[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.
(1)
All motor vehicles, when passing any bus taking on or discharging
passengers or at intersections where a safety zone has been established.
(2)
All motor vehicles operated on the roads and the traveled portion
of the park and the parking areas at the public park on the riverfront.
(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.
(d) Twenty-five miles an hour.
(1)
All motor vehicles, except those restricted by this section
to lower maximum speeds, when approaching an intersection which is
not controlled by a traffic officer or traffic control signal.
(e) Thirty miles an hour.
(1)
All motor vehicles, except those restricted by this section
to lower maximum speeds, when operated on any street in the City.
(2)
All motor trucks when operated on any street in the city.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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]
(a) Establishment. The streets or parts of streets set forth in Section
13-173(a) and
13-173(b) are hereby restricted-traffic thoroughfares in accordance with the provisions of Subsections
(b) and
(d) hereof respectively.
(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.
[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.
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]
[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.
[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.
[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:
(a) Twenty-five miles per hour.
(b) Fifteen miles per hour.
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Main Street, from the intersection of South Hamilton Street
and North Hamilton Street to the intersection of Market Street.
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(c) Twenty miles per hour.[Added by Ord. No. O-18-4, 8-20-2018, § 1]
[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.