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Borough of Red Hill, PA
Montgomery County
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[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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
Adams Street
Entire length
25 mph
Aspen Circle
Entire length
25 mph
Bitting Alley (Bitting Street)
Entire length
20 mph
Eighth Street
Main Street to Taggert Alley
25 mph
Eighth Street
Taggert Alley to Aspen Circle
25 mph
Eleventh Street
Entire length
25 mph
Graber Alley (Graber Street)
Entire length
20 mph
Main Street
Northern to southern Borough line
35 mph
Seventh Street
Graber Alley to the Borough line
25 mph
Sixth Street West
Main Street to Borough line
35 mph
Sixth Street East
Main Street to Borough line
25 mph
Stonehaven Drive
Jefferson Street to Borough line
25 mph
Third Street, West
From Main Street to Borough line
25 mph
Washington Street
From Second Street to Third Street
25 mph
2. 
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.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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 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.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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 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.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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 [Municipality], 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 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.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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
Sixth Street and Main Street
Traffic light
2. 
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.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
1. 
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
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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
Times
Not To Make Left Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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:
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-570, 8/12/2020]
Vehicles Traveling On
Direction of Travel
Not To Make Right Turn Into
East Fourth Street
East
Bitting Alley
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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 §§ 3323(b) or 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
Main Street
From north to south Borough line
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1; as amended by Ord. 437, 4/13/2005, § I]
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 § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code, 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
Intersection or Through Street
Direction of Travel
Adams Street
Fourth Street
South
Adams Street
Sixth Street
North
Apple Street
Seventh Street
North
Aspen Circle (2 intersections)
Seventh Street
South
Bitting Street
Fifth Street
North and south
Bitting Street
Fourth Street
North and south
Bitting Street
Eighth Street
North and south
Bitting Street
Second Street
South
Bitting Street
Seventh Street
North and south
Bitting Street
Sixth Street
North and south
Bitting Street
Third Street
North and south
Eighth Street
Washington Street
East and west
Fifth Street
Adams Street
East
Fifth Street
Bitting Street (Alley)
East
Fifth Street
Graber Street (Alley)
West
Fourth Street
Graber Street (Alley)
East and west
Fourth Street
Bitting Street (Alley)
East and west
Graber Alley
Eighth Street
North
Graber Alley
Fifth Street
North and south
Graber Alley
Fourth Street
North and south
Graber Alley
Second Street
South
Graber Alley
Seventh Street
North and south
Graber Alley
Sixth Street
North and south
Graber Alley
Third Street
North and south
Hendricks Road
Fourth Street
North
Jefferson Street
Eleventh Street
North
Jefferson Street
Third Street, West
South
Jefferson Street
Eighth Street, West
North
Jefferson Street
Seventh Street, West
North and south
Meadowland Drive
Second Street, West
North
Mimosa Court
Seventh Street
North
Railroad Street
Sixth Street
North
Second Street
Washington Street
East and west
Seventh Street
Washington Street
East and west
Shopping center parking lot exit
Sixth Street
North
Shopping center parking lot exit
Fifth Street
South
Singer Way
Eighth Street
North
Stonehaven Drive
Jefferson Street
West
Taggert Alley
Eleventh Street
North
Taggert Alley
Seventh Street
North and south
Third Street
Wexford Road
West
Third Street
Wellington Way
East
Reiter Alley
Seventh Street
North
Reiter Alley
Washington Street
West
Walnut Street
Sixth Street
South
Walnut Street
Seventh Street
North
Walt Road
Montgomery Avenue
East
Washington Street
Sixth Street
North and south
Washington Street
Third Street
North
Wellington Way
Third Street
North
Wexford Road
Third Street
South
Wexford Road
Stonehaven Drive
North
Winchester Place
Third Street, West
North
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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 § 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
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
1. 
No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle, ATV, snowmobile or minibike shall be operated on any property owned by the Borough or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Borough without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Secretary of the Borough.
2. 
Any person who violates an provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
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. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
1. 
The following areas upon the streets in the Borough are established as play highways:
Street
Between
Days
Hours
(Reserved)
2. 
The Mayor 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 Borough where sledding and coasting, shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Mayor.
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 Mayor 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 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 424, 5/12/2004, § 1]
1. 
The following roads and streets within the Borough are designated as special snowmobile roads:
Street or Road Between
Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic
Shared With Vehicular Traffic
(Reserved)
2. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Borough other than as provided above. Provided, nothing in this Section shall prohibit any person from operating a snowmobile on any other street in the Borough:
A. 
As authorized by § 7721 of the Vehicle Code for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways; or,
B. 
For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in § 7723 of the Vehicle Code. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 7752(a) of the Vehicle Code.