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City of Washington, PA
Washington County
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[Amended 4-17-1995 by Ord. No. 1499]
A. 
All vehicles in excess of 1 1/2 tons' gross vehicle weight (as defined by the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code) shall be prohibited from being operated on or parked upon all streets, roads, alleys and bridges or parts thereof located in the City of Washington, except for local deliveries, school buses and emergency vehicles. Without limiting the foregoing, parking of the aforementioned motor vehicles overnight is prohibited.
B. 
The prohibition as set forth shall not apply to those portions of state roads located in the City of Washington and as follows:
State roads numbered 4053, 4022, 18, 19, 1079, 1009, 4049, 136, 1083, 40, 4051, 844.
C. 
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.
A. 
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of the size restrictions prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street:
Street or Bridge
Between
Restriction
(Reserved)
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 $75 and costs.
A. 
By reason of hazardous traffic conditions and other safety factors, by authority granted by § 4902(b) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of the restriction prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street.
Street or Bridge
Between
Restriction
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under § 4902(b) and (g)(1) of the Vehicle Code and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $100 and costs.
[Amended 9-16-1999 by Ord. No. 1627]
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 or Avenue
From
To
Allison Avenue
Henderson Avenue
Hall Avenue
East Chestnut
Lincoln Street
City Line
East Wheeling Street
Dunn Avenue
Elementary school
Hallam Avenue
Ridge Avenue
Main Street
Maple Avenue
Allison Avenue
City Line
Second Street
Allison Avenue
North Franklin Street
Summerlea Avenue
Maple Avenue
Clark Street
Tyler Avenue
Jefferson Avenue
City Line
B. 
Provided that nothing in this section 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.
C. 
Delivery trucks, including any type of motorized vehicle used for delivery, are allowed on Bassehorn Square only up to 12:00 noon in laybys, and then only for fifteen-minute intervals.