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
|
Location
|
Speed Limit
(mph)
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Angeline
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Arlene
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Cedarhurst Street
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Crestas Avenue
|
Entire length
|
20
| |
|
Crooked Run Road
|
Entire length
|
35
| |
|
Diane
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
First Street
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Foster Road
|
Entire length
|
30
| |
|
Girard Avenue
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Graham Street
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Joanne
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Lawrence Street
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Mahoney Avenue
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Mary Ellen
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Maryland Avenue
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
McKee Road
|
Entire length
|
35
| |
|
Oakdale
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Overhill Drive
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Palma Street
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Penn Street
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Penning Way
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Preston Drive
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Robin Street
[Added 2-20-2020 by Ord. No. 1126] |
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Second Street
|
Entire length
|
15
| |
|
Valley Avenue
|
Entire length
|
25
| |
|
Woodland Street
|
Entire length
|
15
|
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 $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five
miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
A.
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)
| |||
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 $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five
miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
A.
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 driver 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)
| |||||
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 $2 for each mile in excess of five miles per
hour over the maximum speed limit.
A.
A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets
and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Township,[1] except in the following locations, where the lower maximums,
as specified, shall apply:
|
Park
|
Street
|
Location
|
Maximum Speed Limit
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
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 $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five
miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 965]
A.
All public streets, roads, avenues and rights-of-way within the Township
of North Versailles are deemed to be "urban" as that term is used
in the First Class Township Code, the Motor Vehicle Code and the Pennsylvania
Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 55101 et seq., 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 101 et seq., and 1 Pa. Code § 1.1 et seq.
B.
The minimum speed limit on all public streets, roads, avenues, alleys
and rights-of-way within the Township of North Versailles is hereby
established at 35 miles per hour, except as may be otherwise established
to the authority of the First Class Township Code, the Motor Vehicle
Code and the Pennsylvania Code.
C.
Township officials are given authority by this section to obtain
traffic studies and to establish lower speed limits according to those
traffic studies. Approval of such lower or higher speed limits may
be accomplished by simple resolution.
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:
|
Location
|
Type of Signal
| |
|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||
B.
Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic
signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and
costs.
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:
|
Intersection
|
Vehicles Traveling on
|
Facing
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||
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.
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:
|
Street
|
From
|
To
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ault Street
[Added 9-18-2008 by Ord. No. 1046] |
East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard
|
East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard
|
North
| |
|
Delaware Avenue
|
Congress Street
|
Elm Street
|
South
| |
|
Thomas Street
[Added 8-17-2017 by Ord.
No. 1108] |
Route 30
|
Peach Way
|
South
|
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and costs, and reasonable
attorney's fees incurred by North Versailles Township for prosecution.
[Amended 8-17-2017 by Ord. No. 1108]
A.
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
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||||
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
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:
|
Intersection
|
Vehicles Traveling on
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
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)
| |||
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
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)
| |||
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
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:
|
Highway
|
Between
| |
|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b) or (c).
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 282-22) 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 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
|
Intersecting or Through Street
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Auberle Street
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
Arcania Street
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
Broadway Extension
|
Washington Avenue
| |
|
Central Avenue
|
Greensburg Pike
| |
|
Clyde Avenue
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Clyde Street
|
Perry Avenue
| |
|
Cornelia Street
|
Kline Avenue
| |
|
Crooked Run Road
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Delaware Avenue
|
Washington Avenue
| |
|
Devilton Road
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
Edward Street
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Elder Street
|
East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard
| |
|
Elizabeth Street
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Elm Street
|
Washington Avenue
| |
|
Emlyn Avenue
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
Emma Street
|
Kline Avenue
| |
|
First Street
|
Greensburg Pike
| |
|
First Street
|
Versailles Avenue
| |
|
Hamer Avenue
|
Greensburg Pike
| |
|
Heckman Road
|
McKee Road
| |
|
Heckman Road
|
Route 48
| |
|
Hoffman
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Irish Town Road
|
East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard
| |
|
Jack's Run Road
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Kline Avenue
|
Greensburg Pike
| |
|
Lloyd Avenue
|
Greensburg Pike
| |
|
Luehm Avenue (northbound)
[Added 11-15-2018 by Ord.
No. 1116] |
Hill Street
| |
|
Luehn Street
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Mary Street
|
Kline Avenue
| |
|
Maser Road
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Maysmith Road
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
McKee Road
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Mehaffey's Lane
|
Route 48
| |
|
Miller's Lane
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Moss Side Boulevard
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Naser Road
|
Moss Side Boulevard
| |
|
Oakdale Road
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
Penn Avenue
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
Perry Avenue
|
East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard
| |
|
Porter Street
|
Perry Avenue
| |
|
Port Perry Road
|
Braddock Avenue
| |
|
Route 30 ramp
|
Greensburg Pike
| |
|
Route 48
|
Crooked Run Road
| |
|
Route 990
|
East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard
| |
|
Route 990
|
Route 30
| |
|
St. Barmohas Street
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
Second Street
|
Versailles Avenue
| |
|
Station Street
|
East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard
| |
|
Taylor Street
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Third Street
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Tinsman Avenue
|
Greensburg Pike
| |
|
Tinsman Street
|
Kline Avenue
| |
|
Valley Avenue
|
Lincoln Highway
| |
|
Versailles Avenue
|
East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard
| |
|
Washington Avenue
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
Westinghouse Avenue
|
East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard
| |
|
Wood Street
|
Fifth Avenue
| |
|
Wood Street
|
Washington Avenue
|
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b).
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A.
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 282-22) 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 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 Section 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection
of the Vehicle Code.
|
Yield Street
|
Through Street
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(c).
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
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 Board of Commissioners 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 Board of
Commissioners. 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 Township, 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 Board of Commissioners that he shall
be bound by the conditions imposed by Board of Commissioners 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.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on a sled upon any sidewalk in the Township, or upon any roadway unless that roadway is on a portion of a street blocked off for sledding by authority of § 282-5 of this chapter, provided that 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 roller-skating or
to ride upon or propel any coaster or other toy vehicle upon:
C.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs.
