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State law references: Driving on right, Art. 25 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; turning and starting, Art. 28 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; speed restrictions, Art. 30 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; reckless driving, etc., Art. 31 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 42]
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any street in the city at such a speed as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person, nor at a rate of speed greater than will permit such person to bring the vehicle to a stop without injury to another person or his property.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 43; Ord. of 10-16-1950, § 1; Ord. of 11-7-1960, § 1; Ord. of 6-9-1975, § 1, 2; Ord. of 12-15-1975; Ord. of 4-24-2000, § 1; Ord. of 11-12-2002, § 1]
A rate of speed by a motor vehicle in the city in excess of the following maximum limits shall be unlawful:
(a) 
Ten miles an hour.
(1) 
All motor vehicles, when passing any bus taking on or discharging passengers or at intersections where a safety zone has been established.
(2) 
All motor vehicles operated on the roads and the traveled portion of the park and the parking areas at the public park on the riverfront.
(b) 
Fifteen miles an hour.
(1) 
All motor vehicles, except those restricted by this section to lower maximum speeds, when passing a school and within 300 feet in either direction from the building line of a school, and also when passing over May Street between Forbus Street and the Eastbound Arterial Highway, during school days between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
(2) 
All motor vehicles, when traveling through a designated arts district street zone, when such district is marked by appropriate signs.
[Added by Ord. No. O-16-04, 5-16-2016, § 1]
(c) 
Twenty miles an hour.
(1) 
All motor vehicles, when traffic is controlled by a traffic officer or a traffic control signal.
(d) 
Twenty-five miles an hour.
(1) 
All motor vehicles, except those restricted by this section to lower maximum speeds, when approaching an intersection which is not controlled by a traffic officer or traffic control signal.
(e) 
Thirty miles an hour.
(1) 
All motor vehicles, except those restricted by this section to lower maximum speeds, when operated on any street in the City.
(2) 
All motor trucks when operated on any street in the city.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 30]
Signs bearing the word "stop" shall be erected and maintained by the Police Department at or near the intersecting line of the main arteries of travel designated in Section 13-174 on all the streets set forth in Section 13-175. Such signs and letters thereon shall be of a size and either so illuminated at night or so placed as to be illuminated by streetlights or headlights of approaching vehicles as to be plainly visible and legible for a distance of 50 feet along such intersecting street and shall conform to the standards prescribed by the state.
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State law references: Duty upon entering through highway or stop intersection, § 1142 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; authority to designate through streets, stop intersections, § 1640, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; signs required, § 1683, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 9-15-1958, § 1]
Signs bearing the word "yield" shall be erected and maintained by the Police Department at or near the intersection line of the main or through arteries of travel designated in Section 13-174, on all the streets set forth in Section 13-176. Such signs and letters thereon shall conform to the uniform standards of the state.
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State law references: Authority to designate yield intersections, § 1640, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; signs required, § 1683, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 31; Ord. of 9-15-1958, § 2]
(a) 
Stop signs. Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if there is no such stop line, then shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event that there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of the approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection.
(b) 
Yield signs. The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if there is no such stop line, then shall stop before entering the crosswalk on near side of the intersection or, in the event that there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of the approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection.
(c) 
Entry into artery of travel. The operator of any vehicle which has come to a stop as provided in Subsection (a) above or has yielded as provided in Subsection (b) above, upon entering the main artery of travel, as well as the operator of a vehicle on such main artery, shall be subject to the right-of-way regulations prescribed by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and shall enter said main artery of travel with caution.
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State law references: Duty upon entering stop or yield intersection. Section 1142 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, §§ 25 through 27; Ord. of 3-17-1969, §§ 2 through 4; Ord. of 11-17-2003, § 1; Ord. No. O-06-5, § 1]
(a) 
Establishment. The streets or parts of streets set forth in Section 13-173(a) and 13-173(b) are hereby restricted-traffic thoroughfares in accordance with the provisions of Subsections (b) and (d) hereof respectively.
(b) 
Use. No motor truck, motor truck and trailer, motor tractor, motor tractor and trailer or other vehicle constructed or especially equipped for the transportation of goods, wares, merchandise or other substance or material, weighing in excess of 10,000 pounds in combined weight of truck and load, shall travel on the streets designated in Section 13-173(a) as restricted-traffic thoroughfares, except that a vehicle from which produce is being peddled or a vehicle receiving goods or making deliveries along such restricted-traffic thoroughfares may travel thereon, provided that such vehicle shall enter and leave such restricted-traffic thoroughfares by the nearest intersecting streets.
(c) 
Signs required. The Chief of Police shall procure and place at the ends of said restricted-traffic thoroughfares and also at the street intersections of the same signs which shall bear the words "Commercial vehicles in excess of five tons not allowed" or "Tractors and tractor-trailers prohibited" as may be applicable.
(d) 
Use. No motor tractor, motor tractor-trailer combination, motor tractor-semitrailer combinations or motor tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations shall travel on the streets designated in Section 13-173(b) as restricted-traffic thoroughfares, except that a vehicle from which produce is being peddled or a vehicle receiving goods or making deliveries along such restricted-traffic thoroughfares may travel thereon, provided that such vehicle shall enter and leave such restricted traffic thoroughfares by the nearest intersecting streets.
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State law references: Authority to designate through streets, § 1640, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; signs required, § 1683, Subdivision (a)1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; authority to regulate traffic on controlled-access highways, § 1641, Subdivision 1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 28]
Section 13-95 shall not apply to United States mail vehicles, police vehicles, fire vehicles, emergency repair vehicles of public service corporations, vehicles owned by the city ambulances and military vehicles during the time such vehicles are being operated in the performance of duty.
[Ord. of 2-6-1950, § 24]
No vehicles shall pass over or on any of the one-way streets or parts of streets set forth in Section 13-172, except in the direction designated in said section.
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State law references: Authority to designate one-way streets, § 1640, Subdivision (a)4, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; signs required, § 1683, Subdivision (a)6, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
No person driving any vehicle shall make a left turn at any of the intersections designated in Section 13-177 at the times designated therein. (Section 45b, added by Ord. of 7-7-1952, § 1]
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State law references: Right-of-way when vehicle turning left at intersection, § 1141 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; authority to regulate turning of vehicles, § 1640, Subdivision (a)2, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; signs required, § 1683, Subdivision (a)3, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Ord. of 9-20-2004, § 1]
Any person violating Section 13-89 or 13-90 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300 in City Court.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 13-99, specifying special traffic regulations for Trinity Square, derived from Section 45 of an ordinance adopted February 6, 1950, was repealed by Section 1 of an ordinance adopted November 7, 1979. There are two sections in this chapter numbered as 13-99. See also Section 13-99 above.
[Ord. of 8-22-2005, § 1]
No person shall make a U-turn on a public highway when passing a school or within 300 feet in either direction from the building line of a school during school days between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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Editor's Note: There are two sections in this chapter numbered as 13-99. See also Section 13-99 above.
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Editor's Note: An ordinance of May 2, 1977, specifically amended the Code by deleting the only substantive provision of Section 13-100, which pertained to streets closed to traffic during school hours. Said section had been derived from an ordinance of February 6, 1950, § 24a. A new Section 13-100, Mandatory surcharge pursuant to 9-20-2004, § 1. Said Section 13-100 was subsequently removed from the Code as the authorizing statute was repealed by Ch. 740, § 2, of the Laws of 2004.
[Ord. of 2-4-1929, § 3]
It shall be unlawful for any person to propel or operate any vehicle across or upon any sidewalk in the city, except in crossing the same upon a driveway to enter into property abutting thereon.
[Ord. of 10-2-1967, § 1]
No person shall operate any vehicle at such a speed on a curve or accelerate or decelerate a vehicle in such a manner as to create loud or unnecessary noise through the squealing of tires upon the pavement or to cause damage to a roadway.
[Ord. of 8-19-1985, § 1; 6-17-1991, § 1; Ord. of 11-13-2001, § 1]
When appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected, a rate of speed by a motor vehicle in excess of those set out below shall be unlawful on designated streets or portions of streets:
(a) 
Twenty-five miles per hour.
Loockerman Avenue
(b) 
Fifteen miles per hour.
Main Street, from the intersection of South Hamilton Street and North Hamilton Street to the intersection of Market Street.
(c) 
Twenty miles per hour.
[Added by Ord. No. O-18-4, 8-20-2018, § 1]
Circular Road
[Ord. of 5-2-1988, § 1; Ord. of 10-15-1990, § 4]
(a) 
No person shall park a motor vehicle on the streets of the City unless such vehicle shall display number plates, one on the front and one on the rear of such vehicle, as required by Section 402 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(b) 
Any person who shall violate this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of $25.
[Ord. No. O-07-28, § 1]
(a) 
No person who owns, operates or leases a heavy-duty vehicle, including a bus or truck, the motive power for which is provided by a diesel- or nondiesel-fueled engine or who owns, leases or occupies land and has the actual or apparent dominion or control over the operation of a heavy-duty vehicle, including a bus or truck, present on such land, the motive power for which said heavy-duty vehicle is provided by a diesel- or nondiesel-fucled engine, shall allow or permit the engine of such heavy duty vehicle to idle for more than five consecutive minutes when the heavy-duty vehicle is not in motion, except as otherwise permitted by Subsection (b) of this section.
(b) 
The prohibitions of Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply when:
(1) 
A diesel- or nondiesel-fueled heavy-duty vehicle, including a bus or truck, is forced to remain motionless because of the traffic conditions over which the operator thereof has no control.
(2) 
Regulations adopted by federal, state or local agencies having jurisdiction require the maintenance of a specific temperature for passenger comfort. The idling time specified in Subsection (a) of this section may be increased, but only to the extent necessary to comply with such regulations.
(3) 
A diesel- or nondiesel-fueled engine is being used to provide power for an auxiliary purpose, such as loading, discharging, mixing or processing cargo; controlling cargo temperature; construction; lumbering; oil or gas well servicing; farming; or when operation of the engine is required for the purpose of maintenance.
(4) 
Fire, police and public utility trucks or other vehicles are performing emergency services.
(5) 
A diesel-fueled truck is to remain motionless for a period exceeding two hours, and during which period the ambient temperature is continuously below 25° F.
(6) 
A heavy-duty diesel vehicle that is queued for or is undergoing a state authorized periodic or roadside diesel emissions inspection.
(7) 
A hybrid electric vehicle idling for the purpose of providing energy for battery or other form of energy storage recharging.
(8) 
Electric powered vehicles.
(c) 
For purposes of this section, the term "heavy-duty vehicle" shall refer to a vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating exceeding 10,000 pounds and is designed primarily for transporting persons or property.
(d) 
A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $100.