[Adopted 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
A.
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall for the purpose
of this chapter have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by
Article I of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
B.
CURBLINE
HAMLET
HOLIDAYS
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
PUBLIC PARKING LOT
The following words and phrases which are not defined by Article
1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall have
the meaning respectively ascribed to them in this section for purposes
of this chapter.
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the
absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
All areas formerly contained within the Village of Macedon.
New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Veterans Day, State and Federal Election Day, Thanksgiving Day, and
Christmas Day shall be considered holidays.
The time standard which is in current use in this state whenever
certain hours are named herein or on traffic control devices.
A plot or parcel of land or building owned and/or leased
by this village, not including highways, upon or within which the
parking of vehicles is regulated by signs and/or parking meters.
The Highway Department, under the direction of the Highway Superintendent,
shall install and maintain traffic control devices under the provision
of this article to make effective the provisions of said article and
shall install and maintain such additional traffic control devices
as the Town Board may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic
under the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York subject
to the provisions of §§ 1681, 1682, and 1684 of that
law.
Thirty miles per hour is hereby established as the maximum speed
at which vehicles may proceed on or along highways within the Hamlet
except as otherwise provided by law.
A.
Through highway. Main Street is hereby designated as a through highway
and stop signs shall be erected on the following entrances thereto:
B.
Stop intersections. The following locations are designated as stop
intersections and stop signs shall be erected as indicated:
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Stop Sign On
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Direction of Travel
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At Intersection of
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Apollo Place
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North
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Euclid Drive
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Apollo Place
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North
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Southview Drive
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Bickford Street
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East
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Erie Street
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Bickford Street
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West
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West Street
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Burwell Drive
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East
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Drumlin Drive
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Canal Park Drive
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East
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Route 350
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Center Street
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North
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Bickford Street
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Crest Avenue
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West
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Erie Street Road
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Denise Drive
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South
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Paddy Lane
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Euclid Drive
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West
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Jupiter Way
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Jupiter Way
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West
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Erie Street Road
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Kemp Drive
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South
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Burwell Drive
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Lapham Street
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South
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Bickford Street
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Lapham Street
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North
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Stone Street
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Railroad Avenue
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South
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Bickford Street
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Railroad Avenue
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North
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Erie Street
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Southview Drive
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North
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Crest Avenue
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Stone Street
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East
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Erie Street
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A.
Application of article. The provisions of this article shall apply
except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer
or official traffic control device.
B.
Parking, standing and stopping restrictions. Parking, standing and
stopping restrictions shall apply on the following highways as follows:
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Name of Street
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Location/Description
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|---|---|
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Bickford Street
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No parking on either side, from intersection with West Street,
easterly to Lapham Street, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.
School bus parking only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.
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Bickford Street
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No parking either side between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.
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Center Street
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No parking on west side
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Erie Street
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No parking on east side
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Erie Street Road
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No parking on either side from the south curbline of Main Street
to the Hamlet/Town line
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Main Street
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Two hour parking except Sundays and holidays on the north side
from a point 150 feet west of the west curbline of Center Street easterly
to the west curbline of Erie Street on the south side from a point
182 feet west of the east line of the former United States Post Office
Building, 77 Main Street, to a point 56 feet west of the west curbline
of Erie Street, except as other wise hereinafter restricted
Fifteen minute parking shall be observed in front of 81 Main
Street
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Main Street
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No parking on the south side of Main Street from the west curbline
of Erie Street Road to a point 56 feet westerly therefrom
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West Street
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No parking on the east side
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C.
Parking restrictions on Hamlet street/in Hamlet parking lots.
(1)
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway within the
Hamlet during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency,
and affects that portion of the highway upon which said vehicle is
parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be removed at the owner's expense.
(2)
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway within the Hamlet
and that vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle
may be removed at the owner's expense.
(3)
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway within the
Hamlet where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, said vehicle
may be removed at the owner's expense.
(4)
No all night parking allowed in municipal parking lots. "All night"
is defined as to be all or any portion of the time between the hours
of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
D.
Notice of removal. It shall be the duty of the Police to ascertain
the owner of the vehicle or person having some charge, and to inform
him/her of the removal and disposition of such vehicle.
B.
All trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations having a total
gross weight in excess of five tons are hereby excluded from all highways
within the Hamlet except from those highways listed in Subdivision
A. However, this exclusion shall not be construed to prevent the delivery
or pickup of merchandise or other property along any highway from
which such vehicle and combinations are excluded.
The penalties to be imposed, except for parking meter violations,
are those set forth in § 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law of the State of New York. Any part or parts of this chapter and
any orders, rules and/or regulations adopted and/or issued hereunder
which are subject to approval under § 1684 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall take effect from and
after the day on which approval, in writing, is received from the
New York State Department of State.
A.
In addition to and notwithstanding any other provisions of this article
permitting or prohibiting parking, the stopping, standing or parking
of vehicles upon any street or portion thereof or public area, except
state highways, within the Hamlet may be prohibited by resolution
of the Town Board for such period of time as is required, in the opinion
of the Town Board, to provide for the safe passage of vehicles, pedestrians
and/or emergency vehicles.
B.
A resolution adopted by the Town Board pursuant to this section shall
designate the area, street or portion thereof within which the stopping,
standing or parking of vehicles is prohibited and the period of time
of such prohibition.
C.
If a resolution is adopted by the Town Board pursuant to this section,
the Town Board shall direct the posting of temporary signs or markings
in the area affected in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, and such
resolution shall not take effect until signs or markings giving notice
thereof are posted.
D.
Whenever a vehicle is parked on any street or public area within
the Hamlet during such time as parking thereon is prohibited pursuant
to this section, said vehicle may be removed by or under the direction
of any member of the Town of Macedon Police Department, the Wayne
County Sheriff Department or the New York State Police department,
who shall be on duty.
E.
Any person who violates a resolution adopted by the Town Board pursuant
to this section shall be subject to the penalties as follows: Any
person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be punishable
for the first or second offense by a fine not to exceed $25 or by
imprisonment for not more then 15 days. The third or any subsequent
offense within one year shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$100 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months or both such fine
and imprisonment.
F.
Any vehicle removed pursuant to this section shall be stored or parked
in a suitable place at the risk and expense of the owner. Such owner
or person lawfully entitled to possession of the vehicle may redeem
same upon payment to the Town Clerk of the amount of all expenses
incurred in connection with such removal and payment of any charges
for storage or parking. The police officer who directed the removal
of any such vehicle shall report such removal and disposition of the
vehicle to the Police Chief or officer in charge of the Town of Macedon
Police Department and also to the Town Clerk, and it shall be the
duty of the Police Chief or Officer in Charge to attempt to ascertain
the owner of such vehicle or the person lawfully entitled to possession
thereof and to use diligent efforts to notify such owner or person
of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which
will be required to redeem same.
