Borough of Sewickley, PA Article II Traffic Regulations

§ 318-10 Maximum speed limits established on certain streets.

[Amended 7-19-1999 by Ord. No. 1191]

A. Maximum speed limit on all Borough streets.

(1) On all Borough streets that are not numbered routes and are designated as local highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, by authority granted by § 3362 of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, as amended, the maximum speed limit shall be set at 25 miles per hour, and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any vehicle in excess of 25 miles per hour on any street covered under this article.

(2) The Borough shall post the maximum speed limit on all streets subject to this article in accordance with any and all requirements set forth in the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code and/or prescribed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

(3) There is established a fifteen-mile-per-hour school zone designation on Academy Avenue from Beaver Street in a westerly direction to Linden Place.

[Added 10-16-2000 by Res. No. 2000-13]

B. Penalty. Any person who violates any provisions of Subsection A shall be prosecuted under §§ 3362(c)(1) and 3362(c)(2) of the Vehicle Code and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall be subject to an additional fine of $2 for each mile in excess of five miles over the maximum speed limit. In addition, any person convicted under this article, as that term is defined under 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6501, shall be subject to the surcharges set forth in 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6506.

§ 318-11 Maximum speed limits established on certain bridges and elevated structures.

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 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.

§ 318-12 Maximum speed limits established for certain vehicles on hazardous grades.

A. The following are declared to be hazardous grades, and upon any such hazardous grad 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:

Street	Between	Direction of Travel	Maximum Gross Weight	Maximum Speed Limit	Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
(Reserved)

B. 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.

§ 318-13 Maximum speed limits established in parks.

A. A speed limit of 15 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 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.

§ 318-14 Traffic signals at certain locations.

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
	Academy Avenue and Beaver Street
	Beaver Street and Broad Street
	Blackburn Avenue and Centennial Avenue
	Broad Street and Ohio River Boulevard
	Broad Street and Thorn Street
	Chestnut Street and Ohio River Boulevard
	River Avenue and Ohio River Boulevard
	Walnut Street and Ohio River Boulevard

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.

§ 318-15 Intersections where turn prohibited on red signal.

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:

	Street	Direction of Travel	At Intersection with
	Beaver Street	South	Broad Street
	Broad Street	North and south	Ohio River Boulevard
	Broad Street	South	Beaver Street
	Chestnut Street	North and south	Ohio River Boulevard
	Ohio River Boulevard	West	Bank Street
	Ohio River Boulevard	West	Chestnut Street
	River Avenue	North and south	Ohio River Boulevard
	Walnut Street [Repealed 10-17-2011 by Res. No. 2011-014]

B. 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.

§ 318-16 One-way streets established.

[Amended 5-15-2000 by Res. No. 2000-08]

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
	Bank Street	Broad Street	Little Street	West
	Blackburn Avenue	Beaver Street	Centennial Avenue	North
	Boundary Street	Beaver Street	Centennial Avenue	North
	Broad Street (east side of divider)	Ohio River Boulevard	Bank Street	North
	Broad Street (west side of divider)	Bank Street	Ohio River Boulevard	South
	Centennial Avenue	Cochran Street	Boundary Street	West
	Division Street	Beaver Street	Chestnut Street	South
	Green Street	Beaver Street	Green Alley	South
	Green Way	Broad Street	Green Street	West
	Grimes Street	Centennial Avenue	Beaver Street	South
	Hegner Alley	Beaver Street	Division Street	North
	Logan Street	Thorn Street	Harbaugh Street	South
	Melville Lane	Chestnut Street	Bank Street	South
	Murray Street	Hill Street	Centennial Avenue	South
	School Street	Broad Street	Division Street	East
	Straight Street	Beaver Street	Centennial Avenue	North
	Washington Street	Peebles Street	Logan Street	West
	White Street	Private lanes	Route 65	East

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-17 Turning at certain intersections prohibited or restricted.

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 section:

Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Not to Make Turn	Into	When	Type of Vehicle Applicable to
(Reserved)

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-18 Left turns prohibited at certain intersections.

[Amended 5-20-1996 by Ord. No. 1160; 2-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1169; 5-15-2000 by Res. No. 2000-08]

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 left turn at any time stated, both right turns and straight-across traffic being allowed:

	Vehicles Traveling On	Direction of Travel	Times	Not To Make Left Turn Onto
	Boundary Street [Added 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 1351]	South	7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Ohio River Boulevard
	Broad Street	South	All times	The parking lot of Mellon Bank (Also, no left turn shall be made out of the parking lot of Mellon Bank onto Broad Street.)
	Dippold Street [Added 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 1351]	North	7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Ohio River Boulevard
	Graham Street [Added 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 1351]	South	7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Ohio River Boulevard
	Kramer Street	West	All times	The Sewickley Bridge in a southbound direction
	Kramer Street	West	7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.	Broad Street
	Locust Street	South	6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.	Beaver Street
	Ohio River Boulevard [Added 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 1351]	East	7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Graham Street
	Ohio River Boulevard [Added 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 1351]	East	7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Boundary Street
	Ohio River Boulevard [Amended 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 1351]	West	7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Dippold Street
	Ohio River Boulevard [Amended 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 1351]	West	7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Pine Street
	Pine Street [Added 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 1351]	North	7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Ohio River Boulevard
	River Avenue	North	All times	Ohio River Boulevard
	Walnut Street	North	6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.	Beaver Street
	White Street	East	All times	Intersection of Ohio River Boulevard

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-19 U-turns prohibited at certain locations.

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 section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-20 No-passing zones established.

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 section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-21 Through highways established.

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 section shall stop the vehicle or yield right-of-way as required by § 3323(b) or (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:

	Highway	Between
	(Reserved)

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-22 Stop intersections established.

[Amended 9-15-1997 by Res. No. 97-9; 9-15-1997 by Res. No. 97-10; 11-17-1997 by Res. No. 97-17; 3-16-1998 by Res. No. 98-8; 3-16-1998 by Res. No. 98-9; 5-18-1998 by Res. No. 98-14; 9-21-1998 by Res. No. 98-18; 10-19-1998 by Res. No. 98-20; 12-28-1998 by Res. No. 98-25; 5-15-2000 by Res. No. 2000-08; 5-21-2001 by Res. No. 2001-04; 6-16-2003 by Res. No. 2003-05; 6-16-2003 by Res. No. 2003-06; 5-16-2005 by Res. No. 2005-012; 9-19-2005 by Res. No. 2005-020]

A. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 318-21) 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	Intersection or Through Street	Direction of Travel
	Academy Avenue	Centennial Avenue	North and south
	Backbone Road	Blackburn Road	—
	Backbone Road	Grove Street Extension	West
	Bank Street	Broad Street	West
	Bank Street	Ferry Street	West
	Bank Street	Walnut Street	East and west
	Beaver Street [Added 7-11-2023 by Ord. No. 1384]	Boundary Street	South
	Boundary Street	Beaver Street	North and south
	Boundary Street	Ohio River Boulevard	South
	Broad Street	Centennial Avenue	South
	Centennial Avenue	Academy Avenue	West
	Centennial Avenue	Broad Street	East and west
	Centennial Avenue	Cochran Street	East and west
	Chadwick Street [Added 5-21-2012 by Res. No. 2012-008]	Ferry Street	Both directions
	Chadwick Street (3-way)	Walnut Street	East and west
	Chadwick Street	Chestnut Street	South
	Chadwick Street	River Avenue	North and south
	Charette Place	Chestnut Street	West
	Charette Place	Pine Street	East
	Chestnut Street	Beaver Street	North
	Chestnut Street	Chadwick Street	—
	Cochran Street	Beaver Street	South
	Cochran Street	Centennial Avenue	North and south
	Cochran Street	Nevin Street	—
	Cook Street [Added 4-20-2009 by Res. No. 2009-008]	Nevin Avenue	—
	Crescent Avenue [Added 4-20-2009 by Res. No. 2009-007]	Nevin Avenue	—
	Dickson Road	Hopkins Street	South
	Dippold Street	Ohio River Boulevard	North
	Division Street	Chestnut Street	South
	Division Street	Locust Street	North
	Duquesne Way	Little Street	West
	Elwick Street	Ferry Street	—
	Emery Street	Ferry Street	—
	Ferry Street [Added 5-21-2012 by Res. No. 2012-008]	Chadwick Street	—
	Ferry Street	Bank/Grant	North
	Ferry Street	Frederick Avenue	Northeast
	Ferry Street	Grant Street	South
	Ferry Street	Little Street	North
	Frederick Avenue	Ferry Street	West
	Frederick Avenue	Little Street	East and west
	Frederick Avenue	Walnut Street	East and west
	Graham Street	Harbaugh Street	North
	Graham Street	Ohio River Boulevard	South
	Grant Street	Beaver Street	North
	Grant Street	Ferry Street	South
	Grant Street	Linden Place	North and south
	Grant Street	Thorn Street	North and south
	Green Street	Murray Alley	West
	Grimes Street	Beaver Street	South
	Grimes Street	Centennial Avenue	South
	Grove Street	Beaver Street	South
	Grove Street Extension	Backbone Road	South
	Harbaugh Street	Chestnut Street	West
	Harbaugh Street	Peebles Street	—
	Henry Avenue	Ferry Street	West
	Henry Avenue	Little Street	East and west
	Henry Avenue	Walnut Street	East
	Hill Street	Blackburn Avenue	West
	Hill Street	Broad Street	East and west
	Hill Street	Cochran Street	East and west
	Hill Street	Locust Street	East and west
	Hill Street (3-way)	Fountain Street	North and south
	Hill Street (3-way)	Mulberry Street	North and south
	Hill Street (4-way)	Nevin Avenue	East and west
	Hill Street (4-way)	Straight Street	—
	Hopkins Street	Broad Street	West
	Hopkins Street	Nevin Avenue	—
	Kramer Street	Allegheny County bridge approach	West
	Kramer Street	Chestnut Street	East
	Linden Place	Academy Avenue	—
	Linden Place	Grant Street	East
	Little Street	Beaver Street	North
	Little Street	Elwick Street	—
	Little Street (4-way)	Thorn Street	North and south
	Locust Place	Beaver Street	South
	Locust Place	Centennial Avenue	North and south
	Logan Street	Beaver Street	North
	Logan Street	Thorn Street	North and south
	McCready Street	Pryor Way	East and west
	McCready Way	Blackburn Road	East
	Mulberry Street (3-way)	Hill Street	North and south
	Murray Street	Centennial Avenue
	Nevin Avenue	Beaver Street	South
	Nevin Avenue (4-way)	Centennial Avenue	North and south
	Nevin Avenue	Cochran Street	Both approaches
	Nevin Avenue (2-way) [Added 10-20-2008 by Res. No. 2008-019]	Hopkins Street	—
	Peebles Street	Beaver Street	North
	Peebles Street	Harbaugh Street	South
	Peebles Street	Thorn Street	North and south
	Pine Road	Beaver Street	South
	Pine Road	Centennial Avenue	North and south
	Pine Street	Maple Lane	—
	Pine Street	Ohio River Boulevard	North
	Pryor Way	McCready Street	North
	Smith Alley [Added 11-19-2012 by Res. No. 2012-019]	Graham Street	—
	Smith Alley [Added 11-19-2012 by Res. No. 2012-019]	Thorn Street	Both directions
	Straight Street	Centennial Avenue	North and south
	Thorn Street	Academy Avenue	West
	Thorn Street	Peebles Street	East and west
	Thorn Street	Walnut Street	East and west
	Thorn Street (4-way)	Chestnut Street	East and west
	Thorn Street (4-way)	Grant Street	East and west
	Thorn Street (4-way)	Little Street	East and west
	Thorn Street (3-way)	Logan Street	—
	Walnut Street (3-way)	Chadwick Street	North and south
	Walnut Street	Frederick Avenue	South
	Walnut Street	Thorn Street	North and south
	Washington Street	Chestnut Street
	Washington Street	Logan Street	West
	White Street	Chadwick Street	West
	White Street	Ohio River Boulevard	East
	Woodland Road	Academy Avenue	West

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-23 Yield intersections established.

A. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 318-21) 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)

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-24 Operation of motor vehicles restricted on public lands.

A. No motor vehicle, including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike, shall be operated on any property owned by the Borough or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Borough without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Chief of Police of the Borough.

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-25 Rotary traffic islands established.

A. The following locations are designated as rotary traffic islands, and every vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island:

(Reserved)

B. Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of any rotary traffic island shall be guilty of a violation of this section and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 318-26 Play highways established and authorized.

A. The following areas upon the streets in the Borough are established as play highways:

	Street	Between	Days	Hours
	(Reserved)

B. The Chief of Police 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 Borough where sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Chief of Police.

C. 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 Chief of Police 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.

§ 318-27 Snowmobile roads designated.

A. The following roads and streets within the Borough are designated as special snowmobile roads:

	Street or Road	Between	Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic	Shared With Vehicular Traffic
	(Reserved)

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Borough other than as provided above, provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating a snowmobile on any other street in the Borough:

(1) As authorized by § 7721 of the Vehicle Code for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways; or

(2) For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in § 7723 of the Vehicle Code. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 7752(a) of the Vehicle Code.

§ 318-28 Prohibitions and limitations on use of engine brake retarders.

[Added 2-16-2009 by Ord. No. 1274]

A. No gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle shall be operated on Route 65 within the municipal limits of the Borough of Sewickley utilizing in said operation an engine brake retarder permitting excessive noise to be created by said motor vehicle. This prohibition includes brakes that are activated or operated by the compression of the engine of the motor vehicle or any unit or part thereof (commonly referred to as "Jake brakes," "Jacob's brakes," "engine brakes" or "compression brakes").

B. This section shall not apply to emergency driving situations requiring the utilization of an engine brake retarder to protect the safety and property of the residents of the Borough of Sewickley, other motor vehicle operators, pedestrians and the operators and passengers of motor vehicles involved in said emergency situations.

C. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $600 and costs.