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Village of Amityville, NY
Suffolk County
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The intersections described in Schedule I (§ 172-48) are hereby designated as stop intersections, and conspicuous signs or signals shall be displayed at such intersections.
The locations described in Schedule II (§ 172-49) are hereby designated as stop point locations, and conspicuous signs or signals shall be displayed at such locations.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III (§ 172-50) are hereby designated as one-way streets, and vehicles shall proceed along those streets or parts of streets only in the direction indicated. Conspicuous signs or signals shall be displayed on such streets.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon a public street or highway in the Village at such 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 safely.
Thirty miles per hour is hereby established as the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed on the streets within the Village, except that the speed limit for vehicles proceeding on or along those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV (§ 172-51) shall be as indicated in said schedule.
A rate of speed of a motor vehicle in excess of the maximum limits as hereinafter provided in this section shall be unlawful within the Village:
A. 
Fifteen miles per hour: when traveling within a school zone during the school noon hour, school recess or while children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours, when such limit and zone are properly signposted.
B. 
Twenty-five miles per hour: where traffic is controlled by a peace officer or traffic control signal or when passing a hospital or church building.
C. 
Twenty-five miles per hour: 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 signal.
Traffic control signals shall be installed, maintained and operated at the locations described in Schedule V (§ 172-52).
[Amended 3-8-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
The intersections described in Schedule VI (§ 172-53) are hereby designated as yield streets, traffic on which shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and vehicular traffic on the other highways, and conspicuous signs or signals shall be displayed at such intersections.
No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle, which vehicle is in excess of 2 1/2 tons unladen weight, on the streets or parts thereof in the Village of Amityville described in Schedule VII (§ 172-54), which streets or parts thereof are further hereby designated as no-through-trucking streets. The restrictions contained in this section will not apply in situations where the vehicle must stop at a location on such street or part thereof to make a pickup or a delivery. Conspicuous signs or signals shall be displayed, consistent with the Vehicle and Traffic Law and regulations, on such streets.
No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle, which vehicle is in excess of 2 1/2 tons unladen weight, within the Village on the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule VIII (§ 172-55).
No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the locations described in Schedule IX (§ 172-56).
The turning of vehicles so as to proceed in the opposite direction (otherwise known as a U-turn) is hereby prohibited on any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule X (§ 172-57).
In accordance with the provisions of § 1111(d)(2) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, no person shall make a right turn on a steady red signal at the locations designated in Schedule XI (§ 172-58).