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Township of Williams, PA
Northampton County
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[Ord. No. 2017-02, 4/12/2017]
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
Between
Maximum Gross Weight
Old Well Road (TR 410)
Southernly (downhill) direction only, from its beginning at Morgan Hill Road and its terminus at Brown's Drive
4 tons
Industrial Drive (TR 414 and TR 423)
[Repealed by Ord. No. 2018-02, 11/14/2018]
Morvale Road (TR 419)
[Repealed by Ord. No. 2018-02, 11/14/2018]
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under § 4902(a) and (g-1) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a), (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. No. 2017-02, 4/12/2017]
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
Between
Restrictions
Diehl Road
Entire length
Vehicles including trucks in excess of 30 feet
Kressman Road
Entire length
Vehicles including trucks in excess of 21 feet in length
Old Well Road
Entire length
Vehicles including trucks in excess of 30 feet
2. 
Signs. The proper authorities of the Township are directed to erect the appropriate restriction and informational signs and to do so in conformity with the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code and the Pennsylvania Code.
3. 
Exceptions to Restrictions. School buses, emergency vehicles and vehicles making local deliveries or pickups shall be exempted from the restrictions on the use of the roads set forth in Subsection 1 above.
4. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under § 4902(a) and (g)(1) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a), (g)(1) and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $75 and costs.
[Ord. No. 2017-02, 4/12/2017]
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
Between
Restrictions
(Reserved)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under § 4902(b) and (g)(2) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(b), (g)(2), and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500 and costs.
[Ord. No. 2017-02, 4/12/2017]
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
Between
(Reserved)
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.
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.