[Amended 11-17-1999 by Ord. No. 223]
A. 
Maximum speed limits are established on specified streets in their entirety, except for streets with portions specified, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any street or designated portion where a maximum speed limit applies at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street.
[Amended 9-19-2007 by Ord. No. 280[1]]
Street
Between
Speed Limit
(mph)
Alden Way
25
Aqueduct Road
35
Averstone Drive East
25
Averstone Drive West
25
Avondale Drive
25
Bailey Drive
25
Bakers Drive
25
Balderston Drive
25
Bankers Drive
25
Beaumont Drive
25
Beechwood Drive
25
Belamour Drive
25
Bowman's Drive East
25
Bowman's Drive West
25
Bridlewood Drive
25
Brooks Bend
25
Brown Lane
25
Brownsburg Road East
35
Brownsburg Road West
35
Bruce Road
25
Buckmanville Road
35
Bunker Hill Drive
25
Buttonwood Drive
25
Canal Run East
25
Canal Run West
25
Casey Court
25
Cedar Glen Drive
25
Chestnut Lane
25
Colts Neck Drive
25
Cooper Road
25
Court Jester
25
Cox Avenue
25
Creamery Road
35
Crestwood Road
25
Crimson Leaf Drive
25
Cross Street
25
Davis Drive
25
Decision Way East
25
Decision Way West
25
Declaration Place
25
Devon Drive
25
Dolington Road
35
Dunkin Drive
25
Durham Boat Drive
25
Eagle Road
From Lurgan Road to Thompson Mill Road
35
Eagle Road
From Thompson Mill Road to Stoneybrook Road
25
Ely Farm Lane
25
Embarcation Drive
25
Emerald Court
25
Fieldstone Way
25
Fraser Road
25
Gen. DeFermoy Road
25
Gen. Greene Road
25
Gen. Hamilton Road
25
Gen. Knox Road
25
Gen. Mercer Road
25
Gen. St. Clair Road
25
Gen. Sullivan Road
25
Georgetown Circle
25
Gilbert Street
25
Glenwood Drive
25
Goldney Drive
25
Great Hills Road
25
Greenbriar Circle
25
Hall Road
25
Hayhurst Drive
25
Heritage Drive
25
Heron Court
25
Hibbs Lane
25
Highland Road
40
Hillyer Lane
25
Holme Court
25
Independence Place
25
Jericho Mountain Road
25
Jericho Run
25
Jonathan Way
25
Keith Lane
25
Kings Grant Drive
25
Knowles Creek Road
25
Kudra Drive
25
Lafayette Drive
25
Larkspur Lane
25
Lenape Drive
25
Liberty Place
25
Little Road
25
Log Pond Lane
25
London Court
25
Longmeadow Drive
25
Lookout Drive
25
Lord Stirling Road
25
Maher Lane
25
Mallard Pond Circle
25
Maple Shade Avenue
25
Meadowview Drive
25
Militia Place
25
Mill Race Lane
25
Milyko Drive
25
Mount Eyre Road
25
Mountview Court
25
Oakdale Avenue
25
Old Barn Court
25
Old Dolington Road
25
Orchard Road
25
Overlook Avenue
25
Park Place
25
Paul Douglas Court
25
Pheasant Run Road
25
Pidcock Lane
25
Pine Heritage Drive
25
Planetree Court
25
Pondview Drive
25
Riverview Avenue
25
Rossitor Circle
25
Round Hill Road
25
Russell Court
25
Sawyers Lane
25
Scott Drive
25
Shannon Road
35
Silver Trail Circle
25
Slack Road
25
Spencer Road
25
Spring Court
25
Spring Oak Drive
25
Stonebridge Crossing
25
Street Road
From Thompson Mill Road to Lurgan Road
35
Swayze Avenue
25
Taylor Way
25
Terrill Drive
25
Thompson Mill Road
35
Three Ponds Lane
25
Timber Knoll Drive
25
Timber Ridge Road
25
Towerview Drive
25
Triangle Terrace
25
Valley View Drive
25
Van Sant Road
35
Verducci Drive
25
Vintage Farm Lane
25
Walker Road
25
Washington Street
25
Weatherfield Drive
25
West Street
25
Wheatfield Lane
25
Whitesell Lane
25
Wilkes Street
25
Windy Hollow Road
25
Woodhill Road
From Eagle Road to Taylorsville Road
40
Woodhill Road
From Pineville Road to Eagle Road
25
Woodland Lane
25
Woodside Lane
25
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. AO, Adopting Ordinance, Part 2).
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 limit 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 art 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 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.
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
Little Road
Route 532
Connector Road
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, 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 Type of Vehicle Applicable
(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:
Vehicles Traveling on
Direction of Travel
Times
Not to Make Left Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
(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,[2] 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:
Through Highway
Stop Highway
Aqueduct Road
Belamour Drive
Aqueduct Road
Pondview Drive
Averstone Drive East
Heritage Drive
Averstone Drive East
Kings Grant Drive
Averstone Drive West
Heritage Drive
Averstone Drive West
Kings Grant Drive
Bailey Drive
Bankers Drive
Bailey Drive
Dunkin Drive
Bakers Drive
Bankers Drive
Bakers Drive
Dunkin Drive
Balderston Drive
Towerview Drive
Belamour Drive
Belamour Drive
Bowmans Drive East
Brooks Bend Drive
Bridlewood Drive
Devon Drive
Brownsburg East
Great Hills Road
Brownsburg East
Hibbs Lane
Brownsburg East
Lenape Drive
Brownsburg West
Colts Neck Drive
Brownsburg West
Hayhurst Drive
Bruce Road
Beechwood Drive
Bruce Road
Crestwood Drive
Bruce Road
Glenwood Drive
Buttonwood Drive
Chestnut Lane
Canal Run West
Averstone Drive East
Canal Run West
Averstone Drive West
Canal Run West
Canal Run East
Canal Run West
Decision Way East
Canal Run West
Decision Way West
Canal Run West
Declaration Place
Canal Run West
Independence Place
Canal Run West
Liberty Place
Canal Run West
Militia Place
Colts Neck Drive
Colts Neck Drive
Cooper Road
Larkspur Lane
Cooper Road
Longmeadow Drive
Creamery Road
Hilleyar Lane
Creamery Road
Mallard Pond Circle
Creamery Road
Silver Trail Circle
Crestwood Road
Spencer Road
Crimson Leaf Drive
Greenbriar Circle
Davis Drive
Timber Knoll Drive
Decision Way East
Court Jester
Decision Way East
Patriots Place
Decision Way West
Canal Run West
Decision Way West
Durham Boat Drive
Decision Way West
Lookout Lane
Decision Way West
Patriots Place
Dolington Road
Mount Eyre Road
Dunkin Drive
Bailey Drive
Eagle Road
Colonial Road
Eagle Road
Pineville Road
Eagle Road
Wrightstown Road
Ely Farm Road
Alden Way
Ely Farm Road
Stoneybrook Road
Ely Farm Road
Thompson Mill Road
Ely Farm Road
Tines Field Pass
Ely Farm Road
Woodhill Road
General Hamilton Road
General DeFermoy Road
General Hamilton Road
Lord Stirling Road
General Knox Road
General Defermoy Road
General Mercer Road
General Hamilton Road
General Mercer Road
General Knox Road
General Mercer Road
General St. Clair Road
General Mercer Road
General Sullivan Road
General St. Clair Road
General Stark Road
General Sullivan Road
General DeFermoy Road
General Sullivan Road
Lord Stirling Road
General Washington Memorial Boulevard (Route 532)
General Greene Road
General Washington Memorial Boulevard (Route 532)
General Hamilton Road
General Washington Memorial Boulevard (Route 532)
General Knox Road
General Washington Memorial Boulevard (Route 532)
General St. Clair Road
General Washington Memorial Boulevard (Route 532)
General Stark Road
General Washington Memorial Boulevard (Route 532)
General Sullivan Road
General Washington Memorial Boulevard (Route 532)
River Road
Glenwood Drive
Bruce Road
Glenwood Drive
Fraser Road
Glenwood Drive
Spencer Road
Glenwood Drive
Walker Road
Great Hills Road
Knowles Creek Road
Hayhurst Drive
Keith Lane
Highland Road
Scott Drive
Highland Road
Timber Ridge Road (north and south entrance)
Highland Road
Veterans Cemetery Drive
Highland Road
Vintage Farm Lane
Highland Road
Wrightstown Road
Hilleyer Lane
Brown Lane
Jericho Run Road
Bailey Drive
Jericho Run Road
Kudra Drive
Jericho Run Road
Orchard Lane
Jericho Run Road
Pidcock Lane
Jonathan Way
Bakers Drive
Jonathan Way
Jericho Run Road
Jonathan Way
Milyko Drive
Jonathan Way
Orchard Lane
Jonathan Way
Pidcock Lane
Jonathan Way
Taylor Way
Keith Lane
Goldney Court
Keith Lane
Hayhurst Drive
Keith Lane
Holme Court
Kings Grant Drive
Canal Run East and West
Lafayette Drive
Bunker Hill Drive
Lafayette Drive
Cox Avenue
Larkspur Lane
Casey Drive
Lenape Drive
Lenape Drive
Long Meadow Drive
Long Meadow Drive
Lord Stirling Road
General Hamilton Road
Lord Stirling Road
General Knox Road
Lord Stirling Road
General Sullivan Road
Lurgan Road
Brooks Bend
Lurgan Road
Eagle Road
Lurgan Road
Eastburn Drive
Lurgan Road
Olde Lane
Lurgan Road
Tower Road
Lurgan Road
Vansant Road
Maher Lane
Buckman Drive
Maple Shade Avenue
Cross Street
Maple Shade Avenue
West Street
Meadow View Drive
Mountain View Court
Milyko Drive
Taylor Way
Mount Eyre Road
Valley View Drive
Mount Eyre Road
Walker Road
Oakdale Avenue
Cross Street
Oakdale Avenue
West Street
Old Dolington Road
Connector from Washington Crossing Road
Old Dolington Road
Meadow View Drive
Olde Lane
Warner Road
Overlook Avenue
Park Place
Pheasant Run
Pheasant Run
Pineville Road
Brownsburg Road West
Pineville Road
Buckmanville Road
Pineville Road
Thompson Mill Road
Pineville Road
Three Ponds Lane
Pineville Road
Woodhill Road
Planetree Court
Spring Oak Drive
Pondview Drive
Heron Court
River Road (Route 32)
Barlow Ridge Road
River Road (Route 32)
Bridlewood Road
River Road (Route 32)
Brownsburg Road East
River Road (Route 32)
Buttonwood Road
River Road (Route 32)
Cedar Glen Drive
River Road (Route 32)
Embarcation Drive
River Road (Route 32)
General DeFermoy Road
River Road (Route 32)
General Greene Road
River Road (Route 32)
General Mercer Road
River Road (Route 32)
General Washington Memorial Boulevard
River Road (Route 32)
Gilbert Street
River Road (Route 32)
Hall Road
River Road (Route 32)
Jonathan Way
River Road (Route 32)
Lafayette Drive
River Road (Route 32)
Lord Stirling Road
River Road (Route 32)
Lurgan Road
River Road (Route 32)
Maple Shade Avenue
River Road (Route 32)
Mount Eyre Road
River Road (Route 32)
Oakdale Avenue
River Road (Route 32)
Overlook Avenue
River Road (Route 32)
Pebbletown Road
River Road (Route 32)
Pheasant Run Road
River Road (Route 32)
Riverview Avenue
River Road (Route 32)
Spring Court
River Road (Route 32)
Stoneybrook Road
River Road (Route 32)
Taylorville Road
River Road (Route 32)
Township Park (Brownsburg) Road
River Road (Route 32)
Township Park (Lookout) Road
River Road (Route 32)
Washington Street
River Road (Route 32)
Wilkes Street
Riverview Avenue
Park Place
Russell Court
Emeral Court
Sentinel Road
Commanders Drive
Sentinel Road
Hessian Run Road
Sentinel Road
Tankard Lane
Shannon Road
Beaumont Drive
Shannon Road
Planetree Court
Shannon Road
Spring Oak Drive
Stoneybrook Road
Avondale Drive
Stoneybrook Road
Brownsburg Road East
Stoneybrook Road
Hall Road
Stoneybrook Road
London Court
Stoneybrook Road
Shannon Lane
Stoneybrook Road
Slack Road
Stoopville Road
Creamery Road
Street Road
Buckmanville Road
Street Road
Lurgan Road
Street Road
Windy Hollow Road
Swayze Avenue
Washington Street
Taylorsville Road
Aqueduct Road
Taylorsville Road
Bailey Drive
Taylorsville Road
Crossing Farm Lane
Taylorsville Road
Heritage Hills Drive
Taylorsville Road
Jonathan Way
Taylorsville Road
Kings Grant Drive
Taylorsville Road
Little Road
Taylorsville Road
Mount Eyre Road
Taylorsville Road
Patriots Place
Taylorsville Road
Terrell Drive
Taylorsville Road
Woodhill Road
Thompson Mill Road
Jericho Mountain Road
Thompson Mill Road
Street Road
Timber Knoll Drive
Timber Knoll Drive
Timber Ridge Road
Log Pond Lane
Timber Ridge Road
Mill Race Road
Timber Ridge Road
Sawyers Lane
Timber Ridge Road
Wheatfield Lane
Valley View Drive
Old Barn Court
Vintage Farm Lane
Whitesell Lane
Walker Road
Bruce Road
Walker Road
Crestwood Road
Washington Crossing Road
Aqueduct Road
Washington Crossing Road
Balderston Drive
Washington Crossing Road
Barton Mill Drive
Washington Crossing Road
Dolington Acres Road
Washington Crossing Road
Dolington Road
Washington Crossing Road
Highland Road
Washington Crossing Road
Little Road
Washington Crossing Road
Little Road (connector)
Washington Crossing Road
Meadow View Drive
Washington Crossing Road
Old Dolington Road
Washington Crossing Road
Stonebridge Crossing
Washington Crossing Road
Triangle Terrace
Washington Crossing Road
Wrightstown Road
Washington Street
Swayze Avenue
Weatherfield Drive
Crimson Leaf Drive
Weatherfield Drive
Georgetown Circle
Weatherfield Drive
Paul Douglas Court
Windy Bush Road (Route 232)
Pineville Road
Windy Bush Road (Route 232)
Round Hill Road
Windy Bush Road (Route 232)
Street Road
Woodhill Road
Cooper Road
Woodhill Road
Davis Drive
Woodhill Road
Ely Farm Road
Woodhill Road
Highland Road
Woodhill Road
Old Cabin Road
Woodhill Road
Russell Court
Woodhill Road
Sentinel
Woodhill Road
Shannon Road
Woodhill Road
Slack Road
Woodhill Road
Weatherfield Drive
Woodside Lane
Fieldstone Way
Woodside Lane
Woodside Lane
Wrightstown Road
Bryce Lane
Wrightstown Road
Caton Circle
Wrightstown Road
Cooper Road
Wrightstown Road
Eagle Road
Wrightstown Road
Highland Road
Wrightstown Road
Little Road
Wrightstown Road
Maher Lane
Wrightstown Road
McConkey Drive
Wrightstown Road
Old Dolington Road
Wrightstown Road
Pine Heritage Drive
Wrightstown Road
Verducci Drive
Wrightstown Road
Woodland Road
[2]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b) or 3323(c), respectively.
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay the maximum fine permitted by state law.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. AO, Adopting Ordinance, Part 2).
A. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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
Intersection or Through Street
Direction of Travel
Decision Way East
Patriot's Place
Decision Way West
Patriot's Place
Decision Way West
Canal Run West
General Sullivan
General Lord Sterling
[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 § 15-212) 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]
Yield Street
Through Street Direction of Travel
Eagle Road[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(c).
[2]
Editor's Note: Repealed at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. AO, Adopting Ordinance, Part 2).
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay the maximum fine permitted by state law.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. AO, Adopting Ordinance, Part 2).
A. 
No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall be operated on any property owned by the Township of Upper Makefield or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Township without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Chief or his/her designate of the Township of Upper Makefield.
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay the maximum fine permitted by state law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. AO, Adopting Ordinance, Part 2).
A. 
The following locations are designated as rotary traffic islands, and every vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island:
Location
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of any rotary traffic island shall be guilty of a violation of this section, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay the maximum fine permitted by state law.[1],[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. AO, Adopting Ordinance, Part 2).
[2]
Editor's Note: Former § 15-217, Play highways established and authorized, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. AO, Adopting Ordinance, Part 2).
A. 
The following roads and streets within the Township of Upper Makefield are designated as special snowmobile roads:
Street or Road
Between
Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic
Shared with Vehicular Traffic
(Reserved)
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Township of Upper Makefield other than as provided above. Provided, nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating a snowmobile on any other street in the Township:
(1) 
As authorized by Section 7721 of the Vehicle Code[1] for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways; or
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7721.
(2) 
For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in Section 7723 of the Vehicle Code.[2] Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Section 7752(a) of the Vehicle Code.[3]
[2]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7723.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7752(a).