[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Dover 12-11-1972
by L.L. No. 1-1972. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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 in the Town of Dover 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 detrimental effects of such use on the environment.
A.
The terms, words and phrases used in this chapter shall
have the same meaning as such terms, words and phrases are defined in Title
D of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law.
[Amended 2-11-1991 by L.L.
No. 2-1991]
[Amended 2-11-1991 by L.L.
No. 2-1991]
Operation of snowmobiles on highways and public ways of the Town of Dover and of the County of Dutchess shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Title D of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law, the rules and regulations of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the rules, restrictions and conditions set forth in § 117-5 of this chapter.
A.
Streets or highways.
(1)
Only the following streets or highways or portions thereof
of the Town of Dover are hereby designated for the purpose of operation of
snowmobiles on the roadways and inside banks thereof as authorized by § 25.09
of Title D of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law. It is hereby
determined that the outside banks or shoulders of such highways are nonexistent
or, by reason of normally prevailing snow conditions or by conditions of terrain,
are impassable:
(a)
On Deuel Hollow Road, from Route 55 to the Pawling Town
line.
(b)
On Regans Mill Road, from Old Route 22 easterly to its
junction with Quarry Road or Lake Ellis Road.
(c)
On Leather Hill Road, from its junction with Deuel Hollow
Road to its terminus.
(d)
On East Mountain Road, from Dogtail Corners northerly
to the terminus of said East Mountain Road.
(e)
On Lake Ellis Road, from its junction with the county
highway known as "Dogtail Corners Road" northerly to its junction with the
road leading easterly known as Berkshire Road.
(f)
On Berkshire Road or Weil Road, from Lake Ellis Road
easterly to its junction with the town highway which leads northerly to old
Camp Unity.
(g)
On Old Camp Unity Road, from Dogtail Corners in a generally
northerly direction to its terminus.
(h)
On Hilton Road, from its junction with Sand Hill Road
southerly through the area formerly known as "Berkshire Country Club" to the
road leading easterly toward Dogtail Corners and Old Camp Unity Road, which
is known as "Berkshire Road" or "Weil Road."
(i)
On Old Branch Road, from its junction with Lake Ellis
Road easterly or northeasterly to the terminus thereof.
(j)
On Sand Hill Road, over its entire length.
(k)
On Johnson Road, in the area known as "Oblong Farms."
(l)
On Oblong Farms Road.
(m)
On Benson Hill Road.
(n)
On the Dover Furnace-Chestnut Ridge town highway, from
a point near the premises of Valhos or Wadsworth in a generally westerly or
northwesterly direction to Holsapple Road and thence continuing over said
Holsapple or Lossing Road to the county highway.
(o)
On the road sometimes known as "Cooperstown Road," from
its junction with the Dover Furnace-Chestnut Ridge town highway to its terminus.
(p)
On town highway in Schreiber Development, sometimes called
"North Wingdale."
(2)
In the event that there are passable outside banks or
shoulders upon or along said roadways, snowmobiles may be operated thereon.
B.
Limited operation on highway; emergency. A snowmobile
may be operated on a highway for the purpose of an emergency as authorized
by Title D of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law.
A.
Subject to the restrictions and conditions in § 117-5 of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, snowmobiles may be operated on public land of the Town of Dover in the area known as "Wingdale, New York," which was granted to the Town of Dover by the State of New York, for park purposes, with the exception of that area within said public lands or recreation area described as follows: the area adjacent to the pavilion located on said premises, the Little League baseball field, the softball field and the pond on said premises.
[Amended 2-11-1991 by L.L.
No. 2-1991]
Whenever the operation of a snowmobile is permitted on the shoulder,
roadway or inside bank of any town street or highway or portion thereof as
provided in this chapter or on parks or public lands of the Town of Dover,
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 town highway between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 9:00
a.m.
B.
Financial security. It shall be unlawful for any person
to operate a snowmobile on any public lands or places of the Town of Dover
unless the owner or operator of such snowmobile is insured against public
liability and carries with him proof of financial responsibility in the manner
prescribed by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and
of the minimum amount as provided in Title D of the Parks, Recreation and
Historic Preservation Law. Such proof shall be displayed by the owner or operator
of any snowmobile upon request to any law enforcement officer or to any person
who has suffered or claims to have suffered either personal injury or damage
to property as a result of the operation of such snowmobile by any such owner
or operator.
[Amended 2-11-1991 by L.L.
No. 2-1991]
C.
Direction of operation. No person shall operate a snowmobile
within the street or highway right-of-way of the Town of Dover between sunrise
and sunset 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.
D.
Unattended snowmobiles. It shall be unlawful for any
owner or operator to leave or allow a snowmobile to be left unattended on
any 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.
E.
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.
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.
[Amended 2-11-1991 by L.L.
No. 2-1991]
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 the provisions hereof
until such time as the signs and markers are installed or constructed in accordance
with Title D of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law and the
rules and regulations of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and
Historic Preservation and the Department of Transportation.
