Borough of Manheim, PA Traffic Regulations

[Amended ; 8-27-1996 by Ord. No. 545; 8-26-1997 by Ord. No. 553; 12-9-1997; 1-26-1999 by Ord. No. 559; 4-27-1999 by Ord. No. 560; 5-29-2001 by Ord. No. 57212-9-1997; 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 664; 2-9-2021 by Ord. No. 670]

§ 205-10 Maximum speed limits established on certain streets and portions of certain streets for certain hours.

Maximum speed limits are established on specific streets and portions of specified streets, as follows, and for the following hours, if applicable, and it shall unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any street or part of a street where a maximum speed limit applies at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that street or part of the street:

Street	Between	Maximum Speed Limit (miles per hour)	Hours
All streets	In the Borough	25	All hours, except as set forth herein to the contrary
East Gramby Street	From a distance 100 feet west of North Hazel Street to a distance 100 Feet east of North Linden Street	15	School hours
North Hazel	East Gramby Street and Scout Alley	15	School hours
North Linden Street	East Gramby Street and Scout Alley	15	School hours
South Oak	East Stiegel Street and the southern boundary of the Borough of Manheim	35	All hours

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-11 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 for future use)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-12 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 drive 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 for future use)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-13 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 Manheim, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:

Park	Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
(Reserved for future use)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-14 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
Charlotte Street and West High Street	Traffic control signal
Main Street and East High Street	Traffic control signal
New Charlotte Street (Fruitville Pike) and South Main Street	Traffic control signal
North Main Street and Gramby Street	Traffic control signal
South Main Street and Ferdinand Street	Traffic control signal
South Main Street and Stiegel Street	Traffic control signal
West High Street, east and west of Grant Street	School crossing warning

Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-15 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
Market Square and East High Street	North Main Street	South
Market Square and North Main Street	East High Street	West
Market Square and West High Street	South Charlotte Street	North

Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-16 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
East Adele Avenue	Main Street	Linden Street	East
East Logan Avenue	South Hazel Street	South Linden Street	East
East Logan Avenue	South Main Street	South Linden Street	East
Eby Street	South Main Street	Cherry Street	West
Memorial Drive	North Laurel Street	East High Street	East from North Laurel Street; south toward East High Street
New Charlotte Street	Railroad Avenue	Intersection of South Charlotte Street and West Stiegel Street	North
South Stauffer Lane	Logan Avenue	East Ferdinand Street	South
South Veterans Alley	West Ferdinand Street	West Stiegel Street	South
Stedman Alley	West Ferdinand Street	West Stiegel Street	South
West Bache Alley	South Charlotte Street	South Veterans Alley	West
West Danner Alley	North Charlotte Street	North Main Street	East
West Kready Alley	Main Street	North Charlotte Street	West
West Logan Avenue	South Charlotte Street	South Main Street	East
West Shippen Alley	South Main Street	South Charlotte Street	West

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-17 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 for future use)

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 as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-18 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
West Ferdinand Street	East or west	Left or right turn	South Veterans Alley which lies north of West Ferdinand Street	All times	All vehicles
West Logan Avenue between South Charlotte Street and South Main Street	East	Right turn	South Veterans Alley	All times	Trucks larger than a pickup or passenger van

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-19 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	Straight Across
West Bache Alley from South Veterans Alley to South Main Street	East	All times	South Main Street

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-20 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 for future use)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-21 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	Between
(Reserved for future use)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-22 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 the right-of-way as required by § 3323(b) or (c) of the Vehicle Code, as the case may be, and shall not proceed into or across the through highway until he or she has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law:

Highway	Between
(Reserved for future use)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-23 Stop intersection established.

The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 205-22) 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 § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code and shall not proceed into or across the second-named or intersecting or through street until he or she has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law:

Stop Street	Intersection or Through Street	Direction of Travel
Adele Avenue	Manheim Central High School driveway by the concrete mountable curbed island	West
Baron Circle	Snyder Street	East
Crescent Drive	High Street	North
East Adele Avenue	North Hazel Street	East
East Adele Avenue	North Laurel Street	East
East Adele Avenue	North Linden Street	East
East Adele Avenue	North Wolf Street	East
East Colebrook Street	North Main Street	West
East Ferdinand Street	South Linden Street	East and west
East Gramby Street	North Penn Street	East and west
East Logan Avenue	Linden Street	East and west
East Logan Avenue	North Linden Street	East and west
East Logan Avenue	North Oak Street	East
East Logan Avenue	South Oak Street	East
East Logan Avenue	South Wolf Street	East
East Mill Street	South Hazel Street	East and west
East Mill Street	South Linden Street	East and west
East Mill Street	South Main Street	West
East Mill Street	South Oak Street	East
East Mill Street	South Wolf Street	East and west
East Scout Alley	North Hazel Street	East and west
East Scout Alley	North Linden Street	East
East Spahr Alley	North Hazel Street	East
East Spahr Alley	North Wolf Street	West
Eby Street	South Charlotte Street	West
Eby Street	South Cherry Street	West
Fulton Street	High Street	North and south
Gibble Alley	North Hazel Street	West
Gibble Alley	North Wolf Street	East
Grant Street	High Street	North and south
Hazel Street	High Street	North and south
Hershey Drive	East Adele Avenue	South
Hershey Drive	Hamaker Road	North
Holtz Alley	Charlotte Street	East
Holtz Alley	Cherry Street	West
Hostetter Road	South Oak Street	West
Lake Drive	West High Street	South
Lakeview Drive	Hamaker Road	South
Linden Street	East High Street	North and south
Lorraine Avenue	Meadow Lane	East
Lorraine Avenue	Miller Drive	West
Meadow Lane	High Street	South
Memorial Drive	East High Street	South
Miller Drive	High Street	South
Miller Drive	Lorraine Avenue	South
New Charlotte Street	East Stiegel Street	Northwest
North Charlotte Street	West Colebrook Street	North and south
North Charlotte Street	West Gramby Street	North and south
North Clay Street	West Colebrook Street	North
North Clay Street	West Gramby Street	North and south
North Grant Street	Rapho Street	North
North Grant Street	West Colebrook Street	North and south
North Hart Street	West Colebrook Street	North
North Hart Street	West Danner Alley	South
North Hart Street	West Gramby Street	North and south
North Hazel Street	East Gramby Street	North and south
North Laurel Street	East Adele Avenue	North and south
North Laurel Street	East Gramby Street and Memorial Drive	North and south
North Laurel Street	Hamaker Road	North
North Laurel Street	High Street	South
North Linden Street	East Gramby Street	North
North Penn Street	West Colebrook Street	North
North Penn Street	West Gramby Street	North and south
North Pitt Street	West Colebrook Street	North and south
North Pitt Street	West Gramby Street	North and south
North Wolf Street	Adele Avenue	North
North Wolf Street	East Stiegel Street	South
North Wolf Street	West Gramby Street	North and south
Old Colebrook Street	Colebrook Street	South
Parkview Drive	Hamaker Road	South
Parkview Drive	Lakeview Drive	West
Penn Street	West Dover Street	South
Penn Street	West High Street	North and south
Pitt Street	West High Street	North and south
Railroad Avenue	New Charlotte Street	East
Rambler Road	Orchard Lane (both ends of Rambler Road, a looping road intersecting Orchard Lane twice)	East
Rapho Street	Rambler Road	North
Rettew Lane	West High Street	North
South Charlotte Street	Railroad Avenue	South
South Charlotte Street	West Ferdinand Street	North and south
South Charlotte Street	West Stiegel Street	North and south
South Cherry Street	Railroad Avenue	North
South Cherry Street	West Stiegel Street	North
South Fulton Street	West End Avenue	North and south
South Fulton Street	West Stiegel Street	South
South Grant Street	West Ferdinand Street	North and south
South Grant Street	West Stiegel Street	South
South Hazel Street	East Ferdinand Street	North and south
South Hazel Street	East Stiegel Street	South
South Heintzelman Street	West End Avenue	South
South Heintzelman Street	West Ferdinand Street	North and south
South Heintzelman Street	West High Street	North
South Linden Street	East Ferdinand Street	North and south
South Linden Street	East Mill Street	South
South Marshall Lane	West Dover Street	North and south
South Penn Street	Fuller Drive	South
South Penn Street	West Ferdinand Street	North and south
South Pitt Street	West Dover Street	North and south
South Pitt Street	West Ferdinand Street	North and south
South Pitt Street	West Stiegel Street	South
South Steadman Alley	Ferdinand Street	South
South Steadman Alley	Stiegel Street	South
South Steadman Alley	West Dover Street	North and south
South Steadman Alley	West High Street	North
South Reading Alley	Eby Street	North and south
South Reading Alley	Holtz Alley	South
South Snyder Street	West Ferdinand Street	South
South Snyder Street	West High Street	North
South Stedman Alley	West Stiegel Street	South
South Veterans Alley	Ferdinand Street	South
South Veterans Alley	Logan Avenue	North
South Veterans Alley	West Bache Alley	North and south
South Veterans Alley	West Shippen Alley	South
South Veterans Alley	West Stiegel Street	South
South Wolf Street	East Ferdinand Street	North and south
Twilight Drive	North Clay Street	East and west
Twilight Drive	North Grant Street	East
Twilight Drive	North Penn Street	West
West Bache Alley	South Charlotte Street	West
West Bache Alley	South Main Street	East
West Bache Alley	South Veterans Alley	West
West Chestnut Lane	Meadow Lane	East and west
West Chestnut Street	North Fulton Street	West
West Chestnut Street	North Grant Street	East and west
West Chestnut Street	Penn Street	East and west
West Chestnut Street	Pitt Street	East
West Colebrook Street	North Main Street	East
West Coleman Alley	North Pitt Street	East and west
West Danner Alley	North Main Street	East
West Dover Street	South Charlotte Street	East
West Dover Street	South Fulton Street	West
West Dover Street	South Grant Street	East and west
West Dover Street	South Kauffman Alley	East and west
West Dover Street	South Penn Street	East and west
West Dover Street	South Pitt Street	East and west
West Dover Street	South Stedman Alley	East and west
West End Avenue	South Penn Street	East
West Ferdinand Street	South Charlotte Street	East and west
West Ferdinand Street	South Fulton Street	East and west
West Ferdinand Street	South Grant Street	East and west
West Ferdinand Street	South Penn Street	East and west
West Gramby Street	North Charlotte Street	East and west
West Gramby Street	North Hazel Street	East and west
West Gramby Street	North Grant Street	East and west
West Kline Alley	South Grant Street	West
West Kline Alley	South Penn Street	East
West Kline Alley	South Pitt Street	West
West Kline Alley	Stedman Alley	North and south
West Kready Alley	North Hart Street	West
West Logan Avenue	South Main Street	East
West Saylor Alley	South Fulton Street	West
West Saylor Alley	South Kauffman Alley	East
West Saylor Alley	South Penn Street	East and west
West Saylor Alley	South Stedman Alley	East
West Shippen Alley	South Charlotte Street	West
West Shippen Alley	South Veterans Alley	West
West Stiegel Street	South Charlotte Street	East and west
West Stiegel Street	South Fulton Street	East and west
West Stiegel Street	South Penn Street	East and west
Wolf Street	East High Street	North and south

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-24 Stop intersections established excepting right turn.

The following intersections (in addition to intersections with stop intersections established by § 205-23) are established as stop intersections, except right turns are permitted without stopping, and official signs shall be erected in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street on the first-named street in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named street or stop street, in the direction indicated in each case, and intending to make a right turn onto the second-named street or through street, shall be permitted to continue on the intended course of travel by slowing down or stopping the vehicle as required by § 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code and then yielding the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code:

Stop Street	Intersection or Through Street	Direction of Travel
East Stiegel Street	South Oak Street	East

§ 205-25 Yield intersections established.

The following intersection (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 205-22) 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 as 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 for future use)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-26 Operation of motor vehicles restricted on public lands.

No motor vehicle or motorcycle or minibike shall be operated on any lands owned by the Borough of Manheim or any other public body or agency within the Borough of Manheim except on those lands specifically designated for the operation of motor vehicles, motorcycles or minibikes by resolution of the Borough Council.

§ 205-27 Restrictions on use of pushcarts.

The word "pushcart," as used in this section, shall mean a vehicle, other than a pedalcycle, propelled solely by human power and used or intended for use for the display, transport, exhibit or sale of goods, wares or merchandise.

It shall be unlawful for any person to propel a pushcart upon any sidewalk in any business district except as necessary to move the pushcart to a location from which it is to be loaded or unloaded or from which goods, wares or merchandise are to be sold or dispensed under permit from Borough Council as provided in Subsection C of this section.

It shall be unlawful for any person to park a pushcart upon any sidewalk except for the purpose of selling or dispensing from that pushcart goods, wares or merchandise to passersby under permit from Borough Council. Every such permit shall be issued to the person making application for such permit upon payment of a fee, which shall be for the use of the Borough of Manheim, of $100 for any calendar year, $50 for any six-month period, or $25 for any three-month period. The permit shall be granted to the applicant upon payment of the fee and upon his or her signing an agreement with Borough Council that he or she shall be bound by the conditions imposed by the Borough Council and made a part of the permit dealing with the following matters:

(1)

Restricting or limiting the parking of the pushcart to one or more stated locations upon the sidewalk and to stated days and hours at each location.

(2)

Stating requirements to be adhered to in connection with the disposal of garbage and refuse resulting from the operations carried on.

(3)

Requiring that there be no violation of any law, ordinance or regulation pertaining to health, sanitation and the handling of food or drink.

Any person who violates any provision of this section or any condition of any permit granted under this section shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.

§ 205-28 Compression brake prohibition.

No person shall operate or use, or cause to be operated or used, any vehicle-engine-compression brake within the limits of Manheim Borough.

This section shall not apply to emergency situations requiring the utilization of a compression brake to protect the health, safety or welfare of the residents or business owners of Manheim Borough, other motor vehicle operators, pedestrians or the operator and passengers of the motor vehicle involved in said emergency situation.

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine as allowed by law, and costs.