[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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
Main Street
East Borough line and Collier Street (traveling west)
35 mph
Main Street
Vine Street and East Borough line (traveling east)
35 mph
Main Street
Chestnut Street and West Borough line (traveling west)
35 mph
Main Street
West Borough line and Callowhill Street (traveling east)
35 mph
Market Street
North Borough line and Snyder Avenue (traveling south)
35 mph
Market Street
Main Street and South Borough line (traveling south)
35 mph
Market Street
South Borough line and North Borough line (traveling north)
35 mph
North Church Street
Entire length
35 mph
All other streets
Entire lengths
25 mph
2. 
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.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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)
2. 
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.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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 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
(pounds)
Maximum Speed Limit
South Market Street
Borough line and Vineyard Street
North
10,000
25 mph
2. 
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.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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)
2. 
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.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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
Main Street and Market Street
Traffic signal
2. 
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.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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)
2. 
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.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 296, 11/10/1997]
1. 
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
Apple Street
Main Street
Broad Street
North
Birch Street
Main Street
Broad Street
North
Callowhill Street
Main Street
Snyder Avenue
North
Cherry Avenue
Main Street
Pine Street
South
Maple Avenue
Market Street
Dietrich Avenue
East
Moore Street
[Added by Ord. No. 336, 11/19/2010]
Main Street
Broad Street
North
Snyder Alley
North Market Street
Callowhill Street
West
Snyder Avenue
Callowhill Street
Church Street
West
Summer Avenue
Main Street
Broad Street
North
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 296, 11/10/1997]
1. 
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
Into
Callowhill Street
North
Right turn
Snyder Alley
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
All Borough streets are designated no-passing zones with the exception of the following:
Street
From
To
Direction of Travel
South Market Street
Callowhill Street
Borough line
South
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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 § 3323(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
Main Street
Entire length
Market Street
Entire length
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994; as amended by Ord. No. 296, 11/10/1997; and by Ord. No. 320, 4/11/2005]
1. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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
Allison Alley
Snyder Alley
Allison Avenue
Broad Street
Allison Avenue
Maple Avenue
Apple Avenue
Broad Street
Apple Avenue
Pine Avenue
Arch Street
Moore Street
Bender Street
Broad Street
Birch Avenue
Spruce Street
Birch Street
Broad Street
Broad Street
Church Street
Broad Street (4-way)
Collier Street
Broad Street (4-way)
Moore Street
Broad Street
Smith Avenue
Buttonwood Street
Broad Street
Buttonwood Street
Snyder Avenue
Buttonwood Street
Spruce Street
Callowhill Street
Broad Street
Callowhill Street
Snyder Alley
Cedar Street
Moore Street
Cherry Avenue
Old railroad bed
Chestnut Avenue
Maple Avenue
Church Street
Spruce Street
Clearfield Street
Moore Street
Commerce Street
Vineyard Street
Diamond Avenue
Birch Street
Diamond Avenue
Church Street
Diamond Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Diamond Avenue
Spruce Street
Dietrich Avenue
Broad Street
Dietrich Avenue
Maple Avenue
Dietrich Avenue
Monroe Street
Franklin Street (3-way)
Broad Street
French Avenue
Callowhill Street
French Avenue
Stroup Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Maple Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Spruce Street
Lyter Street
Moore Street
Lyter Street
Vine Street
Maple Avenue
Apple Avenue
Maple Avenue
Bender Street
Maple Avenue
Birch Avenue
Maple Avenue
Buttonwood Street
Maple Avenue
Callowhill Street
Maple Avenue
Church Street
Maple Avenue
Collier Street
Maple Avenue
Franklin Street
Maple Avenue
Moore Street
Maple Avenue
Smith Avenue
Maple Avenue
Summer Avenue
Mayfield Street
Vineyard Street
Moore Street (approaching Clearfield Street in southerly direction)
Clearfield Street
Monroe Street
Collier Street
Monroe Street
Moore Street
North Street
Collier Street
North Street
Moore Street
Park Drive
Cedar Street
Pine Avenue
Bender Street
Pine Avenue
Birch Avenue
Pine Avenue
Buttonwood Street
Pine Avenue
Callowhill Street
Pine Avenue
Church Street
Pine Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Pine Avenue
Maple Avenue
Pine Avenue
Moore Street
Pine Avenue
Smith Avenue
Pine Avenue
Vine Street
Sampson Street
Collier Street
Sampson Street
Moore Street
Snyder Avenue
North Market Street
Snyder Avenue
Smith Avenue
Spruce Street
Bender Street
Spruce Street
Callowhill Street
Spruce Street
Franklin Street
Stroup Avenue
Vineyard Street
Summer Avenue
Pine Avenue
Vineyard Street
Callowhill Street
Washington Avenue
Spruce Street
Willow Avenue
Moore Street
Winter Avenue
Collier Street
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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)
2. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
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 [designated official] of the Borough.
2. 
Any person who violates an provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
The following areas upon the streets in the Borough are established as play highways:
Street
Between
Days
Hours
(Reserved)
2. 
The Police Chief 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 Police Chief.
3. 
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 Police Chief 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.
[Ord. No. 288, 8/8/1994]
1. 
Any person who operates any vehicle in the Borough, which operation on public or private property is intended:
A. 
To endanger public health, safety or welfare or recklessly creates a risk thereof.
B. 
To cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creates a risk thereof, shall be guilty of offensive operation of vehicle if such person intentionally:
(1) 
Causes the tires of the vehicles to spin.
(2) 
Causes the vehicle to be downshifted while traveling at an excessive speed so as to emit a noise which would not occur if the vehicle had been downshifted at the proper speed.
(3) 
Causes the vehicle to backfire.
2. 
It shall be a violation of this Part for any person to encourage, challenge or incite another person to operate a vehicle in a manner prohibited by Subsection 1. Every person so encouraged, challenged or incited shall constitute a separate violation of this section.
3. 
Any person who violates this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.