The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health,
welfare and safety by regulating the operation of snowmobiles on public
highways and places of the Town of Newfane in a manner which will
be compatible with the use of such highways and places for vehicular
and pedestrian travel and other uses and which will promote the safe
and proper use of snowmobiles for recreation and commerce and minimize
the detrimental effects of such use on the environment.
The operation of snowmobiles on highways and public ways of
the Town shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Articles
21 through 29 of the Parks and Recreation Law, in addition to the provisions hereinafter enumerated.
Whenever the operation of a snowmobile is permitted on the shoulder,
roadway or bank of any Town street or highway or portion thereof,
as provided in this chapter, the following conditions and restrictions
are hereby imposed on all such snowmobile operations:
A. Prohibited operating hours. No person shall operate a snowmobile
on any portion of a Town highway within 100 feet of a dwelling between
12:00 midnight and 8:00 a.m. at a speed greater than the minimum required
to maintain forward movement of the snowmobile.
B. Direction of operation. No person shall operate a snowmobile within
the street or highway right-of-way of the Town at any time, except
on the right side of such right-of-way and in the same direction as
the highway traffic. Operation on other public places shall be only
in the direction, if any, marked by appropriate route direction markers.
C. Unattended snowmobiles. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator
to leave or allow a snowmobile to be left unattended on any portion
of a Town highway or public place while the motor is running or with
any key for starting the same left in the ignition or elsewhere in
said snowmobile.
D. Obedience to vehicular traffic controls. Each person operating a
snowmobile on any Town highway shall observe strictly all vehicular
traffic signs and signals and all other rules and regulations applicable
to vehicular traffic and shall obey the orders and directions of any
state or local police or other law enforcement officer authorized
to direct or regulate traffic.
E. Age restriction. No person shall operate a snowmobile on a portion
of a Town highway unless he shall be at least 16 years of age.
F. Lighting. At least one headlight and one taillight shall be kept
lighted at all times while any snowmobile is in operation on any portion
of a Town highway.
Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be deemed a violation, and the violator shall be liable to a
fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon its filing in
accordance with the provisions of § 27 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law; provided, however, that no snowmobile shall be operated
under provisions hereof until such time as the signs and markers are
installed or constructed in accordance with § 25.09 of the
Parks and Recreation Law.
Subject to the foregoing provisions, snowmobiles are permitted
to operate upon the shoulders and inside banks of the following designated
Town highways:
Brown Road
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Chestnut Road, from Ewings Road to the westerly boundary of
the Town of Newfane [Added 2-11-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976]
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Coomer Road
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Day Road
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Drake Settlement Road
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Dublin Road
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Fuller Road
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Godfrey Road
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Jacques Road, from Lockport-Olcott Road to Coomer Road [Added 2-11-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976]
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Jockey Road
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Murphy Road
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Phillips Road
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Rounds Road, from Lockport-Olcott Road to Murphy Road [Added 2-11-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976]
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Swiegert Road
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Transit Road
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West Creek Road (north of Ide Road only)
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Wheeler Road
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