[Adopted 8-3-2020 by Ord. No. 277[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art.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:
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.
Any vehicle or combination which is defined and/or governed
by the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., as amended.
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 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
|
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.
