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City of Auburn, NY
Cayuga County
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Between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. no pedestrian shall cross any street in the congested district as established in § 60.5[1] except at or upon such designated crossings or to reach designated safety zones established pursuant to § 285-4 of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 60.5 was repealed 10-2-1997 by Ord. No. 26-1997.
A. 
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway within this City during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency which affects that portion of the public highway upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be removed by the Police Department.
B. 
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway within this City where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by the Police Department.
C. 
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway within this City where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by the Police Department.
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the Police Department may store such vehicle in a suitable place at the expense of the owner. Such owner, or person in charge of the vehicle, may redeem the same upon payment to the towing company of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal.
The members of the Police Department causing such removal shall without delay report the removal and the disposition of any vehicle removed as provided in this article to the Police Department, and it shall be the duty of such Police Department to ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or person having the same in charge and notify him or her of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem the same.
Disposition of all abandoned vehicles shall be made by the Chief of Police in accordance with § 1224 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Amended 10-21-1993 by Ord. No. 35-1993; 4-14-1994 by Ord. No. 15-1994[1] ]
A. 
A truck route system has been developed, upon which all trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations having a combined gross weight of vehicle plus load in excess of five tons are permitted to travel and operate on the following highways:
Street
Location
Allen Street
Entire length
Connector Road (Route 326)
Entire length
East Genesee Street (Route 20)
[Amended 10-3-2002 by Ord. No. 16-2002]
Between Loop Road and the easterly City line
Fulton Street
Between Owasco Street and the Arterial
Grant Avenue (Route 5)
Entire length
John Street
Between East Genesee Street (Route 20) and the Arterial
Lake Avenue (Route 38)
Between Swift Street and the southerly City line
Loop Road
[Added 10-3-2002 by Ord. No. 16-2002]
Between Genesee Street (Route 20) and the Arterial
North Division Street
From the intersection of Allen Street to the northerly City line
North Street (Route 34)
Entire length
Owasco Street (Route 38A)
Entire length
Route 5 Arterial
[Amended 10-3-2002 by Ord. No. 16-2002]
Between North Street and Grant Avenue
South Street (Route 34)
Entire length
State Street (Route 38)
Between York Street and the northerly City line
Swift Street (Route 38)
Entire length
York Street
Entire length
B. 
All trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations having a combined gross weight of vehicle plus load in excess of five tons are hereby excluded from all highways within the City except for those highways listed in Subsection A, except that this exclusion shall not be construed to prevent the delivery or pickup of merchandise or other property along any highway from which such vehicles and combinations are excluded. However, such exception shall require that any such delivery or pickup of merchandise be made along a route incorporating the shortest direct route possible from the designated truck route system.
C. 
Governmental and public utility vehicles or any vehicles used for the purpose of public conveyance will be specifically exempt from the weight restrictions otherwise imposed on City streets as set forth in Subsection B hereof.
[Added 6-30-1994 by Ord. No. 24-1994]
D. 
All tractors and tractor-trailer combinations, tractor semitrailer combinations and tractor-trailer semitrailer combinations are hereby prohibited from parking upon any highway within the City unless actually engaged in the delivery or pickup of goods or merchandise.
[Added 7-6-1995 by Ord. No. 3-1995]
E. 
Agricultural vehicles will be specifically exempt on City streets, as set forth in Subsection B hereof, on Dunning Avenue, Columbus Street and North Division Street only.
[Added 4-27-1995 by Ord. No. 11-1995]
F. 
Business deliveries.
[Added 11-13-1997 by Ord. No. 28-1997]
(1) 
All trucks and tractor-trailer combinations having a combined gross weight of vehicle plus load in excess of five tons owned and/or operated by a company with its principal place of business located within the County of Cayuga, but outside the corporate limits of the City of Auburn, entering the City of Auburn for commercial delivery of materials and/or products to job sites or businesses located within the City of Auburn are exempt from the weight restrictions otherwise imposed on City streets as set forth in Subsection B hereof.
(2) 
Companies using this exception granted by this Subsection F are required to have a copy of an invoice or work order containing the address the delivery is being made to and the specific products or materials being delivered.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance included a sunset clause to expire 4-30-1995. This section was readopted 4-27-1995 by Ord. No. 10-1995.
[Added 5-2-1991]
A. 
Pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law § 397, the Chief of Police is hereby designated as the permit authority to grant and issue permits for the equipping of motor vehicles with radio receiving sets capable of receiving signals on the frequencies allocated to the Police Department of the City of Auburn for police use.
B. 
Any applicant denied a permit by the Chief of Police shall have the right to appeal to the City Manager within seven days of denial. The City Manager shall have the authority to sustain or reverse the decision of the Chief of Police.
[Added 8-12-1993 by Ord. No. 20-1993]
No person shall park any vehicle in the space between the sidewalk and the curb of any street.