2020 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 85 - Highly Automated Vehicles
Section 8517 - Local regulation

(a) Authorization.--A municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, do the following:

(1) Permit the use of a personal delivery device on a roadway, or shoulder or berm of a roadway, under the jurisdiction of the municipality where the posted speed limit is greater than 25 miles per hour but not greater than 35 miles per hour.

(2) Prohibit the use of a personal delivery device on any roadway, or shoulder or berm of a roadway, or pedestrian area under the jurisdiction of the municipality where the municipality, after consultation with the authorized entity, determines that the operation of the personal delivery device would constitute a hazard.

(b) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (a), a municipality may not regulate the operation of a personal delivery device operated in a pedestrian area, roadway, or shoulder or berm of a roadway, under the jurisdiction of the municipality.

(c) Construction.--

(1) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the ability of a municipality to enforce any law, rule or regulation as it relates to the operation of a personal delivery device in this Commonwealth.

(2) Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to permit a municipality to authorize the use of a personal delivery device on a roadway, or shoulder or berm of a roadway, under the jurisdiction of the municipality in a manner that conflicts with the operation requirements contained in section 8516 (relating to operation).

(d) Notice required.--An authorized entity shall notify the governing body of the municipality of the authorized entity's intent to operate personal delivery devices within the municipality no less than 30 days prior to the date on which the authorized entity commences PDD operations within the municipality.

Cross References. Section 8517 is referred to in sections 8513, 8516, 8522 of this title.