The driver of any vehicle shall not drive or operate such vehicle on any of the public streets of this Village at a rate of speed greater than 30 miles per hour.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or a motorcycle upon any street or public highway in the Village at such a speed as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person or at a rate of speed greater than will permit such person to bring the vehicle to a stop without injury to another or his property.
A rate of speed by a motor vehicle in excess of the maximum limits provided in this section shall be unlawful:
A. 
Ten-mile-an-hour limit: all motor vehicles and motorcycles when lawfully passing any interurban car or bus taking on or discharging passengers or at an intersection where a safety zone has been established or at an intersection where signs are posted reading SLOW TO 10 MILES.
B. 
Twenty-mile-an-hour limit: all motor vehicles and motorcycles, except those otherwise restricted by this section to lower maximum speeds, when passing a school building between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., during school days, as posted or when school zone beacons are flashing, indicating a school event or session.
[Amended 1-25-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011; 1-24-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012]
C. 
Twenty-mile-an-hour limit: where traffic is controlled by a peace officer or a traffic control sign.
D. 
Twenty-five-mile-an-hour limit: all motor vehicles and motorcycles, except those restricted by this section to lower maximum speeds, when approaching or entering an intersection within a business or residential district where such intersection is not controlled by a peace officer or traffic control sign.
Vehicles on each street enumerated in the first column below shall slow to 10 miles per hour on entering and passing through the street set opposite thereto in the second column below:
Vehicles on
Shall Slow to 10 Miles Per Hour Before Entering
Abell Avenue
Second Street
Center Street
Second Street
Charles Avenue
Woods Road
Cogswell Avenue
Second Street
Power Street
Center Street
Sixth Street
Alice Avenue
The driver of a vehicle shall operate such vehicle only upon the right half of the roadway of any street except when the right half of the roadway of any street is out of repair or otherwise impassable. Such driver may, however, proceed on the left half of the roadway in passing a vehicle proceeding in the same direction, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
When the center line of the roadway of any street or part thereof is clearly defined by any device, line or lines and a sign or signs are posted in and along said street or part of the street indicating that a vehicle shall keep to the right of such center line, no driver of any vehicle shall pass to the left of such marked center line for the purpose of passing and overtaking a vehicle or for any other purpose, except to turn left into an intersecting street or driveway.
Whenever traffic at an intersection is regulated by a traffic control signal equipped with a green arrow, the red light and green arrow, when lighted together, shall indicate that traffic aproaching such signal shall stop and may then turn in the direction indicated by the green arrow. The driver of any vehicle approaching such signal shall, when such red light and green arrow are lighted together, stop such vehicle at the intersection and may then turn in the direction indicated by the green arrow.
No driver of any vehicle shall turn or make a turn at any intersection where turns are prohibited as indicated by suitable signs posted at such intersections, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Whenever an official stop sign is posted on any street at or near the intersection of such street and any street designated by the provisions of this chapter as a through street, the driver of the vehicle proceeding upon any such street intersecting or entering any through-traffic street shall, immediately before entering such street intersection, bring his vehicle to a full stop as near such intersection as possible and then shall proceed with caution.
A. 
The following streets, avenues and boulevards are hereby designated main arteries of travel:
Abell Avenue
Center Street
Charles Avenue
Cogswell Avenue
Darrow Avenue
Lionel Avenue
Milton Avenue
Orchard Road
West Genesee Street
Woods Road
B. 
Every driver of a vehicle shall bring his vehicle to a full stop and proceed only when safe before entering or crossing any of the above-named streets.
Vehicles on each street enumerated in the first column below shall stop and proceed only when safe before entering the street set opposite thereto in the second column below, namely:
Vehicles on
Shall Stop Before Entering
Abell Avenue
[Added 7-23-1974]
Second Street
Abell Avenue
Sixth Street
Alice Avenue
Sixth Street
Bacon Street
[Added 11-24-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
Pennock Street
Barclay Street
[Added 10-24-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
Wynthrop Road
Boulder Road
[Added 6-8-1976 by L.L. No. 2-1976]
Oakridge Drive
Center Street
Power Street
Center Street
[Added 8-24-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
Second Street
Center Street
[Added 7-23-1974]
Third Street
Center Street
[Added 6-23-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
Trump Street
Charles Avenue
Milton Avenue
Conklin Avenue
Charles Avenue
Conklin Street
[Added 6-8-1976 by L.L. No. 2-1976]
Lamont Avenue
Darrow Avenue
[Added 6-23-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
Sixth Street
Darrow Avenue
[Added 9-30-2008]
Third Street
Draper Avenue
[Added 10-28-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
Hamilton Street
Fay Road
Salisbury Road
Fay Road
West Genesee Street
First Street
Cogswell Avenue
First Street
Gertrude Avenue
Freeman Avenue
Milton Avenue
Freeman Avenue
[Added 3-23-2004]
Woods Road
Gere Lock Road
[Added 6-9-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
Mathews Avenue
Gertrude Street
[Added 3-22-1977 by L.L. No. 1-1977]
Second Street
Hall Avenue
[Added 6-23-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
Palmer Avenue
Hall Avenue
Woods Road
Hardwicke Drive
[Added 9-10-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
Heritage Circle
Hardwicke Drive
[Added 9-10-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
Pine Hill Drive
Hatherleigh Road
[Added 10-24-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
Scarboro Drive
Hazard Street
Cogswell Avenue
Heritage Circle
[Added 9-10-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
Hardwicke Drive
Heritage Circle
[Added 9-29-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982]
Heritage Circle
Heritage Circle
[Added 9-10-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
Pine Hill Drive
Lionel Avenue
[Added 10-14-1980 by L.L. No. 3-1980]
Sixth Street
Montrose Avenue
[Added 8-24-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
Rosita Street
Montrose Avenue
Salisbury Road
Montrose Avenue
West Genesee Street
North Orchard Road
West Genesee Street
Pennock Street
[Added 10-14-1980 by L.L. No. 3-1980]
Bacon Street
Pennock Street
[Added 10-14-1980 by L.L. No. 3-1980]
Hazard Street
Piercefield Drive
[Added 3-9-1982 by L.L. No. 2-1982]
Wynthrop Road
Pine Hill Drive
[Added 9-10-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
Hardwicke Drive
Pine Hill Drive
[Added 9-10-1991 by L.L. No. 9-1991]
Heritage Circle
Power Street
[Added 6-23-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
Abell Avenue
Power Street
[Added 6-23-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
Center Street
Power Street
[Added 6-23-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
Cogswell Avenue
Power Street
[Added 6-23-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
South Avenue
Scarboro Drive
[Added 10-24-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
Hatherleigh Road
Scarboro Drive
Orchard Road
Scarboro Drive
West Genesee Street
Second Street
Abell Avenue
Second Street
Center Street
Second Street
Cogswell Avenue
Second Street
[Added 3-22-1977 by L.L. No. 1-1977]
Gertrude Street
Second Street
Lionel Avenue
Sixth Street
[Added 12-17-1996 by L.L. No. 6-1996]
Abell Avenue
Sixth Street
[Added 6-8-1976 by L.L. No. 2-1976]
King Avenue
Sixth Street
[Added 10-14-1980 by L.L. No. 3-1980]
Lionel Avenue
South Avenue
[Added 3-22-2005]
Fourth Street
South Avenue
[Added 6-23-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
Sixth Street
Third Street
Center Street
Trump Street
[Added 8-24-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
Gillis Street
Woods Road
Charles Avenue
Woods Road
[Added 3-23-2004]
Freeman Avenue
Wycliffe Road
[Added 9-26-2017]
Hatherleigh Road
Wycliffe Road
[Added 9-26-2017]
Scarboro Drive
Wynthrop Road
[Added 10-24-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
Barclay Street
A. 
On the approach of any vehicle or apparatus of the Fire Department or Police Department answering to an emergency or fire call and while sounding a siren, horn or bell, the driver of any vehicle, other than a vehicle of the aforesaid Departments or an ambulance on an emergency call, shall immediately drive as close as possible to the right-hand curb and stop and shall not follow after said vehicle or apparatus until the same shall be at least 150 feet away.
B. 
No person shall drive a vehicle in such manner as to impede or obstruct the operation or progress of any fire apparatus or vehicle of the Fire or Police Department or any official or employee in the discharge of his official duty.
Whenever a clear, visible and positive signal at any railway grade crossing gives warning of the approach of a railroad train or car, the driver of any vehicle approaching such railway crossing shall bring his vehicle to a stop before traversing such crossing.
A directing officer or any person operating any railway train shall not direct the operation of or operate the same in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for a period of time longer than five minutes, except that this provision shall not apply to trains or cars in motion other than those engaged in switching.
[Amended 3-23-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004]
A. 
General exclusion.
(1) 
All trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, and tractor – trailer combinations having a total gross weight in excess of five tons are hereby excluded from all highways within the Village of Solvay except for the following specified highways:
(a) 
New York State Route 5;
(b) 
500 block of Charles Avenue;
(c) 
Bridge Street;
(d) 
Mathews Avenue;
(e) 
Boyd Avenue north of Milton Avenue;
(f) 
Gere Lock Road;
(g) 
Industrial Drive;
(h) 
Milton Avenue, from Bridge Street west to Village line.
(2) 
This exclusion shall not be construed to prevent the delivery or pickup of merchandise or other property along the highways within the Village from which such vehicles are otherwise excluded.
B. 
Exemptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to municipal vehicles, emergency vehicles, or public utility vehicles working on highways within the Village.
No person shall drive any automobile, truck, carriage, wagon, motorcycle or other vehicle on or along any public sidewalk or crosswalk or permit the same to stand on any public sidewalk or crosswalk in any manner likely to break or damage such public sidewalk or crosswalk or to interfere with the use thereof or travel thereon.