As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings unless the context shall otherwise
clearly require:
GROSS WEIGHT
The weight of a vehicle without load plus the weight of any
load thereon.
OVERSIZED VEHICLE
Any truck, commercial vehicle, tractor, tractor-trailer combination,
trailer, semitrailer or other vehicle not specifically designed for
the transportation of persons, with a gross weight exceeding 10,500
pounds.
SEMITRAILER
Any trailer which is so designed that when operated the forward
end of its body or chassis rests upon the body or chassis of the towing
vehicle.
TRACTOR
A motor vehicle designed and used as the power unit in combination
with a semitrailer or trailer, or two such trailers in tandem. Any
such motor vehicle shall not carry cargo, except that a tractor and
semitrailer engaged in the transportation of automobiles may transport
motor vehicles on part of the power unit.
TRAILER
Any vehicle not propelled by its own power, drawn on the
public highways by a motor vehicle, as defined in the Vehicle and
Traffic Law, operated thereon, except motorcycle side cars, car and
boat trailers, and vehicles being towed by a nonrigid support and
vehicles designed and primarily used for other purposes and only occasionally
drawn by such a motor vehicle.
TRUCK
Every motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily
for the transportation of property with a gross weight exceeding 10,500
pounds.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved
by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
No truck or oversize vehicle shall be parked on a Town street, road or highway except as provided in §§
158-34 and
158-35.
This article shall be enforced as provided in Chapter
4 of the Code of the Town of Somers, except that the Building Inspector shall enforce any violation of a condition of a temporary permit issued by the Building Inspector.
A violation of any provision of this article,
which shall include but shall not be limited to the conditions established
in connection with a temporary permit, shall be punishable, upon conviction,
as follows:
A. For a first offense: by a fine not exceeding $100.
B. For a second offense within a twelve-month period:
by a fine not less than $100 and not exceeding $250.
C. For a third offense within a twelve-month period,
by a fine not less than $250 and not exceeding $500 or imprisonment
not exceeding 15 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.