CHAPTER 430
Operation Generally
430.01 Speed limits.
430.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES:
Obedience to and effect of traffic laws - see Vehicle Code § 3101 et seq.
Rules of the road - see Vehicle Code § 3301 et seq.
Speed - see Vehicle Code §3361 et seq.
DWI - see Vehicle Code § 3731
Accidents and accident reports - see Vehicle Code § 3741 et seq.
Vehicle equipment - see Vehicle Code § 4101 et seq.
Speed timing devices - see TRAF. 410.03
(a) Lenni Road. The speed limit on Lenni Road from the intersection with Birney Highway to the Chester Creek Bridge on Lenni Road, at the Middletown Township and Aston Township border, is hereby established as thirty-five miles per hour. (Ord. 457. Passed 8-17-77.)
(b) Mount Road. The speed limit on Mount Road between Pennell Road and Birney Highway is hereby established as thirty-five miles per hour for all vehicles except those limited to a lower maximum speed by the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania. (Ord. 170. Passed 8-15-56; Ord. 710. Passed 7-21-93.)
(c) Miscellaneous Streets. A maximum speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour is hereby established for all vehicles, except those limited to a lower maximum speed by the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, on Crestview Lane, Clearview Lane, Overlook Drive, Belle View Road, Hillside Road, Summit Circle, Moser Street, Highwoods Drive and Arbor Lane within the Township. No person shall drive a vehicle in excess of such speed limit on such roads within the Township. (Ord. 630. Passed 9-16-87.)
(d) Red Hill Road. The speed limit along Red Hill Road, from the intersection with Concord Road to the intersection with Mount Road, is hereby established as twenty-five miles per hour.
(e) Concord Hills Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in Concord Hills Development: Victoria Drive, Kings Cross Road, Gladstone Way and Eusden Drive.
(f) Aston Village Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in Piston Village Development: Aston Court and Thomas Road.
(g) Chester Plaza Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in Chester Plaza Development: Roberts Road, Pierce Road, Ronald Road, Wellington Road, Patterson Road, Pancoast Avenue, Crystle Road, Miriam Avenue and Rosemont Avenue.
(h) New Green Ridge Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in New Green Ridge Development: Norman Street, Scarlet Avenue, Herald Place, Hurford Place, Florence Avenue, Mercer Place and Pancoast Avenue.
(i) Hunter’s Knoll Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in Hunter’s Knoll Development: Crestview Lane, Gettysburg Drive and Cisco Lane.
(j) School Zone on Pancoast Avenue.
(1) There is hereby established a fifteen mile per hour school zone on Pancoast Avenue between Dutton Mill Road and Wellington Road between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
(2) Signs indicating the speed limit in such school zone and the specified periods of time shall be erected.
(k) Ballinahinch Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in the Ballinahinch Development: Franciscan Way, Glendale Boulevard, Grace Lane, Kildare Lane, West Dublin Way, East Dublin Way, Cork Lane and County Claire Lane.
(1) Woodbrook Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in the Woodbrook Development: Anvil Road, Blackthorne Lane, Cobblestone Road, Williams Drive and Woodbrook Way.
(m) Highpoint Farms Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in the Highpoint Farms Development: Highpoint Lane, Hillcrest Lane and Country Lane.
(n) Springhill Farms Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in the Springhill Farms Development: Kelly Drive and Springhill Drive.
(o) Dawnwood Village Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in the Dawnwood Village Development: Ashbrooke Lane, Caroline Drive, Edwards Lane, Erb Drive, Hillcrest Lane, Roberta Drive and Sickles Drive.
(p) Rolling Hills Industrial Park Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in the Rolling Hills Industrial Park Development: Crozerville Road, from Birney Highway to Bodley Road, Mount Pleasant Drive and Kent Road.
(q) New Bridgewater Development. There is hereby established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour on the following roads in the New Bridgewater Development: Judy Way, Beatrice Lane, Mercedes Drive, Marie Circle, Romaine Way, Megan Circle, Kristine Way and Dorothy Circle.
(r) Signs. Signs indicating the speed limits provided in this section shall be installed, and when they are installed no person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding such limits.
(Ord. 507. Passed 6-18-80; Ord. 556. Passed 9-15-82; Ord. 685. Passed 9-18-91; Ord. 707. Passed 3-17-93; Ord. 709. Passed 7-21-93; Ord. 710. Passed 7-21-93; Ord. 711. Passed 7-21-93; Ord. 713. Passed 10-20-93; Ord. 714. Passed 10-20-93; Ord. 715. Passed 11-17-93; Ord. 720. Passed 1-19-94; Ord. 734. Passed 4-19-95; Ord. 745. Passed 3-20-96.)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of Section 430.01 shall be fined thirty-five dollars ($35.00). In addition, any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of two dollars ($2.00) per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.
1997 Replacement