Any police officer may remove or cause to be removed any vehicle found upon a highway subject to the provisions of Section 3352(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3352(a), (b), (c) and (d).
No vehicles, trucks, tractors or trailers in excess of 23 1/2 feet in outside length and/or nine feet in outside height and 82 inches in outside width shall be parked at any time upon the public streets of the Township except during such periods reasonably required to pick up or deliver persons or property within the Township. It is hereby declared to be the policy and intent of the Township of Wilkins that parking provided on the Township streets not be taken up by storage or parking of extra-size vehicles or equipment as above described unless the same is actually in commercial use at the time it is stored or parked.
[Amended 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917]
No vehicle shall overtake or pass on the left side of the roadway in that portion of any highway where overtaking or passing is prohibited by appropriate signs or markings which shall indicate the beginning and end of such zones; Vehicle Code Section 3307.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3307.
[Amended 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917]
A. 
School zones are hereby established on Churchill Road extending from a point where the boundary line of the Borough of Churchill crosses said Churchill Road eastwardly to the intersection of Harrison Road and on Jefferson Heights Road in front of the Eastmont School property.
B. 
A speed limit of 15 miles per hour during school hours shall be imposed in this zone.
C. 
The proper officers of the Township are hereby authorized to erect appropriate signs and to enforce said speed limit as provided in Section 3365(d) of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.[1] [2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3365(d).
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Section 28, entitled "Prohibition of turns," which immediately followed this section, was repealed 7-5-1983 by Ord. No. 707.
Commercial motor vehicles shall be absolutely prohibited from operation and use on all roads serving as access roads to any Township park, parklet or playground and within any Township park, parklet or playgrounds, provided that such prohibition shall not apply to commercial motor vehicles using the same for purposes of operation, maintenance or repair of said parks, parklets or playgrounds.
A. 
The words "truck or trailer," "highway," "police officer" and "person" shall be defined as set forth in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.
B. 
Trucks and trailers shall not be used or operated on any highway maintained by the Township of Wilkins having a gross weight, including chassis, body and load, in excess of eight tons (16,000 gross pounds).
C. 
Trucks or trailers having a gross weight, including chassis, body and load in excess of six tons (12,000 gross pounds) shall not be used or operated on any highway maintained by the Township of Wilkins when such highway traverses a bridge or when any portion of such highway is protected, supported, or abutted by a wall, cribbing or other structure designed to protect or support any portion of the highway.
D. 
Any police officer having reason to believe that the gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles is in excess of the limits provided herein is authorized to arrest the progress of such vehicle to prevent damage or deterioration of the highway and, upon finding excess weight, to require the person operating the same to unload excess weight.
E. 
Restricted highways.
(1) 
Commercial motor vehicles, regardless of weight, shall not be used or operated except for local service on the following highways; Vehicle Code Section 4902.[1]
Name of Street
Alpine Boulevard
Cline Street
Dorothy Street
Dunbar Drive
Elizabeth Street
Gardenia Drive
Grandview Avenue
Hawthorne Drive
Jefferson Heights Road
Kingston Drive
Lougeay Road (over 16,000 pounds gross weight)
Lucia Road
Lucinda Drive
Powell Street
Quarry Street
Roland Road
Stevendale Drive
Sunset Drive
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902.
(2) 
"Local service" is hereby defined as being the operation and use of commercial motor vehicles upon trips which originate in or terminate in the Township of Wilkins.
F. 
The Board of Commissioners may at its discretion, upon good cause being shown therefor, upon application in writing, accompanied by a fee as provided by resolution of the Board of Commissioners, issue special permits, in writing, authorizing the applicant to operate or move upon any highway maintained by the Township of Wilkins a commercial vehicle exceeding the maximum weight specified in this section or a commercial vehicle on a highway upon which it is otherwise prohibited; Vehicle Code Section 4961.[2]
(1) 
Any such permit shall be subject to such rules and regulations and any other condition or restrictions, including the obligation on the part of the permittee to restore or replace any section of highway or bridge or wall, cribbing or other structure designed to protect or support any highway damaged as a result of such movement, whether or not the same was attributable to negligence on the part of the permittee, as shall be deemed necessary by the Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners may in its discretion require from the permittee a bond guaranteeing the replacement or restoration of such highway damage, with sufficient surety in such amount as the Board of Commissioners shall in its discretion find necessary.
(2) 
Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle to which it refers, shall be open to inspection by any peace officer and shall be revocable at any time at the discretion of the Board of Commissioners.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4961.
G. 
There shall be erected and maintained by the Township of Wilkins official signs designating the applicable provisions of this chapter, whether there are weight restrictions or commercial vehicles are prohibited, at each end of the highway affected thereby and at intersections thereof.
H. 
Any person refusing to unload excess weight when so ordered by a peace officer in uniform or violating any of the other provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Subject to the provisions of Section 3323 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code,[1] yield signs are erected at the following intersections. The yield shall apply to the second named street.
Intersections
Rodi Road and Penn Center Boulevard
William Penn Highway and Penn Center Boulevard
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323.
No person, firm or corporation shall throw, place or deposit upon the improved portion of any Township street or road, or cause the same to be done, any snow, ice or slush, whether or not such snow, ice or slush originally was plowed from the public street or road.
[Added 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917; amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates a provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to the appropriate penalties set forth in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.); 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6502 provides for a fine of $25 for every violation of the Vehicle Code for which another penalty is not specifically provided.
[Added 3-27-1995]
A. 
At the request of any handicapped person or severely disabled veteran, after review and approval by the Chief of Police, there may be erected on the highway as close as possible to their place of residence a sign or signs indicating that the parking place is reserved for the handicapped person or severely disabled veteran, that no parking is allowed there by others, and that any unauthorized person parking there shall be subject to a fine.
B. 
Posted signs; vehicles to be towed.
(1) 
Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing a handicapped or severely disabled veteran registration plate or displaying a handicapped or severely disabled veteran parking placard when such vehicles are being operated by or for the transportation of a handicapped person or a severely disabled veteran, no person shall park a vehicle on public or private property reserved for a handicapped person or severely disabled veteran which property has been so posted with a sign stating the penalty amount indicated in Subsection D, indicating that vehicles in violation of the subsection may be towed.
(2) 
Any vehicle which is unlawfully parked in a designated handicapped parking area may be removed from that area by towing and may be reclaimed by the vehicle owner upon payment of the towing costs.
(3) 
Signs as provided in Subsection B(1) hereof shall be replaced when they become obsolete or missing with costs of replacement borne by the persons responsible for signing the particular location.
C. 
Unauthorized use. An operator of a vehicle bearing a handicapped or severely disabled veteran plate or displaying a handicapped or severely disabled veteran parking placard shall not make use of the parking privileges accorded to handicapped persons and severely disabled veterans under Subsection B(1) unless the operator is handicapped or a severely disabled veteran or unless the vehicle is being operated for the transportation of a handicapped person or severely disabled veteran.
D. 
Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200.