A. 
Authority to remove and impound vehicles. When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway in the City during a weather event or a state of emergency as defined in § 335-16C or during a snow storm, flood, fire, or other public emergency which affects that portion of the public highway upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned, or when any vehicle is found unattended on any highway in the City where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, or when any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway or parking lot in the City where not duly registered or not displaying registration and plates or is parked or abandoned on any highway or any City property, said vehicle may be removed and impounded by direction of any police officer of the City to any place or garage designated by the Chief of Police.
[Amended 10-5-1977 by Ord. No. 10-1977; 8-6-1985 by Ord. No. 8-1985;1-4-2023 by Ord. No. 6-2022]
B. 
Operation of vehicles on City property. It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or vehicle known as a "minibike" or "trail bike" on any property not specifically designed for the operation of motor vehicles that is owned, leased or under the control and supervision of the City.
[Amended 3-2-1973 by Ord. No. 6-1973; 10-3-1973 by Ord. No. 21-1973]
C. 
Storage and charges. After removal and/or impoundment of any vehicle as provided in this section, the vehicle may be stored in a suitable place at the expense of the owner. Such owner or person in charge of the vehicle may redeem the vehicle upon payment of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal and storage, including the total cost of towing, including an additional charge for flatbed or dolly, and any charges for storage.
[Amended 4-1-1970 by Ord. No. 7-1970; 3-6-1991 by Ord. No. 3-1991; 7-21-1998 by Ord. No. 10-1998; 7-2-2008 by Ord. No. 3-2008; 1-4-2023 by Ord. No. 6-2022]
D. 
Notice of removal. The Police Department shall have the duty to ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or a person having charge of the same, and to notify him of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem the same.
E. 
Parking prohibited in certain places or in excess of 14 days.
[Added 2-4-1970 by Ord. No. 2-1970; amended 7-7-1999 by Ord. No. 6-1999]
(1) 
No person shall block a private or public driveway or stop, stand or park a vehicle upon a street or alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic; except that a driver may stop temporarily during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals of a police officer.
(2) 
No person shall park a vehicle on any street in the City of Geneva in excess of 14 days without moving said vehicle or without receiving permission from the Chief of Police to park in excess of said fourteen-day limit.
A. 
A truck route system, upon which all trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations having a total gross weight in excess of five tons are permitted to travel and operate, shall consist of the following highways:
(1) 
Hamilton Street between the west City line and South Main Street.
(2) 
Route 5 and 20 bypass at South Main Street, both north and south cloverleafs.
(3) 
Lochland Road between the south City line and South Main Street.
(4) 
South Main Street from Lochland Road to the northerly cloverleaf of Route 5 and 20 bypass.
(5) 
Lake Front Arterial Highway, Route 5 and 20 from Hamilton Street to east City line.
(6) 
Lake Street between Exchange Street and Lake Front Arterial Highway, Route 5 and 20.
(7) 
Exchange Street between Lake Street and north City line.
(8) 
Forge Avenue and Pre-Emption Street between Route 14 and North Street.
[Added 12-6-1978 by Ord. No. 31-1978]
B. 
All trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations having a total gross weight in excess of five tons are hereby excluded from all highways within the City, except from those highways listed in Subsection A, except that this exclusion shall not be construed to prevent the delivery or pickup of merchandise or other property along the highway from which such vehicles and combinations are excluded.
C. 
All trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations are hereby excluded from Hammond Lane between Colt Street and Patterson Alley.
[Added 4-2-1969 by Ord. No. 3-1969]
D. 
[1]All trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations are hereby excluded from Colt Street between North Main Street and Elm Street.
[Added 2-4-1987 by Ord. No. 4-1987]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D, regarding the railroad bridge on West North Street, added by Ord. No. 29-1970, was repealed by Ord. No. 8-1986.
E. 
All trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations are hereby excluded from Merrill Place.
[Added 7-3-1974 by Ord. No. 16-1974]
A truck stand on the south side of East Castle Street immediately west of the Penn Central Railroad crossing and for a distance of 20 feet westerly therefrom is hereby designated, and no vehicle except a truck engaged in loading or unloading freight or baggage for hire shall park or stand therein.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 60.63, Bus Stop, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 9-5-1973 by Ord. No. 17-1973.
The Chief of Police is hereby delegated the authority to exercise by official order, rule or regulation the designation of taxicab stands upon the streets of the City.
Pavement markings in accordance with the standards and specifications established by the State Traffic Commission shall be applied on the following highways or portions of highways:
A. 
North Genesee Street between its intersection with Avenue B and a point 128 feet north of the north rail of the Lehigh Valley Railroad siding.
A. 
Duty of Police Officer. It shall be the duty of each traffic patrolman or such other officer as shall be so instructed by the Chief of Police to take the registration number of any vehicle parked or standing in violation of any provisions of this chapter, as well as any other facts and circumstances, the knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of such violation.
B. 
Notice to be attached. Each such police officer shall also attach to such vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked or left standing in violation of a provision of this chapter and instructing such owner or operator to report to the City Comptroller in regard to such violation.
C. 
Payment to City Comptroller. Each such owner or operator may, within one week of the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, pay to the City Comptroller as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violations, the sum of $5. After the expiration of one week of the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, the penalty shall be increased to $10. The failure of such owner or operator to make such payment or payments as aforesaid shall render such owner subject to the penalties hereinafter provided for a violation of the provisions of this chapter. This fee schedule shall apply to all non-moving violations, except overtime parking violations and those violations for parking without a permit in a space reserved for handicapped persons.
[Amended by Ord. No. 74-27, eff. 11-6-1974; 7-12-1980 by Ord. No. 80-19]
D. 
Presumption. The parking or standing of a vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be presumptive evidence that the owner did park or leave standing, or cause or permit said vehicle to be so parked or left standing in violation of this chapter.
[Added by Ord. No. 80-4, eff. 3-5-1980]
A. 
Notwithstanding any law, order or regulation to the contrary, no high-level radioactive waste, including spent fuel rods, shall be transported by rail or highway into, through or out of the City of Geneva, New York, unless the shipper, carrier or person or firm responsible for its transportation shall have first:
(1) 
Given two weeks' prior written notice to the Chief of Police of the City of Geneva before the arrival at the City of Geneva City limits of any shipment of high-level radioactive waste, including spent fuel rods. Such prior notification shall include the date of the shipment, method of transportation, route, starting point, destination, an identification of all radioactive elements contained in each shipment by name, atomic number, weight and the radioactive level of each element or shipment in curies, the identity of the person, firm or agency responsible for safety, emergency and cleanup in the event of accident and such other information as the Chief of Police may require consistent with the public health, safety and welfare. Such radioactive sources shall only be transported into and through the City of Geneva over such route or routes and only at such time or times of the day as the Chief of Police may direct consistent with the public health, safety and welfare.
(2) 
Furnished satisfactory proof of financial security and insurance coverage for any costs, damages or expenses incurred as a result of an accident, including but not limited to, liability claims for personal injury and property damage, and agreed to be financially responsible for the total cost of all damages resulting from any such accident. Such carrier, shipper or person or firm responsible for transportation shall additionally provide adequate assurances that trained emergency response units are available in the event of accident.
(3) 
Obtained a permit for such transportation from the City Clerk of the City of Geneva and paid a permit fee of $100 prior to such transportation through City limits.
B. 
This section shall not apply to radiation sources shipped by and for the United States Government for military or national security purposes or which are related to national defense, nor shall it apply to low-level radioactive materials used for medical, educational, agricultural or research purposes and the same are hereby excluded from the provisions of this section.
C. 
"High-level radioactive wastes" shall be defined for purposes of this law as any quantity of radioactive material specified as a large quantity by the United States Atomic Energy Commission or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any radioactive material in any quantity or form exceeding two grams or 20 curies, whichever is less.
D. 
The violation of this law shall constitute an offense and the operator of the vehicle shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or both, for each such offense and if the owner of the vehicle not be the operator, then for each such offense the owner of the vehicle shall also be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or both.
E. 
If any part or provision of this law or the application thereof is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the other provisions of this section or their application.