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
|
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Abell Avenue
|
Second Street
|
Center Street
|
Second Street
|
Charles Avenue
|
Woods Road
|
Cogswell Avenue
|
Second Street
|
Power Street
|
Center Street
|
Sixth Street
|
Alice Avenue
|
Buses shall not be operated within the village at a rate of
speed greater than 30 miles per hour.
Railway trains, cars or engines thereof shall not be operated
within the village at a rate of speed greater than one mile in four
minutes.
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:
(b)
500 block of Charles Avenue;
(e)
Boyd Avenue north of Milton Avenue;
(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.