67 Pa. Code § 212.501 - School zone speed limits
(a)
Establishment. A 15 miles per hour school zone speed limit may
be established in a school zone during the normal hours that walking students
are arriving at or leaving school, under
75 Pa.C.S. §
3365(b) (relating to special
speed limitations).
(1) To establish a school
zone, local authorities shall be responsible to prepare and submit a drawing
showing the locations where students walk along or across roadways that are
adjacent to school property, the hours that students are going to or from
school and the proposed limits for the school zone to the Department for
approval.
(2) The Department is
responsible for approving the establishment of all school zones, including the
locations and hours of operation, except local authorities shall be responsible
for approving school zones at the following locations:
(i) On local highways when the municipality
has received municipal traffic engineering certification under Chapter 205
(relating to municipal traffic engineering certification).
(ii) On State-designated highways when the
municipality has entered into an agreement with the Department thereby
transferring to the local authorities the authority to install traffic-control
devices without specific Department approval.
(iii) On highways in cities of the first and
second class, except not on expressways.
(3) The duration of a 15 miles per hour
school zone speed limit should be only long enough to include the time that
walking students routinely arrive at or leave school.
(b)
Posting. A school zone
speed limit shall be posted on official traffic-control devices as follows:
(1) At the beginning of the school zone speed
limit, one of the following signs or groups of signs shall be posted either on
the right side of the roadway or over the roadway:
(i) A Speed Limit Sign (R2-1) with the
appropriate school zone speed limit, with a School Panel (S4-3) mounted above
the Speed Limit Sign (R2-1) and a When Flashing Sign (S4-4) mounted below the
Speed Limit Sign (R2-1), with two flashing speed limit sign beacons.
(ii) A Speed Limit Sign (R2-1) with the
appropriate school zone speed limit, with a School Panel (S4-3) mounted above
the Speed Limit Sign (R2-1) and a Restricted Hours Panel (R10-20A) mounted
below the Speed Limit Sign (R2-1).
(iii) A School Speed Limit When Flashing Sign
with a blank-out "15" and flashers as illustrated in the Traffic Signal
Design Handbook (Department Publication 149M).
(2) An End School Zone Sign (S5-2) shall be
posted on the right side of the roadway to define the end of the school zone
speed limit.
(3) The limits of a
school zone may extend beyond the school property lines to improve the sight
distance or to encompass a school crosswalk, except that the length of the zone
may not be greater than 1,600 feet.
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