A. 
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:
Street
Between
Maximum Speed Limit
(mph)
Adamstown Road
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
Blackhorse Road
[Repealed 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Bowmansville Road
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
Broad Street
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
Cameron Court
[Added 10-2-2012 by Ord. No. 368]
Entire length
25
Chestnut Street
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
Church Street
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
East Washington Street
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
First Avenue
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Entire length
25
Grant Road
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Entire length
25
Jefferson Road
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Entire length
25
Lincoln Road
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Entire length
25
Main Street
PA Route 272 and the Borough line
25
Michael Lane
[Added 10-4-2011 by Ord. No. 360]
Entire length
25
Misty Meadow Drive
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
Poplar Street
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
Rebecca Drive
[Added 10-4-2011 by Ord. No. 360]
Entire length
25
Red Fox Court
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
Riverview Drive
[Added 10-2-2012 by Ord. No. 368]
Entire length
25
Rollingview Lane
[Added 10-2-2012 by Ord. No. 368]
Entire length
25
Second Avenue
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Entire length
25
Shawn Drive
[Added 10-4-2011 by Ord. No. 360]
Entire length
25
Stoudtburg Road
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
Third Avenue
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Entire length
25
Walnut Street
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
25
Willow Street
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Entire length
35
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this § 290-10 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 plus costs of prosecution. 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 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:
Bridge or Elevated Structure
Location
Maximum Speed Limit
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this § 202 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 plus costs of prosecution. 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. 
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 § 203 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
of Travel
Maximum Gross Weight
Maximum Speed Limit
Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this § 203 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 plus costs of prosecution. 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 35 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough, 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 § 290-13 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 plus costs of prosecution. 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
Route 272 and Walnut Street
4-way
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 § 290-15 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
West Main Street
Adamstown Swimming Pool parking area
Route 272
Westbound
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this § 290-16 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Amended 5-7-1991 by Ord. No. 248]
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 § 290-17:
Vehicles Traveling on
Direction of Travel
Not to Make
Into
When
Type of Vehicle Applicable to
East Main Street
East
Left
Church Street
2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
All
East Main Street
West
Right
Church Street
2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
All
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this § 290-17 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 § 290-18 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 § 290-19 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 § 290-20 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 § 290-21 shall stop the vehicle or yield right-of-way as required by § 3323(b) or (c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] 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:
Highway
Between
(Reserved)
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b) or (c).
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this § 290-21 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Amended 5-7-1991 by Ord. No. 248]
A. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 290-21) 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.
Stop Street
Intersecting or Through Street
Direction of Travel
Adamstown Road
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Main Street
Eastbound
Blackhorse Road
[Repealed 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Bowmansville Road
Main Street
Northbound
Bowmansville Road
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Main Street
Southbound
Bowmansville Road
Route 272
Northbound
Bowmansville Road
Route 272
Southbound
Broad Street
Main Street
Northbound and Southbound
Broad Street
Route 272
Southbound
Cameron Court
[Added 10-2-2012 by Ord. No. 368]
Riverview Lane
Northbound
Chestnut Street
West Main Street
Southbound
Church Street
Main Street
Southbound
Cocalico Road
[Repealed 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Cocalico Road
Route 272
Southbound
East Washington Street
Broad Street
Westbound
East Washington Street
Church Street
Eastbound
First Avenue
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Jefferson Road
Eastbound
First Avenue
Jefferson Road
Northbound and southbound
Jefferson Road
Willow Street
Eastbound
Lincoln Road
Willow Street
Eastbound
Main Street
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Bowmansville Road
Eastbound and westbound
Main Street
Church Street
Eastbound
Main Street
Church Street
Westbound
Main Street
[Repealed 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Main Street
[Repealed 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Main Street
Route 272
Westbound
Main Street
Willow Street
Eastbound
Main Street
Willow Street
Westbound
Mohn's Hill Road
[Repealed 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
North Poplar Street
Main Street
Southbound
Rebecca Drive
[Added 10-4-2011 by Ord. No. 360]
Michael Lane
Eastbound
Rebecca Drive
[Added 10-4-2011 by Ord. No. 360]
Shawn Drive
Southbound
Riverview Drive
[Added 10-2-2012 by Ord. No. 368]
North Reading Road (SR 0272)
Northbound
Rollingview Lane
[Added 10-2-2012 by Ord. No. 368]
Cameron Court
Eastbound and westbound
Rollingview Lane
[Added 10-2-2012 by Ord. No. 368]
Riverview Drive
Westbound
Second Avenue
Jefferson Road
Southbound
Second Avenue
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Lincoln Road
Eastbound
Shawn Drive
[Added 10-4-2011 by Ord. No. 360]
Michael Lane
Eastbound
South Poplar Street
Main Street
Northbound
South Poplar Street
Route 272
Southbound
Stoudtburg Road
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Adamstown Road
Northbound
Stoudtburg Road
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
Route 272
Southbound
Third Avenue
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Grant Road
Westbound
Third Avenue
[Added 6-5-2007 by Ord. No. 338]
Jefferson Road
Westbound
West Washington Street
North Poplar Street
Westbound
Willow Street
Main Street
Northbound
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this § 290-22 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Amended 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 398]
A. 
It is hereby established that there shall be school speed zones on the following highways and locations and at the effective hours as indicated where and when the maximum speed limit for the operation of a motor vehicle or tractor shall be 15 miles per hour during days when the school in the particular location is open for the attendance of students.
Highway
Location
Effective Hours
Adamstown Road
Eastbound from a point approximately 1,282 feet west of the center line intersection of Adamstown Road and West Main Street eastward to the intersection with West Main Street continuing on for a distance of approximately 80 feet and westbound from a point on West Main Street approximately 30 feet east of the intersection of Adamstown Road and West Main Street westward to a point approximately 1,260 feet west of the intersection
8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.; 2:50 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.
West Main Street
Eastbound from a point approximately 1,243 feet west of the intersection of West Main Street and Adamstown Road eastward to a point approximately 80 feet east of the intersection and westbound from a point approximately 219 feet west of the intersection of West Main Street and Adamstown Road westward for a distance of approximately 800 feet
8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.; 2:50 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.
B. 
Any person violating § 290-23A is subject to the penalties provided in 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 3365.