[Adopted 8-3-2020 by Ord. No. 277[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. II, Weight Limits on Bridges, adopted 10-20-1986 by Ord. No. 99.
The following terms, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
EMERGENCY VEHICLE
A fire department vehicle, police vehicle, ambulance, blood-delivery vehicle, armed forces emergency vehicle, one private vehicle of a fire or police chief or assistant chief or ambulance corps commander or assistant commander or of a river rescue commander used for answering emergency calls or any other emergency vehicle designated by the State Police under 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6106.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle or combination which is defined and/or governed by the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., as amended.
SCHOOL BUS
A motor vehicle which is designed to carry 11 passengers or more, including the driver, and is used for the transportation of preprimary, primary or secondary school students to or from public, private or parochial schools or events related to such schools or school-related activities.
VEHICLES MAKING LOCAL DELIVERIES OR PICKUPS
Vehicles or combinations going to or coming from a residence, commercial establishment, or farm, located on a highway which can be reached only via a public highway with a posted bridge for which proof of the local delivery is available. Proof of local delivery shall be a bill of lading, shipping order, or similar document which shows the destination beyond the posted bridge. Exemptions for local delivery or pickup does not include traffic going to or coming from a site at which minerals, natural gas or natural resources are developed, harvested or extracted, notwithstanding whether the site is located at a residence, a commercial site or on farmland. Delivery or pickup of logs or other forest products to or from permanent processing mills located on or reachable only through posted highways shall be considered local delivery or pickup. Delivery or pickup of coal to or from permanent coal reprocessing or preparation plants located on or reachable only through posted highways and not on the same posted highway as a site at which coal is extracted shall be considered local delivery or pickup.
A. 
No motor vehicle or combination shall operate on any of the following bridges with a gross weight exceeding the maximum gross weight limit listed for said bridge:
Bridge
Maximum Gross Weight
(tons)
Except in Combination
(tons)
Baer Road Bridge over Red Run Creek (T-370)
20
24
Skiway Road Bridge over Red Run Creek (T-808)
17
30
Waterloo Road Bridge over Falls Creek (T-374)
18
27
B. 
Exceptions. The following motor vehicles shall be exempted from the above restrictions:
(1) 
School buses.
(2) 
Emergency vehicles.
(3) 
Vehicles making local deliveries or pickups.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township may issue permits for the movement of motor vehicles or combinations of size and weight in excess of the restrictions imposed under § 333-4, and require such undertaking or security as the Board deems necessary to cover the cost of anticipated or probable repairs and/or restoration necessitated by the permitted movement of vehicles. All actions taken under the authority of this section shall be taken in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted from time to time by the Board of Supervisors and, in the absence thereof, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as found in Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Code.
The Township shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained restriction signs designating the restrictions at each end of the bridge restricted as provided in this article. No person shall be convicted of violating any section of this article unless the restriction sign designating the restricted bridge to traffic moving in the direction the person was driving was posted as required in this section. However, failure to post a restriction sign designating the restricted bridge to traffic moving in the opposite direction or failure to post any advance informational sign shall not constitute a defense to a violation of this section.
Any person operating a motor vehicle or combination upon a bridge in violation of a prohibition or restriction imposed under § 333-4 is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $75, except that any person convicted of operating a vehicle with a gross weight in excess of a posted weight shall, upon conviction, 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.