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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', 'art 2', '§ 15', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 15', '§ 4', '§ 4', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 6', '§ 6', '§ 15', '§ 3323', '§ 15', '§ 7', '§ 7', '§ 15', '§ 3323', '§ 15', '§ 3323', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 3323', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 8', '§ 8', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 7721', '§ 7723', '§ 7752', '§ 7752']

Township of New Hanover, PA TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Ch 15 Pt 2 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
§ 15-201 Maximum Speed Limits Established on Certain Streets.
§ 15-202 Maximum Speed Limits Established on Certain Bridges and Elevated Structures.
§ 15-203 Maximum Speed Limits Established for Certain Vehicles on Hazardous Grades.
§ 15-204 Maximum Speed Limits Established in Parks.
§ 15-205 Traffic Signals at Certain Locations.
§ 15-206 Intersections Where Turn Prohibited on Red Signal.
§ 15-207 One-Way Streets Established.
§ 15-208 Turning at Certain Intersections Prohibited or Restricted.
§ 15-209 Right Turns Only Permitted at Certain Intersections.
§ 15-210 U-Turns Prohibited at Certain Locations.
§ 15-211 No-Passing Zones Established.
§ 15-212 Through Highways Established.
§ 15-213 Stop Intersections Established.
§ 15-214 Yield Intersections Established.
§ 15-215 Operation of Motor Vehicles Restricted on Public Lands.
§ 15-216 Rotary Traffic Islands Established.
§ 15-217 Play Highways Established and Authorized.
§ 15-218 Snowmobile Roads Designated.
Part 2 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-201; as amended by Ord. 06-10, 11/27/2006, § 2; and by Ord. 12-01, 1/3/2012, § 2]
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 the street where a maximum speed limit applied, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street:
[Amended by Ord. No. 19-01, 2/7/2019]
Reifsnyder Road and cul-de-sac
Jessica Drive and cul-de-sac
Anneto Drive
Lomara Drive and cul-de-sac
Barnswallow Lane
Romig Road and Romig Road
Douglass Township line and cul-de-sac
Breezy Court
Windy Hill Road and cul-de-sac
Briana Drive
Anthony Drive and Buchert Road
Brook Run Terrace
Broomstick Road
Swinging Bridge Road and Upper Hanover Township line
Turnbury Road and cul-de-sac
Buchert Road
Canyon Creek Road
Casmar Way
Cassard Circle
Rosenberry Road and cul-de-sac
Willow Lane and Holly Drive
Leidy Road and Romig Road
Heather Lane and cul-de-sac
Little Road and Reifsnyder Road
Cinderella Court
Township Line Road and cul-de-sac
Clarkdale Lane
Colflesh Road
Route 663 and Church Road
Church Road and Houseman Road
Courtside Avenue
Sanatoga Road and New Hanover Square Road
Hill Road and Layfield Road (Route 663)
Layfield Road (Route 663) and Kulp Road
Dotterer Road
Swamp Pike and Route 663
Eichele Road
Deep Creek Road and Hill Road
Erb Road
Hoffmansville Road and Deep Creek Road
Fagleysville Road and Swamp Creek waterway
Swamp Creek waterway and Swamp Creek Road
Fagleysville Road
Swamp Pike and Upper Frederick Township line
Fairbrook Drive
Faust Road
Swamp Pike and Limerick Township line
Finn Road
Hildebrandt Road and Henning Road
Gail Drive
Bow Lane and cul-de-sac
Romig Road and New Hanover Square Road
Henning Road
Hill Road and Finn Road
Windy Hill Road and Kleman Road
Hildebrandt Road
Little Road and Deep Creek Road
Douglass Township Line and the Upper Frederick Township line
Hoffmansville Road
Houseman Road
Hoffmansville Road and Little Road
Buchert Road and cul-de-sac
Jasperfarmar Road
Sanatoga Road and cul-de-sac
Romig Road and Charles Drive
New Hanover Square Road and cul-de-sac
Katalina Way
Santa Maria Drive and cul-de-sac
Kingswood Vale Drive
Kleman Road
Route 663 and cul-de-sac
Washington Drive and Washington Lane
Kulp Road
Little Road and Hill Road
Kulps Road
Township Line to Hoffmansville Road
Kurtz Road
Schaffer Road and Limerick Township line
Hill Road and Deep Creek Road
Leidy Road
Buchert Road and Swamp Pike
Liberty Bell Drive
Rhoads Road and cul-de-sac
Hoffmansville Road and Snyder Road
Lomara Drive
North Charlotte Street and Anneto Drive
Louisa Way
Middle Creek Road and Sassamansville Road
Middle Creek Road and Route 73
Swamp Pike and Church Road
Turnbury Road to Fairview Lane
Pheasant Lane and Rabbit Run
Romig Road and Heather Lane
Swamp Pike and Ludwig Road
Lutheran Road and Route 663
Mock Road
Yarnall Road and Upper Pottsgrove Township line
Moyer Road
North Charlotte Street and Specht Road
New Hanover Square Road
Lower Pottsgrove Township line and Big Road (Route 73)
New Hanover Square Road and Church Road
North Schaffer Road
Burton Drive and New Hanover Square Road
Rosenberry Road and Romig Road
Windy Hill and cul-de-sac
Parestis Road
Hill Road and Upper Hanover Township line
Pheasant Road
Romig Road and Rabbit Run
Romig Road and cul-de-sac
Racoon Court
Charles Drive and cul-de-sac
Reifsnyder Road
Reindeer Court
Renninger Road
Route 73 and Little Road
Rhoads Road
Buchert Road and Lower Pottsgrove Township line
Romig Road
Barnswallow Lane and Lower Pottsgrove Township
Rosenberry Road
Romig Road and Swamp Pike
Saint Victoria Drive
Santa Maria Drive and Fagleysville Road
Saint Victoria Drive and cul-de-sac
Sanatoga Road
Lower Pottsgrove Township line and Swamp Pike
Sassamansville Road
Ludwig Road and Douglass Township line
Schenkle Road
Deep Creek Road and Lee Road
Schubelish Road
Deep Creek Road and Kulp Road
Little Road and Schubelish Road
Middle Creek Road and cul-de-sac
Specht Road
Moyer Road and Douglass Township line
Klemnan Road and cul-de-sac
Sunny Ridge Drive
Swamp Picnic Road
Route 663 and New Hanover Square Road
Swamp Pike
Douglass Township line and Reifsnyder Road
Swinging Bridge Road
Township Line Road, East
Township Line Road, West
Swamp Pike and Douglass Township
Washington Drive and Washington Drive
Turnbury Road
Swamp Pike and Faust Road
Fagleysville Road and cul-de-sac
Martin Drive and cul-de-sac
Heather Lane and Holly Drive
Donald Drive and cul-de-sac
Wilshaw Way
Buchert Road and Hidden Lane
Wooded Creek Circle
Kulp Road and cul-de-sac
Little Road and Douglass Township line
Bow Lane and Sunny Ridge Road
Woodlark Circle
Yarnall Road
Moyer Road and Mock Road
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.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-202]
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
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall 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.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-203]
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:
Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall 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.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-204]
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:
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-205; as amended by Ord. 06-10, 11/27/2006, § 3; and by Ord. 12-01, 1/3/2012, § 3]
At the following locations, traffic signal as indicated below shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected), and traffic at those locations shall be directed by those signals:
Big Road and Hoffmansville Road/New Hanover Square Road/Renninger Road
Layfield Road and Hill Road
Layfield Road and Hoffmansville Road
North Charlotte Street and Buchert Road
Swamp Pike and New Hanover Square Road
Swamp Pike and North Charlotte Street
Swamp Pike and Sanatoga Road/Fagleysville Road
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. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-206; as amended by Ord. 06-10, 11/27/2006, § 4; and by Ord. 12-01, 1/3/2012, § 4]
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:
Vehicles Traveling On
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-207]
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:
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-208; as amended by Ord. 06-10, 11/27/2006, § 5; and by Ord. 12-01, 1/3/2012, § 5]
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:
Not to Make Turn
Type of Vehicle Applicable To
Big Road, Hoffmansville Road and Renninger Road
On red signal
North/South Layfield Road
South on Layfield Road
Layfield Road
East on Hill Road
CVS entrance
Wawa entrance
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-209]
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:
Not To Make Left Turn Into or Travel Straight Across
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-210]
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:
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-211; as amended by Ord. 06-10, 11/27/2006, § 6; and by Ord. 12-01, 1/3/2012, § 6]
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:
Township Line and Kleman Road
Douglass Township line and Upper Frederick Township line
Little Road and Big Road
Big Road and Lower Pottsgrove Township line
Swamp Pike and North Schaffer Road
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-212]
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:
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-213; as amended by Ord. 06-10, 11/27/2006, § 7; and by Ord. 12-01, 1/3/2012, § 7]
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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 intersection 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 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.
Intersecting or Through Street
Anne Way
Annetto Drive
SR663
Barnswallow Drive
Romig Road(s)
East except right turn
Clarkdale Road
Coleflesh Road
East with exception of right turn
Rhodes Road
South with exception of right turn
Fairbrook Road
Greenvalley Drive
Clarkdale Drive
Washington Drive (both intersections)
North with exception of right turn
North and south (4-way)
Marietta Way
Windy Hill Drive
Quiet Court
Reninger Road
Schaffer Road, North
Schenkler Road
St. Anthony Way
Hoffman Road/Woodland Road
East and west (4-way)
Sweet Briar Court
The following intersections, although established, have not been dedicated to the Township, however, each of the respective owners of the roadways have provided authority to the Township to enforce any and all traffic violations pursuant to either the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code or the New Hanover Township Master Traffic Ordinance. Proof of said authorizations are attached as Exhibit A[1] and incorporated herein as if more fully set forth at length. These newly created intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) are established as stop intersections. Official stop signs shall be erected and/or ratified if previously erected in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the intersection 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, 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.
Kingston Hill II
Garnet Drive
Spring Manor Boulevard
Quail Drive
Tallowood Drive
Jackie Drive
Kati Court
Marisa Lane
Wrenfield Lane
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-214]
The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 15-212) 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.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-215]
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 Board of Supervisors of the Township.
Any person who violates an provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-216; as amended by Ord. 06-10, 11/27/2006, § 8; and by Ord. 12-01, 1/3/2012, § 8]
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:
Saint Victoria Drive and Samantha Way
Samantha Way and Samantha Way
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. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-217]
The following areas upon the streets in the Township are established as play highways:
The Board of Supervisors 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 Board of Supervisors.
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 Board of Supervisors 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, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
[Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 15-218]
The following roads and streets within the Township are designated as special snowmobile roads:
Used by Snowmobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic
Shared With Vehicular Traffic
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Township 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:
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.
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).