(A) Words and phrases when used in this schedule shall have the meaning described to them in the State Motor Vehicle Code, June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, Act No. 81, as amended, 75 P.S. §§ 1000 et seq., as now in force or hereafter amended.
(B) 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 | Ord. | Date Passed |
Street | Between | Maximum Speed Limit | Ord. | Date Passed |
Angony Mills Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Appletree Lane | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Barnhill Road | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Bertha’s Way | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Blueberry Lane | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Braden Court | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Briar Way | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Buchanan Road | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Bucks Road | Ridge Road and Sweet Briar Road | 35 mph | 114 | 5-10-1995 |
Bucks Road | Sweet Briar Road and Blue School Road | 35 mph | 114 | 5-10-1995 |
Bucks Road | Blue School Road and Bedminster Road | 35 mph | 114 | 5-10-1995 |
Bucks Road | Bedminster Road and Rickert Road | 45 mph | 114 | 5-10-1995 |
Bucks Road | Its intersection with Route 113 and its intersection with Elephant Road | 35 mph | 204 | 7-13-2011 |
Bucks Road | Between Bedminster Road and Elephant Road | 25 mph | 256 | 3-8-2023 |
Center School Road | Approximately 1,800 feet north of the intersection of Center School Road with Fretz Valley Road | 25 mph | 221 | 4-9-2014 |
Center School Road | Both sides, establishing a school zone between Cider Mill Lane and Fretz Valley Road, between 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. and 3:25 p.m. to 4:15 p.m on school days only | 15 mph | 2021-250 | 9-8-2021 |
Chapman Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Cider Mill Lane | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Cochrane Road | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Creamery Road | Entire length | 35 mph | 204 | 7-13-2011 |
Croft Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Darrah Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Deer Run Road | Fretz Valley Road and Farm School Road | 35 mph | 154 | 4-14-2004 |
Detweiler Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
East Armstrong Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
East Liberty Trail Court | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Glick Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Harpel Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Hart Court | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Hart Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Haycock View Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Hockley Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Katie Lane | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Kennard Road | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Kulp Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Landis Rush Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Liberty Trail Court | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Log Cabin Road | Entire length | 35 mph | 116 | 8-9-1995 |
Miller Court | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Myrtles Way | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Old Easton Road | Running through the Village of Pipersville (T.R. 463) between the intersection at Dark Hollow Road (S.R. 1013) and the intersection at Easton Road (S.R. 611) | 25 mph | 225 | 10-14-2015 |
Overholt Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Owlsbury Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Pennington Way | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Pennland Farm Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Pine Grove Road | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Pipers Inn Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Saddlery Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Scott Road | Its intersection with Smith School Road | 35 mph | 195 | 12-29-2009 |
Scott Road | Its intersection with Smith School Road and its intersection with Kellers Church Road | 35 mph | 204 | 7-13-2011 |
Scott Road | Quarry Road and Smith School Road | 45 mph | 193 | 3-8-2009 |
Shoemaker Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Smith School Road | Entire length | 35 mph | 116 | 8-9-1995 |
Solliday Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Stonebridge Road | Twin Oaks Drive and Deep Run Road | 35 mph | 193 | 3-8-2009 |
Sweet Briar Road | Elephant Road and Kellers Church Road | 35 mph | 82 | 8-12-1987 |
Texter Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Tinsman Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Townsend Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Traugers Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Twin Oaks Drive | Between Elephant Road and Deep Run Road | 35 mph | 258 | 5-10-2023 |
West Armstrong Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
West Meyers Court | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
Williams Drive | Entire length | 35 mph | 200 | 11-10-2010 |
(C) The proper authorities of the township are directed to erect officials signs restricting speed as aforesaid and in conformity with the provisions of the Vehicle Code.
(D) (1) Any person who violates any provision of Ord. 82, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five mph shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five mph over the maximum speed limit.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of Ord. 200 and Ord. 204, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs, along with any additional costs, fees and fines as may be legally imposed by the courts or the commonwealth. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five mph shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five mph over the maximum speed limit. The fines and costs imposed under Ord. 200 are subject to and shall automatic adjust to, as required, any applicable changes in the State Motor Vehicle Code.
(3) Any person who violates any provisions of Ord. 114, Ord. 116, Ord. 154, Ord. 193, Ord. 195, Ord. 221 and Ord. 225 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine in the amount of the maximum fine allowed by the Vehicle Law, Act of November 25, 1970, P.L. 707 No. 230, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 1 et seq.
(E) A “school zone” limiting the speed of motor vehicles to 15 mph is hereby established, as described in the table under division (B) above. Pennridge School District and the township are hereby authorized to install and maintain appropriate and necessary school zone traffic-control devices on Center School Road per PennDot standards. Any person who violates any provisions of this division (E) shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine in the amount of the maximum fine allowed by the Motor Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 82, passed 8-12-1987; Ord. 114, passed 5-10-1995; Ord. 116, passed 8-9-1995; Ord. 154, passed 4-14-2004; Ord. 193, passed 3-18-2009; Ord. 195, passed 12-29-2009; Ord. 200, passed 11-10-2010; Ord. 204, passed 7-13-2011; Ord. 221, passed 4-9-2014; Ord. 225, passed 10-14-2015; Ord. 2021-250, passed 9-8-2021; Ord. 256, passed 3-8-2023; Ord. 258, passed 5-10-2023)