[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Amherst 10-17-2005 by L.L. No.
8-2005, effective 10-31-2005.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Traffic Violations Bureau — See Ch. 57.
Parks, playgrounds and recreation areas — See Ch. 145.
Snowplowing — See Ch. 166.
Taxicabs — See Ch. 177.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 184.
Removal and storage of vehicles — See Ch. 189.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch.
186, which referred to provisions concerning vehicles and traffic.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply, except when it is
necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or
in compliance with the directions of a police officer, peace officer,
fire police, or Town constable as defined by the Laws of the State
of New York, or parking enforcement officer duly appointed by the
Town Board of the Town of Amherst, or official traffic control device.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The stopping of a vehicle upon any public highway or adjacent
area as described herein and leaving such motor vehicle or motorcycle
unattended by a person capable of operating it for a period longer
than necessary to load or unload passengers or freight.
The stopping of a vehicle upon any public highway when such
vehicle shall be occupied by persons capable of operating it for a
period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers
or freight, except when necessary to avoid a conflict with other traffic
or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic
control signal or marking.
For the purposes of parking, standing, or stopping, includes
that part of the public right-of-way between the outer pavement edge
and the outer edge of the sidewalk. Where no sidewalk exists, the
public right-of-way shall be defined for the purpose of this chapter
as 10 feet from the outer edge of the pavement.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited on all Town and
county roads within the Town of Amherst, exclusive of the Village
of Williamsville, November 1 through and including April 1 of each
ensuing year, inclusive, between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
[Amended 4-1-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
No person shall park a vehicle on any bike lane or any streets
or parts of streets posted as areas of "No Parking" as described in
the Highway Superintendent's Inventory of Traffic Control Devices
on file in the offices of the Highway Superintendent and Town Clerk,
as amended from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.
[Amended 4-1-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
No person shall stand a vehicle on any bike lane or any of the
streets or parts thereof posted for "No Standing" as described in
the Highway Superintendent's Inventory of Traffic Control Devices
on file in the offices of the Highway Superintendent and Town Clerk,
as amended from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.
[Amended 4-1-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
No person shall stop a vehicle on any bike lane or any street
or part of any street as posted for "No Stopping" as described in
the Highway Superintendent's Inventory of Traffic Control Devices
on file in the offices of the Highway Superintendent and Town Clerk,
as amended from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.
No person shall park a vehicle on any Town highways or county
roads in the Town of Amherst for a period in excess of 24 consecutive
hours.
A.Â
In addition to the restrictions provided for in §§ 186-1 through 186-7, no vehicle larger than 225 inches, inclusive of load and bumper, and wider than 80 inches, as measured by the body, or higher than 81 inches, as measured from the underside of the tire to the top of the vehicle, shall be parked on any street within a residential area in the Town of Amherst.
B.Â
The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1)Â
Vehicles parked because of an emergency or at the direction of a
Town of Amherst police officer;
(2)Â
Vehicles of the Town of Amherst, fire apparatus, ambulances, or vehicles
engaged in the work of a public utility; and
(3)Â
Vehicles engaged in making pickups or deliveries or rendering services
in or upon any property adjacent to the street where said vehicles
are parked.
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified for
any given day where posted, to prohibit such parking on any of the
streets or parts of streets as described in the Highway Superintendent's
Inventory of Traffic Control Devices on file in the offices of the
Highway Superintendent and Town Clerk, as amended from time to time
by resolution of the Town Board.
No person shall operate a vehicle so as to make left-hand turns
at the locations posted and as set forth in the Highway Superintendent's
Inventory of Traffic Control Devices on file in the offices of the
Highway Superintendent and Town Clerk, as amended from time to time
by resolution of the Town Board.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle so as to make a right-hand
or left-hand turn on a red light onto a one-way street in violation
of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1111, Subdivision (d)2, at
the locations posted to prohibit such turns described in the Highway
Superintendent's Inventory of Traffic Control Devices on file
in the offices of the Highway Superintendent and Town Clerk, as amended
from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.
[Amended 12-17-2007 by L.L. No. 17-2007]
A.Â
No person shall operate on Town highways a vehicle having a weight
in excess of the limits posted on such highway as set forth in the
Highway Superintendent's Inventory of Traffic Control Devices
on file in the office of the Highway Superintendent and Town Clerk
as amended from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.
B.Â
No person shall operate on Town highways a truck, commercial vehicle,
tractor-trailer combination, tractor semitrailer combination or tractor-trailer
semitrailer combination on Town highways posted against such use as
set forth in the Highway Superintendent's Inventory of Traffic
Control Devices on file in the office of the Highway Superintendent
and Town Clerk as amended from time to time by resolution of the Town
Board.
[Amended 12-17-2007 by L.L. No. 17-2007]
The regulations established in this article shall not be construed
to prevent the local delivery or pickup of merchandise or other property
on any highway from which such vehicles and combinations are otherwise
excluded.
A.Â
Private parking lots. Owners, lessees, or those entities otherwise
in possession of private parking lots may post signs limiting parking
in their lots to certain times or categories of users such as customers,
tenants, guests, employees, visitors and other similar user groups.
When the controlling entity posts a notice of such a restriction,
it is a violation of this chapter to park there in violation of such
restriction. Violators will be subject to fines and/or towing at their
expense at the direction of the police. The following is a sample
notice of parking restrictions:
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PARKING RESTRICTED EXCEPT FOR: Tenants, customers, employees,
guests, visitors (pick appropriate restriction) of ________________________
(name of business or other entity)
ALL OTHERS KEEP OUT
Under penalty of law, Chapter 186 of the Code of the Town of Amherst.
Police enforcement including ticketing and/or towing at owner's
expense.
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B.Â
Municipal parking lots. The Town of Amherst department head of the
Town department having jurisdiction of parking lots owned, leased,
possessed, and otherwise maintained by the Town of Amherst shall have
the authority to post signs restricting the use of such parking lots.
Failure to observe the posted restrictions shall be a violation of
this section and subject violators to fines and/or towing at the owner's
expense.
No one shall operate a vehicle so as to pass a stop sign without
stopping and yielding the right-of-way to other street traffic either
stopped or oncoming in either direction in violation of Vehicle and
Traffic Law §§ 1142 and 1172 as posted at the locations
set forth in the Highway Superintendent's Inventory of Traffic
Control Devices on file in the offices of the Highway Superintendent
and Town Clerk, as amended from time to time by resolution of the
Town Board.
No one shall operate a vehicle so as to fail to yield the right-of-way
to other street traffic in any direction in violation of Vehicle and
Traffic Law §§ 1142 and 1172 at locations posted and
as described in the Highway Superintendent's Inventory of Traffic
Control Devices on file in the offices of the Highway Superintendent
and Town Clerk, as amended from time to time by resolution of the
Town Board.
No one shall operate a vehicle at a speed in excess of any section
of the posted speed or other speed regulations in violation of §§ 1180
and 1180-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, including, but not limited
to, those posted and further described in the Highway Superintendent's
Inventory of Traffic Control Devices on file in the offices of the
Highway Superintendent and Town Clerk, as amended from time to time
by resolution of the Town Board.
No one shall operate a motor vehicle in the wrong direction
in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1127 on those
streets, or parts thereof, posted as one-way and listed in the Superintendent
of Highways' Inventory of Signs filed in the Offices of the Highway
Superintendent and the Town Clerk, as amended from time to time by
resolution of the Town Board.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle so as to fail to yield
the right-of-way to pedestrians at properly marked or posted crosswalks
in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1151 at the locations
described in the Superintendent of Highways' Inventory of Signs
kept on file in the offices of the Superintendent of Highways and
the Town Clerk, as amended from time to time by resolution of the
Town Board.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle so as to fail to obey
traffic signals in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1111-a
and 1113 at the traffic signals located at the intersections listed
in the Superintendent of Highways' Inventory of Signs filed in
the Superintendent of Highways' office and the Town Clerk's
office, as amended from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.
No person shall detach any trailer from its towing vehicle and
allow it to remain or be unattended on any Town or county road in
the Town of Amherst.
The violation of any section of this chapter or of a rule or
regulation outlined herein shall constitute a traffic infraction within
the meaning of § 1800 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of
the State of New York.
The foregoing Vehicle and Traffic Laws may be enforced by any
authorized police officer, peace officer, or Town constable as defined
by the laws of the State of New York. In addition, any parking enforcement
officer duly appointed by the Town Board of the Town of Amherst may
enforce the foregoing vehicle and traffic regulations related to parking
infractions.
