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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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§ 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)
§ 207. ONE-WAY STREETS ESTABLISHED.
   1.   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:
Street   From   To   Direction of Travel
9th Alley [Ord. 81]    Main Street (S.R. B Alley and 2nd Southeast 2011) Street
   2.   Any person 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; as amended by Ord 81, 11/4/2010, § 1)
§ 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. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 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. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
§ 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. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)
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