Borough of Mount Gretna, PA Traffic Regulations

Any person who shall operate a vehicle or tractor at a speed in excess of that established therefor, upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment for not more then five days.

§ 181-7 One-way highways established.

The following are hereby established as one-way highways:

Highway	From	To	Direction of Travel
Harvard Avenue	Princeton Avenue	Carnegie Avenue	West
Muhlenberg Avenue [Amended 11-21-2000 by Ord. No. 157]	Pinch Road	Princeton Avenue	West
Yale Avenue	Carnegie Avenue	Lehigh Avenue	West

Any person who shall operate a motor vehicle or tractor upon any highway or portion thereof hereby established as a one-way highway within the Borough, other than in the direction hereby established for traffic thereon, shall upon conviction thereof be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment for not more than five days.

§ 181-8 Stop intersections established.

The following intersections are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such intersection:

Highway	Through Highway	Direction of Travel
Albright Avenue	Pinch Road	East
Brown Avenue	Lehigh Avenue	West
Brown Avenue	Pinch Road	East
Carnegie Avenue	Pennsylvania Avenue	North and south
Carnegie Avenue	Pennsylvania Route 117	North
Chautauqua Drive [Added 3-14-2016 by Ord. No. 203]	Carnegie Avenue	West
Chautauqua Drive [Added 3-14-2016 by Ord. No. 203]	Princeton Avenue	East
Gettysburg Avenue	Pennsylvania Route 117	Northeast
Gettysburg Avenue (realigned) [Added 3-14-2016 by Ord. No. 203]	Pennsylvania Route 117	North
Lafayette Avenue	Lehigh Avenue	East
Lafayette Avenue	Weslyan Avenue	West
Lancaster Avenue [Added 12-22-1975 by Ord. No. 107]	Lehigh Avenue	East and west
Lancaster Avenue	Pinch Road	East
Lebanon Avenue	Pinch Road	East
Lehigh Avenue	Pennsylvania Avenue	North and south
Lehigh Avenue	Pennsylvania Route 117	North
Lehigh Avenue [Repealed 12-22-1975 by Ord. No. 107]
Muhlenberg Avenue	Lebanon Avenue	North
Muhlenberg Avenue	Pinch Road	East
Old Mountain Road	Albright Avenue	South
Old Mountain Road	Lebanon Avenue	North
Pennsylvania Avenue [Added 11-9-1981 by Ord. No. 120]	Lehigh Avenue	East and west
Pennsylvania Avenue	Princeton Avenue	East
Pennsylvania Avenue	Pennsylvania Route 117	Northwest
Princeton Avenue	Pennsylvania Route 117	North
Temple Avenue	Muhlenberg Avenue	West
Temple Avenue	Old Mountain Road	East
Vassar Avenue	Pennsylvania Avenue	North

Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any stop intersection, as hereinabove required, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment for not more than three days.

§ 181-9 Yield-right-of-way intersections established.

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 a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway from the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby 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 Highway	Through Highway	Direction of Travel
Carnegie Avenue	Harvard Avenue	South
Gettysburg Avenue	Pennsylvania Avenue	Southwest
Old Mountain Road	Albright Avenue	South
Vassar Avenue	Yale Avenue	South

Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to yield the right-of-way, as hereinabove required, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs or prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment for not more than three days.

§ 181-10 Keep-right intersections established.

The following intersections are hereby established as keep-right intersections and official keep-right signs shall be erected (or are hereby ratified if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway from the first-named highway in the direction or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions hereby indicated shall keep to the right.

	Highway	Through Highway	Direction of Travel
	Pennsylvania Avenue	Weslyan Avenue	West

Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to keep right, as hereinabove required, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment for not more than three days.

§ 181-11 Certain classes of vehicles prohibited on certain highways.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any truck or tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination having a gross weight in excess of 12,000 pounds upon any of the highways within the Borough, except trucks or tractors, trailers or tractor-trailer combinations used by or contracted by the Borough of Mount Gretna, or the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, or any of their entireties for maintenance or construction purposes. For the purposes of this chapter, a truck is considered to be any vehicle that would be licensed commercially by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

[Amended 6-1-1974 by Ord. No. 102; 4-9-2018 by Ord. No. 211]

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or tractor, or any passenger vehicle drawing any trailer or towing any other vehicle, or any major recreational vehicle which shall include, but is not limited to, boats and boat trailers, travel trailers, pick-up campers or coaches (designed to be mounted on automotive vehicles), motorized dwellings, tent trailers, and the like upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any snowmobile or minibike upon any highway or portion thereof within the Borough.

Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment for not more than 10 days, provided that nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of any vehicle or tractor as set forth in Subsections A and B of this section upon any highway or portion thereof where such operation thereon shall be necessary in order to pick up or deliver any goods, wares, merchandise or material from or to any premises located upon any such highway or portion thereof.

Nor shall anything herein prevent the operation of a recreational vehicle as set forth in this section upon any highway or portion thereof where such operation hereon shall be necessary to park said vehicle upon any property owned or leased by the owner of said recreational vehicle located upon any such highway or portion thereof.

§ 181-12 Operation on closed highways.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or tractor upon any highway in the Borough that is under construction, resurfacing or repair, in disregard of any official sign, barricade or notice that the same is closed to vehicular traffic. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $25 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment for not more than 10 days.

§ 181-13 Play highways established and authorized.

The Mayor is hereby authorized to designate as play highways, whenever he shall deem such action advisable, and for whatever period of time directed by him, any portion of any highway in the Borough, whereon sledding, coasting and playing shall be permitted. Such highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Mayor.

No person shall operate any motor vehicle or tractor upon any play highway at any time when such highway shall be so designated, except in case of emergency, with special permission of the Mayor or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear such play highway of all persons using such highway for the purpose for which it was set aside. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10 and costs of prosecution and/or undergo imprisonment for not more than five days.

§ 181-14 Successive violations.

For the purpose of the penalties provided in this article, each day that a violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense.