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Township of Upper Pottsgrove, PA
Montgomery County
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
[Amended 11-14-1994 by Ord. No. 256; 6-28-1998 by Ord. No. 298; 8-14-2000 by Ord. No. 313]
A. 
Maximum speed limits are established on portions of specified streets, as follows, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle, on any part of a street, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street. Where no such speed limit signs are posted, the maximum speed limit on any Township street or road shall be 25 miles per hour.
[Amended 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Street
Between
Maximum
Speed Limit
(mph)
Applegate Lane
[Added 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. 361]
Fallbrook Lane to end
25
Aspen Drive
[Added 6-5-2006 by Ord. No. 395]
Entire length
25
Birdsong Way
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
Entire length
25
Boxwood Court
Mimosa Lane to the cul-de-sac
25
Bruce Drive
Moyer Road and Detweiler Road
25
Brynn Lane
[Added 6-5-2006 by Ord. No. 395]
Entire length
25
Butternut Drive
[Added 6-5-2006 by Ord. No. 395]
Entire length
25
Cherry Tree Lane
Gilbertsville Road and Laura Lane
25
Chestnut Grove Road
[Amended 11-6-2006 by Ord. No. 401]
State Street and a point 1/2 mile north of State Street
25
Chestnut Grove Road
[Amended 11-6-2006 by Ord. No. 401; 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
From the intersection of Pine Ford Road to a point 3,768 feet south thereof
35
Cloverhill Road
[Added 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. 361]
Applegate Lane and Fallbrook Lane
25
Commerce Drive
North State Street and cul-de-sac
25
Concord Drive
Continental Drive and Continental Drive
25
Continental Drive
Orlando Road and Concord Drive
25
CrossRoad
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Moyer Road and Township Line Road
25
Deerfield Way
Juniper Street to Juniper Street
25
Detweiler Road
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Moyer Road and Snyder Road
25
Diamond Street
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Farmington Avenue and North Hanover Street
25
Evans Road
Moyer Road and Farmington Avenue
35
Fallbrook Lane
[Added 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. 361]
Chestnut Grove Road to end
25
Glendale Avenue
Charlotte Street and Juniper Street
25
Greenview Drive
[Added 8-20-2007 by Ord. No. 408; amended 1-20-2015 by Ord. No. 478]
Entire length
25
Gross Road
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Farmington Avenue and dead end
25
Hanover Drive
Irwin Place and Irwin Place
25
Heather Place
[Added 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. 361]
Fallbrook Lane to Lotus Drive
25
Heather Place
State Place and Lotus Drive
25
Hollyberry Court
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
Entire length
25
Horseshoe Drive
Moyer Road and Moyer Road
25
Irene Court
Laura Lane to end
25
Irwin Place
Farmington Avenue and Hanover Drive
25
Joanne Circle
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
Entire length
25
Juniper Street
Mervine Street to Deerfield Way (northern side)
25
Juniper Street
[Added 1-27-2003 by Ord. No. 348]
Mervine Street (northern side) to Meadowview Drive (northern intersection)
25
Kummerer Road
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
Pine Ford Road and Chestnutgrove Road
25
Laura Lane
[Amended 6-5-2006 by Ord. No. 395]
Entire length
25
Lotus Drive
Heather Place and Chestnut Grove
25
Mapleleaf Lane
Gilbertsville Road and Rose Valley Road
25
Master Street
[Added 8-20-2007 by Ord. No. 408]
Hanover Street and Stone Hill Drive
25
Maywood Lane
[Added 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. 361]
Fallbrook Lane to Fallbrook Lane
25
Meadowview Drive
[Added 1-27-2003 by Ord. No. 348]
Juniper Street to Juniper Street
25
Mervine Street
Hanover Street and Township line
35
Micklitz Drive
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
Entire length
25
Mimosa Lane
Snyder Road and Mapleleaf Lane
25
Ming Drive
Moyer Road and cul-de-sac
25
Mock Road
[Added 8-25-2003 by Ord. No. 352]
Needhammer Road and North Charlotte Street
25
Moyer Road
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Farmington Avenue and Gilbertsville Road
35
Mulberry Street
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
North Hanover Street and dead end
25
Needhammer Road
Orlando Road and Mock Road
25
North Charlotte Street
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Mervine Street and Orlando Road
25
North Hanover Street
Township line and Maugers Mill Road
35
North Hanover Street
Township line and Mervine Street
35
North Street
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
North Charlotte Street and Spruce Street
25
Old Orchard Drive
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Orlando Road and dead end
25
Orlando Road
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Needhammer Road and North Charlotte Street
25
Orlando Road
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
North Charlotte Street and Needhammer Road
25
Patricia Lane
[Added 6-5-2006 by Ord. No. 395]
Entire length
25
Pineford Road
Entire length
35
Pine Street
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
Mervine Street and North Street
25
Primrose Lane
Heather Place and Lotus Drive
25
Prospect Street
[Added 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 497]
Willow Street and North Hanover Street
25
Rose Valley Road
Mapleleaf Lane to Hollyberry Court
25
Sageview Drive
[Added 8-20-2007 by Ord. No. 408]
Entire length
25
Schwenk Road
Maugers Mill Road to Snyder Road
25
Snyder Road
[Added 9-23-2002 by Ord. No. 342]
Gilbertsville Road and Yarnall Road
25
Spruce Street
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
Mervine Street and North Street
25
Stone Hill Drive
[Added 8-20-2007 by Ord. No. 408; amended 1-20-2015 by Ord. No. 478]
Entire length
25
Summergrove Lane
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
Entire length
25
Sweetwater Way
[Added 1-27-2003 by Ord. No. 348]
Meadowview Drive to the cul-de-sac
25
Vale Circle
[Added 1-27-2003 by Ord. No. 348]
Juniper Street to the cul-de-sac
25
Vale Circle
Vale Circle
25
West Moyer Road
Gilbertsville Road and Route 100
35
Whitespire Circle
[Added 1-27-2003 by Ord. No. 348]
Meadowview Drive to the cul-de-sac
25
Willow Street
Diamond Street and Master Street
25
Windsor Court
[Added 2-19-2008 by Ord. No. 422]
Entire length
25
Yarnall Road
Maugers Mill Road to Snyder Road
25
Yarnall Road
Mock Road and Snyder Road
35
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
A. 
Maximum speed limits are established, as follows, on certain bridges and elevated structures, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any such bridge or elevated structure at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that bridge or elevated structure:
Bridge or Elevated Structure
Location
Maximum Speed Limit
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
A. 
The following are declared to be hazardous grades, and, upon any such hazardous grade, no person shall drive a vehicle having a gross weight in excess of that referred to for that grade, in the direction stated for that grade, at a speed in excess of that established in this section for that grade, and, if so stated for a particular grade, the driver of every such vehicle shall stop the vehicle before proceeding downhill:
Street
Between
Direction
of Travel
Maximum
Gross
Weight
Maximum
Speed
Limit
Required
Stop
Before
Proceeding
Downhill
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
A. 
A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Township, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:
Park
Street
Location
Maximum Speed Limit
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
A. 
At the following locations, traffic signals as indicated below shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected), and traffic at those locations shall be directed by those signals:
Location
Type of Signal
Mervine Street and Charlotte Street
Traffic
Route 100 and State Street
Traffic
B. 
Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
The following are established as intersections where drivers of vehicles headed in the direction or directions indicated are prohibited from making a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) on a steady red signal:
Intersection
Vehicles Traveling On
Facing
(Reserved)
B. 
Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
The following are established as one-way streets, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic on that street:
Street
From
To
Direction of Travel
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, of the type indicated, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make a left turn and/or a right turn into the second-named street, as indicated, at any time when such a turn is prohibited by this section:
Vehicles
Traveling on
Direction
of Travel
Not to Make
Into
Type of Vehicle Applicable To
State Street
[Added 7-16-2018 by Ord. No. 500]
North
Right turn
Farmington Avenue
Vehicles over 25 feet in length
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make other than a right turn, at any time stated, both left turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:
Vehicles
Traveling On
Direction
of Travel
Times
Not to Make Left Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
Commerce Drive
[Added 2-25-2002 by Ord. No. 335B]
South
All day
North State Street
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon any of the following portions of streets, in the direction or directions indicated for that street, to make a U-turn:
Street
Portion
Direction of Travel
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
The following are established as no-passing zones, and it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to overtake or pass another vehicle or to drive on the left side of the roadway in any no-passing zone:
Street
Direction of Travel
Between
(Reserved)
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
The following highways are established as through highways, thus authorizing stop or yield signs to be erected facing traffic approaching every intersection with the through highway except for those intersections with traffic signals, or with exceptions or modifications as indicated below. Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop or yield sign authorized by this section shall stop the vehicle or yield right-of-way as required by § 3323(b) or § 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] as the case may be, and shall not proceed into or across the through highway until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law:
Highway
Between
(Reserved)
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b) or (c).
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 330-21) are established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the intersecting or through street) on the first-named street (the stop street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first named or stop street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall stop the vehicle as required by § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code,[1] and shall not proceed into or across the second-named or intersecting or through street until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law.
Stop Street
Intersection or Through Street
Direction of Travel
Boxwood Court
Mimosa Lane
West
Brynne Lane
[Added 7-16-2012 by Ord. No. 457]
Laura Lane
South
Chestnut Grove Road
Lotus Drive
North
Chestnut Grove Road
Lotus Drive
South
Chestnut Grove Road
State Street
North
Commerce Drive
North State Street
North
Commerce Drive
State Street
South
Continental Drive
Orlando Road
East
Coolidge Street
Farmington Avenue
East
Cross Road
Moyer Road
South
Detweiler Road
Snyder Road
South
Diamond Street
Farmington Avenue
West
Diamond Street
Hanover Street
East
East Horseshoe Drive
Moyer Road
North
Evans Road
Farmington Avenue
East
Evans Road
Farmington Avenue
West
Evans Road
Moyer Road
East
Farview Lane
Pineford Road
North
Farview Lane
Pineford Road
South
Gilbertsville Road
[Added 9-21-2009 by Ord. No. 437]
Moyer Road
East and west
Glendale Avenue
Charlotte Street
East
Green View Drive
[Added 1-20-2015 by Ord. No. 478]
Sage View Drive
East
Green View Drive (southernmost intersection)
[Added 1-20-2015 by Ord. No. 478]
Stone Hill Drive
South
Gross Road
Farmington Avenue
West
Hanover Street
Maugers Mill Road
North
Harding Street
State Street
West
Heather Place
State Street
South
Hollyberry Court
Rose Valley Road
South
Irwin Place
Farmington Avenue
West
Irwin Place
Hanover Drive
East
Juniper Street
Mervine Street
South
Kummerer Road
Farmington Avenue
North
Kummerer Road
Pineford Road
South
Laura Lane
[Added 7-16-2012 by Ord. No. 457]
Brynne Lane
East and west
Levengood Road
Sell Road
North
Lotus Drive
Chestnut Grove Road
West
Lotus Drive
Heather Place
North
Mapleleaf Lane
Gilbertsville Road
West
Mapleleaf Lane
Rose Valley Road
North
Master Street
Hanover Street
East
Master Street
[Added 1-20-2015 by Ord. No. 478]
Stone Hill Drive
West
Mervine Street
Hanover Street
West
Micklitz Road
Gilbertsville Road
East
Micklitz Road
Gilbertsville Road
West
Micklitz Road
[Added 2-25-2002 by Ord. No. 335B]
Moyer Road
West
Mimosa Lane
Mapleleaf Lane
North
Mimosa Lane
Snyder Road
South
Ming Drive
Moyer Road
South
Mock Road
Charlotte Street
East
Mock Road
Needhammer Road
West
Mock Road
Yarnall Road
West
Moyer Road
Farmington Avenue
South
Moyer Road
[Amended 9-21-2009 by Ord. No. 437]
Gilbertsville Road
North and south
Moyer Road
Route 100
East
Moyer Road
Route 100
West
Mulberry Street
Hanover Street
East
Mulberry Street
Willow Street
East
Mulberry Street
Willow Street
West
Nagle Road
Levengood Road
North
Needhammer Road
Orlando Road
East
North Street
Charlotte Street
East
Old Orchard Road
Orlando Road
East
Orlando Road
Charlotte Street
South
Pineford Road
Chestnut Grove Road
West
Pineford Road
Farmington Avenue
East
Pineford Road
Farview Lane
East
Pine Street
Mervine Street
South
Poplar Street
Diamond Street
North
Poplar Street
Diamond Street
South
Primrose Lane
Heather Place
East
Primrose Lane
Lotus Drive
West
Prospect Street
Hanover Street
East
Prospect Street
Willow Street
West
Rose Valley Road
Mapleleaf Lane
North
Sage View Drive
[Added 1-20-2015 by Ord. No. 478]
Stone Hill Drive
South
Schwenk Road
Maugers Mill Road
South
Schwenk Road
Snyder Road
North
Snyder Road
Gilbertsville Road
West
Snyder Road
Schwenk Road
East
Snyder Road
Yarnall Road
East
Spruce Street
Mervine Street
South
Spruce Street
North Street
North
Steinmetz Road
Farmington Avenue
East
Stone Hill Drive
[Added 1-20-2015 by Ord. No. 478]
Farmington Avenue
West
Stone Hill Drive
[Added 1-20-2015 by Ord. No. 478]
Green View Drive
West
West Horseshoe Drive
Moyer Road
North
Willow Street
Diamond Street
North
Willow Street
Diamond Street
South
Willow Street
Master Street
North
Winsor Court
Hanover Street
South and north
Yarnall Road
Maugers Mill Road
South
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b).
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 330-21) are established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the through street) on the first-named street (the yield street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named or yield street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by § 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.
Yield Street
Through Street
Direction of Travel
(Reserved)
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(c).
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
No motor vehicle, including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike, shall be operated on any property owned by the Township or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Township without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the Township.
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
A. 
The following areas upon the streets in the Township are established as play highways:
Street
Between
Days
Hours
(Reserved)
B. 
The President of the Board of Commissioners is authorized to designate as play highways, whenever he deems that action advisable, and for whatever period of time directed by him, any part of any street in the Township where sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the President of the Board of Commissioners.
C. 
No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon any play highway at any time when that street shall be designated as a play highway, except in case of emergency, with special permission of the President of the Board of Commissioners or of the police officer in charge, who shall first clear that play highway of all persons using it for the purpose for which it was set aside. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.