[Code 1971, § 28-64; Res. No. 187-90, 11-27-1990;
Res. No. 38-00, 5-23-2000; Res. No. 2-03, 1-28-2003; Res. No. 40-04,
5-25-2004; Res. No. 59-07, 8-14-2007; Res. No. 84-08, 10-14-2008;
Res. No. 60-10, 8-24-2010]
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, drive, or cause to be
propelled any automobile, motorcycle, or any other vehicle on any
public street, highway, or thoroughfare of the city at a rate of speed
greater than 30 miles per hour.
(b) The speed limit on the following streets is 15 miles per hour, and
signs to this effect shall be installed:
(1)
North 15th Street, north half of 100 block of North 15th Street
to West Sullivan Street.
(2)
West Sullivan Street between North 14th Street and North 15th
Street.
(3)
West Forest Avenue from North Union Street to Maple Street.
(4)
South 4th Street between West State Street and Green Street.
(5)
Irving Street between South 3rd Street and South 5th Street.
(6) East
Spring Street at the eastern property line of 500 East Spring Street.
(c) The speed limit on the following streets is 25 miles per hours, and
signs to that effect are to be installed:
(1)
Rowland Avenue, for the full length of the street.
(2)
Washington Street between North 4th Street and North 21st Street.
[Added 9-28-2021 by Res. No. 67-21]
(3) North
Union Street from its intersection with Main Street to its intersection
with Franklin Street.
[Added 8-24-2022 by Res. No. 88-22]
(4) Main
Street from its intersection with Front Street north to the dead end.
[Added 9-13-2022 by Res. No. 99-22]
(d) The
speed limit on the following streets is 20 miles per hour between
the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. while school is in session, and
signs to that effect are to be installed:
[Added 11-24-2020 by Res. No. 86-20]
(1) Main
Street from Genesee Street to the northern property line of 643 Main
Street.
(2) Hamilton
Avenue from Main Street to the eastern property line of 111 Hamilton
Avenue.
[Code 1971, § 28-27.1(c); Res. No. 54-91, 5-28-1991;
Res. No. 117-02, 10-22-2002; Res. No. 24-03, 4-22-2003]
Right turns on red shall be prohibited as follows:
(1) A "no right turn on red" sign shall be installed and maintained at
the intersection of Laurens and North Union Streets for traffic exiting
Laurens Street onto North Union Street.
(2) A "no right turn on red" sign shall be installed and maintained at
the intersection of Front and Main Streets for traffic exiting Front
Street onto Main Street.
(3) A "no right turn on red" sign shall be installed and maintained at
the intersection of North 24th and West State Streets for traffic
exiting North 24th Street onto West State Street.
(4) A "no right turn on red" sign shall be installed and maintained at
the intersection of Wayne and North Union Streets for the traffic
exiting Wayne Street onto North Union Street.
[Res. No. 77-91, 8-13-1991; Res. No. 137-91, 12-10-1991]
(a) Signs necessary to prohibit traffic movements other than right turns
during the period from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays shall be
posted. Necessary expenses shall be charged to the traffic signs account.
(b) Appropriate signs and pavement markings shall be installed at South
1st Street by West State Street for the purpose of requiring all northbound
traffic on South 1st Street to turn right in an easterly direction
onto West State Street.
[Code 1971, § 28-31; Res. No. 107-02, 9-24-2002;
Res. No. 42-06, 4-25-2006]
(a) Whenever any ordinance of this city designates any one-way street
or alley, the director of public works shall place and maintain signs
giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective
until such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful
traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement
of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.
(b) Upon those streets and parts of streets and in those alleys described
in this section regulating traffic upon the public streets of the
city, vehicular traffic shall move only in the indicated direction
when signs indicating the direction of traffic are erected and maintained
at every intersection where movement in the opposite direction is
prohibited.
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Anderson Avenue. Anderson Avenue from North 11th Street to West
Sullivan Street.
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1st Street, South. South 1st Street from West Henley Street
to Irving Street.
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2nd Street, North. North 2nd Street from Laurens Street to West
State Street.
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Brickell Avenue. Brickell Avenue from Wayne Street to Coleman
Street.
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Carolina Street. In the vicinity of the small island just in
front of the east property boundary of 201 Carolina Street.
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Clinton Street, South. South Clinton Street from East State
Street to East Henley Street.
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Fulton Street. Fulton Street from East State Street to East
Henley Street.
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Garden Avenue. Garden Avenue between Front Street and King Street,
one way going east.
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Putnam Street, West. Putnam Street between North Fifth Street
and North Sixth Street.
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Second Street, South. South Second Street from West State Street
to West Henley Street.
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South Street. South Street from South Union Street to South
Barry Street.
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Sullivan Street, West. West Sullivan Street from North Sixth
Street to North Eighth Street.
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Times Square. Times Square from North Barry Street to North
Union Street.
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Vermont Street. Vermont Street from York Street to Virginia
Street.
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Virginia Street. Virginia Street from Vermont Street to Carolina
Street.
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[Code 1971, §§ 28-8, 28-9; Res. No. 44-07,
6-26-2007]
(a) There is hereby established and enacted a truck route system for
the city upon which all trucks, tractors, and tractor-trailer combinations
having a total gross weight in excess of five tons are permitted to
travel and operate.
(b) The truck route system of the city shall consist of the following
streets and highways within the limits of the city:
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Buffalo Street from the west city line to its intersection with
North 12th Street.
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State Street from the west city line to the east city line.
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Union Street from the south city line to its intersection with
Main Street.
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Wayne Street from its intersection with North 12th Street to
its intersection with North Union Street.
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(c) All trucks, tractors, and tractor-trailer combinations having a total
gross weight in excess of five tons are hereby excluded from all streets
and highways within the city excepting those streets and highways
set forth in this section. This exclusion, however, shall not be construed
to prevent the delivery or pickup of merchandise or other property
along the streets and highways of this city from which such vehicles
and combinations are otherwise excluded.
(d) The director of public works of the city shall erect official signs
in proper positions sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily
observant person delineating and marking the truck route system upon
the streets and highways enumerated in this section.
[Res. No. 97-92, 11-23-1993]
(a) No vehicular traffic shall be permitted on South First Street from
West State Street to Henley Street wherein the total gross weight
of such vehicle plus the load exceeds five tons. Nothing contained
in this section shall be construed as prohibiting vehicles of the
aforementioned size or weight from using such street for the transaction
of any business at any premises located on such street.
(b) Conspicuous signs shall be placed at the intersection of Henley Street
and South First Street and at West State and South First Streets indicating
the prohibition as stated in this section.
[Res. No. 20-97, 3-11-1997]
(a) No vehicular traffic shall be permitted on Henley Street Extension
from 20 feet west of the intersection of North 20th Street to its
terminus at the lands of the Cattaraugus County Nursing Home wherein
the gross weight of such vehicle plus load exceeds five tons.
(b) Conspicuous signs shall be placed indicating the prohibition stated
in this section.
[Code 1971, § 28-30]
Those streets and parts of streets described in this section
are hereby declared to be through streets for the purposes of this
article.
Bishop Street. Bishop Street from King Street to Davis Avenue.
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Buffalo Street. Buffalo Street from Reed Street to the Buffalo
Street city line.
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Center Street. Center Street from Main Street to Fourth Avenue.
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Fourth Street, North. North Fourth Street from Wayne Street
to Pine Street.
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Front Street. Front Street from Main Street to East State Street.
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Garden Avenue. Garden Avenue from Front Street to King Street.
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Genesee Street. Genesee Street from Main Street to the city
line on Genesee Street.
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Green Street, East. East Green Street from its intersection
with South Union Street to Adams Street.
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Green Street, West. West Green Street from its intersection
with South Union Street to South Seventh Street.
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Henley Street, East. East Henley Street from its intersection
with South Union Street to Fulton Street.
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Henley Street, West. West Henley Street from its intersection
with South Union Street to South Nineteenth Street.
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Irving Street. Irving Street from South Union Street to South
Eleventh Street.
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King Street. King Street from East State Street to Johnson Avenue.
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Laurens Street. Laurens Street from North Union Street to North
Fourth Street.
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Main Street. Main Street from North Union Street to the Main
Street city line.
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Maple Street. Maple Street from Root Street to Oak Street.
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North Sixth Street. North Sixth Street at its intersection with
Putnam Street.
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Pine Street. Pine Street from North Union Street to the Olean
Creek.
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Seneca Avenue. Seneca Avenue from Front Street to the Seneca
Avenue city line.
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Spruce Street. Spruce Street from Wayne Street to Pine Street.
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State Street, East. East State Street from Union Street to the
east city line.
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State Street, West. West State Street from Union Street to the
west city line.
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Sullivan Street, West. West Sullivan Street from North Union
Street to North Fifteenth Street.
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Union Street, North. North Union Street from State Street to
Franklin Street.
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Union Street, South. South Union Street from State Street to
the South Union Street city line.
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Washington Street. Washington Street from North Fourth Street
to North Twenty-First Street.
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Wayne Street. Wayne Street from North Union Street to North
Ninth Street.
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[Res. No. 78-99, 10-12-1999]
A "Thru Trucks Prohibited in Excess of 10,000 pounds" sign shall
be installed at:
The corner of North Union Street and Main Street (near Pizza
Hut).
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Editor's note: Res. No. 78-99, adopted Oct. 12, 1999, which set out provisions pertaining to the prohibition of thru trucks in excess of 10,000 pounds did not specifically amend this Code. Hence, said resolution was included as § 24-86.3 at the discretion of the editor to read as herein set out. See the Code Comparative Table.
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[Res. No. 56-99, 7-27-1999; Res. No. 48-11, 6-28-2011]
"Thru Trucks Prohibited" signs be installed at:
West Henley Street at the corners of S. Union Street, S. 12th
Street, S. 18th Street and S. 19th Street.
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West State Street at the corner of S. 19th Street
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Editor's note: Res. No. 56-99, adopted July 27, 1999, which set out provisions pertaining to the prohibition of thru trucks did not specifically amend this Code. Hence, said resolution was included as § 24-86.4 at the discretion of the editor to read as herein set out. See the Code Comparative Table.
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[Code 1971, § 28-81(d)]
Nothing in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code shall
be deemed to affect the validity of any ordinance designating stop
intersections, and all such ordinances are hereby recognized as continuing
in full force and effect.
[Code 1971, § 28-28; Res. No. 89-04, 9-28-2004;
Res. No. 19-10, 3-23-2010; amended 10-11-2011 by Res. No. 78-11]
Those streets and parts of streets described below are hereby
declared to be yield streets, and yield signs shall be erected at
the locations described in this section:
Intersection of Adams Street and Fulton Street on the northeast
side of Adams Street.
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Easterly intersection of Franchot Boulevard and South Union
Street.
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Westerly intersection of Franchot Boulevard and South Union
Street.
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Easterly intersection of York Street and South Union Street.
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Easterly intersection of Reservoir Road and South Union Street.
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Northerly intersection of Higgins Avenue and Delaware Avenue.
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Easterly intersection of Clark Bros plant access road and Buffalo
Street.
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Southerly intersection of North Barry Street and Main Street.
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Easterly intersection of the access road from Avenue B to Buffalo
Street.
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Northerly and southerly intersections of Pine Street and River
Street.
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Southerly intersection of Oregon Road and River Street.
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Northeasterly intersection of North Clark Street and Goodrich
Avenue.
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West property boundary of 201 Carolina Street.
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Intersection of River Street and Oregon Road for the purpose
of regulating traffic on Oregon Road.
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Southerly intersection of Brickell Avenue and Coleman Street.
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South side of Washington Street at its intersection with North
4th Street [Added 6-14-2022 by Res. No. 57-22]
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[Res. No. 58-93, §§ 1, 2, 5-25-1993]
(a) It shall be unlawful to operate or park on the public streets of
this city unless a certificate of inspection as required by Article
5 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York is displayed
upon the vehicle or affixed to the registration certificate of the
vehicle as may be required by the laws of the State of New York. Any
violation of this section that occurs while a motor vehicle is parked
in the public streets of this city shall constitute a parking violation.
(b) A violation of this provision shall be subject to such penalty as
may from time to time be established by the common council.