[Adopted 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-2]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary line of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purpose of vehicular travel.
LOCAL TRAFFIC
A. 
Emergency vehicles;
B. 
School buses;
C. 
Motor buses being operated in the Borough on regularly established routes;
D. 
Garbage collection and disposal vehicles;
E. 
Vehicles and combinations of government agencies or utilities or their contractors engaged in construction or maintenance (including snow removal) on a posted highway or in a location which can be reached only via a highway; and
F. 
Vehicles and/or combination of vehicles going to or from a residence, commercial establishment, or farm located on a posted highway or which can be reached only via a posted highway.
POSTED HIGHWAY
A highway having a posted weight limit.
An engineering and traffic study has been completed and the findings are the subject of this article.
The following vehicle gross weight limits are established for the following highways and highway sections located with the Borough of Towanda, Pennsylvania:
Length
(miles)
Street Name
Location
Weight Limit
(tons)
0.14
Ann Street
From SR 6 to Watts Street
15
0.06
Ann Street
From Watts Street to North Fourth Street
10
0.26
Charles Street
From Elizabeth Street to Poplar Street
10
0.30
Chestnut Street
From North Fourth Street to John B. Merrill Parkway
10
0.13
College Avenue
From Fourth Street to Second Street
15
0.34
Elizabeth Street
From Charles Street to John B. Merrill Parkway
15
0.23
Elm Street
From North Fourth Street to SR 6
20
0.16
Foster Road
From Ann Street to Wilmot Drive
15
0.52
Fourth Street
From Thomas Street to Pine Street
10
0.15
North Fourth Street
From Elm Street to Houston Street
20
0.38
North Fourth Street
From Houston Street to Oak Street
10*
0.06
Grant Street
From Second Street to SR 2027 (South Main Street)
15
0.20
Houston Street
From North Fourth Street to SR 6
20
1.60
John B. Merrill Parkway
From Robert Farley Conn. to Municipal Line
No weight limit
0.25
Kingsbury Street
From SR 6 to John B. Merrill Parkway
10
0.14
Locust Avenue
From SR 6 to SR 1039 North Main Street
10
0.36
Lombard Street
From Mill Street to SR 6
10
0.19
Mechanic Street
From SR 3018 (Bridge Street) to Poplar Street
15
0.38
Memorial Park Drive
From SR 3018 (Bridge Street) to Fourth Street
10
0.05
Mill Street
From Ward Avenue to Lombard Street
15
0.08
Mix Avenue
From SR 6 to John B. Merrill Parkway
10
0.32
Oak Street
From North Fourth Street to SR 6
10
0.15
Packer Avenue
From SR 1018 (Packer Avenue) to John B. Merrill Parkway
10
0.29
Pine Street
From Western Avenue to SR 6
10
0.12
Poplar Street
From Third Street to SR 2027 (Main Street)
10
0.10
Poplar Street
From Mechanic Street to SR 3020 (Poplar Street)
10
0.25
Pratt Street
From SR 6 to John B. Merrill Parkway
15
0.05
Robert D. Farley Connector Road
From SR 2027 (Main Street) to John B. Merrill Parkway
No weight limit
0.51
State Street
From SR 3020 (Convent Avenue) to John B. Merrill Parkway
10
0.15
Ward Avenue
From Western Avenue to North Fourth Street
10
0.12
Western Avenue
From Pine Street to Ward Avenue
15
0.44
Williams Street
From Mix Avenue to Locust Avenue
10
0.14
Williams Street
From Pratt Avenue to Packer Avenue
15
Grand Total = 8.62 Miles
Grand Total = 29 Streets
NOTES:
*
Indicates a Borough street rating less than 10 tons.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle in violation of § 305-95 set forth above, and upon conviction, said person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 and court costs and an additional fine of $75 for each 300 pounds or part thereof in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum weight.
Sections 305-95 and 305-96 of this article shall not apply to local traffic as the same is defined in § 305-93.
Any violation of this Article XI shall constitute a summary violation of the law and prosecution for the same shall be before a Magisterial District Judge.
The Borough of Towanda, Pennsylvania, shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained restriction signs designating the restrictions within 25 feet of each portion of street restricted by this article. In the case of a restriction on a street of the Borough of Towanda Pennsylvania which does not begin or end at an intersection with an unrestricted street or highway, the Borough of Towanda, Pennsylvania, shall place an advance informational sign at the intersection nearest each end of the portion of street or highway which would allow drivers to avoid the restricted portions of street or highway.
Evidence of the aforementioned engineering and traffic study is and shall remain on file in the Office of the Secretary of the Borough of Towanda, Pennsylvania.