A.
Violations and penalties. All moving violations are charged under
the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B.
Borough-wide speed limit. The speed limit for both directions of traffic along all streets and alleys, or parts thereof, in the Borough of Edgewood is hereby established at 25 miles per hour, except for those speed limits regulated under Subsection C below. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that street or alley or part thereof.
C.
Exceptions. The speed limit for both directions of traffic along
the streets and alleys or parts thereof described below is hereby
established at the rate of speed indicated in said schedule. It shall
be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a higher speed than
the maximum prescribed for that street or alley or part thereof.
Name of Street
|
Speed limit
(mph)
|
Location
| |
---|---|---|---|
Dewey Avenue
|
20
|
Between Walnut Street and Dewey Street
| |
Greendale Avenue
|
20
|
Between Boyd Street and Race Street
| |
Maple Avenue
[Amended 9-6-2005 by Ord.
No. 1007] |
15
|
Between Swissvale Avenue and Dewey Street
| |
Monongahela Alley
|
15
|
Between Boyd Street and East End Avenue Extension
|
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the
intersection of those streets and alleys described below.
Intersection
|
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East Swissvale Avenue and Race Street
|
East Swissvale Avenue and Walnut Street
|
Maple Avenue between School Street and Hawthorne Street
|
Maple Avenue, Swissvale Avenue and Edgewood Avenue
|
Pennwood Avenue and Race Street
|
South Braddock Avenue at Drive A
|
South Braddock Avenue at Drive B
|
South Braddock Avenue and Ramp "H" of Penn Lincoln Parkway
|
West Hutchinson Avenue and South Braddock Avenue
|
No person shall make a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way
street or alley into another one-way street or alley) when facing
a steady red signal at any of the locations described below.
Name of Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
Prohibited Right Turn on Red Signal Onto
|
---|---|---|
(Reserved)
|
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a
turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the intersections
described below.
Name of Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
Prohibited Turn Hours
|
At Intersection of
|
---|---|---|---|
(Reserved)
|
When traveling on the streets and alleys indicated below, during
the times and in the direction indicated, all vehicles at the following
intersections shall be required to turn as directed onto the intersecting
street and proceed along that street. It shall be unlawful for the
driver of any vehicle to not make the required turn required as set
forth below.
Name of Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
Required Turn
|
Days/Hours
|
At Intersection of
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Sanders Street
|
West
|
Right
|
All/7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
|
South Braddock Avenue, to proceed north thereon
|
School Street, as extended
|
Northwest
|
Right
|
All except Sat., Sun. and holidays/ 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
|
East Swissvale Avenue, to proceed northwestwardly thereon
|
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a
U-turn on any of the streets or alleys or parts thereof described
below.
Name of Street
|
Location
|
---|---|
(Reserved)
|
The streets and alleys or parts of streets and alleys described
below are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated,
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 or alley.
Name of Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
Limits
|
---|---|---|
Chestnut Street
|
South
|
From Elm Street to Aberdeen Street
|
Elm Street
|
East
|
From Linden Avenue to Chestnut Street
|
Lincoln Avenue
|
South
|
From Pennwood Avenue to Laurel Street
|
Linden Avenue
|
South
|
From Maple Avenue to Elm Street
|
Pennwood Avenue
|
South
|
From West Swissvale Avenue to Lincoln Avenue
|
Race Street
|
East
|
From Greendale Avenue to Pennwood Avenue
|
Railroad Street
|
North
|
From East Hutchinson Avenue to Walnut Street
|
Sanders Street
|
West
|
From East End Avenue to Braddock Avenue
|
Vine Street
|
South
|
From Greendale Avenue to Washington Street (between 4:00 p.m.
and 6:00 p.m. daily)
|
West Swissvale Avenue
|
Southwest
|
From Seddon Road to Braddock Avenue
|
No-passing zones are hereby established along those streets
or parts of streets described below, 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 described
in said schedule.
Name of Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
Limits
|
---|---|---|
(Reserved)
|
The intersections described below are hereby established as
stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected in such
a position upon the first-named street or alley as to face traffic
approaching the second-named street or alley in the direction or directions
indicated in said schedule. Every driver of a vehicle approaching
any such intersection upon the first-named street or alley, in the
direction or directions indicated in each case, shall come to a full
stop before entering any such intersection.
Stop Sign on
|
Direction of Travel
|
At Intersection of
|
---|---|---|
Beech Street
|
North/South
|
Walnut Street
|
Beech Street
|
North/South
|
Locust Street
|
Beech Street
|
South
|
Maple Avenue
|
Birch Street
|
South
|
Maple Avenue
|
Boyd Street
|
South
|
Greendale Avenue
|
Boyd Street
|
West
|
Monongahela Avenue
|
Brinton Road
|
North
|
Birch Street
|
Center Street
|
South
|
Walnut Street
|
Chestnut Street
|
North/South
|
Oakview Avenue
|
Chestnut Street
|
South
|
Lloyd Avenue
|
Coal Street
|
East
|
East Swissvale Avenue
|
Coal Street
|
North/South
|
East Hutchinson Avenue
|
Dewey Avenue
|
South
|
Walnut Street
|
Dewey Street
|
North/South
|
Elmer Street
|
Dewey Street
|
South
|
Maple Avenue
|
East End Avenue
|
North/South
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
East End Avenue
|
North/South
|
Sanders Street
|
East Hutchinson Avenue
|
East
|
Coal Street
|
East Swissvale Avenue
|
South
|
Race Street
|
Edgewood Avenue
|
North
|
Gordon Street
|
Elmer Street
|
East
|
Dewey Street
|
Elm Street
|
West
|
Edgewood Avenue
|
Gordon Street
|
East/West
|
Chestnut Street
|
Gordon Street
|
West
|
Edgewood Avenue
|
Gordon Street
|
East
|
Westmoreland Avenue
|
Greendale Avenue
|
North
|
Race Street
|
Greendale Avenue
|
North/South
|
Boyd Street
|
Greendale Avenue
|
South
|
Braddock Avenue
|
Harlow Street
|
South
|
West Swissvale Avenue
|
Hawthorne Street
|
West
|
Maple Avenue
|
Hawthorne Street
|
North
|
Walnut Street
|
LaCrosse Street
|
West
|
Edgewood Avenue
|
Laurel Street
|
West
|
West Swissvale Avenue
|
Linden Avenue
|
North/South
|
Elm Street
|
Lloyd Avenue
|
West
|
Chestnut Street
|
Lloyd Avenue
|
West
|
Edgewood Avenue
|
Locust Street
|
East/West
|
Beech Street
|
Locust Street
[Added 7-18-2005 by Ord.
No. 1006] |
South
|
McKelvey Avenue
|
Maple Avenue
|
East/West
|
Beech Street
|
Maple Avenue
|
East/West
|
Hawthorne Street
|
McKay Street
|
South
|
West Swissvale Avenue
|
McKelvey Avenue
[Added 7-18-2005 by Ord.
No. 1006] |
South
|
Brinton Road
|
Mifflin Avenue
|
North/South
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
Monongahela Alley
|
East
|
Boyd Street
|
Morris Street
|
West
|
Walnut Street
|
Oakview Avenue
|
West
|
Chestnut Street
|
Oakview Avenue
|
West
|
Edgewood Avenue
|
Pennwood Avenue
|
North/South
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
Race Street
|
East/West
|
Greendale Avenue
|
Race Street
|
North
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
Sanders Street
|
East
|
East End Avenue
|
Sanders Street
|
West
|
Braddock Avenue
|
Savannah Avenue
|
North/South
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
School Street
|
West
|
East Swissvale Avenue
|
School Street, east-west portion
|
—
|
School Street, north-south portion
|
Trenton Avenue
|
South
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
Vine Street
|
South
|
Race Street
|
Walnut Street
|
East
|
Coal Street
|
Walnut Street
|
East/West
|
Beech Street
|
Washington Street
|
East
|
Pennwood Avenue
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
East/
|
Pennwood Avenue
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
East/West
|
Mifflin Avenue
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
East/West
|
Race Street
|
West Hutchinson Avenue
|
East/West
|
Savannah Avenue
|
Westmoreland Avenue
|
South
|
Lloyd Avenue
|
West Swissvale Avenue
|
East/West
|
Harlow Street
|
West Swissvale Avenue
|
North
|
Pennwood Avenue
|
West Swissvale Avenue
|
West
|
McKay Street
|
The intersections described below are hereby established as
yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in
such a position upon the first-named street or alley as to face traffic
approaching the second-named street or alley in the direction or directions
indicated. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection
upon the first-named street or alley, in the direction or directions
indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle and then
yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching
on the second-named street or alley so closely as to constitute a
hazard during the time that the driver is moving across or within
such intersection.
Yield Sign on
|
Direction of Travel
|
At Intersection of
|
---|---|---|
(Reserved)
|
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle, except
a passenger vehicle (but not including any passenger vehicle drawing
any trailer or towing any other vehicle), upon any of the streets
or parts of streets described below.
Name of Street
|
Limits
|
---|---|
(Reserved)
|
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any commercial vehicle
or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination, road-building
and maintenance equipment or equipment used in construction having
a gross weight in excess of 8,000 pounds upon any of the streets,
alleys or bridges, or portions thereof, in the Borough of Edgewood,
except for the purpose of making local deliveries on said streets
or alleys.
B.
LOCAL DELIVERY
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes and means a delivery by a van or commercial vehicle
to a residence or club or other existing structure for use in and
by the residents, occupants or owners of the residence, club or existing
structure, and shall include motor vehicles and equipment engaged
in repair and/or maintenance of residences, clubs or other structures
within the Borough.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of the vehicle weight
limit regulations of the Borough shall, for each and every such violation,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$50, together with the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment
of the fine and costs shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
in the county prison for not more than 10 days.