Village of Westfield, NY Article I Operation of Vehicles

§ 146-1 Compliance required.

A. Every person shall obey the instructions of official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in the manner prescribed by and subject to the exceptions specified in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.

B. Every person shall obey any properly posted provision of this chapter applicable thereto in the manner prescribed by this chapter when such obedience is not required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.

§ 146-2 Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

HANDICAPPED PARKING

Parking spaces for the handicapped shall be those parking spaces accorded to a holder of a handicapped parking permit provided in accordance with the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.

PARK or PARKING

The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily, for the purpose of and while actually engaged in unloading merchandise or passengers.

STAND or STANDING

The stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily, for the purpose of and while engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.

STOP or STOPPING

When prohibited means any halting even momentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal.

§ 146-3 Traffic control devices.

The Board of Trustees of the Village of Westfield shall install and maintain traffic control devices when and as required under the provisions of this chapter to make effective the provisions of said chapter and may install and maintain such additional traffic control devices as it may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic under the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York subject to the provisions of § 1682 (traffic control devices) of that law.

§ 146-4 Speed regulations.

Thirty miles per hour is hereby established as the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed within the corporate limits of the Village on all streets except as follows:

A. Thirty-five miles per hour is hereby established as the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed within the corporate limits of the Village on the following streets and portions of streets:

(1) East Main Street: US Route 20, between its intersection with the easterly Village line and its intersection with Persons Street.

(2) West Main Street: US Route 20, between its intersection with the westerly Village line and the westerly end of the bridge over Chautauqua Creek.

(3) South Portage Street: NYS Route 394, between its intersection with the southerly Village line and its intersection with Campbell Street.

B. Fifteen miles per hour is hereby established as the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed within the corporate limits of the Village on the following streets and portions of streets:

[Added 2-2-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]

(1) Chase Street: beginning at its intersection with Route 394, also known as South Portage Street, and ending at its intersection with Water Street.

(2) Temple Street: beginning at its intersection with Chestnut Street, also known as Westfield-Sherman Road, and ending as it does already as a dead end approximately 170 feet from its intersection with Chestnut Street.

[Added 8-3-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]

C. Fifteen miles per hour is hereby established as the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed within the corporate limits of the Village on the following streets and portions of streets and will be designated as a School Zone:

[Added 3-4-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]

(1) Meyer Drive, between its intersection with US Route 20 (East Main Street) and its intersection with Cass Street.

D. Forty miles per hour is hereby established as the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed within the corporate limits of the Village on the following streets and portions of streets:

[Added 3-4-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]

(1) North Portage Street, NYS Route 394, between its intersection with the northerly Village line and its intersection with Jefferson Street.

§ 146-5 Winter parking.

Parking in the streets of the Village of Westfield is prohibited during the months of November, December, January, February and March from the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., except Clinton Street, subject to restrictions contained in §§ 146-9 and 146-10 herein.

§ 146-6 Through streets and stop intersections.

The following streets and highways are hereby designated as through streets and highways, and stop signs will be placed on all streets and highways intersecting with these streets and highways. All vehicles approaching any of these through streets and highways listed below shall come to a full and complete stop before entering or turning into any of these streets or highways.

Academy Street
A.	From East Main Street to Village line:
	(1)	Pleasant Avenue from the south.
	(2)	Cottage Street from the north.
	(3)	Grove Street from the north.
	(4)	Spring Street from the south.

Backman Avenue
A.	From Kent Street to Third Street:
	(1)	Patterson Street from the east.
	(2)	Second Street from the east and west.
	(3)	Bell Parkway from the west.

Bliss Street
A.	From South Portage Street to Union Street:
	(1)	Elm Street from the north.
B.	From Union Street in an easterly direction:
	(1)	Walnut Street from the north.
	(2)	Spring Street from the north.

Bourne Street
A.	From North Portage Street east to Persons Road:
	(1)	Bird Street from the north.
	(2)	Lake Street from the north.

Cass Street
A.	From East Main Street in a northerly direction:
	(1)	Jefferson Street from the east and west.
	(2)	Clark Street from the west.

Chestnut Street
A.	From West Main Street south to Village line:
	(1)	Temple Street from the east.
	(2)	Water Street from the east.
	(3)	South Gale Street from the east and west.
	(4)	West Campbell Street from the east.
	(5)	Fort Street from the west.

Clinton Street
A.	From North Portage Street east to Pearl Street:
	(1)	Market Street from the south.
	(2)	Franklin Street from the north.

Cottage Street
A.	From East Main Street south to Academy Street:
	(1)	Bank Street from the east.

Crandall Street
A.	From Kent Street south to Third Street:
	(1)	Riley Street from the east.
	(2)	Patterson Street from the west.
	(3)	Jackson Street from the east.
	(4)	Second Street from the west.
	(5)	Billsboro Street from the east.

East Main Street
A.	From North and South Portage Streets east:
	(1)	Elm Street from the south.
	(2)	Union Street from the south.
	(3)	Brewer Place from the south.
	(4)	Holt Street from the north.
	(5)	Cottage Street from the south.
	(6)	Grove Street from the south.
	(7)	Cass Street from the north.
	(8)	Colburn Street from the north.
	(9)	Persons Street from the north.
	(10)	Watson Avenue from the south.
	(11)	Villa Drive from the south.

East Pearl Street
A.	From Jefferson Street north:
	(1)	Clark Street from the east.

Elm Street
A.	From East Main Street south to Third Street:
	(1)	McClurg Street from the east and west.
	(2)	First Street from the east and west.
	(3)	Second Street from the east and west.

English Street
A.	From North Portage Street east:
	(1)	Franklin Street from the south.
	(2)	West Pearl Street from the south.

Franklin Street
A.	From Clinton Street north to English Street:
	(1)	Washington Street from the east and west.
	(2)	Jefferson Street from the east and west.

Grove Street
A.	From East Main Street south to Academy Street:
	(1)	Bank Street from the west and east.

Holt Street
A.	From East Main Street north to Jefferson Street:
	(1)	Washington Street from the west.

Jackson Street
A.	From Sprint Street west to Crandall Street:
	(1)	Ash Street from the north.

Jefferson Street
A.	From Pearl Street east to Cass Street:
	(1)	Holt Street from the south.

Kent Street
A.	From Union Street east to Pleasant Avenue:
	(1)	Beckman Avenue from the south.
	(2)	Crandall Street from the south.

Martin-Wright Road
A.	From South Portage Street in an easterly direction:
	(1)	Allen Road from the north.

Nichols Avenue
A.	From North Portage St. in an easterly direction:
	(1)	Bird Street from the South.

North Portage Street
A.	From Main Street north to Village line:
	(1)	Clinton Street from the east.
	(2)	Washington Street from the east.
	(3)	Jefferson Street from the east.
	(4)	English Street from the east.
	(5)	Bourne Street from the east.
	(6)	Hawley Street from the west.
	(7)	Nichols Avenue from the east.

Oak Street
A.	From West Main Street in a northerly direction:
	(1)	Terrace Street from the east.

Pearl Street
A.	From East Main Street in a northerly direction:
	(1)	Clinton Street from the west.
	(2)	Washington Street from the west and east.
	(3)	Jefferson Street from the east and west.
	(4)	West Pearl Street from the northwest.

Pleasant Avenue
A.	From Academy Street south to Riley Street:
	(1)	Kent Street from the west.
	(2)	Wells Street from the east.

South Gale Street
A.	From Chestnut Street in an easterly direction:
	(1)	Campbell Street from the south.

South Portage Street
A.	From Main Street south to Village line:
	(1)	McClurg Street from the east.
	(2)	First Street from the east.
	(3)	Chase Street from the west.
	(4)	Second Street from the east and west.
	(5)	Third Street from the east.
	(6)	Bliss Street from the east.
	(7)	Campbell Street from the west.
	(8)	Martin-Wright Road from the east.
	(9)	Old South Portage Street from the southwest.

Spring Street
A.	From Academy Street south to Bliss Street:
	(1)	Jackson Street from the west.
	(2)	Billsboro Street from the west.
	(3)	Third Street from the west.
	(4)	Wood Street from the west.

Third Street
A.	From Union Street east to Spring Street:
	(1)	Backman Avenue from the north.
	(2)	Crandall Street from the north.

Union Street
A.	From East Main Street south to Third Street:
	(1)	Kent Street from the east.
	(2)	Bell Parkway from the east.
	(3)	McClurg Street from the west.
	(4)	First Street from the west.
	(5)	Second Street from the east and west.
B.	From Third Street south to end of street:
	(1)	Wood Street from the east.
	(2)	Bliss Street from the east and west.
	(3)	Camelot Drive from the east.

Water Street
A.	From Second Street north to the intersection with North Water Street and thence east to the end of the street:
	(1)	Chase Street from the east.
	(2)	Lumber Street from the east and south.
	(3)	North Water Street from the north.

West Main Street
A.	From North and South Portage Streets west:
	(1)	Chestnut Street from the south.
	(2)	Oak Street from the north.
	(3)	South Gale Street from the south.
	(4)	North Gale Street from the north.

§ 146-7 Four-way traffic stop intersections.

A. The intersection of Union Street and Third Street is hereby designated a four-way stop intersection. All vehicles approaching any of these intersections shall come to a full and complete stop before entering or turning into any of these streets or highways.

B. The intersection of Elm Street and Third Street is hereby designated a four-way stop intersection. All vehicles approaching any of these intersections shall come to a full and complete stop before entering or turning into any of these streets or highways.

C. The intersection of Bliss Street and Union Street is hereby designated a four-way stop intersection. All vehicles approaching any of these intersections shall come to a full and complete stop before entering or turning into any of these streets or highways.

[Added 11-3-1997 by L.L. No. 5-1997]

D. The intersection of Bliss Street and Spring Street is hereby designated a three-way stop intersection, which, for purposes of this code, shall be treated as a four-way stop intersection. All vehicles approaching any of the intersections shall come to a full and complete stop before entering or turning into any of these streets or highways.

[Added 12-18-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023]

§ 146-8 One-way streets.

A. The following streets are designated as one-way streets, traffic to go in a northerly direction only:

[Amended 3-4-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]

(1) Maple Street.

B. The following street is designated as a one-way street, traffic to go in a westerly direction only:

(1) Chase Street: from a point approximately 428 feet west of the intersection of South Portage Street and Chase Street to the intersection of Chase Street and Water Street.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, designating one-way streets with traffic going in a southerly direction only, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 2-2-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998.

C. A portion of the following street is designated as a one-way street, traffic to go in a southeasterly direction only:

[Added 3-4-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; amended 12-21-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]

(1) Meyer Drive: from a point approximately 540 feet easterly from the intersection of Cass Street and Meyer Drive to a point approximately 520 feet north of the intersection of East Main Street and Meyer Drive, the intention being to create a one-way section approximately 360 feet in length where the hill is located on Meyer Drive, with traffic proceeding in a southeasterly direction only up the hill.

D. A portion of the following street is designated as a one-way street, traffic to go in a northerly direction only:

[Added 3-4-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]

(1) Market Street from the northerly curbline of East Main Street to a point 100 feet north.