All signs posted by the Board of Trustees shall be deemed as having been posted under authority granted by this chapter. Any violations of the directions of such signs or any signs to be erected hereafter shall be prosecuted as violations of this chapter.
[Amended 5-18-1999 by L.L. No. 6-1999]
The Village of Solvay Highway Superintendent shall install and maintain signs, signals and traffic control devices when and as required under the provisions of this chapter.
All traffic signs and signals relating to any particular traffic regulation shall be uniform.
Speed limit signs shall be posted on every main highway entering the village in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the state.
A.
Erection. Traffic control signals using red, amber and green lights only, or red or green or amber light alone, shall be erected at street intersections indicated to be so signalized by the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Violation. It shall be a traffic infraction or offense to proceed through an intersection so controlled by a traffic control signal when the same is exhibiting a red signal.
C.
Effect of green arrow. At street intersections signalized by traffic control signals, where right turns are permitted while a red light is exhibited, which intersections are hereby deemed to be intersections where unusual traffic conditions exist, a green arrow shall be attached to the signal lights controlling traffic approaching such intersections and so permitted to turn. Such green arrow shall be synchronized to light with the red light.
Intersections where no turns or no left turns are permitted, as indicated by the provisions below, shall be provided with signs bearing the words NO TURNS or NO LEFT TURNS, as the case may be, one of such signs to be posted on each corner of such intersection.
Name of Street | Direction of Travel | Prohibited Turn | Hours | At Intersection of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Caroline Avenue [Added 3-23-2004; amended 7-26-2005] | South | Left | All | Woods Road |
Charles Avenue [Added 8-13-1974] | North | Left | All | Into Westvale Shopping Center |
A sign bearing the words STOP — THROUGH TRAFFIC shall be posted on the right-hand side of each street intersecting any street designated as a through-traffic street, as indicated by the provisions of this chapter, such signs to be located at the intersection of the right curb of the roadway of such intersecting street with the boundary line of the through street or as near as possible thereto, except that no sign shall be erected and maintained at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals.
[Added 1-22-2002]
The following are designated as one-way streets:
Name of Street | Location | Direction of Travel |
|---|---|---|
Third Street | 603 through 626 Third Street | West |
William Street | From Hall Avenue to Lamont Avenue | East |
Worth Avenue | 100 block | North |
Reflector or other suitable type signs bearing the words STOP — DANGEROUS CORNER or abbreviation thereof shall be posted at or near any street intersection indicated by the provisions of this chapter to be a dangerous intersection.
Crossings at street intersections and at other places may be established and maintained by devices, markings or lines upon the surface of any roadway.
The boundaries of street intersections may be maintained by devices, markings or lines upon the surface of any roadway.
A sign shall be posted on the right-hand side of every street on which any hospital or school is located, not less than 100 nor more than 150 feet from such hospital or school building, such sign to bear the words CAUTION — HOSPITAL AHEAD or CAUTION — SCHOOL AHEAD, as the case may be.
Appropriate signs and signals shall be erected in conformance with the provisions of this chapter or police regulations regulating or prohibiting parking.
[Added 1-26-1999 by L.L. No. 2-1999]
Appropriate signs designating handicapped parking spaces shall be erected in accordance with, and at the locations designated by, the Village Board by Resolution.
Name of Street | Side | Number of Spaces | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Fourth Street [Added 10-24-2006] | North | 1 | In front of 502 Fourth Street |
Fourth Street [Added 10-24-2006] | South | 1 | In front of 503 Fourth Street |
Fourth Street [Added 10-24-2006] | South | 1 | In front of 513 Second Street |
Fourth Street [Added 12-26-2006] | South | 1 | In front of 517 Second Street |
Power Street [Added 8-26-2003] | North | 1 | Adjacent to 809 Cogswell Avenue |
Power Street [Added 8-3-2005] | North | 1 | In front of 220 Power Street |
Power Street [Added 8-26-2003] | South | 1 | Adjacent to 901 Cogswell Avenue |
Power Street [Added 8-3-2005] | South | 1 | In front of 221 Power Street |
Second Street [Added 10-24-2006] | North | 1 | In front of 514 Second Street |
Second Street [Added 12-26-2006] | North | 1 | In front of 516 Second Street |
Second Street [Added 5-27-2003] | South | 2 | Adjacent to St. Cecilia's Church |
Williams Street South [Added 5-27-2003] | South | 1 | Adjacent to 109 Williams Street |
Worth Avenue [Added 5-27-2003] | East | 1 | Adjacent to 325 Seventh Street |
Worth Avenue [Added 5-27-2003] | East | 1 | Adjacent to 513 Third Street |
Signs bearing the words NO PARKING THIS SIDE OF STREET shall be posted at or near the curb in and along the side or sides of streets where parking is prohibited as indicated by the provisions of this chapter or by police regulation. Such signs shall be posted not more than 300 feet apart in any block, and at least one sign shall be posted in each block on the side or sides of the street where parking is prohibited.
Signs bearing the words NO PARKING HERE TO CORNER shall be posted at or near the curb at such distance from a roadway intersection where no parking is permitted as indicated by the provisions of this chapter or by police regulation.
A sign bearing the words FIREHOUSE — NO PARKING OR STANDING BETWEEN SIGNS shall be posted at or near the curb on the same side of the street upon which any fire station is located, 15 feet distant from each side of the driveway entrance to such firehouse and on the side of the street opposite such firehouse at or near the curb and 50 feet distant from each side line of such driveway entrance extended.
Sign bearing the words NO PARKING ON THIS SIDE OF STREET or abbreviation thereof shall be erected and maintained in and along that portion of every street abutting upon property used for school purposes, said signs to be located on the side of the street upon which the school is located at or near the curb and not more than 200 feet apart.
Parking spaces designated in this chapter shall be indicated by devices, markings or lines on the ground or surface of any roadway and/or by signs posted at each end of such spaces bearing the words PARKING SPACE.
A sign shall be posted and maintained at every roadway entrance to every public park in the Village bearing the words NO PARKING OR STANDING (anywhere) IN PARK EXCEPT IN DESIGNATED PARKING SPACES or abbreviation thereof.
All bus stops designated by the provisions of this chapter shall be indicated by signs bearing the words BUS STOP posted one at each end of any stop or by one such sign bearing the additional words FROM HERE TO CORNER posted at the end opposite that of a corner when such stops are bounded on one end by a street intersection.
Taxicab stands and loading zones designated in this chapter or by police regulation shall be indicated by signs posted at or near the curb at the ends of said stands or zones bearing the words TAXICAB STAND — NO PARKING OR STANDING or NO PARKING OR STANDING, as the case may be. When any such stand or zone is bounded on one end by a street intersection, one sign may be used instead of those above-provided, bearing the words TAXICAB STAND FROM HERE TO CORNER — NO PARKING OR STANDING or LOADING ZONE FROM HERE TO CORNER-NO PARKING OR STANDING, as the case may be.
In addition to the traffic signs and signals authorized or required by the provisions of this chapter, markings and/or wording not inconsistent with such traffic signs or signals may be established and maintained on the roadways of any street in clarification or in emphasis of the notice intended to be given by such signs or signals.
[Amended 5-18-1999 by L.L. No. 6-1999]
The Highway Superintendent shall, upon the owner, lessee or agent of any theater, church, auditorium or other building where assemblages of persons may be held making application and paying the cost thereof, provide and maintain permanent sign holders, at or near the curb, at each end of the space 30 feet along the roadway in front of the entrance or entrances of such theaters, churches, auditoriums or buildings and provide signs with standards to fit into said sign holders, said signs to bear the words NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS — ENTRANCE or abbreviation thereof.
Any police officer apprehending any unofficial traffic sign or signal displayed upon or in view of any highway, which purports to be or is an imitation of or resemblance to an official traffic sign or signal or which attempts to regulate the movement of traffic or the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles or which, wholly or in part, hides from view any official sign or signal, is hereby empowered to and it shall be his duty to remove every such unofficial sign or signal without notice.