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Penn Township, PA Code of Ordinances
CODE OF ORDINANCES of the TOWNSHIP OF PENN
OFFICIALS of the Township of Penn County of Centre, Pennsylvania
FEE SCHEDULE
CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2 ANIMALS
CHAPTER 3 BICYCLES
CHAPTER 4 BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 5 CODE ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 6 CONDUCT
CHAPTER 7 FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 8 FLOODPLAINS
CHAPTER 9 GRADING AND EXCAVATING
CHAPTER 10 HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 11 HOUSING
CHAPTER 12 LIBRARIES
CHAPTER 13 LICENSES, PERMITS AND GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 14 MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS
CHAPTER 15 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 16 PARKS AND RECREATION
CHAPTER 17 PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 18 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER 19 SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
CHAPTER 20 SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 21 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 22 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 23 SWIMMING POOLS
CHAPTER 24 TAXATION, SPECIAL
CHAPTER 25 TREES
CHAPTER 26 WATER
CHAPTER 27 ZONING
APPENDIX
KEY TO THE DISPOSITION OF ALL ORDINANCES
KEY TO SIGNIFICANT RESOLUTIONS
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PART 2
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
§ 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 
Big Oak Road (T-502)   From T-500 to T-512   35 mph 
Crater Road (T-419)    Between S.R. 0045 and its intersection with T-455     25 mph 
Greenbriar Gap Road (T510)    From its intersection with S.R. 2012 to its intersection  with T-513     15 mph 
Long Lane (T-512)    From S.R. 2012 to the Millheim Borough line   35 mph 
Orndorf Road (T-501)    From T-500 to the Gregg  Twp. line    35 mph 
Paradise Road (T-500)    From Pa. Route 45 to S.R. 2012    40 mph 
Railroad Street ( T-499) [Ord. 68]    From its intersection with  T-514 to the terminus of T­499   15 mph 
Siglerville Millheim Pike (T­513) [Ord. 67]    From the intersection with    S.R. 2012 for a distance of .5 miles    35 mph 
Siglerville Millheim Pike (T­513) [Ord. 67]    From the intersection with  Greenbriar Gap Road (T­510) for a distance of .36 miles    25 mph 
Siglerville Millheim Pike (T­513) [Ord. 67]    From the intersection with  Greenbriar Gap Road (T­510) for a distance of .64 miles to the Forestry Road    25 mph 
Smithtown Gap Road (T455)    Between S.R. 0045 and the Gregg Township line     25 mph 
Tunnel Road (T-514)    Between S.R. 2011 to the terminus of T-514   25 mph 
Zerby Gap Road (T-415)    From S.R. 2012 to Gregg Township line    25 mph 
   2.   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. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1; as amended by Ord. 67, 5/1/2003, §§ 1–3; and by Ord. 68, 10/2/2003, § 1)
§ 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 Side    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. 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. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 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. 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. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 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 Township, 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. 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. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 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. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 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. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
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