Traffic control signals shall be installed, maintained and operated at the intersections an locations described in Schedule I (§ 155-36).
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule II (§ 155-37) are hereby designated as one-way streets, and vehicles shall proceed along those streets only in the direction indicated.
No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the locations described in Schedule III (§ 155-38) during the hours indicated of any day.
No person shall make a right turn or a left turn from a one-way street onto a one way street on a steady red traffic control signal at any of the locations described in Schedule IV (§ 155-39).
[Added 10-17-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988]
It shall be a violation for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle in any area designated in Schedule V (§ 155-40) as a place for handicapped parking unless the vehicle bears a permit issued under § 1203-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York or a registration issued under § 404-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and such vehicle is being used for the transportation of a disabled or handicapped person.
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Editor's Note: Former § 155-10, U-turns, was repealed
10-17-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VI (§ 155-41) are hereby designated as through highways, and stop or yield signs shall be erected on entrances thereto as indicated in said schedule.
The intersections described in Schedule VII (§ 155-42) are hereby designated as stop intersections, and stop signs shall be erected as indicated.
The intersections described in Schedule VIII (§ 155-43) are hereby designated as yield intersections, and yield signs shall be erected as indicated.
The maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed on or along any streets or highways within the Village is hereby established at 30 miles per hour, except that the speed limit for vehicles proceeding on or along streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IX (§ 155-44) shall be as indicated in said schedule.
[Amended 1-24-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
A.
Except as permitted by the United States or the New York State Department of Transportation, and except where the requirement for local delivery will permit no alternative route, no person shall operate or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be operated or moved on any village road, highway or bridge thereon, any vehicle or combination of vehicles of size limitations (width, height and length) set forth below or weight exceeding the weight limitations provided for in Schedule X (§ 155-45).
B.
Width.
(1)
The width of a vehicle, inclusive of load, shall be not more than
96 inches plus safety devices, on any village street in the Village
of Cornwall-on-Hudson.
C.
The height of a vehicle from underside of tire to top of vehicle,
inclusive of load, shall be not more than 13 feet. Any damage to streets,
bridges or street structures resulting from the use of a vehicle exceeding
13 feet in height, where such excess height is the proximate cause
of the accident, shall be compensated for by the owner and operator
of such vehicle.
D.
Length of single vehicles.
(1)
The length of a single vehicle, inclusive of load and bumpers, shall
not be more than 40 feet unless otherwise provided in this subsection.
(2)
The length of a semitrailer or trailer shall not exceed 45 feet except as provided in this Subsection D; provided, however, that the length of any trailer or semitrailer being operated in combination with another trailer or semitrailer shall not exceed 28 1/2 feet.
(3)
The length of buses having a carrying capacity of more than seven
passengers shall not exceed 45 feet,
(4)
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to fire vehicles.
(5)
Any semitrailer with a length not to exceed 48 feet may be operated
on any Village street, provided that the total length of a combination
of vehicles including such a semitrailer does not exceed 60 feet.
E.
Length of combination of vehicles.
(1)
The total length of a combination of vehicles, inclusive of load
and bumpers, shall not be more than 60 feet.
(2)
The provisions of Subsection E(1) shall not apply to:
(a)
Vehicles of a corporation which is subject to the jurisdiction
of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Public Service Commission
or other regulatory body and which are used in the construction, reconstruction,
repair or maintenance of its property or facilities, provided that
any such vehicle complies with the safety requirements of the laws
and regulations of the United States and of New York State pertaining
to overlength vehicles.
(b)
Vehicles hauling poles, girders, columns or other similar objects
of excess length, provided that any such vehicle complies with the
safety requirements of the laws and regulations of the United States
and of New York State pertaining to such overlength vehicles.
(c)
Fire vehicles.
(d)
Any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is disabled and
unable to proceed tinder its own power and is being towed for a distance
not in excess of 10 miles for the purpose of repairs or removal from
the street.
(e)
State-owned and/or municipally owned vehicles engaged in snowplowing,
ice clearing, or other emergency-type operations.
F.
Penalties for offenses.
(1)
In addition to the penalties for violations set forth in § 155-4, a violation of the provisions of this section by any vehicle or combination of vehicles whose weight exceeds the weight limitations prescribed, or such rules and regulations, or the weight limitations specified by permit issued pursuant to the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law shall be punishable by fines levied on the registered owner and operator of the vehicle or vehicles, whether at the time of the violation the vehicle was in the charge of the registered owner or his agent or lessee, in accordance with the following schedule:
|
Excess Total Weight
(pounds)
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Greater Than
|
Less Than or Equal to
|
Amount of Fine
|
|
0
|
2,000
|
$50
|
|
2,000
|
3,000
|
$75
|
|
3,000
|
4,000
|
$100
|
|
4,000
|
5,000
|
$200
|
|
5,000
|
6,000
|
$300
|
|
6,000
|
7,000
|
$400
|
|
7,000
|
8,000
|
$500
|
|
8,000
|
9,000
|
$600
|
|
9,000
|
10,000
|
$700
|
|
10,000
|
15,000
|
$1,200
|
|
15,000
|
20,000
|
$1,700
|
|
20,000
|
25,000
|
$2,200
|
|
25,000
|
30,000
|
$2,700
|
|
30,000
|
$0.10 for each pound in excess of 30,000
| |
|
NOTE: Where the excess total weight is greater than 10,000 pounds
in excess of the limits specified by a permit, the permit shall be
deemed voided, and then the amount of fine shall be determined in
accordance with the maximum weight which would have been in effect
for the operation of such vehicle if the permit to exceed such maximum
weight had not been issued.
|
(2)
The court may impose any sentence authorized by this chapter; provided,
however, that any such sentence must include a fine as provided in
this section.
(3)
All fines collected as a result of the above schedule shall remain
the property of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson.
Lanes are hereby designated upon the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XI (§ 155-46) to be used exclusively as indicated (left turn, right turn, through traffic, etc.) in said schedule.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XII (§ 155-47) are hereby designated as no-passing zones in which markings shall indicate that overtaking and passing or driving to the left of or crossing such markings would be especially hazardous.
