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State law references: Driving on right, Art. 25 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law; turning and starting, Art. 28 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law; speed restrictions, Art. 30 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law; reckless driving, etc., Art. 31 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 42]
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any street in the
city at such a speed as to endanger the life, limb or property of
any person, nor at a rate of speed greater than will permit such person
to bring the vehicle to a stop without injury to another person or
his property.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 43; Ord. of 10-16-1950, § 1; Ord. of 11-7-1960, § 1;
Ord. of 6-9-1975, § 1, 2; Ord. of 12-15-1975; Ord. of 4-24-2000, § 1; Ord. of 11-12-2002, § 1]
A rate of speed by a motor vehicle in the city in excess of
the following maximum limits shall be unlawful:
(a)
Ten miles an hour.
(b)
Fifteen miles an hour.
(1)
All motor vehicles, except those restricted by this section
to lower maximum speeds, when passing a school and within 300 feet
in either direction from the building line of a school, and also when
passing over May Street between Forbus Street and the Eastbound Arterial
Highway, during school days between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m.
(2)
All motor vehicles, when traveling through a designated arts
district street zone, when such district is marked by appropriate
signs.
[Added by Ord. No. O-16-04, 5-16-2016, § 1]
(c)
Twenty miles an hour.
(1)
All motor vehicles, when traffic is controlled by a traffic
officer or a traffic control signal.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 29]
The streets or parts of streets set forth in Section 13-174 are hereby designated as main arteries of travel.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 30]
Signs bearing the word "stop" shall be erected and maintained by the Police Department at or near the intersecting line of the main arteries of travel designated in Section 13-174 on all the streets set forth in Section 13-175. Such signs and letters thereon shall be of a size and either so illuminated at night or so placed as to be illuminated by streetlights or headlights of approaching vehicles as to be plainly visible and legible for a distance of 50 feet along such intersecting street and shall conform to the standards prescribed by the state.
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State law references: Duty upon entering through highway or
stop intersection, § 1142 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law;
authority to designate through streets, stop intersections, § 1640,
Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; signs required,
§ 1683, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 9-15-1958, § 1]
Signs bearing the word "yield" shall be erected and maintained by the Police Department at or near the intersection line of the main or through arteries of travel designated in Section 13-174, on all the streets set forth in Section 13-176. Such signs and letters thereon shall conform to the uniform standards of the state.
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State law references: Authority to designate yield intersections,
§ 1640, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law;
signs required, § 1683, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 31; Ord. of 9-15-1958, § 2]
(a)
Stop signs. Except when directed to proceed by a
police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign
shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if there is no such
stop line, then shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near
side of the intersection or, in the event that there is no crosswalk,
at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has
a view of the approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before
entering the intersection.
(b)
Yield signs. The driver of a vehicle approaching
a yield sign, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly
marked stop line, but if there is no such stop line, then shall stop
before entering the crosswalk on near side of the intersection or,
in the event that there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the
intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of the approaching
traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection.
(c)
Entry into artery of travel. The operator of any vehicle which has come to a stop as provided in Subsection (a) above or has yielded as provided in Subsection (b) above, upon entering the main artery of travel, as well as the operator of a vehicle on such main artery, shall be subject to the right-of-way regulations prescribed by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and shall enter said main artery of travel with caution.
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State law references: Duty upon entering stop or yield intersection.
Section 1142 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, §§ 25 through 27; Ord. of 3-17-1969, §§ 2
through 4; Ord. of 11-17-2003, § 1; Ord.
No. O-06-5, § 1]
(b)
Use. No motor truck, motor truck and trailer, motor tractor, motor tractor and trailer or other vehicle constructed or especially equipped for the transportation of goods, wares, merchandise or other substance or material, weighing in excess of 10,000 pounds in combined weight of truck and load, shall travel on the streets designated in Section 13-173(a) as restricted-traffic thoroughfares, except that a vehicle from which produce is being peddled or a vehicle receiving goods or making deliveries along such restricted-traffic thoroughfares may travel thereon, provided that such vehicle shall enter and leave such restricted-traffic thoroughfares by the nearest intersecting streets.
(c)
Signs required. The Chief of Police shall procure
and place at the ends of said restricted-traffic thoroughfares and
also at the street intersections of the same signs which shall bear
the words "Commercial vehicles in excess of five tons not allowed"
or "Tractors and tractor-trailers prohibited" as may be applicable.
(d)
Use. No motor tractor, motor tractor-trailer combination, motor tractor-semitrailer combinations or motor tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations shall travel on the streets designated in Section 13-173(b) as restricted-traffic thoroughfares, except that a vehicle from which produce is being peddled or a vehicle receiving goods or making deliveries along such restricted-traffic thoroughfares may travel thereon, provided that such vehicle shall enter and leave such restricted traffic thoroughfares by the nearest intersecting streets.
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State law references: Authority to designate through streets,
§ 1640, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law;
signs required, § 1683, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law; authority to regulate traffic on controlled-access
highways, § 1641, Subdivision 1, of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 28]
Section 13-95 shall not apply to United States mail vehicles, police vehicles, fire vehicles, emergency repair vehicles of public service corporations, vehicles owned by the city ambulances and military vehicles during the time such vehicles are being operated in the performance of duty.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 24]
No vehicles shall pass over or on any of the one-way streets or parts of streets set forth in Section 13-172, except in the direction designated in said section.
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State law references: Authority to designate one-way streets,
§ 1640, Subdivision (a)4, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law;
signs required, § 1683, Subdivision (a)6, of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
No person driving any vehicle shall make a left turn at any of the intersections designated in Section 13-177 at the times designated therein. (Section 45b, added by Ord. of 7-7-1952, § 1]
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State law references: Right-of-way when vehicle turning left
at intersection, § 1141 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law;
authority to regulate turning of vehicles, § 1640, Subdivision
(a)2, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; signs required, § 1683,
Subdivision (a)3, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 9-20-2004, § 1]
Any person violating Section 13-89 or 13-90 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300 in City Court.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 13-99, specifying special traffic regulations for Trinity Square, derived from Section 45 of an ordinance adopted February 6, 1950, was repealed by Section 1 of an ordinance adopted November 7, 1979. There are two sections in this chapter numbered as 13-99. See also Section 13-99 above.
[Ord. of 8-22-2005, § 1]
No person shall make a U-turn on a public highway when passing
a school or within 300 feet in either direction from the building
line of a school during school days between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m.
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Editor's Note: An ordinance of May 2, 1977, specifically amended the Code by deleting the only substantive provision of Section 13-100, which pertained to streets closed to traffic during school hours. Said section had been derived from an ordinance of February 6, 1950, § 24a. A new Section 13-100, Mandatory surcharge pursuant to 9-20-2004, § 1. Said Section 13-100 was subsequently removed from the Code as the authorizing statute was repealed by Ch. 740, § 2, of the Laws of 2004.
[Ord. of 2-4-1929, § 3]
It shall be unlawful for any person to propel or operate any
vehicle across or upon any sidewalk in the city, except in crossing
the same upon a driveway to enter into property abutting thereon.
[Ord. of 10-2-1967, § 1]
No person shall operate any vehicle at such a speed on a curve
or accelerate or decelerate a vehicle in such a manner as to create
loud or unnecessary noise through the squealing of tires upon the
pavement or to cause damage to a roadway.
[Ord. of 8-19-1985, § 1; 6-17-1991, § 1; Ord. of 11-13-2001, § 1]
When appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected, a
rate of speed by a motor vehicle in excess of those set out below
shall be unlawful on designated streets or portions of streets:
[Ord. of 5-2-1988, § 1; Ord. of 10-15-1990, § 4]
(a)
No person shall park a motor vehicle on the streets of the City unless
such vehicle shall display number plates, one on the front and one
on the rear of such vehicle, as required by Section 402 of the New
York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(b)
Any person who shall violate this section shall, upon conviction,
be punished by a fine of $25.
[Ord. No. O-07-28, § 1]
(a)
No person who owns, operates or leases a heavy-duty vehicle, including a bus or truck, the motive power for which is provided by a diesel- or nondiesel-fueled engine or who owns, leases or occupies land and has the actual or apparent dominion or control over the operation of a heavy-duty vehicle, including a bus or truck, present on such land, the motive power for which said heavy-duty vehicle is provided by a diesel- or nondiesel-fucled engine, shall allow or permit the engine of such heavy duty vehicle to idle for more than five consecutive minutes when the heavy-duty vehicle is not in motion, except as otherwise permitted by Subsection (b) of this section.
(b)
The prohibitions of Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply when:
(1)
A diesel- or nondiesel-fueled heavy-duty vehicle, including
a bus or truck, is forced to remain motionless because of the traffic
conditions over which the operator thereof has no control.
(2)
Regulations adopted by federal, state or local agencies having
jurisdiction require the maintenance of a specific temperature for
passenger comfort. The idling time specified in Subsection (a) of
this section may be increased, but only to the extent necessary to
comply with such regulations.
(3)
A diesel- or nondiesel-fueled engine is being used to provide
power for an auxiliary purpose, such as loading, discharging, mixing
or processing cargo; controlling cargo temperature; construction;
lumbering; oil or gas well servicing; farming; or when operation of
the engine is required for the purpose of maintenance.
(4)
Fire, police and public utility trucks or other vehicles are
performing emergency services.
(5)
A diesel-fueled truck is to remain motionless for a period exceeding
two hours, and during which period the ambient temperature is continuously
below 25° F.
(6)
A heavy-duty diesel vehicle that is queued for or is undergoing
a state authorized periodic or roadside diesel emissions inspection.
(7)
A hybrid electric vehicle idling for the purpose of providing
energy for battery or other form of energy storage recharging.
(8)
Electric powered vehicles.
(c)
For purposes of this section, the term "heavy-duty vehicle" shall
refer to a vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating exceeding
10,000 pounds and is designed primarily for transporting persons or
property.
(d)
A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not
less than $25 and not more than $100.
