City of Warren, PA Article III Restrictions on Size, Weight and Type of Vehicle and Load

§ 440-20 Vehicle weight limits established on certain streets and bridges.

[Amended 1-11-1999 by Ord. No. 1635]

A. On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code,[1] it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street, as the case may be:

Street or Bridge	Between	Maximum Gross Weight (tons)
Beaty Street	East Fifth Avenue and Center Street	5
Beech Street	Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourth Avenue	10
Biddle Street	Main Street and Crescent Park	5
Cayuga Avenue	Northern terminus of Cayuga Avenue and Custer Street	5
Chestnut Street	Central railroad tracks and Fifth Avenue	5
Crescent Park	Hickory Street and western terminus of Crescent Park	5
Crescent Park [Added 2-20-2006 by Ord. No. 1733; amended 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 1945]	Eastern and western terminus	15
East Fifth Avenue [Added 1-15-2007 by Ord. No. 1750; amended 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 1945]	Conewango Avenue and east entrance to the Fifth Avenue Bridge	5
Fifth Avenue Bridge [Repealed 1-15-2007 by Ord. No. 1750]
Hickory Street [Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 1945]	Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourth Avenue	10
Locust Street	Pennsylvania Avenue East and Park Avenue	5
Lookout Street [Amended 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 1945]	Pioneer Street and Terrace Street	10
Main Avenue	Crescent Park and Biddle Street	5
Maple Street [Added 8-9-2004 by Ord. No. 1705]	Pennsylvania Avenue and Park Avenue	5
North Street [Added 8-9-2004 by Ord. No. 1705]	Pennsylvania Avenue and Park Avenue	5
Oneida Avenue	Crescent Park and south terminus	5
Onondaga Avenue	Crescent Park and south terminus	5
Pioneer Street [Amended 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 1945]	Lookout Street and Orchard Street	10
Schantz Street	Madison Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue	5
St. Clair Street	Tuscarora Avenue and Crescent Park	5
Terrace Street [Amended 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 1945]	Lookout Street and Orchard Street	15
Third Avenue	Conewango Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue West	10
Third Avenue	Market Street and Pennsylvania Avenue West	10
Union Street	Pennsylvania Avenue West and Fourth	5
Veterans’ Memorial Bridge [Added 2-20-2006 by Ord. No. 1733; amended 1-21-2019 by Ord. No. 1913]	North entrance and south entrance	5
Wayne Street	Crescent Park and western terminus of Wayne Street	5
West Fifth Avenue [Added 1-15-2007 by Ord. No. 1750; amended 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 1945]	Market Street and Water Street	5
Wetmore Street	Pennsylvania Avenue and south terminus	5
Willey Street	Hemlock Street and northern terminus	5

[1] Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a).

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under § 4902(a) and (g)(1) of the Vehicle Code and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 plus $150 for each 500 pounds, or part thereof, in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable weight, and costs.

§ 440-21 Truck traffic restricted on certain streets.

[Amended 2-8-1999 by Ord. No. 1636]

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle other than a passenger car on any of the following streets or parts of streets:

Street	Between
Plum Street	Pennsylvania Avenue East and Lexington Avenue
South Carver Street [Added 8-16-2010 by Ord. No. 1789]	Pennsylvania Avenue East and Lexington Avenue
St. Clair Street	Cayuga Avenue and Tuscarora Avenue

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 440-22 Local delivery.

[Added 2-8-1999 by Ord. No. 1636]

Nothing in Article III shall prohibit any person from driving an emergency vehicle on any of those streets or parts of streets, or from driving on any of those streets or parts of streets a truck or other commercial vehicle making local deliveries to or pickups from premises located along that street or part of a street or from premises accessible only through that street or part of a street.