A.
The following speed limits are hereby established:
|
Name of Street
|
Speed Limit
(mph)
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Allen Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Broad Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Christmas Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Green Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Haidle Avenue
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Keim Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Mill Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Mulberry Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Old Forge Drive
|
15
|
Between Creek Road and Northampton Street
|
|
Poplar Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Washington Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
West Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
|
Wolf Street
|
25
|
Entire length
|
B.
Any person who shall operate a vehicle or tractor at a speed in excess
of that established therefore, be sentenced to pay a fine of this
section, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine
of $35 and, for exceeding a maximum speed limit by more than five
miles per hour, shall pay an additional fine of $2 for each mile-per-hour
in excess of five miles per hour in excess of the maximum speed limit,
and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than one day for each
$10 of the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
A.
At the following intersections, official traffic signals shall be
erected (or if heretofore erected are hereby ratified), and traffic
at such intersections shall be directed by such signals:
|
Intersection
|
|---|
|
Barrall Avenue and Route 512
|
|
Chestnut Street and Northampton Street
|
|
Main Street and Walnut Street
|
|
Northampton Street and Walnut Street
|
B.
Be it further enacted and ordained that the Manager is hereby authorized
and directed to take all actions necessary or appropriate to assure
the erection of a traffic signal at the intersection of Barrall Avenue
and Route 512.
C.
Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall disobey the directions
of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of $25 and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than
one day for each $10 of the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
A.
The following are hereby established as one-way highways:
|
Name of Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
From
|
To
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bank Street
|
North
|
Entire length
|
Entire length
|
|
Barber Street
|
West
|
Walnut Street
|
Plymouth Street
|
|
Center Street
|
West
|
Wabash Avenue
|
Craig Street
|
|
Poplar Street
[Added 6-1-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-691] |
North
|
East Main Street
|
Pearl Street
|
|
Siegfried Street
|
East
|
345 East Main Street
|
323 East Main Street
|
|
Silk Mill Street
|
East
|
Route 512
|
Route 987
|
|
Union Street
|
North
|
Entire length
|
Entire length
|
|
Wabash Street
|
South
|
Northampton Street
|
Center Street
|
|
Washington Street
[Added 6-1-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-691] |
North
|
East Main Street
|
Penn Street
|
B.
Any person who shall operate a motor vehicle or tractor upon any
highway or portion thereof hereby established as a one-way highway
other than in the direction hereby established for traffic thereon
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $25 and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than
one day for each $10 of the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
A.
The following intersections are hereby established as stop intersections,
and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed
if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching
the second-named highway upon the first-named highway, in the direction
or directions hereby indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching
any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction
or directions hereby indicated in each case, shall come to a full
stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such intersection:
|
Stop Highway
|
Direction of Travel
|
Through Highway
|
|---|---|---|
|
Barber Street
|
East
|
Beers Alley
|
|
Barber Street
|
West
|
Plymouth Street
|
|
Barber Street
|
West
|
Union Alley
|
|
Barrall Avenue
|
West
|
Chestnut Street
|
|
Barrall Avenue
|
East
|
Walnut Street
|
|
Broad Street
|
South
|
Main Street
|
|
Broad Street
|
North
|
Northampton Street
|
|
Bridge Street
|
North
|
West Main Street
|
|
Century Drive
|
Creek Road
| |
|
Christmas Avenue
|
South
|
Northampton Street
|
|
Creek Road
|
Chestnut Street (987)
| |
|
Green Street
|
East
|
Race Street
|
|
Green Street
[Added 11-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-713] |
West
|
Mulberry Street
|
|
Haidle Avenue
|
South
|
Main Street
|
|
Haidle Avenue
|
North
|
Penn Street
|
|
Horner Street
|
South
|
Allen Street
|
|
Horner Street
|
North
|
Mill Street
|
|
James Street
|
North
|
Shimoski Way
|
|
Keystone Pavilion Parking Lot
[Added 11-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-713] |
North
|
Green Street
|
|
Main Street
|
West
|
Chestnut Street
|
|
Main Street
|
East
|
Race Street
|
|
Mill Street
|
West
|
Race Street
|
|
Mill Street
|
East
|
Walnut Street
|
|
Mulberry Street
|
North
|
Main Street
|
|
Mulberry Street
[Added 11-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-713] |
South
|
Green Street
|
|
Northampton Street
|
West
|
Main Street
|
|
N. Chestnut St
|
North and south
|
Barrall Avenue
|
|
Old Forge Drive
|
Creek Road
| |
|
Penn Street
|
East and west
|
Broad Street
|
|
Penn Street
|
West
|
Washington Street
|
|
Poplar Street
|
South
|
Main Street
|
|
Poplar Street
|
North
|
Penn Street
|
|
Silk Mill Alley
|
East
|
Walnut Street
|
|
Sleepy Hollow Road
|
Walnut Street West
| |
|
Spruce Street
|
North
|
Main Street
|
|
Unnamed Gravel Driveway
[Added 11-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-713] |
Northeast
|
Green Street
|
|
Wabash Avenue
|
South
|
Penn Street
|
|
Washington Street
|
South
|
Main Street
|
|
Washington Street
|
North
|
Northampton Street
|
|
West Street
|
West
|
Mulberry Street
|
|
West Street
|
East
|
Race Street
|
|
Wolf Street
|
North
|
Northampton Street
|
|
Wolf Street
|
South
|
Penn Street
|
B.
Any operator of a vehicle or tractor who shall fail to come to a
full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any stop
intersection, as hereinabove required, shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs of prosecution, or, in
default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than one day for each $10 of the unpaid balance of the
fine and costs.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or tractor,
except a passenger vehicle (but not including any passenger vehicle
drawing any trailer or towing any other vehicle) upon any of the following
portions of the highways in the Borough:
|
Name of Street
|
Between
|
|---|---|
|
Broad Street
|
Main Street and Northampton Street
|
|
Creek Road
|
Chestnut Street (987) and Century Drive
|
|
Green Street
|
Race Street and Mulberry Street
|
|
Mulberry Street
|
Main Street and Green Street
|
|
Old Forge Drive
|
Northampton Street and Creek Road
|
|
Poplar Street
|
Main Street and Penn Street
|
|
Washington Street
|
Main Street and Northampton Street
|
|
West Street
|
Race Street and Mulberry Street
|
B.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$50 and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment of such fine
and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than one day for each
$10 of such fine and costs.
C.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of any commercial vehicle
or tractor upon any highway or portion thereof listed hereinabove
where such operation thereon shall be necessary in order to pick up
or deliver any goods, wares, merchandise or material from or to any
premises located upon any such highway or portion thereof.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle
or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination, having a
gross weight in excess of that herein respectively prescribed, upon
any of the following highways or portions thereof.
|
Name of Street
|
Maximum Gross Weight
(pounds)
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Green Street
|
12,000
|
Entire length
|
|
Mulberry Street
|
12,000
|
Entire length
|
|
West Street
|
12,000
|
Entire length
|
B.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $75 for each
500 pounds, or part thereof, in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum
allowable weight, plus costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for one day for each
$10 of the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or
tractor upon any highway in the Borough that is under construction,
resurfacing or repair, in disregard of any official sign, barricade
or notice that the same is closed to vehicular traffic. Any person
who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $25 and costs
of prosecution, or, in default of payment of such fine and costs,
to undergo imprisonment for not more than one day for each $10 of
the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
A.
The following areas upon the highways in the Borough are hereby established
as play highways:
|
Name of Street
|
Between
|
|---|---|
|
Barber Street
|
Homer Street and Rohr Alley
|
|
Green Street
|
Mulberry Street and Race Street
|
|
Homer Street
|
Allen Street and Barber Street
|
|
Keim Street
|
Entire length
|
|
Poplar Street
|
Entire length
|
B.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to designate as play highways, whenever
he shall deem such action advisable, and for whatever period of time
directed by him, any portion of any highway in the Borough whereon
sledding and coasting shall be permitted. Such highway shall be set
apart for the purpose under the direction of the Mayor.
C.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle or tractor upon any play
highway at any time when such highway shall be so designated, except
in case of emergency, with special permission of the Mayor or of the
police officer in charge, who shall first clear such play highway
of all persons using such highway for the purpose for which it was
set aside. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $25 and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than
one day for each $10 of the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
No-turn-on-red signs are hereby established and authorized to
be erected facing all four approaches at the following intersections
within the Borough of Bath:
|
Intersection
|
|---|
|
Chestnut Street and Northampton Street
|
|
Main Street and Walnut Street
|
|
Walnut Street and Northampton Street
|
A.
Right-turns are hereby restricted by means of vehicle weight classification
and signs indicating as such are authorized to be erected at the following
intersections:
|
Intersection
|
Restrictions
|
|---|---|
|
Union Street and West Main Street (S.R. 3020/S.R. 248)
|
Vehicles travelling in a northerly direction on the one-way
highway designated as "Union Street" and exceeding the vehicle weight
classification restriction are prohibited from making right-turns
onto West Main Street (S.R. 3020/S.R. 248)
|
B.
Any combination of vehicle exceeding the weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more is prohibited from negotiating a right-turn at the specified locations in Subsection A.
C.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty set forth in the
Uniform Traffic Regulations of the CRPD (last revised April 20, 2002,
and proposed by the CPRD, as amended) and the Vehicle Code of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6101 et seq.
(1977), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
A.
Use of brake retarders prohibited. No person shall operate, and no
owner shall permit the use of brake retarders on any motor vehicle
on any highway which prohibits said use.
B.
Motor vehicles not to be driven on sidewalks. No person shall operate
any motor vehicle upon any sidewalk in the jurisdiction of the Borough
of Bath, except in order to gain access to or egress from a driveway
or alley at such locations where the curb, if such sidewalk is curbed,
shall have been properly cut down for that purpose.
C.
Operation of motor vehicles as defined under the Vehicle Code of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 6101 et
seq. (1977), as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted
by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania upon public lands or designated
areas. All licensed motor vehicle shall be permitted only in designated
parking lots and on designated access roads within public lands. Vehicles
shall not park or be driven on grass of public lands unless directed
to do so by the Borough or its designees. The Borough and agencies
authorized by the Borough is exempt from this provision in the performance
of such duties required to enter said areas.
D.
Prohibited vehicles. ATVs (all-terrain vehicles), utility terrain
vehicles, snowmobiles, trailbikes, and other similar vehicles shall
not be operated on public lands, including without limitation, parks,
playgrounds and designated open space, unless such vehicles are authorized
by a designated and marked trail for said use or authorized under
a sanctioned event by Borough Council.
F.
Police officers for the Borough of Bath and Bath Code Enforcement
Officers are each hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this
section. Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction before a
Magisterial District Judge in a summary proceeding, be liable to and
shall pay a fine of not more than $100 plus costs for every violation.
In addition, court costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by
the Borough in enforcement proceedings shall be assessed against violator
and awarded to the Borough.
