Borough of Jefferson Hills, PA Part 2 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

§ 15-201 Maximum Speed Limits Established on Borough Streets.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998; as amended by Ord. 688, 11/9/1998; by Ord. 699; 5/10/1999; by Ord. 709, 7/20/2000, § 1; and by Ord. 719, 6/11/2001, § 1]

1. Maximum speed limits are hereby established on all Borough streets, or portions of Borough streets, of 25 miles per hour, except for Lewis Run Road (across from Large VFD) and Wakefield Drive, which shall remain at a maximum speed limit of 15 miles per hour, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on Borough streets, or parts of Borough streets, in excess of such maximum speed limits, unless other maximum speed limits are designated for certain Borough streets by ordinance.

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.

§ 15-202 Maximum Speed Limits Established on Certain Bridges and Elevated Structures.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

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	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.

§ 15-203 Maximum Speed Limits Established For Certain Vehicles On Hazardous Grades.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

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.

§ 15-204 Maximum Speed Limits Established In Parks.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

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 Borough, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:

	Park	Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	Beedle	Decker Street and Walton Road		15 MPH
	Andrew Reilly Memorial	Wray Drive		15 MPH
	Gill Hall	Gill Hall		15 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.

§ 15-205 Traffic Signals at Certain Locations.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998; as amended by Ord. 707, 7/10/2000, § 1]

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
	Lewis Run Road (across From Payne Hill Road	Red light
	Peters Creek Road (at Westinghouse)	Red light
	Entrance to Ashland Oil (Walton Road)	Red light
	Route 51 at Coal Valley	Red light
	Route 51 at Old Clairton Road	Red light

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.

§ 15-206 Intersections Where Turn Prohibited on Red Signal.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

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
	Coal Valley Road and Route 51	Coal Valley Road	Eastbound
	Lewis Run Road and Route 51	Lewis Run Road	Eastbound
	Route 51 and Coal Valley Road	Route 51	Southbound
	Route 51 and Peters Creek Road	Route 51	Northbound
	Route 51 and Dick Corporation	Route 51	Southbound

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.

§ 15-207 One-Way Streets Established.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

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
	Lewis Run Road (behind Starlite Motel)	Genes Motel	State Route 51 North	Southbound

2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-208 Turning at Certain Intersections Prohibited or Restricted.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

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.

§ 15-209 Right Turns Only Permitted at Certain Intersections.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

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 right turn, at any time stated, both left turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:

	Vehicle Traveling On	Direction of Travel	Times	Not To Make Left 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.

§ 15-210 U-Turns Prohibited at Certain Locations.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

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.

§ 15-211 No-Passing Zones Established.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

1. 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:

	Street	Direction of Travel	Between
	(Reserved)

2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-212 Through Highways Established.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

1. 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 § 3323(b) or 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:

	Highway	Between
	(Reserved)

2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-213 Stop Intersections Established.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998; as amended by Ord. 708, 7/10/2000, § 1; by Ord. 735, 11/12/2002, § 1; and by Ord. 742, 12/30/2002, § 1]

1. 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 intersecting 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.

	Stop Street	Intersection or Through Street	Direction of Travel
	Aber Drive	Wray Large Road	Southbound
	Aber Drive	Roberts Drive	Southbound
	Aber Drive	Andrew Drive	Northbound
	Acorn Drive	Hidden Oak Drive	Southbound
	Alice Avenue	State Street	Eastbound
	Alice Avenue	Third Street	Westbound
	Andrew Drive	Aber Drive	Eastbound
	Andrew Drive	Aber Drive	Westbound
	Andrew Drive	State Route 885	Eastbound
	Antler Drive	Fawn Drive	Westbound
	Arch Street	Cochran Mill Road	Westbound
	Baker Drive	State Route 885	Eastbound
	Bambi Drive	Stilley Road	Northbound
	Bambi Drive	Deer Park Drive West	Southbound
	Beams Run Road	Gill Hall Road	Westbound
	Beams Run Road	Rustic Woods Drive	Northbound and Southbound
	Beams Run Road	Shady Timber Lane	Northbound and Southbound
	Bedell Road	Gill Hall Road	Westbound
	Bedell Road	Scheinbach Road	Eastbound
	Bickerton Drive	Peterson Drive	Eastbound
	Bickerton Drive	Peterson Drive	Westbound
	Bickerton Drive	Loyal Drive	North and Southbound
	Brickyard Road	State Route 51	Eastbound
	Butternut Street	Old Clairton Road	Westbound
	Camino Court	Tangelo Drive	Eastbound
	Cassia Drive	Gill Hall Road	Westbound
	Cassia Drive	Riomar Drive	Eastbound
	Century Drive	State Route 51	Westbound
	Chelsea Drive	Meadowfield Lane	Southbound
	Cherrywood Drive	Ridge Road	Northbound
	Circle Glen Drive	Pennsylvania Avenue	Westbound
	Cochran Mill Road	Wallace Avenue	South
	Collins Avenue	State Street	Eastbound
	Dale Road	Ridge Road	Northbound
	Dale Road	Calamity Hollow Road	Southbound
	Dale Street	Stilley Road	Northbound
	Decker Street	Fourth Street	Eastbound and Westbound
	Decker Street	Third Street	Eastbound and Westbound
	Decker Street	State Street	Eastbound
	Deer Park Drive East	Antler Drive	Eastbound
	Deer Park Drive East	Fawn Drive	Westbound
	Deer Park Drive West	Fawn Drive	Eastbound and Westbound
	Elliot Road	Old Clairton Road	Westbound
	Elliot Road	State Route 51	Eastbound
	Farm Lane	Springhouse Drive	Northbound
	Farm Lane	Waterman Road	Southbound
	Fawn Drive	Deer Park Drive West	Northbound and Southbound
	Fawn Drive	Deer Park Drive East	Northbound and Southbound
	Fawn Drive	Stilley Road	Northbound
	First Street (Patch)	Oak Road	Northbound
	First Street (Wall Plan)	Wall Avenue	Southbound
	Foster Road	Wall Road	Eastbound
	Fourth Street (Floreffe)	Decker Street	Southbound
	Frontier Drive	State Route 885	Westbound
	Ganley Road	Ridge Road	Southbound
	Gilmore Drive	Peterson Drive	Eastbound
	Gilmore Drive	Oneida Drive	Eastbound and Westbound
	Gill Hall Road	Chamberlin Road	South
	Glendale Drive	Hollywood Drive	Eastbound
	Guthrie Lane	Calamity Hollow Road	Northbound
	Hazelnut Street	Shellbark Street	Westbound
	Hazelnut Street	Old Clairton Road	Eastbound
	Heath Road	Gill Hall Road	Westbound
	High Road	State Route 51	Southbound
	High Road	Ridge Road	Northbound
	High Road	Fern Hollow Road	Northbound and Southbound
	Hilltop Street	High Road	Eastbound
	Hillview Drive	Nielson Drive	Southbound
	Hillview Drive	Cochran Mill Road	Northbound
	Hogback Road	Scotia Hollow Road	Southbound
	Hornbake Drive	Peterson Drive	Eastbound
	Jones Street	State Street	Westbound
	Jones Street	Route 837	Eastbound
	Klein Road	Cochran Mill Road	Westbound
	Klein Road	Gill Hall Road	Eastbound
	Knight Road	Walton Road	Southbound
	Knight Road	Ridge Road	Northbound
	Larkspur Drive	Willem Drive	Southbound
	Larkspur Drive	Ridge Road	Northbound
	Lewis Run Road (Behind Starlite Motel)	State Route 51	Northbound
	Lewis Run Road (Across from Large VFD)	State Route 51	Northbound and Southbound
	Lewis Run Road (Across from Payn Hill Road)	Old Clairton Road	Southbound
	Lincoln Road	Old Clairton Road	Westbound
	Madison Avenue	State Route 837	Eastbound
	Madison Avenue	State Street	Westbound
	Marion Drive	Cherrywood Drive	Eastbound and Westbound
	Marion Drive	Larkspur Drive	Eastbound and Westbound
	Maryland Avenue	New York Avenue	Northbound
	McElheny Road	Cochran Mill Road	Eastbound
	McKinley Drive	Loyal Drive	Westbound
	Meadow Lane	Pearson Road	Southbound
	Meadow Lane	Springhouse Drive	Northbound
	Meadowfield Lane	Wakefield Drive	Southbound
	Meadowfield Lane	Wakefield Road	Southbound
	New World Drive	Gill Hall Road	Eastbound
	New World Drive	Randolph Drive	Eastbound and Westbound
	New World Drive	Jefferson Ridge Drive	Westbound
	New York Avenue	Pennsylvania Avenue	Northbound
	Nielson Drive	Hillview Drive	Southbound
	Nielson Drive	Cochran Mill Road	Northbound
	Oak Entrance Drive	Wakefield Drive	Southbound
	Oak Road	Old Clairton Road	Northbound
	Oak Street	First Street	Eastbound
	Oakwood Drive	Oakwood Court	Eastbound and Westbound
	Oakwood Drive	Coal Valley Road	Southbound
	Old Hickory Lane	Gill Hall Road	Eastbound
	Oneida Drive	Worthington Avenue	Northbound
	Orchard Court Drive	Valleyview Drive	Northbound
	Orchard Court Drive	Springhouse Drive	Southbound
	Park Street	State Street	Eastbound
	Pearson Road (Gill Hall)	Waterman Road	Southbound
	Pearson Road (Old Clairton Road)	Old Clairton Road	Eastbound
	Pennsylvania Avenue	Calamity Hollow Road	Northbound
	Pennsylvania Avenue	Riverview Drive	Southbound
	Peters Creek Road	Cherry Street	Eastbound
	Peterson Drive	Worthington Avenue	Northbound
	Pleasant View Court	Springhouse Drive	Southbound
	Practice Tee Drive	Old Clairton Road	Westbound
	Rainbow Drive	Antler Drive	Southbound
	Randolph Drive	New World Drive	Northbound and Southbound
	Reedsdale Drive	Payne Hill Road	Northbound
	Riomar Drive	Cassia Drive	Southbound
	Riomar Drive	Tangelo Drive	Northbound
	Riverview Drive	Calamity Hollow Road	Northbound
	Roberts Drive	Aber Drive	Eastbound
	Rustic Woods Drive	Beams Run Road	Eastbound
	Samuels Drive	Payne Hill Road	Northbound
	Scheinbach Road	Walton Road	Northbound
	School Street	State Street	Eastbound
	Sean Court	Gill Hall Road	Eastbound
	Second Street (Floreffe)	Alice Avenue	Southbound
	Second Street (Wall Plan)	Wall Avenue	Eastbound
	Shady Timber Lane	Beams Run Road	Eastbound
	Shellbark Street	Hazelnut Street	Northbound and Southbound
	Shellbark Street	Vine Street	Northbound and Southbound
	Short Street	Ridge Road	Southbound
	Siler Drive	Ridge Road	Northbound
	Silverdale Drive	Silver	Eastbound
	Simpson Drive	Wray Large Road	Southbound
	Snee Drive	Stilley Road	Northbound
	Springhouse Drive	Valleyview Drive	Eastbound and Westbound (3-way stop)
	State Street	Walton Road/Decker Street	Northbound
	State Street	School Street	Southbound
	State Street	Robinson Street (W.E.)	Northbound
	State Street	Jones Street	Northbound
	Steinbach Lane	Alice Avenue/Collins Avenue	Southbound
	Steinbach Lane	Cochran Mill Road	Northbound
	Stevens Ridge Drive	Towne Hall entrance	Westbound
	Stilley Road	Bambi Drive	Eastbound and Westbound
	Stilley Road	Snee Drive	Eastbound and Westbound
	Stilley Road (Gill Hall)	Cochran Mill Road	Westbound
	Stilley Road (Gill Hall)	Fawn Drive	Eastbound and Westbound
	Stilley Road (Gill Hall)	Gill Hall Road	Eastbound
	Stilley Street (Tortorices Trailer Court)	State Street	Eastbound
	Sunset Drive	State Route 885	Eastbound
	Sycamore Drive	State Route 51	Eastbound
	Taber Drive	Old Clairton Road	Eastbound
	Taber Drive	Redcliffe Drive	Eastbound
	Tangelo Drive	Upper Gill Hall	Westbound
	Tangelo Drive	Lower Gill Hall	Westbound
	Tangelo Drive	Camino Court Drive	Eastbound
	Third Street (Floreffe)	Collins Avenue	Southbound
	Third Street (Floreffe)	Decker Street	Northbound and Southbound
	Thomas Jefferson Drive	Stilley Road	Southbound
	Timber Lane	Roberts Drive	Southbound
	Towne Hall Entrance	Old Clairton Road	Eastbound
	Valleyview Drive	Orchard Court Drive	Eastbound
	Valleyview Drive	Springhouse Drive	Westbound
	Vine Street (Large Heights Plan)	Shellbark Street	Eastbound
	Wakefield Drive	Old Clairton Road	Eastbound
	Wakefield Road	Meadowfield Lane	Eastbound and Westbound
	Wall Road	State Route 885	Westbound
	Wall Avenue	Wall Road	Southbound
	Wallace Road	Cochran Mill Road	Eastbound
	Wanda Lane	Towne Hall Entrance	Eastbound
	Waterman Road (East)	Farm Lane	Eastbound and Westbound
	Waterman Road (East)	Gill Hall Road	Westbound
	Waterman Road (West)	Cochran Mill Road	Westbound
	Waterman Road (West)	Gill Hall Road	Eastbound
	West Bruceton Road	Cochran Mill Road	Westbound
	Willem Drive	Cherrywood Drive	Eastbound and Westbound
	Wilson Road	Cochran Mill Road	Eastbound
	Wray Drive	885 Park Entrance	Southbound
	Wray Drive	Wray Large Road	Northbound
	Wray Large Road	Lewis Run Road	Westbound
	Wray Large Road	State Route 885	Eastbound

2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-214 Yield Intersections Established.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

1. 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 § 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code, and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.

	Yield Street	Through Street	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.

§ 15-215 Operation of Motor Vehicles Restricted on Public Lands.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

1. No motor vehicle including a motorcycle, pedalcycle or minibike shall be operated on any property owned by the Borough or any other public agency or instrumentality within the Borough without the permission of the property owner and a permit from the Chief of Police of the Borough.

2. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-216 Rotary Traffic Islands Established.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

1. 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:

(Reserved)

2. 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.

§ 15-217 Play Highways Established and Authorized.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998; as amended by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1]

1. The following areas upon the streets in the Borough of Jefferson Hills are established as play highways:

	Street	Between	Days	Hours
	(Reserved)

2. The Chief of Police 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 Borough, where sledding and coasting, shall be permitted. That play highway shall be set apart for the purpose under the direction of the Chief of Police.

3. 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 Chief of Police 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 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-218 Snowmobile Roads Designated.

[Ord. 685, 5/11/1998]

1. The following roads and streets within the Borough are designated as special snowmobile roads:

	Street or Road	Between	Used by Snow-mobiles Only When Closed to Vehicular Traffic	Shared With Vehicular Traffic
	(Reserved)

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile on any highway, street or road in the Borough 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:

A. As authorized by § 7721 of the Vehicle Code for emergency and bridge crossings and for direct crossing of streets or two-lane highways; or

B. For special snowmobile events where authorized in advance and the street is blocked off as provided in § 7723 of the Vehicle Code. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 7752(a) of the Vehicle Code.