[Ord. No. 679,
§§ 1-3, 9-10-1973]
(a)
No person shall operate, nor shall any owner of such vehicle permit
to be operated, on the sidewalks of the Township any unlicensed motorcycle
of the kind commonly called "minibike" or "trail-bike," or similar
type, or any snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle, or any other unlicensed
motor vehicle.
(b)
No person shall operate, nor shall any owner of such vehicle permit
to be operated, on any public or private ground in the township any
unlicensed motorcycle of the kind commonly called "mini-bike" or "trail-bike,"
or similar type, or any snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle, or any
other unlicensed motor vehicle, except when the permission of the
owner of the land has been expressly obtained by such person.
(c)
Prosecution under this section may be initiated by any citizen having
personal knowledge of facts or events constituting an offense hereunder.
[Ord. No. 151,
§ 1, 7-10-1950; Ord. No. 212, § 1, 9-24-1953; Ord.
No. 284, § 1, 2-11-1957; Ord. No. 353, § 1, 9-12-1960; Ord.
No. 841, § 4, 10-13-1980; Ord. No. 922, § 1, 11-12-1984]
The following streets, or portions thereof as indicated, are
constituted one-way streets as provided in the state vehicle code
and vehicular traffic, other than in the direction indicated, is hereby
prohibited:
Chestnut Street, from Ridge Pike south to Richardson Street.
Diamond Avenue, from Ridge Pike southwestwardly to Conshohocken
Road.
Richardson Street, from Chestnut Street west to Ross Street.
Walnut Lane, from Sandy Hill Road on the south to Plymouth Boulevard
on the north (northbound).
[Ord. No. 179,
§ 2, 12-3-1952; Ord. No. 215, § 1, 11-9-1953; Ord.
No. 510, § 1, 7-10-1967; Ord. No. 516, §§ 1,
2, 11-13-1967; Ord. No. 615, § 1, 2-8-1971; Ord. No. 664, § 1, 11-13-1972; Ord. No. 808, § 1, 1-8-1979; Ord.
No. 896, § 2, 4-4-1983; Ord. No. 897, § 1, 4-4-1982; Ord.
No. 968, §§ 1, 2, 6-8-1987]
Operators of motor vehicles on the following streets, or portions
thereof as indicated, shall not overtake or pass any vehicle proceeding
in the same direction upon such streets between the points indicated:
Butler Pike, from the point of its intersection with North Lane
to the point of its intersection with Cedar Grove Road, and from the
point of its intersection with Ridge Pike to the point of its intersection
with Germantown Pike.
Conshohocken Road, between station 62 + 00 and station 82 +
81, a distance of two thousand eighty-one (2,081) feet.
Ridge Pike, from a point six hundred fifty (650) feet southeast
of the centerline of Chemical Road to a point one thousand nine hundred
eighty-six (1,986) feet northwest of the centerline of Chemical Road;
this restricted area is on the east side of Ridge Pike and shall apply
to traffic going northwestwardly; and from the Norristown Borough
Line to School Lane, a distance of two thousand six hundred (2,600)
feet more or less.
Ridge Pike, from Alan Wood Road on the east to the Norristown
Borough Line on the west.
[Ord. No. 118, 8-4-1947; Ord.
No. 130, 8-2-1948; Ord. No. 191, § 2, 7-7-1952; Ord.
No. 195, § 2, 9-8-1952; Ord. No. 209, § 2, 8-3-1953; Ord.
No. 222, § 2, 4-5-1954; Ord. No. 250, § 2, 7-11-1955; Ord.
No. 257, § 1, 9-20-1955; Ord. No. 261, § 1, 12-12-1955; Ord. No. 287, § 1, 4-8-1957; Ord. No. 302, 6-9-1958; Ord. No. 328, § 1, 8-10-1959; Ord. No. 386, § 1, 6-11-1962; Ord. No. 469, § 1, 11-8-1965; Ord.
No. 479, §§ 1, 2, 2-21-1966; Ord. No. 525, § 1, 12-11-1967; Ord. No. 530, §§ 1,
2, 2-12-1968; Ord. No. 581, §§ 1, 2, 9-8-1969; Ord. No. 600, § 1, 11-9-1970; Ord. No. 673, § 1, 4-23-1973; Ord.
No. 680, § 1, 9-24-1973; Ord. No. 686, § 1, 11-12-1973; Ord. No. 687, §§ 1, 2, 11-12-1973; Ord. No. 765, § 1, 1-10-1977; Ord. No. 1218, § 1, 1-21-1997; Ord.
No. 1313, § 1, 12-13-1999; Ord. No. 1318, § 1, 3-13-2000; Ord.
No. 1465, § 1, 9-11-2006]
Commercial vehicles are prohibited from using the following
streets, or portions thereof as indicated, except for local deliveries
and pickups:
Allandale Road, from Malvern Road to Walton Road.
Apache Lane.
Arrowhead Lane.
Belvoir Road, between Plymouth Road and New Hope Street Blue
Ridge Road, between Butler Pike and Sierra Road.
Blue Ridge Road.
Burke Street, between North Lane and Wilmer Avenue.
Cold Point Hill Road, at its intersection with Butler Pike on
both the east and west sides of the hill and the area between said
termini on Cold Point Hill Road.
Colwell Road, between Brook Road and Ridge Pike.
Diamond Avenue.
Gawain Road, between Red Rowen Lane and Johnson Road.
Hallman Avenue, from its two (2) extremities on Pastell Lane.
Hallowell Avenue, between its east and west intersections with
Sandy Hill Road (U.S. Highway Route 422).
Harman Street.
Haws Alley, between Fairfield Road and Lucetta Street.
Hickory Road, between Germantown Pike and Narcissa Road.
Hillcrest Road, from its intersection with Overhill Road to
its intersection with Colwell Road.
Isabella Street, the entire length from Ridge Pike to the Pennsylvania
Turnpike emergency access gate.
Jefferson Street, between the point of its intersection with
Ridge Pike and its intersection with Penn Road.
Jolly Road, between the point of its intersection with Germantown
Pike and its intersection with Township Line Road.
Karrs Lane, between Little Avenue and Butler Pike.
Keys Street.
Kirk Street.
Launfall Road, between Germantown Pike and Camelot Drive.
Little Avenue, between Karrs Lane and Ridge Pike.
Malvern Road, from Jolly Road to Allandale Road.
Manor Avenue.
Midland Road, for its entire length from Hillcrest Road to Overhill
Road.
Monterey Drive, between North Gravers Road and Plymouth Road.
Narcissa Road, between Butler Pike and Township Line Road.
North Gravers Road, from Johnson Road to the Plymouth Woods
Complex driveway on North Gravers Road.
Old Elm Street, (Conshohocken Road) between Craven Street and
Light Street.
Overhill Road, for its entire length from Hillcrest Road to
Colwell Road.
Palmer Road.
Pastell Lane, from its intersection with North Lane to its intersection
with Sandwood Road.
Penn Road, between Fairfield Road and Louella Drive.
Red Rowen Lane, between Germantown Pike and Launfall Road.
Sandwood Road, from its two extremities on Colwell Road.
School Lane, between Belvoir Road and Ridge Pike.
Shasta Road, between Butler Pike and Sierra Road.
Sierra Road, between Shasta Road and Germantown Pike.
Treaty Road.
Volpe Road, between Fairfield Road and Jefferson Street.
Warrior Road.
Wilmer Avenue, between North Lane and Colwell Road.
[Ord. No. 92, 5-5-1942; Ord.
No. 141, 7-5-1949; Ord. No. 150, 5-8-1950; Ord. No. 162, 4-9-1951; Ord. No. 172, 10-8-1951; Ord. No. 183, 4-7-1952; Ord.
No. 232, § 1, 7-12-1954; Ord. No. 243, § 1, 4-11-1955; Ord.
No. 251, § 1, 7-11-1955; Ord. No. 268, § 1, 5-14-1956; Ord.
No. 350, § 1, 7-11-1960; Ord. No. 484, § 1, 7-11-1966; Ord.
No. 490, § 1, 10-10-1966; Ord. No. 519, § 1, 11-13-1967; Ord. No. 528, § 1, 1-8-1968; Ord. No. 536, §§ 1-3, 5-13-1968; Ord. No. 575, § 1, 7-14-1969; Ord.
No. 588, § 1, 5-11-1970; Ord. No. 599, § 1, 11-9-1970; Ord.
No. 616, § 1, 2-8-1971; Ord. No. 631, § 1, 9-23-1971; Ord.
No. 657, § 1, 9-11-1972; Ord. No. 665, §§ 1,
2, 11-27-1972; Ord. No. 707, § 1, 9-30-1974; Ord. No. 770, § 1, 4-11-1977; Ord. No. 798, § 1, 8-14-1978; Ord.
No. 804, § 1, 11-13-1978; Ord. No. 904, § 1, 9-12-1983; Ord.
No. 1085, § 1, 10-14-1991; Ord. No. 1126, § 1, 7-13-1992; Ord.
No. 1294, § 1, 7-19-1999]
Vehicular traffic on the following streets, or portions thereof
as indicated, shall be and hereby is restricted to a speed not to
exceed 25 miles per hour:
Apache Lane [Added by Ord. No. 1621, § 1, 7-11-2016]
Arch Street, from Renel Road to Germantown Pike.
Arrowhead Lane [Added by Ord. No. 1621, § 1, 7-11-2016]
Belvoir Road, from Plymouth Road to New Hope Street.
Brook Road, from Colwell Road to Alan Wood Road.
Butler Pike, from the Conshohocken Borough Line on the south
to Germantown Pike on the north; and from the overpass of the Trenton
cutoff line on the south to a point where Butler Pike passes under
the Pennsylvania Turnpike on the north.
Cold Point Hill, also known as Old Butler Pike, between the
point of its intersection with Butler Pike and Militia Hill Road,
northeasterly for a distance of approximately 1, 150 feet to the point
of its intersection with Butler Pike.
Colwell Road, between Eleventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue, and
between Ridge Pike (Alternate 422) and Twelfth Avenue.
Diamond Avenue, between Ridge Pike and Conshohocken Road.
Gallagher Road, between its intersection with Chemical Road
and Belvoir Road, and between the point of its intersection with Chemical
Road and a point eighteen hundred (1800) feet in a northerly direction
therefrom.
Grandview Drive.
Gravers Road, between Gallagher Road and Johnson Road.
Hickory Road, between Germantown Pike and Narcissa Road.
Jefferson Street, in Plymouth Township, between Fairfield Road
and Penn Road.
Jody Drive.
Jolly Road, between Township Line Road and Germantown Pike.
Karen Road.
Karrs Lane, between Butler Pike and Little Avenue.
Knoll Road, from Sheffield Drive to Arch Road.
Little Avenue, between Karrs Lane and Ridge Pike.
Louella Drive.
Mill Creek Road, between Germantown Pike and Belvoir Road, a
distance of approximately 2,220 feet.
Narcissa Road, between Butler Pike and Township Line Road.
New Elm Street (L.R. 46107), between station 26+29 and station
39+69.
New Hope Street, from Plymouth Road to Renel Road.
North view Boulevard.
Penn Road, between Fairfield Road and Louella Drive.
Pleasant Road, between the point of its intersection with Germantown
Pike and the point of its intersection with Hallowell Road, a point
approximately three thousand seventy-five (3,075) feet on a southerly
and then southeasterly line from the said Germantown Pike intersection.
Plymouth Boulevard, between Sandy Hill Road and Walnut Lane.
Plymwood Drive.
Ridge Pike, between the Borough Line of the Borough of Norristown
and the bridge over the Trenton cutoff branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Ross Street, for its entire length, commencing at Ridge Pike
and extending westward to the property of the East Norriton-Plymouth
Joint Sewer Treatment Plant.
School Lane, between Ridge Pike and Belvoir Road.
Sheffield Drive, between Germantown Pike and Township Line Road.
Treaty Road [Added by Ord. No. 1621, § 1, 7-11-2016]
Valley Road, between the point of its intersection with Germantown
Pike and the point of its intersection with Belvoir Road, a distance
of approximately twenty-one hundred (2100) feet.
Virginia Road, between the point of its intersection with Germantown
Pike and the point of its intersection with Woodbrook Lane, a point
approximately one thousand eight hundred eighty (1,880) feet on a
southwesterly line from the said Germantown Pike intersection.
Volpe Road, between Fairfield Road and Jefferson Street.
Warrior Road [Added by Ord. No. 1621, § 1, 7-11-2016]
Woodbrook Lane, between the point of its intersection with Pleasant
Road, and the point of its intersection with Belvoir Road, a distance
of approximately thirty-five hundred fifty (3550) feet.
[Ord. No. 142, 9-6-1949; Ord.
No. 146, 1-2-1950; Ord. No. 148, 2-6-1950; Ord. No. 184, 4-7-1952; Ord. No. 193, 7-7-1952; Ord. No. 255, §§ 1-3, 9-12-1955; Ord.
No. 261, § 2, 12-12-1955; Ord. No. 321, § 1, 4-13-1959; Ord.
No. 489, § 1, 10-10-1966; Ord. No. 503, § 2, 2-23-1967; Ord.
No. 509, § 1, 7-10-1967; Ord. No. 685, §§ 1,
2, 11-12-1973; Ord. No. 768, § 1, 3-14-1977; Ord. No. 801, § 1, 10-9-1978; Ord. No. 826, § 1, 1-14-1980; Ord.
No. 904, § 1, 9-12-1983; Ord. No. 1643, 3-12-2018]
The speed of vehicles traveling on the following streets, or
indicated portions thereof, shall be and hereby is limited to thirty-five
(35) miles per hour:
Arch Street Road, between Renel Road and Germantown Pike.
Belvoir Road, between Plymouth Road and Sandy Hill Road, and
between Ridge Pike and Sandy Hill Road, and between Plymouth Road
and New Hope Street.
Butler Pike, between Germantown Pike on the south and the overpass
of the Trenton cutoff railroad line to the north.
Butler Pike, from Germantown Pike on the south to the overpass
of the Trenton cutoff line on the north; and from the point where
Butler Pike passes under the Pennsylvania Turnpike on the south to
Township Line Road on the north.
Conshohocken Road, from Ridge Pike to Old Elm Street.
Germantown Pike, between the point of its intersection with
Sandy Hill Road and the point of its intersection with Arch Street
Road, a distance of approximately seventy-five hundred (7500) feet.
Hickory Road, between Germantown Pike and Narcissa Road.
Johnson Road, between Belvoir Road and Germantown Pike.
New Hope Street, between Belvoir Road and Renel Road.
Old Elm Street (Conshohocken Road), between Craven Street and
Light Street.
Plymouth Road, between Sandy Hill Road on the east and New Hope
Street on the west.
Ridge Pike, between the point of its intersection with Butler
Pike and point of its intersection with North Lane, a distance of
twenty-eight hundred fifty (2850) feet more or less; and between the
point of its intersection with North Lane and the point of its intersection
with the Trenton cutoff Bridge over the same located approximately
six hundred (600) feet northwest of the intersection of Belvoir Road
and Ridge Pike.
State Highway Route 46107, on part of Conshohocken Road, all
of Corson Street and New Elm Street, between the point of the intersection
of the said New Elm Street with the borough line of the Borough of
Conshohocken, for a distance of nine hundred fifty-four (954) feet
more or less, in a generally northerly direction from the said borough
line, along Corson Street, a distance of two hundred seventy-seven
(277) feet more or less, in a northeasterly direction to its intersection
with Conshohocken Road and along Conshohocken Road in a generally
northerly direction, a distance of one thousand one hundred twenty-eight
(1,128) feet more or less, to the intersection of the said Conshohocken
Road and Fulton Street, a total distance of two thousand three hundred
fifty-nine (2,359) feet more or less.
Township Line Road, between Walton Road and Butler Pike.
[Ord. No. 366,
§ 1, 4-10-1961; Ord. No. 433, § 1, 7-13-1964; Ord.
No. 462, § 1, 10-11-1965; Ord. No. 488, § 1, 10-10-1966; Ord. No. 503, § 1, 2-23-1967; Ord. No. 594, §§ 1, 2, 7-13-1970; Ord. No. 1635, 6-12-2017; Ord. No. 1638, 10-9-2017]
The speed of vehicles traveling on the following streets, or
indicated portion thereof, shall be and hereby is limited to forty
(40) miles per hour:
Plymouth Road, from its intersection with Belvoir Road to its
intersection with Sandy Hill Road, and between Sandy Hill Road and
Butler Pike, and between Belvoir Road and New Hope Street.
Sandy Hill Road, between Germantown Pike and Fairfield Road.
Township Line Road, between Arch Street Road and Walton Road.
[Ord. No. 1278, § 1, 2-8-1999; Ord. No. 1337, § 1, 11-13-2000]
The following streets or parts thereof are hereby closed to
through traffic:
Malvern Lane. Malvern Lane, between Jolly Road and Allandale
Road.
Jolly Road. Jolly Road, between Germantown Pike and Township
Line Road.
Allandale Road. Allandale Road, between Walton Road and Malvern
Road.
Treaty Road. Treaty Road, between Walton Road and Warrior Road.
Apache Lane. Apache Lane, between Walton Road and Warrior Road.
Arrowhead Lane. Arrowhead Lane, between Apache Lane and Township
Line Road.
Warrior Road. Warrior Road, between Township Line Road and Treaty
Road.
Red Rowen Lane. Red Rowen Lane, between Camelot Drive and Germantown
Pike.
Launfall Road. Launfall Road, between Red Rowen Lane and Germantown
Pike.
Harmon Road.
Keys Street. Keys Street, between Harmon Road and Butler Pike.
Kirk Street. Kirk Street, between Harmon Road and Butler Pike.
(a)
The following turning prohibitions shall apply in the Plymouth Township:
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Germantown Pike. Southbound vehicular traffic on Germantown
Pike shall be and hereby is prohibited from turning left opposite
the intersection with Chemical Road into the driveway on the north
side of Germantown Pike.
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Narcissa Road. Southbound vehicular traffic on Narcissa Road
shall be and hereby is prohibited from turning left at its intersection
with Butler Pike.
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(b)
Any person who shall violate the foregoing provision shall, upon
summary conviction before a justice of the peace, be liable to pay
a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and the costs
of prosecution.
[Ord. No. 1265, § 1, 7-13-1998; Ord. No. 1299, § 1, 7-19-1999; Ord.
No. 1362, § 1, 10-9-2001]
(a)
The chief of police, or in his absence, the deputy chief of police under section 2-76(e)(2) of the Code, shall have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in time of emergency:
(1)
In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish
temporary traffic and/or parking regulations.
(2)
In the case of emergency or to facilitate public works, or in
the conduct of parades, processions or public events, to restrict
or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of
not more than seventy-two (72) hours.
(b)
Such temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the
police department in the same manner as permanent regulations. Any
person who drives or parks a vehicle in violation of any such regulation
or who shall move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any sign or marking
erected, posted or made to give notice of any such regulation shall,
upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalties set forth in the
law or elsewhere in the Plymouth Township Code.
[Ord. No. 1265, § 2, 7-13-1998]
Council may, from time to time by resolution, designate places
upon and along the streets in the township where, for a period of
not more than ninety (90) days, specific traffic and/or parking regulations,
prohibitions and restrictions shall be in force and effect and shall
designate those locations by proper signs and markings. Such regulations,
prohibitions and restrictions shall be effective just as if they have
been specified in this chapter. No person shall drive or park a vehicle
in violation of any such regulation, prohibition or restriction, and
no person shall move, remove, destroy or deface any sign or marking
erected, posted or made by authority of this section. Any person who
shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction,
be liable to pay the penalties set out in the law or elsewhere in
the Plymouth Township Code. The purpose of this section is to allow
for the test and experimental determination of the feasibility and
desirability of permanent changes in the ordinances of the Township
relative to motor vehicles and traffic.
[Ord. No. 1300, § 1, 9-13-1999]
(a)
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the
Township unless such truck or vehicle is so constructed or loaded
to prevent any of the load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise
escaping such vehicle upon any street, alley or other public place,
nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the
Township, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any
street, alley or any other public place mud, dirt, sticky substances,
litter or foreign matter of any kind.
(b)
No person shall drive or move within the Township any open commercial
vehicle or open tractor, trailer, tractor/tractor-trailer combination
or dump truck without first having the same covered and any load contained
therein covered and secured with a tarpaulin or other cover or top
of a type to prevent any of the load from dropping, sifting, leaking
or otherwise escaping, unless the load is so secured that no portion
of the load can escape the vehicle.
