Article 2
Traffic Regulations
§7-201 Maximum Speed Limits Established on Certain Streets.
1. 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 where a maximum speed limit applies at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street:
Street |
Between |
Maximum Speed Limit |
Ash Lane |
Aspen Lane to Hickory Drive |
40 mph |
Aspen Lane |
Spring Hill Lane to its terminus |
40 mph |
Boyd Road |
Route 419 south through Millers Village |
25 mph |
Burd Coleman Road |
Route 419 to Ironmaster Road |
25 mph |
Furnace Street |
Cornwall Road west to North Cornwall Road |
25 mph |
Hemlock Lane |
Spring Hill Lane to Ash Lane |
40 mph |
Hickory Drive |
Aspen Lane to Larch Circle |
40 mph |
Holly Lane |
Entire length between its intersections with Aspen Lane |
40 mph |
Ironmaster Road |
Burd Coleman Road south to Pa. Route 117 |
25 mph |
Larch Circle |
Hickory Drive to its terminus |
40 mph |
Lynch Drive |
Entire length |
25 mph |
Maple Lane |
North Cornwall Road south to Route 419 |
25 mph |
Palmer Street |
Entire length |
25 mph |
Rexmont Road |
Entire extent from Boyd Street to the South Lebanon Township line |
25 mph |
Rexmont Road Bridge |
|
25 mph |
Spring Hill Lane |
SR 72 to its terminus at Hemlock Lane |
40 mph |
Store Lane |
Rexmont Road north to the north Borough line |
25 mph |
Tice Lane |
North Cornwall Road to Cornwall Pike |
25 mph |
Walker Street |
Entire length |
25 mph |
Zinns Mill Road |
Pa. Route 72 to Cornwall Road |
35 mph |
2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009; as amended by Ord. 2019-7, 12/9/2019, §1)
§7-202 Maximum Speed Limits Established on Certain Bridges and Elevated Structures.
1. 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] |
2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)
§7-203 Maximum Speed Limits Established for Certain Vehicles on Hazardous Grades.
1. 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 to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill |
[Reserved] |
2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)
§7-204 Maximum Speed Limits Established in Parks.
1. A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:
Park |
Street |
Location |
Maximum Speed Limit |
[Reserved] |
2. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. 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.
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)
§7-205 Traffic Signals at Certain Locations.
1. 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 |
[Reserved] |
2. 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.
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)
§7-206 Intersections Where Turn Prohibited on Red Signal.
1. 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] |
2. 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.
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)
§7-207 One-Way Roadways Established.
1. The following are established as one-way roadways, 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] |
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)
§7-208 Turning at Certain Intersections Prohibited or Restricted.
1. 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 Turn |
Into |
When |
Type of Vehicle Applicable To |
[Reserved] |
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)
§7-209 Right Turns Prohibited at Certain Intersections.
1. 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 left turn, at any time stated, both right turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:
Vehicles Traveling On |
Direction of Travel |
Times |
Not To Make Right Turn Into or Travel Straight Across |
[Reserved] |
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)
§7-210 U-turns Prohibited at Certain Locations.
1. 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] |
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)
§7-211 No Passing Zones Established.
1. 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 |
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|
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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)
§7-212 Through Highways Established.
1. 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 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§3323(b), 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code, 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] |
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)
§7-213 Stop Intersections Established.
1. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by §7-212) 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 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§3323(b), 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 |
Intersecting or Through Street |
Direction of Travel |
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Alden Street |
Route 419 |
West |
Anthracite Road |
Boyd Street |
Southwest |
Ash Lane |
Aspen Lane |
Northwest |
Ash Lane |
Hickory Drive |
East |
Aspen Lane |
Spring Hill Lane |
Northwest |
Bayberry Court |
Ash Lane |
West |
Beech Drive |
Ash Lane |
South |
Beech Drive |
Holly Lane |
North |
Boyd Street |
Rexmont Road |
North |
Boyd Street |
Route 322 |
East |
Boyd Street |
Route 419 |
North |
Burd Coleman Road [Ord. 5-2014] |
Alden Street |
South |
Cedar Street |
Cornwall Pike |
West |
Cherry Avenue |
Schaeffer Road |
South |
Cottonwood Drive |
Aspen Lane |
South |
Cottonwood Drive |
Spring Hill Lane |
North |
Culver Street |
Cornwall Pike |
West |
Dogwood Drive |
Hemlock Lane |
North |
Dogwood Drive |
Spring Hill Lane |
South |
Dohner Street |
Rexmont Road |
South |
Douglas Fir Drive |
Douglas Fire Cove |
East |
Douglas Fir Drive |
Ash Lane |
South |
Fairlane Drive |
Norway Lane |
West |
Gold Road |
Boyd Road |
South |
Hematite Lane |
Palmer Street |
East |
Hemlock Lane |
Ash Lane |
South |
Hemlock Lane |
Aspen Lane |
North and South |
Hemlock Lane |
Spring Hill Lane |
North and South |
Hickory Drive |
Aspen Lane |
Northwest |
Hillside Road |
Furnace Street |
Southeast |
Hillside Street |
Furnace Street |
South |
Hillside Street |
Karinch Street |
North and South |
Hillside Street |
Park Street |
North and South |
Holly Lane |
Aspen Lane |
Northeast |
Juniper Street |
Cornwall Pike |
West |
Karinch Street |
Furnace Road |
Southeast |
Karinch Street |
Hillside Street |
Northeast and Southwest |
Karinch Street |
Park Street |
North and South |
Lackawanna Drive |
Hillside Street |
|
Lynch Drive |
Rexmont Road |
South |
Lynch Drive [Ord. 2009-2] |
Palmer Street |
|
Magnetite Lane |
Palmer Street |
East |
Magnolia Lane |
Aspen Lane |
South |
Maple Lane |
North Cornwall Road |
West |
Maple Lane |
Route 419 |
South |
Maple Street |
Cedar Street |
North and South |
Maple Street |
Juniper Street |
North |
Maple Street |
Pine Street |
North and South |
North Cornwall Road |
Cornwall Pike |
East |
North Cornwall Road |
Furnace Street |
North |
North Cornwall Road |
Route 72 |
West |
Norway Lane |
Fairlane Drive |
South |
Oak Street |
Cedar Street |
Southbound |
Oak Street |
Juniper Street |
North |
Palmer Street |
Anthracite Road |
South |
Palmer Street |
Walker Street |
North |
Palmer Street |
Walker Street |
West |
Park Street |
Hillside Street |
East |
Pine Street |
Cornwall Pike |
West |
Race Street |
North Cornwall Pike |
East |
Rex Street |
Dohner Street |
North and South |
Rexmont Road |
Boyd Road |
West |
Rexmont Road |
Burd Coleman Road |
|
Rexmont Road |
Lynch Street |
South |
Sand Street |
Rexmont Road |
North |
Shirk Street |
Boyd Road |
North and South |
Spring Street |
Hillside Street |
East |
Spring Hill Lane |
Hemlock Lane |
East |
Spring Hill Lane |
Route 72 |
West |
Spruce Street |
Cornwall Pike |
West |
Sycamore Drive |
Ash Lane |
South |
Sycamore Drive |
Aspen Lane |
North |
Store Lane |
Rexmont Road |
South |
Tice Lane |
Cornwall Pike |
East |
Tice Lane |
North Cornwall Road |
West |
Tulip Tree Drive |
Hemlock Lane |
East and West |
Walker Street |
Anthracite Road |
Southwest |
Walker Street |
Rexmont Road |
North |
Wenger Street |
Rexmont Road |
South |
Willow Road |
Anthracite Road |
Southeast |
Willow Street |
Schaeffer Road |
North |
Zinns Mill Road |
Cornwall Pike |
East and West |
Zinns Mill Road |
Route 72 |
East and West |
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; as amended by Ord. 2009-2, 8/10/2009, §1; Ord. 5-2014, 11/10/2014, §1; Ord. 2019-7, 12/9/2019, §§2, 3; and by Ord. 2021-1, 6/14/2021, §1)
§7-214 Yield Intersections Established.
1. The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by §7-212) 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 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§3323(c) of the Vehicle Code, and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.
Yield Street |
Through Street |
Direction of Travel |
Aspen Street |
Aspen Lane |
Southeast |
Burd Coleman Road |
Alden Street |
West |
Dohner Street |
Rex Street |
South |
Larch Circle |
Larch Circle |
South |
Rexmont Road |
Anthracite Road |
East and West |
Rexmont Road |
Boyd Street |
East |
Rexmont Road |
Burd Coleman Road |
West |
Whitman Road |
Zinns Mill Road |
North |
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)
§7-215 Operation of Motor Vehicles Restricted on Public Lands.
1. No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall be operated on any property owned by the Borough or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Borough without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Chief of Police of the Borough.
2. Any person who violates an provision of this Section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)
§7-216 Rotary Traffic Islands Established.
1. The following locations are designated as rotary traffic islands, and every vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island:
Location |
[Reserved] |
2. Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of any rotary traffic island shall be guilty of a violation of this Section, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)
§7-217 Play Highways Established and Authorized.
1. The following areas upon the streets in the Borough are established as play highways:
Street |
Between |
Days |
Hours |
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2. The Chief of Police 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 Borough where sledding and coasting shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Chief of Police.
3. 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 Chief of Police 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.
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)
§7-218 Snowmobile Roads Designated.
1. The following roads and streets within the Borough are designated as special snowmobile roads:
Street or Road |
Between |
Used by Snow-mobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic |
Shared With Vehicular Traffic |
[Reserved] |
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Borough other than as provided above. Provided, nothing in this Section shall prohibit any person from operating a snowmobile on any other street in the Borough:
A. As authorized by the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §7721, for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways.
B. For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §7723. Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in §7752(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §7752 (a).
(Ord. 2009-1, 7/13/2009)