Article 3
Restrictions on Size, Weight and Type of Vehicle and Load

§7-301 Vehicle Weight Limits Established on Certain Streets and Bridges.

1.    On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority granted by §4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §4902(a), it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street, as the case may be:

Street or Bridge

Between

Maximum Gross Weight

North Cornwall Road Bridge

Entire length

3 tons

Rexmont Road Bridge

 

15 tons

Tice Lane Bridge

Entire length

5 tons

Zinns Mill Road

Whiteman Road and South Lebanon Township line

5 tons

Zinns Mill Road Bridge

Entire length

closed to all traffic as unsafe at any weight limit

2.    Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall be prosecuted under §§4902(a) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§4902(a), 4902(g-1) and, upon conviction, shall 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, and costs.

(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009; as amended by Ord. 2020-4, 11/9/2020, §1)

§7-302 Restrictions on Size of Vehicles on Certain Streets and Bridges.

1.    On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority granted by §4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §4902(a), it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of the size restrictions prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street:

Street or Bridge

Between

Restrictions

Boyd Street

 

Two Axles Only

Burd Coleman Road

 

Two Axles Only

Ironmaster Road

 

Two Axles Only

2.    Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall be prosecuted under §§4902(a) and 4902(g)(1) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§4902(a), 4902(g)(1) and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $75 and costs.

(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)

§7-303 Restrictions as to Weight and Size of Vehicles on Certain Streets and Bridges.

1.    By reason of hazardous traffic conditions and other safety factors, by authority granted by §4902(b) of the Vehicle Code 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§4902(b), it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of the restriction prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street.

Street or Bridge

Between

Restrictions

[Reserved]

2.    Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall be prosecuted under §§4902(b) and 4902(g)(1) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§4902(a), 4902(g)(1) and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $100 and costs.

(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)

§7-304 Truck Traffic Restricted on Certain Streets.

1.    It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle other than a passenger car on any of the following streets or parts of streets:

Street

Between

Zinns Mill Road

Whitman Road and South Lebanon Township line

Provided, nothing in this Section shall prohibit any person from driving an emergency vehicle on any of those streets or parts of streets, or from driving on any of those streets or parts of streets a truck or other commercial vehicle making local deliveries to or pickups from premises located along that street or part of a street.

2.    Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)