[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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[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.
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.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[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.