
Tenth Avenue
Washington Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Seventeenth Avenue
Washington Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Chester Pike
Washington Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Sixteenth Avenue
Washington Avenue*
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Thirteenth Avenue
West Park Square
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Tenth Avenue
West Park Square
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Ninth Avenue
Yagle Avenue
[Amended 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
Both
Sixteenth Avenue
Yagle Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
North
Seventeenth Avenue
Yagle Avenue
[Added 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]
South
Fifteenth Avenue
[1]
Editor's Note: These stop intersections are in addition to highways intersecting with the through highways established by § 157-13.
The intersections described below are hereby established as yield-right-of-way intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named highway as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway in the direction or directions indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions indicated, shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time that the operator of such vehicle or tractor is moving across or within such intersection.
Yield Sign on
Direction
of Travel
At Intersection of
(Reserved)
The zones described below are hereby established as no-passing zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person driving a vehicle to pass any other vehicle which is proceeding in the same direction:
Name of Highway
Limits
(Reserved)
Except where necessary for the purpose of loading, unloading or making deliveries locally, no truck or other commercial vehicle shall be operated on Borough streets or parts thereof, other than state highways.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any commercial vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination having a gross weight in excess of that herein respectively prescribed upon any of the highways or portions thereof described below, except for the purpose of making local deliveries on that highway:
Name of Highway
Maximum
Gross
Weight
Location
Amosland Road Bridge
[Added 2-8-1983 by Ord. No. 1030, approved 2-8-1983; repealed 5-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1196, approved 5-12-1998]