Borough of Muncy, PA Article II Traffic Regulations

§ 263-10 Speed limits.

A. 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	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)	Location	Hours/Days
	Carpenter Street	25	From South Washington Street to Chestnut Street at Muncy Creek Township	All
	Green Street	25	From North Washington Street to Chestnut Street at Muncy Creek Township	All
	Lafayette Street	15	From Sherman Street to South Washington Street	All
	Lafayette Street	15	From Sherman Street to South Main Street	6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m./Monday through Friday
	Mechanic Street	25	From Main Street to Chestnut Street	All
	New Street	15	School area	When flashers are flashing
	North Market Street	25	From West Water Street to Mechanic Street	All
	North Washington Street	25	From East Water Street to Mechanic Street	All
	Pepper Street	25	From Main Street to Railroad Street	All
	Quarry Road	25	From Main Street to Glade Run Road	All
	Schuyler Avenue	15	From Sherman Street to Painter Street	All
	Schuyler Street	15	From Buffington Street to Sherman Street	6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m./Monday through Friday
	Sherman Street	15	From Lafayette Street to West Penn Street	6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m./Monday through Friday
	South Market Street	25	From West Water Street to Borough line at Muncy Creek Township	All
	West Penn Street	25	From South Main Street to Sherman Street	All
	West Penn Street	15	From Sherman Street to Painter Street	6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m./Monday through Friday
	West Penn Street	25	From Painter Street to Railroad Street at Muncy Creek Township	All
	West Penn Street	15	From Sherman Street to Painter Street	6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m./Monday through Friday

B. 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 $5 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 263-11 Traffic control signals.

A. 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:

	Intersection	Type of Signal
	North Main Street and South Main Street with East Water Street and West Water Street	Stop lights
	South Main Street with East Penn Street and West Penn Street	Stop lights

B. Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs.

§ 263-12 Prohibited turns on red signal.

A. 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:

	Name of Street	Direction of Travel	At Intersection of
	East Penn Street	West	South Main Street
	East Water Street	West	Main Street
	Main Street	North	Water Street
	Main Street	South	Water Street
	South Main Street	North	Penn Street
	South Main Street	South	Penn Street
	West Penn Street	East	South Main Street
	West Water Street	East	Main Street

B. 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.

§ 263-13 One-way streets.

A. 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:

	Name of Street	Direction of Travel	From	To
	Carpenter Street	East	South Main Street	South Washington Street
	High Street	East	South Main Street	South Washington Street
	Lafayette Street	East	South Market Street	South Washington Street
	Pepper Street	West	South Main Street	South Market Street
	Plumb Alley	West	South Main Street	South Market Street
	Marian Alley [Added 8-6-2002[1]]	West	Main Street	Market Street
	Noble Alley	East	North Main Street	Green Alley
	Noble Alley [Added 8-6-2002; amended 11-5-2002[2]]	West	Main Street	McCarty Alley
	Saint James Alley [Added 8-6-2002[3]]	West	Main Street	McCarty Alley
	Unnamed alley (Horseshoe Alley) [Added 8-6-2002[4]]	North	107 East Penn Street	125 East Penn Street

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

[2] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

[3] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

[4] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

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

§ 263-14 Through streets.

A. 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 Section 3323(b) or 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] 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:

	Name of Street	Limits
	Broadway	From Quarry Road to New Street
	Carpenter Street	From South Washington Street to Chestnut Street
	East Penn Street	From South Main Street East to Borough line
	East Water Street	From Main Street East to Borough line
	Green Street	From North Washington Street to Chestnut Street
	Main Street	From Water Street North to Borough line
	Main Street	From Water Street South to Borough line
	Market Street	From Mechanic Street to Borough line
	Mechanic Street	From North Main Street to Borough line
	New Street	From Pepper Street East to Borough line
	Pepper Street	From Sherman Street West to Borough line
	Quarry Road	From South Main Street to Glade Run Road
	Sherman Street	From Pepper Street to West Water Street
	Washington Street	From Quarry Road to Mechanic Street
	West Penn Street	From Sherman Street to Railroad Street
	West Water Street	From Main Street West to Borough line

[1] Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b) or (c), respectively.

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

§ 263-15 Stop intersections.

A. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 263-14) 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 of 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 Section 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code,[1] 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 on	Direction of Travel	At Intersection of
	DeHaas Alley	North	West High Street
	DeHaas Alley	North and south	Lafayette Street
	DeHaas Alley	North and south	Pepper Street
	DeHaas Alley	North and south	St. James Alley
	DeHaas Alley	North and south	West Penn Street
	DeHaas Alley	South	Lincoln Street
	Green Alley	North and south	Brady Street
	Green Alley	North and south	Carpenter Street
	Green Alley	North and south	East High Street
	Green Alley	North and south	East Penn Street
	Green Alley	North and south	East Water Street
	Green Alley	North and south	Lafayette Street
	Green Alley	North and south	Lincoln Street
	Green Alley	North and south	Mechanic Street
	Green Alley	North and south	New Street
	Green Alley	North and south	First alley north of New Street
	Green Alley	North and south	Noble Alley
	Green Alley	North and south	St. James Alley
	Green Alley	North and south	White Alley
	McCarty Alley	North	Mechanic Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	Brady Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	Grant Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	First alley north of Grant Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	High Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	Lafayette Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	Lincoln Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	First alley north of Lincoln Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	First alley north of Noble Alley
	McCarty Alley	North and south	Pepper Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	First alley north of Pepper Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	Plumb Alley
	McCarty Alley	North and south	St. James Alley
	McCarty Alley	North and south	West Penn Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	West Water Street
	McCarty Alley	North and south	White Alley
	McCarty Alley	South	Noble Alley
	Noble Alley	East	North Washington Street
	Noble Alley	East and west	Market Street
	Noble Alley	East and west	McCarty Alley
	Ritter Alley	North	Green Street
	Ritter Alley	North and south	Carpenter Street
	Ritter Alley	North and south	East Water Street
	Ritter Alley	South	Bruner Street
	St. James Alley	East	South Washington Street
	St. James Alley	East and west	DeHaas Alley
	St. James Alley	East and west	Green Alley
	St. James Alley	East and west	McCarty Alley
	St. James Alley	East and west	South Market Street
	St. James Alley	West	Sherman Street
	Unnamed alley	East	Chestnut Street
	Unnamed alley	East	Chestnut Street
	Unnamed alley[2]	East	First alley south of East Water Street
	Unnamed alley	East	McCarty Alley
	Unnamed alley	East	North Main Street
	Unnamed alley	East	Painter Street
	Unnamed alley	East	South Washington Street
	Unnamed alley	East	First alley east of South Washington Street
	Unnamed alley	East and west	Bryfogle Alley
	Unnamed alley	East and west	First alley east of Bryfogle Alley
	Unnamed alley	East and west	First alley west of Bryfogle Alley
	Unnamed alley	East and west	Green Alley
	Unnamed alley	East and west	Market Street
	Unnamed alley	East and west	McCarty Alley
	Unnamed alley	East and west	McCarty Alley
	Unnamed alley	East and west	McCarty Alley
	Unnamed alley	East and west	McCarty Alley
	Unnamed alley	East and west	North Market Street
	Unnamed alley	East and west	South Market Street
	Unnamed alley	North	New Street
	Unnamed alley	North	First alley north of West Penn Street
	Unnamed alley	South	First alley south of East Water Street
	Unnamed alley	South	First alley south of New Street
	Unnamed alley	West	First alley west of Broadway
	Unnamed alley	West	Division Street
	Unnamed alley	West	Division Street
	Unnamed alley	West	Green Alley
	Unnamed alley	West	North Market Street
	Unnamed alley	West	Sherman Street
	Unnamed alley	West	South Market Street
	Unnamed alley	West	South Washington Street
	Unnamed alley	West	Washington Street
	Unnamed alley	West	West Penn Street
	White Alley	East	South Washington Street
	White Alley	East and west	Green Alley
	White Alley	East and west	McCarty Alley
	White Alley	East and west	South Market Street

[1] Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b).

[2] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

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

§ 263-16 Operation of motor vehicles restricted on public lands.

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

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

§ 263-17 Restrictions on use of pushcarts.

A. 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.

B. 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.

C. 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 the permit, upon payment of a fee, which shall be for the use of the Borough, 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 signing an agreement with Borough Council that he shall be bound by the conditions imposed by 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.

D. 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 of $25 and costs.

§ 263-18 Skates, skateboards, coasters, sleds and other toy vehicles.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on a sled upon any sidewalk in the Borough of Muncy, or upon any roadway unless that roadway is on a portion of a street blocked off for sledding by authority of § 263-5 of Article I of this chapter. Provided: nothing in this subsection shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a sled, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in rollerskating, skateboarding or to ride upon or propel any coaster or other toy vehicle upon:

(1) Any street except in order to cross the roadway; or

(2) Any sidewalk located in a business district, except that nothing in this subsection shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a coaster or other toy vehicle, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.

C. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for the first offense, be issued a nuisance violation by the Borough with a fine of $10. Failure to pay the fine within 48 hours shall result in a non-traffic citation and, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 and costs.

[Amended 2-7-1995 by Ord. No. 437]