[Ord. 2011-12, 10/6/2011; amended by Ord. 2017-13, 12/2/2017;
Ord. No. 2019-01, 1/3/2019]
1.
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority
granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a),
it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any vehicle
or combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum prescribed
below for that bridge or street or part of street, as the case may
be:
|
Street or Bridge
|
Between
|
Maximum Gross Weight
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ash Lane Bridge
|
Over Toad Creek
|
26 tons, except combinations 34 tons
| |
|
Church Lane Bridge
|
Between Trexlertown Road and Lower Macungie Road spanning Norfolk
Southern Railroad
|
5 tons
| |
|
Church Street Bridge
|
Between Alburtis Road and the Alburtis Borough
|
5 tons
| |
|
Gehman Road Bridge
|
Over the Swabia Creek
|
25 tons
| |
|
Macungie Road Bridge
|
Over the Little Lehigh Creek
|
14 tons
| |
|
Orchard Road Bridge
|
Over the Swabia Creek
|
17 tons, except combinations 30 tons
| |
|
Smith Lane Bridge
|
Over the Little Lehigh Creek
|
18 tons, except combinations 28 tons
| |
|
Wild Cherry Lane
[Added by Ord. 2014-02, 1/16/2014] |
Sauerkraut Lane and Lower Macungie Road
|
21 tons, except combinations 29 tons
| |
|
Wild Cherry Lane Bridge
[Repealed by Ord. No. 2021-03, 6/17/2021] |
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under §§ 4902(a) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code,
75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 4902(a), 4902(g-1) and, upon conviction,
shall 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, and costs.
[Ord. 2011-12, 10/6/2011]
1.
On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority
granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(a),
it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination
in violation of the size restrictions prescribed below for that bridge
or street or part of street:
|
Street or Bridge
|
Between
|
Restrictions
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Creamery Road
[Added by Ord. 2017-12, 9/21/2017] |
Weilers Road and State Route 100 (except for local deliveries)
|
40 feet or longer
| |
|
Dragonfly Lane
[Added by Ord. 2017-12, 9/21/2017] |
Schoeneck Road and State Route 100 (except for local deliveries)
|
40 feet or longer
| |
|
Elm Road
[Added by Ord. 2017-12, 9/21/2017] |
Weilers Road and Spring Creek Road (except for local deliveries)
|
40 feet or longer
| |
|
Gehman Road
[Added by Ord. 2014-04, 3/6/2014; amended by Ord. 2017-12,
9/21/2017] |
Scenic View Drive and Mountain Road (except local deliveries)
|
40 feet or longer
| |
|
Locust Lane
[Added by Ord. 2017-12, 9/21/2017] |
Brookdale Road and Mertztown Road (except for local deliveries)
|
40 feet or longer
| |
|
Orchard Road
[Added by Ord. 2014-04, 3/6/2014; amended by Ord. 2017-12,
9/21/2017] |
Scenic View Drive and Mountain Road (except local deliveries)
|
40 feet or longer
| |
|
Quarry Road
[Repealed by Ord. 2014-04, 3/6/2014] | |||
|
Schoeneck Road
[Repealed by Ord. 2017-12, 9/21/2017] |
In the northbound traveling lane from Route 100 for a distance
of 340 feet
|
40 feet
| |
|
Schoeneck Road
[Added by Ord. 2014-04, 3/6/2014; amended by Ord. 2017-12,
9/21/2017] |
Scenic View Drive and Mountain Road (except local deliveries)
|
40 feet or longer
| |
|
Walbert Lane
[Added by Ord. 2017-12, 9/21/2017] |
Locust Lane and Weilers Road (except for local deliveries)
|
40 feet or longer
| |
|
Willow Spur
[Added by Ord. 2017-12, 9/21/2017] |
Lower Macungie Road and Willow Lane (except for local deliveries)
|
30 feet or longer
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted
under §§ 4902(a) and 4902(g)(1) of the Vehicle Code,
75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 4902(a), 4902(g)(1) and, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $75 and costs.
3.
Nothing in this section shall apply to trucks owned or operated by
Lower Macungie Township.
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-01, 1/3/2019]
[Ord. 2011-12, 10/6/2011; as amended by Ord. 2016-02, 3/17/2016;
by 2017-05, 4/6/2017; by 2017-12, 9/21/2017; and by Ord. No. 2019-12, 9/5/2019]
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a truck on any of the
following streets or parts of streets, provided nothing in this section
shall prohibit any person from driving an emergency vehicle on any
of those streets or parts of streets, or from driving on any of those
streets or parts of streets a truck or other commercial vehicle making
local deliveries to or pickups from premises located along that street
or part of a street:
|
Street
|
Between
|
Restriction
|
|---|---|---|
|
Antique Lane
|
All portions
|
Trucks with trailers over 45 feet in length
|
|
Chestnut Road
|
Mountain Road (SR 2018) and Hensingersville Road (SR 3001)
|
Trucks with trailers over 45 feet in length
|
|
Mill Creek Road
|
Antique Lane to Spring Creek Road (SR 3001)
|
Trucks with trailers over 45 feet in length
|
|
Mill Creek Road
|
From Route 100 to Spring Creek Road
| |
|
Sauerkraut Lane
|
Brookside Road (SR 2017) to Indian Creek Road (SR 2018)
|
Trucks with trailers over 45 feet in length
|
|
South Krocks Road
|
South of Route 6222 (Hamilton Boulevard and north of Lower Macungie
Road)
|
2.
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
