[Ord. 137, 7/5/2005]
1.
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority
granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a),
it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any vehicle
or combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum prescribed
below for that bridge or street or part of street, as the case may
be:
Street or Bridge
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Between
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Maximum Gross Weight
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All Township roads and bridges (except buses used for public
transportation)[1]
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All
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9 tons
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[1]
Editor's Note: This weight limit was enacted by the Board
of Supervisors by Ord. 52, 12/29/1976, and it is the intention of
the Board of Supervisors that this weight restriction date from the
day of original enactment and that inclusion in this code of ordinances
of such restriction not be considered a repeal, supersession or reenactment
of such original enactment.
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under §§ 4902(a) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code,
75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 4902(a), 4902(g-1) 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.
[Ord. 137, 7/5/2005]
1.
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority
granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a),
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
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Between
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Restrictions
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---|---|---|---|
(Reserved)
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2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under §§ 4902(a) and 4902(g)(1) of the Vehicle Code,
75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 4902(a), 4902(g)(1) and, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $75 and costs.
[Ord. 137, 7/5/2005]
1.
By reason of hazardous traffic conditions and other safety factors,
by authority granted by § 4902(b) of the Vehicle Code 75
Pa.C.S.A. §§ 4902(b), 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
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Between
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Restrictions
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---|---|---|---|
(Reserved)
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2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under §§ 4902(b) and 4902(g)(1) of the Vehicle Code,
75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 4902(a), 4902(g)(1) and, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 and not more
than $100 and costs.
[Ord. 137, 7/5/2005]
1.
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
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Between
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---|---|---|
(Reserved)
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Provided, 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.
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2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 137, 7/5/2005; as added by Ord. 155, 7/7/2009, § 1]
1.
Non-local traffic may not exceed a posted weight and/or size limit established in Part 3 of this chapter unless the Township has issued a permit for the vehicle or vehicles in accordance with this section.
2.
Issuance of a permit to exceed a posted weight and/or size limit
will be conditioned on the permittee's execution of an agreement,
in a form acceptable to the Township Solicitor, to accept financial
responsibility for excess maintenance of the posted Township street
or portion thereof to be used by the permittee. The agreement may
provide for the work to be performed by the posting authority or its
contractor or by the permittee or its contractor.
4.
A violation of this section or of a permit to exceed a posted weight
and/or size limit shall be authority for the Township to revoke the
permit and for imposition of any or all fines and other penalties
as are provided by law.