[Ord. No. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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
|
Speed Limit
(mph)
|
Between
|
---|
Ash Road (T411)
|
35
|
Old Rt. 68 to Spithaler Road
|
Ash Stop Road (T411)
|
35
|
T415 to Rt. 68 and Rt. 68 to T354
|
Beacon Road (T831)
|
40
|
Rt. 10014 to Penn Township line
|
Birch Street (T322)
|
35
|
Rt. 309 for a distance of 0.13 miles
|
Browns Mill Road (T354)
|
35
|
Rt. 10014 to T380
|
Buhl Road (T413)
|
35
|
|
Cashdollar Road (T354)
|
35
|
T830 to Adams Township line
|
Community Park Road (T413)
|
35
|
T415 to T360
|
Creek Road (T503)
|
35
|
Rader School Road to Penn Township line
|
Critchlow Road (T382)
|
35
|
Rt. 10014 to Rt. 10011
|
Distillery Road (T382)
|
35
|
Rt. 10011 to Penn Township line
|
Dufferd Road (T411)
|
35
|
Rt. 10043 to Old Rt. 68
|
Eckstein Road (T435)
|
35
|
Rt. 10095 to Rader School Road
|
Evans City Park Road
|
35
|
T360 a distance of 0.2 miles
|
George Road (T320)
|
35
|
Adams Township to Jackson Township
|
Glade Run Road (T388)
|
35
|
Rt. 10014 to Rt. 10011
|
Glenwood Avenue (T321)
|
35
|
Rt. 309 a distance of 0.18 miles
|
Johns School Road (T432)
|
35
|
T407 to T388
|
Liesie Road (T407)
|
40
|
Rt. 10014 to Browns Mill Road
|
Marburger Road (T358)
|
35
|
Adams Township line a distance of 0.5 mile Rt. 309 to T830
|
Margaret Avenue (T504)
|
35
|
Evans City line a distance of 0.15 miles
|
May Lane (T374)
|
35
|
Evans City line a distance of 0.80 miles
|
Needlepoint Road (T360)
|
35
|
T411 to Rt. 10044
|
Nursery Road (T354)
|
35
|
Rt. 10095 to Connoquenessing Township
|
Old Rt. 68 (T415)
|
40
|
Rt. 68 to Rt. 68
|
Rader School Road (T503)
|
35
|
T354 to Creek Road
|
Royal Oak Road (T491)
|
35
|
Rt. 10092 to Penn Township
|
Smith Road (T450)
|
35
|
Connoquenessing to Penn Township
|
Spithaler Road (T354)
|
35
|
Reibold Road to Ash Stop Road
|
Spithaler School Road (T354)
|
35
|
Rt. 10014 to Rt. 10095
|
Stuckey Road (T696)
|
35
|
T503 to T831
|
Tunnel Road (T409)
|
35
|
Rt. 10014 to Browns Mill Road
|
Wagner Road (T324)
|
35
|
T320 to Adams Township
|
Wahl Road (T720)
|
35
|
Rt. 10042 a distance of 0.22 miles
|
Watters Station Road
|
40
|
Rt. 309 to Rt. 10011
|
Wonderland Park Road (T820)
|
35
|
T411 a distance of 0.12 miles
|
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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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
|
Maxi- mum Speed Limit
|
Required to Stop Before Proceed- ing Downhill
|
---|
(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 for each mile in excess of five miles per
hour over the maximum speed limit.
[Ord. No. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
1. A speed limit of 35 miles per hour is established on all streets
and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Township
of Forward, 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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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
|
---|
(Reserved)
|
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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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
|
---|
(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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
1. The following 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:
2. 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.
[Ord. No. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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
|
When
|
Type of Vehicle Applicable to
|
---|
(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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
1. 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)
|
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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
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 Section 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
|
---|
(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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
1. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by §
15-213) 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 of 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 Section 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
|
---|
Andrew Avenue T505
|
Ash Alley
|
Southwest
|
Ash Alley
|
LR68
|
Northwest
|
Ash Stop Road T411
|
LR68
|
East and west
|
Ash Stop Road T411
|
Old Rt. 68 T415
|
West
|
Birch Street T322
|
Mars Evans City Road LR309
|
Northeast
|
Browns Mill Road T354
|
Brownsdale Road LR10014
|
North and south
|
Browns Mill Road T354
|
Spithaler School Road T354
|
North
|
Browns Mill Road T354
|
Watters Station Road T830
|
North
|
Buhl Road T413
|
LR68
|
Northwest and Southeast
|
Buhl Road T413
|
Old Rt. 68 T415
|
North
|
Buhl Road T413
|
Spithaler School Road T354
|
East
|
Cashdollar Road T354
|
Watters Station Road T830
|
North
|
Charlotte Drive
|
Stuckey Road T696
|
West
|
Community Park Road T413
|
Old Rt. 68 T415
|
East
|
Critchlow Road T382
|
Brownsdale Road LR10014
|
Northwest
|
Critchlow Road T382
|
Valencia Road LR10011
|
Southeast
|
Dufford Road T411
|
LR528
|
West
|
Dufford Road T411
|
Old Rt. 68 T415
|
Southeast
|
Eckstein Road T435
|
Rader School Road T503
|
East
|
Eckstein Road T435
|
Reibold Road LR10095
|
West
|
Evans City Park Road
|
Needle Point Road T360
|
East
|
George Road T320
|
Wagner Road T324
|
Southeast
|
Glade Run Road T388
|
Brownsdale Road LR10014
|
North
|
Glade Run Road T388
|
Leisie Road T407
|
North and south
|
Glade Run Road T388
|
Valencia Road LR10011
|
Southeast
|
Glenwood Avenue T321
|
Mars Evans City Road LR309
|
Northeast
|
Johns School Road T423
|
Glade Run Road T388
|
East
|
Johns School Road T432
|
Leisie Road T407
|
West
|
Leisie Road T407
|
Browns Mill Road T354
|
West
|
Leisie Road T407
|
Valencia Road LR10011
|
East
|
Marburger Road T358
|
Watters Station Road T830
|
North
|
Margaret Avenue T504
|
Ash Alley
|
Northeast
|
Needle Point Road T360
|
Community Park Road T413
|
North
|
Needle Point Road T360
|
Dufford Road T411
|
South
|
Needle Point Road T360
|
Upper Harmony Road LR10044
|
North
|
Nursery Road T354
|
Reibold Road LR10095
|
West
|
Oak Drive
|
LR68
|
West
|
Old Route 68 T 415
|
LR68 (Buhl Hill)
|
East
|
Old Route 68 T 415
|
LR68 (Sod Farm)
|
East
|
Rader School Road T503
|
Nursery Road T354
|
North
|
Royal Oak Drive T491
|
3° Road LR10092
|
West
|
Spithaler School Road T354
|
Reibold Road LR10095
|
West
|
Stuckey Road T696
|
Beacon Road LR10015
|
Southeast
|
Textor Hill Road T332
|
LR528
|
Southeast
|
Tunnel Road T409
|
Brownsdale Road LR10014
|
Northwest
|
Tunnel Road T409
|
Browns Mill Road T354
|
Southeast
|
Watters Station Road T380
|
Mars Evans City Road LR309
|
West
|
Watters Station Road T380
|
Valencia Road LR10011
|
East
|
Wonderland Park Road T820
|
Ash Stop Road T411
|
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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
1. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by §
15-213) 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 Section 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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
1. The following areas upon the streets in the Township are established
as play highways:
Street
|
Between
|
Days
|
Hours
|
---|
(Reserved)
|
2. The [designated official] 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 Township, where
sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall
be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the [designated
official].
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 [designated official]
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. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
1. The following roads and streets within the Township of Forward are
designated as special snowmobile roads:
Street or Road
|
Between
|
Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic?
|
Shared with Vehicular Traffic?
|
---|
(Reserved)
|
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any
highway, street or road in the Township other than as provided above,
provided nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from operating
a snowmobile on any other street in the Township.
A. As authorized by Section 7721 of the Vehicle Code for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing
of streets or two-lane highways; or
B. For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the
street is blocked off as provided in Section 7723 of the Vehicle Code. Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Section 7752(a) of
the Vehicle Code.
[Ord. No. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
No motor vehicle or motorcycle or minibike shall be operated
on any lands owned by the Township or any other public body or agency
within the Township, except on those lands specifically designated
for the operation of motor vehicles, motorcycles or minibikes by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. No. 1988-2, 12/13/1988]
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on a sled upon any sidewalk in the Township, or upon any roadway unless that roadway is on a portion of a street blocked off for sledding by authority of §
15-105 of Part
1 or §
15-216 of Part
2 of this chapter, provided nothing in this subsection shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a sled, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in roller-skating or
to ride upon or propel any coaster or other toy vehicle upon:
A. Any street except in order to cross the roadway; or
B. Any sidewalk located in a business district, except that nothing
in this paragraph shall prevent a pedestrian from pulling a coaster
or other toy vehicle, with or without a rider, upon a sidewalk.
3. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $5, and costs.