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Borough of Schwenksville, PA
Montgomery County
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
[Amended 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318; 1-13-2005 by Ord. No. 327]
A. 
School zone designation:
Street
Location
Second Street
Perkiomen Avenue to southern Borough line
Perkiomen Avenue
Second Street to western Borough line
B. 
Speed limits. In established school zones, the maximum speed limit on all Borough streets and highways, or parts thereof, shall be 15 miles per hour during crossing guard hours when school is in session. Other than in school zones as described above, the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed on or along all streets and highways, or parts thereof, within the Borough shall be 25 miles per hour, except as described below:
Names of Highway
Speed Limit
(mph)
Location
Route 29
45
Park Avenue north to Borough line
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those highways described below:
Intersection
Main Street and Park Avenue
Main Street and Perkiomen Avenue
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
The intersections described below are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named highway as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway in the direction or directions indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway in the direction or directions indicated in each case shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such intersection.
Stop Sign On
Direction of Travel
At Intersection Of
2nd Street
North
Centennial Street
2nd Street
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
North
Church Street
2nd Street
North
Maple Street
2nd Street
North
Perkiomen Avenue
2nd Street
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
South
Church Street
2nd Street
South
Maple Street
2nd Street
South
Perkiomen Avenue
3rd Street
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
North
Centennial Street
3rd Street
South
Perkiomen Avenue
4th Street
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
North
Centennial Street
4th Street
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
South
Perkiomen Avenue
Centennial Street
East
Main Street - Route 29
Centennial Street
[Repealed 1-14-1988 by Ord. No. 225]
Church Street
East
Main Street - Route 29
Church Street
West
2nd Street
Clearfield Avenue
[Added 8-13-1987 by Ord. No. 222; repealed 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
Clearfield Avenue
[Added 8-13-1987 by Ord. No. 222]
Northerly
Mine Hill Road
Forest Avenue
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
South
Centennial Street
Highland Avenue
[Added 8-13-1987 by Ord. No. 222]
Both
Mine Hill Road
Highland Avenue
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
Both
Summit Avenue
Hillcrest Avenue
East
Summit Avenue
Hillcrest Avenue
Southwest
Mine Hill Road
Library Lane
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
North
Centennial Street
Library Lane
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
North
Church Street
Library Lane
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
South
Church Street
Library Lane
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
South
Maple Avenue
Maple Street
[Amended 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
Both
2nd Street
Maple Street
East
Main Street - Route 29
Mine Hill Road
[Added 8-13-1987 by Ord. No. 222; amended 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
East
Cemetery Lane
Mine Hill Road
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
North
Highland Avenue
Mine Hill Road
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
North
Hillcrest Avenue
Mine Hill Road
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
South
Highland Avenue
Mine Hill Road
South
Park Avenue - Game Farm Road
Mine Hill Road
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
South
Summit Avenue
Park Avenue - Game Farm Road
[Repealed 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
Park Avenue
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
East
Summit Avenue
Pleasantview Avenue
[Added 8-13-1987 by Ord. No. 222; amended 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
Southeast
Mine Hill Road
Schwenk Avenue
[Repealed 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
Summit Avenue
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
North
Highland Avenue
Summit Avenue
North
Woodland Avenue
Summit Avenue
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
South
Highland Avenue
Summit Avenue
[Added 9-10-1992 by Ord. No. 255]
South
Mine Hill Road
Summit Avenue
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
South
Woodland Avenue
Walnut Street
[Added 1-9-1992 by Ord. No. 250]
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Third Street
Walnut Street
East
Main Street
Walnut Street
[Amended 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
West
Forest Lane
Woodland Avenue
East
Main Street - Route 29
Woodland Avenue
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
East
Summit Avenue
The intersections described below are hereby established as yield right-of-way intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named highway as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway in the direction or directions indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions indicated, shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time that the operator of such vehicle or tractor is moving across or within such intersection.
Yield Sign On
Direction of Travel
At Intersection Of
Summit Avenue
[Repealed 1-9-1992 by Ord. No. 249]
3rd Street
North
Maple Street
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 318]
The following one-way traffic regulations are established:
Name of Street
One-Way Traffic Direction
Clearfield Avenue
Northwest
[Added 1-8-2015 by Ord. No. 380]
The use of brake retarders is prohibited on the following streets:
Name of Highway
Direction
Location
E. Park Avenue
Both
From the Perkiomen Creek to Main Street/Route 29
Game Farm Road
Both
From Main Street/Route 29 to west to the Borough line
Main Street
Both
Northern Borough Line to southern Borough line
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or tractor, except a passenger vehicle, upon any of the portions of the highways described below; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of any commercial vehicle or tractor upon any highway or portion thereof listed below 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 of portion thereof.
Name of Highway
Limits
2nd Street
Borough Line to Perkiomen Avenue
2nd Street
Perkiomen Avenue to Centennial Street
3rd Street
Perkiomen Avenue to Maple Street
Centennial Street
Borough line to Main Street
Church Street
2nd Street to Main Street
Maple Street
3rd Street to Main Street
Summit Avenue
[Added 7-9-2020 by Ord. No. 402]
Game Farm Road to Woodland Avenue
Woodland Avenue
[Added 7-9-2020 by Ord. No. 402]
Summit Avenue to Main Street