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Town of Southport, NY
Chemung County
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[Amended 10-8-2002 by (Res. No. 213-2002); 7-25-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006 (Res. No. 141-2006); 8-9-2016 by ordinance (Res. No. 150-2016)]
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Editor's Note: Original § 60.36, Parking time limited in certain locations, which preceded this article, was repealed 3-12-2002 (Res. No. 90-2002).
A. 
No person shall park for more than one hour upon any Town street located in Zones Residential 1, Residential 2, Residential 3, Commercial Neighborhood, Commercial Regional, or Industrial the following vehicles: truck, tractor, trailer, semitrailer or recreational vehicle having more than four wheels and weighing 10,000 pounds as indicated on the registration for said vehicles.
B. 
Exceptions: Any of the said vehicles engaged in performing a business activity within the immediate vicinity.
Town truck route system pursuant to § 1660(a)10 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, as amended. The following streets or portions thereof are hereby designated, and they shall constitute, the Town truck route system:
A. 
Northbound and southbound of Clemens Center Parkway/Arterial and south of the City of Elmira line to the intersection at bulkhead.
B. 
Route 14 south of bulkhead intersection to the Pennsylvania state line.
C. 
Route 328 south of bulkhead intersection to the Pennsylvania state line.
[Amended 1-10-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023 (Res. No. 26-2023)]
A. 
No motor vehicle, including vans, trucks, tractors, tractor-trailers, having a total weight in excess of 10,000 pounds (GVWR), shall travel or operate on any Town road in Residential 1, Residential 2, Residential 3, Commercial Neighborhood, Commercial Regional, and Industrial Zones.
B. 
No motor vehicle and/or trailers, including vans, trucks, tractors, tractor-trailers, having a total gross vehicle weight in excess of 10,000 pounds (GVWR), shall be parked on any public roadway or on private property for more than one hour in any zone.
C. 
No motor vehicle, including vans, trucks, tractors, tractor-trailers, having a weight in excess of 30,000 pounds (GVWR), shall travel or operate on any Town road in the AR Zone.
D. 
The following vehicles are exempt:
(1) 
Municipal.
(2) 
Emergency.
(3) 
Local deliveries that are performing a delivery.
(4) 
Construction deliveries for a legitimate job.
(5) 
Vehicles owned by residents residing in the district used to travel to and from their property.
(6) 
Recreational vehicles, as long as they are in transit or parked off street and not obstructing the view of traffic entering or exiting a Town road.
(7) 
The designated operator of a semitractor trailer may park the truck tractor on the premises as long as it does not obstruct the view of oncoming traffic, is not parked in the Town right-of-way and remains parked when not in transit to work.
(8) 
Construction trailers only for the duration of a construction project.
Through traffic of vehicles in excess of 10,000 pounds (GVWR) that enter the Town from other than a truck route system and are just passing through must use the shortest distance to return to the designated Town truck route system.
A. 
Traffic of vehicles in excess of 10,000 (GVWR) pounds making a legitimate delivery or stop not on a truck route system must utilize the truck route system to the maximum potential of their destination or destinations.
B. 
Exempt vehicles: municipal and emergency.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT (GVWR)
The maximum operating weight of a vehicle as specified by the manufacturer, including the vehicle's chassis, body, engine, engine fluids, fuel, accessories, driver, passengers and cargo, but excluding that of any trailers.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Shall include any motorized vehicle lawfully permitted to operate on the highways of New York State.
POINT OF DESTINATION
The location on a given street where the driver is to load and/or unload any portion of his/her cargo.
SHORTEST ROUTE
That particular street or combination of intersecting streets which, when compared to any other available route or routes, traverses the least distance as measured from the truck route system to the point of destination (or between other points of measurement as may be specifically provided for hereunder).
TRUCK ROUTE SYSTEM
Any particular individual street or portion thereof as designated in § 497-11 above, which comprises any portion of the truck route system.