The purpose of this chapter is to provide for
the protection, health, safety and welfare of the residents of the
Village of Weedsport and others using the roads, streets and highways
of the Village of Weedsport by providing for regulations of the use
of streets, highways, roads, drives, and boulevards within the Village
of Weedsport.
This chapter shall hereafter be known and cited
as the "Vehicle and Traffic Law of the Village of Weedsport, New York."
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority
of the General Municipal Law and the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the
State of New York.
The following local law relating to this subject
is hereby repealed: Local Law No. 4-1995.
This chapter establishes rules and regulations
governing the parking of vehicles and the control of traffic on Village
of Weedsport streets and provides penalties for violations of such
rules and regulations.
The Board of Trustees shall have the authority
to direct the installation and maintenance of traffic control devices
when and as required under the provisions of this chapter.
Thirty miles per hour is hereby established
as the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed within the corporate
limits of the Village of Weedsport except on the following highways:
A. Erie Drive (NYS Route 31).
(1) Thirty-five miles per hour is hereby established as
the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed within the corporate
limits of the Village of Weedsport on Erie Drive (NYS Route 31) between
a point 600 feet south of its intersection with West Brutus Street
and the northerly corporate line of the Village of Weedsport.
(2) Forty-five miles per hour is hereby established as
the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed within the corporate
limits of the Village of Weedsport on Erie Drive (NYS Route 31) between
a point 600 feet south of its intersection with West Brutus Street
and the westerly corporate line of the Village of Weedsport.
B. Jackson Street.
(1) Twenty miles per hour is hereby established as the
maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed on Jackson Street between
Centennial Street and Franklin Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m. on days when school is in session.
[Added 6-8-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
C. East Brutus
Street.
(1) Twenty
miles per hour is hereby established as the maximum speed at which
vehicles may proceed on East Brutus Street between Willow Street and
the east line of the Village of Weedsport.
[Added 1-13-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
No pedestrian shall cross any street with the
Village of Weedsport except at its intersection with another street,
or within marked crosswalks.
The turning of any vehicle on any Village street
so as to proceed in the opposite direction is hereby prohibited.
The intersection of Franklin Street with Jackson
Street is hereby designated a yield intersection, and traffic proceeding
easterly on Franklin Street shall yield to traffic proceeding on Jackson
Street.
Except where angle parking is authorized, every
vehicle stopped, standing, or parked upon a highway shall be so stopped,
standing or parked parallel to the edge of the roadway, headed in
the direction of lawful traffic.
No angle parking is permitted within the Village
of Weedsport except along the east side of Erie Drive.
[Added 1-13-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
A. Reserved
spaces designated.
(1) There shall be one handicapped parking space located on the south
side of Franklin Street beginning at a point 20 feet east of the crosswalk
on Franklin Street and extending 25 feet easterly along the south
line of Franklin Street.
(2) The Board of Trustees of the Village of Weedsport may, by resolution,
designate such handicapped parking spaces in Village Municipal Parking
Lots, as said Board deems appropriate.
[Added 6-8-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
The Board of Trustees may appoint one or more
Village of Weedsport Parking Enforcement Officers who are hereby authorized
to issue and serve appearance tickets for violation of parking regulations
within the Village of Weedsport.
[Added 6-8-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
A. All commercial motor vehicles, as that term is defined
by § 501-a(4) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State
of New York or successor legislation, in excess of 10,000 pounds'
GVWR is hereby prohibited from traveling upon any highways, streets
or roads within the corporate limits of the Village of Weedsport.
B. Exceptions.
(1) Such vehicles shall be allowed to travel on New York
State Route 34, New York State Route 31, South Street and East Brutus
Street, unless prohibited by county or state regulations.
(2) School buses, emergency vehicles, snow removal equipment,
municipal vehicles and vehicles making deliveries shall be exempt
from the application of this section.
[Amended 8-13-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003; 3-14-2007 by L.L. No.
1-2007]
A violation of this chapter shall be classified
as a traffic infraction and shall be punished as follows:
A. Every person convicted of a violation of §
198-8, Speed regulations, of the Vehicles and Traffic Law of the Village of Weedsport, New York, shall be punished in accordance with penalties established pursuant to § 1180 (h) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
B. Every person convicted of a violation of any other section of Chapter
198, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the Village of Weedsport, New York, shall be punished in accordance with penalties established pursuant to § 1800 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.