[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-201]
1.
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:
A.
Thirty-five miles per hour on all streets and highways in the Township
of Leet with the following exceptions:
(1)
Intersections, school zones, etc., where the maximum speed limits
are fixed at a lower rate by the provisions of the Vehicle Code, Title
75, Pa.C.S.A.
B.
Twenty-five miles per hour on the following streets and highways:
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Street
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Between
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|---|---|---|
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Camp Meeting Road
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Entire length
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Chaucer Court North
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Entire length
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Chaucer Court South
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Entire length
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Fairview Street
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Entire length
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Leet Street Legislative Route 820
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Entire length
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Ridge Street
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Entire length
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Spencer Lane
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Entire length
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Water Street
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Entire length
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Watson Road
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Entire length
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C.
Fifteen miles per hour on the following streets and highways:
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Street
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Between
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|---|---|---|
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Alden Drive
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Entire length
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Beech Street
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Entire length
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Colonial Drive
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Entire length
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Kenny Drive
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Entire length
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Mound Street
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Entire length
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Pilgrim Drive
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Entire length
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Pricilla Drive
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Entire length
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Settler Drive
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Entire length
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William Penn Circle
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Entire length
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2.
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.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-202]
1.
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:
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Bridge or Elevated Structure
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Location
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Maximum Speed Limit
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|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
| |||
2.
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.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-203]
1.
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:
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Street
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Between
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Direction of Travel
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Maximum Gross Weight
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Maximum Speed Limit
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Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
| |||||
2.
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.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-204]
1.
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:
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Park
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Street
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Location
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Maximum Speed Limit
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
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.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-205]
1.
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:
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Location
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Type of Signal
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|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
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2.
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.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-206]
1.
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:
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Intersection
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Vehicles Traveling On
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Facing
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|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
| |||
2.
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.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-207]
1.
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:
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Street
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From
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To
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Direction of Travel
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-208]
1.
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:
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Vehicles Traveling On
|
Direction of Travel
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Not to Make Turn
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Into
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When
|
Type of Vehicle Applicable To
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
| |||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-209]
1.
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:
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Vehicles Traveling On
|
Direction of Travel
|
Times
|
Not To Make Right Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-210]
1.
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:
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Street
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Portion
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Direction of Travel
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|---|---|---|---|
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Ambridge Avenue
|
Entire length
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Both
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Main Street
|
Entire length
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Both
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-211]
1.
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:
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Street
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Direction of Travel
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Between
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|---|---|---|---|
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Ambridge Avenue
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Both
|
Entire length
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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. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-212]
1.
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 § 3323(b) or § 3323(c) of the Vehicle
Code, 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:
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Highway
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Between
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|---|---|---|
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Ambridge Avenue
|
Entire length
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|
Camp Meeting Rd.
|
Entire length
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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. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-213; as amended by Ord. 2004-01, 4/12/2004; and by Ord. 2005-02, 1/10/2005]
1.
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 § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code, 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.
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Stop Street
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Intersecting or Through Street
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Direction of Travel
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|---|---|---|---|
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Alden Drive
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Kenney Drive
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Both
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Alden Drive
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Pilgrim Drive
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Both
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Beech Street
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Orchard Street
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Both
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Chaucer Ct. N.
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Spenser Lane
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Both
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Chaucer Ct. S.
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Spenser Lane
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Both
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Chestnut Street
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Orchard Street
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Both
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Eckert Street
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Ambridge Avenue
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South
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Frank Street
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Ambridge Avenue
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South
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Hill Street
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Oak Street
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Southeast
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Kenney Drive
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Alden Drive
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East
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Kenney Drive
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Pilgrim Drive
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Both
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Kenney Drive
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William Penn Circle
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East
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Leet Street
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Watson
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Both
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Main Street
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Orchard Street
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Both
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Main Street
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Mound Street
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Both
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McCabe Street
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Ridge Street
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North
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McCabe Street
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Leet Street
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Southwest
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Moss Alley
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Hill Street
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Both
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Mound Street
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Main Street
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Both
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Neely Street
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Ambridge Avenue
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South
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Oak Street
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Hill Street
|
Both
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Oak Street (from March 15th through November 15th only)
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Mound Street
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Both
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Orchard Street
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Main Street
|
Both
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Pilgrim Drive
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Alden Drive
|
East
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|
Pilgrim Drive
|
Alden Drive
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West
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|
Pilgrim Drive
|
Camp Meeting Road
|
Both
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|
Pilgrim Drive
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Kenney Drive
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East
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|
Pilgrim Drive
|
Kenney Drive
|
West
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Pricilla Drive
|
Kenney Drive
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Both
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|
Ridge Street
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Watson Street
|
Southeast
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Settler Drive
|
Pilgrim Drive
|
Both
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Settler Drive
|
Kenney Drive
|
Both
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|
Short Street
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Ambridge Avenue
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South
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|
Spenser Lane
| |||
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William Penn. Circle
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Kenney Drive
|
Both
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Willow Street
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Ambridge Avenue
|
South
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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. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-214]
1.
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 § 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code, and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.
|
Yield Street
|
Through Street
|
Direction of Travel
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-215]
1.
No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall
be operated on any property owned by the Township or any other public
agency or instrumentality within the Township without the permission
of the property owner and a permit from the Police Department of the
Township.
2.
Any person who violates an provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 260, 3/11/1996,
§ 15-216]
1.
The following areas upon the streets in the Township are established
as play highways:
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Street
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Between
|
Days
|
Hours
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| ||||
2.
The Police Chief is authorized to designate as play highways, whenever
he deems that action advisable, and for whatever period of time directed
by him, any part of any street in the Township, where sledding and
coasting, shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart
for the purpose under the direction of the Police Chief.
3.
No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon any play highway at
any time when that street shall be designated as a play highway, except
in case of emergency, with special permission of the Police Chief
or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear that play
highway of all persons using it for the purpose for which it was set
aside. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall,
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
