[Amended 7-30-1979 by Ord. No. 79-76]
Under the authority of § 1603, Subdivision
(a), of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, the City Engineer is authorized
to issue rules and regulations pertaining to the following traffic
and parking matters:
A.
Crosswalks, safety zones, traffic lanes, traffic control
signals and traffic control devices.
(1)
The maintenance by appropriate means of crosswalks
at intersections and such other places on roadways as he finds necessary
to protect pedestrians.
(2)
The establishment of safety zones for the protection
of pedestrians.
(3)
The designation of lanes of traffic on street pavements.
(4)
The installation, removal or relocation of traffic
control signals and traffic control devices for expediting traffic
movement and promoting traffic safety.
B.
Turn prohibitions and place markers indicating method
of turns. The placement of markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent
to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles
turning at the intersection.
C.
Right, left and U-turns. The determination of those
intersections at which drivers of vehicles may not make a right, left
or U-turn.
D.
Zones of quiet and play streets.
(1)
The establishment of permanent zones of quiet in the
vicinity of hospitals and similar institutions justifying quiet.
(2)
The establishment of a temporary zone of quiet upon
a street where a person is seriously ill but only if requested so
to do by the written statement of at least one registered physician
certifying its necessity. The temporary zone of quiet is to embrace
all territory within a radius of 200 feet of the building occupied
by the person named in the request.
(3)
The designation of part or all of a street as a play
street.
E.
Loading zones. The designation of passenger zones
and freight loading zones and the hours during which the designation
is applicable.
F.
Public carrier stands. The establishment of bus stops,
taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common-carrier motor
vehicles for the convenience of the public.
G.
Limited truck traffic. The designation of a street
as one on which heavy truck traffic is prohibited either because of
the condition of the street or the need to protect the residential
character of a neighborhood.
H.
Certain parking limitations.
(1)
The prohibition or limitation of parking upon that
side of a street adjacent to school property, hotels, churches, hospitals,
funeral homes or other public or semipublic buildings.
(2)
The authorization of some form of all-night parking
on streets or portions of streets in residential sections of the City
where available off-street parking spaces are inadequate.
(3)
The authorization of angle parking on designated streets
or portions of streets.
(4)
The prohibition of stopping, standing or parking of
vehicles at designated places.
(5)
The limitation on the length of time that a vehicle
may park in a space for parking.
I.
Light traffic streets. The designation of streets
or portions of streets as light traffic streets and the determination
of restrictions on the use of a street so designated.
J.
Speed regulations. The determination of speed limits
on City streets.
K.
Through highways. The designation of through highways.
L.
Pedestrian crossings. The designation of areas or
crosswalks not to be used by pedestrians.
M.
Emergency and experimental regulations.
(1)
The issuance of temporary regulations to cover emergencies
or special conditions.
(2)
The issuance of temporary rules to regulate traffic
or to test traffic control signals or traffic control devices under
actual conditions of traffic. No such rule may remain in effect for
more than 90 days unless the City Council by resolution approves an
extension of the rule for an additional period not exceeding 90 days.
The authority granted to the City Engineer under § 248-11 includes the authority to have installed such devices, signals, signs, markings and parking meters as may be appropriate in the circumstances.
The City Engineer shall forward to the City
Clerk a signed copy of each rule or regulation issued under this article.
The City Clerk shall maintain a record of all rules and regulations
in effect and shall preserve the record of rules and regulations no
longer in effect for such period of time as may be required by law.
The Council of the City by resolution may modify
or repeal any rule or regulation issued by the City Engineer.
