The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule I (§ 112-34) are hereby designated as one-way streets during the hours indicated, and vehicles shall proceed only in the direction indicated.
No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the locations described in Schedule II (§ 112-35).
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 III (§ 112-36).
A. 
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked line, but if none, then shall stop before entering the intersection at the point nearest the intersection.
[Added 9-21-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
B. 
Such driver shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian legally crossing the street or road on which he is driving and to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another street or road so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection.
[Added 9-21-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
C. 
The intersections described in Schedule IV (§ 112-37) are hereby designated as stop intersections, and stop signs shall be erected as indicated.
The intersections described in Schedule V (§ 112-38) are hereby designated as school stop intersections, and traffic shall stop as indicated at such times as "Full Stop-School Crossing" signs are displayed.
The intersections described in Schedule VI (§ 112-39) are hereby designated as yield intersections, and yield signs shall be erected as indicated.
[Amended 9-21-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
A. 
The maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed on or along any street or highway within the Village is hereby established as 25 miles per hour, except as otherwise posted or as indicated in Schedule VII (§ 112-40) for those streets or parts thereof described in said schedule.
[Amended 7-6-2004 by L.L. No. 4-2004]
B. 
No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing.
C. 
The driver of every vehicle shall, consistent with the requirements of this section, drive at an appropriate reduced speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railway grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hillcrest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway and when any special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic by reason of weather or highway conditions, including but not limited to a highway construction or maintenance work area.
A. 
A truck route system upon which all trucks, tractors, commercial vehicles and tractor-trailer combinations having a total gross weight in excess of five tons are permitted to travel and operate shall be as set forth in Schedule VIII, § 112-41A. All trucks, tractors, commercial vehicles and tractor-trailer combinations having a total gross weight not in excess of 10 tons are permitted to travel and operate upon the streets or parts of the streets as shall be set forth in Schedule VIII, § 112-41B.
[Amended 7-3-1978 by L.L. No. 1-1978]
B. 
All trucks, tractors, commercial vehicles and tractor-trailer combinations having a total gross weight in excess of five tons are hereby excluded from all highways within this Village except those highways provided for in Subsection A, except that this exclusion shall not be construed to prevent the delivery or pickup of merchandise or other property along the highway from which such vehicles and combinations are excluded.
A. 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle in excess of 20 miles per hour within a school zone during school days between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. prevailing time.
[Amended 9-21-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
B. 
Said school speed zones shall include that portion of the highway which is sign-posted to designate said zone as such and that portion of the highway adjacent to a school building and extending not more than 300 feet along such highway in either direction from the building line of the school abutting on such highway.
[Added 10-15-1979 by L.L. No. 8-1979]
All vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian in a crosswalk as designated in Schedule XIII (§ 112-46).
[Added 9-21-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
A. 
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer or flagperson or other person duly empowered to regulate traffic.
B. 
Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle other than a police vehicle when operated as an authorized emergency vehicle, and when audible signals are sounded from any said vehicle by siren, exhaust whistle or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway, or to either edge of a one-way roadway three or more lanes in width, clear of any intersection, and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
C. 
This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with reasonable care of all persons using the highway.
[Added 9-21-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
No person shall move a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety, without making unreasonable noise or without marking pavement.
[Added 7-7-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
Except as expressly permitted by the United State or the New York State Department of Transportation, and except where the requirement for local delivery will permit no alternate legal route, no person shall operate or move or cause or knowingly permit to be operated or moved on any public street in the Village of Rouses Point any vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitation provided for in this section.
A. 
Width.
(1) 
The width of a vehicle, inclusive of load, shall not be more than 96 inches plus safety devices, on any Village highway in the Village of Rouses Point.
(2) 
The provisions of Subsection A(1) shall not apply to vehicles and implements or combinations thereof, not over 13 feet in width, used solely for farm purposes, during the period from sunrise to sunset, provided at least two red flags not smaller than 24 inches square be displayed on the left front and rear of each vehicle or implement or combination thereof in such a manner as to be clearly visible from the front and rear at a distance of at least 500 feet. However, no such vehicles, implements or combinations thereof shall be operated in any highway after 10:00 a.m. on any Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, except for a trip of two miles or less.
(3) 
The provisions of Subsection A(1) shall not apply to onmibuses or buses used solely for the transportation of children to and from school, but the width of such omnibuses shall not exceed 98 inches.
(4) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A(1), racks for carrying hay, straw or unthreshed grain may have a width of 10 feet at the top of the rack. In no case shall the width at the base of the rack exceed 102 inches, nor shall the width of a rack exceed 102 inches at any portion thereof while on any Village highway.
B. 
The height of a vehicle from the underside of tire to top of vehicle, inclusive of load, shall be not more than 13 1/2 feet. Any damage to highways, bridges, or highway structures resulting from the use of a vehicle exceeding 13 feet in height, where such excess height is the proximate cause of the accident, shall be compensated for by the owner and operator of such vehicle.
C. 
Length.
(1) 
The length of a single vehicle, inclusive of load and bumpers, shall not be more than 40 feet unless otherwise provided in this subsection.
(2) 
The length of a semitrailer or trailer shall not exceed 48 feet, except as provided in this subsection; provided, however, that the length of any trailer or semitrailer being operated in combination with another trailer or semitrailer shall not exceed 28 1/2 feet.
(3) 
The length of buses having a carrying capacity of more than seven passengers shall not exceed 45 feet, except that the length of articulated buses shall not exceed 62 feet.
(4) 
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to fire vehicles.
(5) 
Any semitrailer with a length in excess of 48 feet but not exceeding 53 feet may be operated on any qualifying highway or specifically designated access highway, if the distance between the kingpin of the semitrailer and the center line of the rear axle or rear axle group does not exceed 41 feet and if the semitrailer is equipped with a rear-end protective device of substantial construction consisting of a continuous lateral beam extending to within four inches of the lateral extremities of the semitrailer and located not more than 22 inches from the surface as measured with the vehicle empty and on a level surface.
D. 
Total length.
(1) 
The total length of a combination of vehicles, inclusive of load and bumpers, shall not be more than 65 feet unless otherwise provided in this subsection.
(2) 
The provisions of Subsection D(1) shall not apply to:
(a) 
Vehicles of a corporation which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Public Service Commission or other regulatory body and which are used in construction, reconstruction, repair or maintenance of its property or facilities, provided that any such vehicle complies with the safety requirements of the laws and regulations of the United States and of New York State pertaining to over-length vehicles;
(b) 
Vehicles hauling poles, girders, columns or other similar objects of excess length, provided that any such vehicle complies with the safety requirements of the laws and regulations of the United States and of New York State pertaining to such over-length vehicles.
(c) 
Fire vehicles;
(d) 
Any vehicles or combination of vehicles which is disabled and unable to proceed under its own power and is being towed for a distance not in excess of 10 miles for the purpose of repairs or removal from the highway; and
(e) 
Stinger-steered automobile transporters, while operating on qualifying or access highways. Such vehicles shall not, however, exceed 75 feet exclusive of an overhang of not more than three feet on the front and four feet on the rear of the vehicle.
(3) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D(1), a bumper overhang of not more than three feet on the front and four feet on the rear of the combination of the vehicle used to transport other motor vehicles shall be permitted.
E. 
In determining the number of wheels and axles on any vehicle or combination of vehicles within the meaning of this section, only two wheels shall be counted for each axle, and axles which are less than 46 inches apart, from center to center, shall be counted as one axle. However, in the case of multiple tires or multiple wheels, the sums of the widths of all the tires on a wheel or combination of wheels shall be taken in determining tire width.
F. 
Subject to the provisions of this § 112-12.4 governing vehicle gross weights:
(1) 
The weight per inch width of tire on any one wheel of a single vehicle or a combination of vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires, when loaded, shall be not more than 800 pounds.
(2) 
The weight on any wheel of a single vehicle or combination of vehicles, equipped with pneumatic tires, when loaded, shall not be more than 11,200 pounds.
(3) 
The weight of any one axle of a single vehicle equipped with pneumatic tires, when loaded, shall not be more than 22,400 pounds.
(4) 
The weight on any two consecutive axles of a single vehicle or a combination of vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires, when loaded, and when such axles are spaced less than eight feet from center to center, shall be not more than 36,000 pounds, except that where axles are spaced eight feet or greater but less than 10 feet, the weight on those two axles shall not exceed that permitted by Subsection G(1)(b) and (2) and, in addition, shall not exceed 40,000 pounds; axles to be counted as provided in Subsection E of this section.
(5) 
A single vehicle, or combination of vehicles having three axles or more and equipped with pneumatic tires, when loaded, may have a total weight on all axles not to exceed 34,000 pounds for each foot and major fraction of a foot of the distance from the center of the foremost axles to the center of the rearmost axle.
G. 
Axles are to be counted as provided in Subsection E of this section. In no case, however, shall the total weight exceed 80,000 pounds.
(1) 
For any vehicles or combination of vehicles having a total gross weight less than 71,000 pounds, the higher of the following shall apply:
(a) 
The total weight on all axles shall not exceed 34,000 pounds, plus 1,000 pounds for each foot and major fraction of a foot of the distance from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the rearmost axle; or
(b) 
The overall gross weight on a group of two or more consecutive axles shall not exceed the weight produced by application of the following formula:
W = 500 [(LxN)/(N-l)+(12xN)+36]
where:
“W” equals overall gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds.
“L” equals distance in feet from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the rearmost axle of any group of two or more consecutive axles.
“N” equals the number of axles in the group under consideration.
[1] 
Exception: Two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load not to exceed 34,000 pounds provided that the overall distance between the first and last axle of such consecutive set of tandem axles is 36 feet or more.
(2) 
For any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total gross weight of 71,000 pounds or greater, this Subsection G shall apply to determine maximum gross weight which is permitted hereunder, subject to the provisions of this § 112-12.4 governing maximum vehicle gross weights.
H. 
No vehicle shall be operated on the public streets of the Village of Rouses Point other than on pneumatic tires.
I. 
For the purpose of this section, the width of pneumatic tires shall be ascertained by measuring the greatest width of the tire casing when the tire is inflated.
J. 
No person shall operate or move a vehicle or a combination of vehicles over, on or through any bridge or structure on any highway if the weight of such vehicle, or combination of vehicles, and load is greater than the posted capacity of the structure, or exceeds the height of the post clearance as shown by an official sign.
K. 
If a vehicle or combination of vehicles is operated in violation of this section, an appearance ticket or summons may be issued to the registrant of the vehicle or, if a combination of vehicles, to the registrant of the hauling vehicle, rather than the operator. In the event the vehicle is operated by a person other than the registrant, any appearance ticket or summons issued to the registrant only for the purpose of receiving such appearance ticket or summons. In addition, a notice containing all pertinent information relating to the charge which is contained on the summons or appearance ticket shall be mailed by or on behalf of the person who issued the appearance ticket or summons to the registrant at the address given on the registration certificate for the vehicle or, if no registration certificate is produced at the time the appearance ticket or summons is issued, to the address of the registrant on file with the department within five days after the date of issuance of the appearance ticket or summons, but at least five days before the return date specified on the appearance ticket or summons. Proof of mailing to the registrant under this section shall be filed with the court in which the appearance ticket or summons is returnable on or before the return date. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to owner-operators of any motor vehicles or to any motor vehicle or trailer which is registered in the name of a person whose personal business is the lease or rental of motor vehicles or trailers unless the motor vehicle or trailer is being operated by an employee of the registrant or for a community interest other than the lease or rental agreement between the parties of the lease or rental agreement.
L. 
In any case wherein the charge laid before the court alleges a violation of this section, any plea of guilty thereafter entered in satisfaction of such charge must include at least a plea of guilty to a violation of one of the subsections of this section. No other disposition by plea of guilty to any other charge in satisfaction of such shall be authorized; provided, however, if the prosecuting attorney, upon reviewing the available evidence, determines that the charge of a violation of this section is not warranted, he may consent, and the court may allow, a disposition by plea of guilty to that or another charge in satisfaction of such charge; provided, however, the court must impose at least the minimum fine as authorized in the section for the offense.
M. 
Penalties for offenses.
(1) 
The violation of the provisions of § 112-12.4 of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for the first offense; by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for the second or subsequent offense; plus, in both cases, the fine provided in Subsection M(2) of this section.
(2) 
A violation of the provisions of Subsection F(4) and F(5) of § 112-12.4 of this chapter by any vehicle or combination of vehicles whose weight exceeds that weight limitation as set forth in either of such sections, or the weight limitations specified by a permit issued by the U.S. or New York State Department of Transportation, shall be punishable by fines levied on the registered owner of the vehicle or vehicles, whether at the time of the violation the vehicle was in the charge of the registered owner or his agent or lessee in accordance with the following schedule (in addition to the fines as prescribed in Subsection M of this section):
Excess Total Weight*
(pounds)
Greater than
But less than or equal to
Amount of Fine
0
2,000
$50
2,000
3,000
$75
3,000
4,000
$100
4,000
5,000
$200
5,000
6,000
$300
6,000
7,000
$400
7,000
8,000
$500
8,000
9,000
$600
9,000
10,000
$700
10,000
15,000
$1,200
15,000
20,000
$1,700
20,000
25,000
$2,200
25,000
30,000
$2,700
30,000
$0.06 for each pound in excess of 30,000
*NOTE: Where the excess total weight is greater than the limits specified by a U.S. or New York State Department of Transportation excess weight permit, the permit shall, for the purpose of computing the fine, be deemed void and the amount of the fine shall be determined in accordance with the maximum weight which would have been in effect for the operation of such vehicle if the permit exceed such maximum weight had not been issued.
(3) 
A violation of the provisions of the Subsection F(2) and F(3) of § 112-12.4 of this chapter by any vehicle or combination of vehicles whose weight exceeds the weight limitations specified by a permit issued by the U.S. or New York State Department of Transportation shall be punishable by fines levied on the registered owner, or his agent, or lessee, in accordance with the following schedule in addition to the fines as prescribed in Subsection M(1) of this section:
Percentage of Excess Weight*
Greater than
But less than or equal to
Amount of Fine
0%
5.0%
$100
5.0%
10.0%
$200
10.0%
15.0%
$350
15.0%
20.0%
$600
20.0%
25.0%
$1,000
25.0%
30.0%
$1,600
30.0%
--
$2,450
*NOTE: Where the excess axle or axles weight is greater than the limits specified by a permit issued by the U.S. or New York State Department of Transportation, the permit shall, for the purposes of computing the fine, be deemed void and the amount of the fine shall be determined in accordance with the maximum weight which would have been in effect for the operation of such vehicle if the permit to exceed such maximum weight had not been issued.
In connection with the weighing of a vehicle or combination of vehicles, if it is found that there is a violation of Subsection F(5) and also of Subsection F(3) and F(4), or both Subsection F(3) and F(4) of this section, there shall be a single fine imposed, and the maximum amount of such fine shall not exceed the highest fine that could be imposed under Subsection M(1) of this section.
(4) 
The court may impose any sentence authorized by this chapter; provided, however, any such sentence must include a fine as provided in this section.
[Added 9-21-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
A. 
The owners of marinas located in the Village of Rouses Point shall be allowed to use the Village streets throughout the year to transport boats to and from marina properties located in the Village.
B. 
Marina owners shall use their best efforts to avoid conflicts with routine traffic occurring in the Village.
C. 
Marina owners shall be required to provide proof of liability and motor vehicle insurance to the Village for all vehicles used to transport boats.
D. 
Marina owners shall be liable for all damages to any property owner for damages cause by vehicles and/or boats which are being transported.