Chapter 103: Vehicles
and Traffic
§ 103-1. Definitions.
§ 103-2. Parking
Enforcement Officer.
§ 103-3. Speed
limits.
§ 103-4. Private
parking lots.
§ 103-5. Abandoned,
illegally parked, disabled or unattended vehicles.
§ 1O3-6. Issuance
of summons.
§ 103-7. Penalties;
severability and repealer.
§ 103-8. One-way
streets.
§ 103-9. U-turn
prohibitions.
§ 103-10. Left-turn
lane.
§ 103-11. Prohibited
right turns on red signal.
§ 103-12. Yield
intersections.
§ 103-13. Truck
route systems.
§ 103-14. Parking
prohibited.
§ 103-15. Stop
intersections.
§ 103-16. No standing.
§ 103-17. Time
limit parking.
§ 103-18. No parking
in public right-of-way.
§ 103-19. Parking
for handicapped.
§ 103-20. Miscellaneous
provisions.
[HISTORY: Adopted by
the Board of Trustees of the Village of Williamsville 4-9-90 as L.L. No.
7-1990. Amendments noted where applicable.]
§
103-1. Definitions.
The words and phrases used
in this chapter shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them by Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law
of the State of New York.
The following words and
phrases, which are not defined by Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them for the purposes
of this chapter:
CURBLINE - The prolongation
of the lateral line of a curb or, in the absence of a curb, the lateral
boundary line of the roadway.
HOLIDAYS
- Includes any day other then Saturday and Sunday when the Village Clerk's
office is closed for the transaction of business.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
- Whenever certain hours are named herein or on traffic control devices,
the time standard which is in current use in this state.
PUBLIC PARKING LOT -
An area or lot maintained by the village upon which the parking of vehicles
is permitted and regulated by signs or parking meters, or both.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY -
Land dedicated for the construction or maintenance of a public street or
alley.
§
103-2. Parking Enforcement Officer.
There is hereby created
the position of Parking Enforcement Officer, whose function shall be to
enforce those sections of this Chapter relating to parking violations and
to issue a summons or appearance ticket.
§
103-3. Speed limits.
A. The maximum speed at
which a vehicle may proceed on along any street or alley within the village
is hereby established at thirty (30) miles per hour, except as otherwise
established and set out in Subsection B of this section.
Speed limits other than
thirty (30) miles per hour established as indicated upon the following
streets or parts streets:
| Name of Street |
Speed |
Location |
| Main Street (Route 5) |
35 |
Within corporate limits |
| Union Road (Route 277) |
40 |
Within corporate limits |
| Wehrle Drive |
35 |
Within corporate limits |
§ 103-4. Private
parking lots.
No vehicle shall be left
standing on any parking area or without the permission of the owner or
lessee thereof.
Posting of signs.
(1) Conspicuous signs
shall be posted in parking
lot and informing the
public of any parking restrictions, and such sign shall substantially conform
to the following specifications:
PARKING RESTRICTED (six-inch
letters)
EXCEPT FOR (list persons
or permitted conditions only) (four-inch letters)
ALL OTHERS KEEP OUT (six-inch
letters)
UNDER PENALTY OF LAW
(six-inch letters)
SECTION 103-5, CODE OF
THE VILLAGE OF WILLIAMSVILLE (two-inch letters)
POLICE ENFORCEMENT (six-inch
letters)
(2) Such signs shall
be at least three by four (3 x 4) feet with red lettering on a white background.
The words "Police Enforcement" and "Under Penalty of Law" on such signs
shall be construed, among other things, as a guest by the owner or lessee
that the police enforce the restrictions, and that the police are authorized
to enter upon such premises to enforce the restrictions. Persons violating
the restrictions shall be deemed to be using the premises without the authority
and consent of the owner or lessee and in violation of this chapter.
(3) This section may
be enforced by the police in the same manner as all other traffic and parking
ordinances, including the use of tags, summonses, towing and other procedures
authorized by law.
§
103-5. Abandoned, illegally parked, disabled or unattended vehicles.
A vehicle pound shall be
the place or places to which automobiles or other vehicles may be removed
by the Amherst Department of Police. The Chief of Police shall designate
any such place or places to be used, without expense to the village, as
a vehicle pound, and from time to time may change any such designation.
Any vehicle left unattended in violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter or the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York may be
removed to the vehicle pound by the Department of Police.
Removal of illegally
parked vehicles; redemption. Any vehicle found by a police officer to be
standing in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York may be removed and conveyed by
or under the direction of a member of the Department of Police, by means
of towing or otherwise, to the vehicle pound. Such removal shall be at
the risk of the owner of the vehicle. Before the owner or person in charge
of the vehicle shall be permitted to remove it from the custody of the
police, he shall furnish evidence of his identity and ownership or right
to lien, shall sign a receipt of such vehicle and shall pay to the Clerk
of the Village Justice Court the sum of sixty dollars ($60.) for towing
and the sum of five dollars ($5.) for each day or fraction thereof during
the time the vehicle remains in the pound.
§
1O3-6. Issuance of summons.
A police officer or duly
designated Village Parking Enforcement Officer may serve a summons upon
the owner or driver of a vehicle which is parked or standing illegally
by affixing the summons to the vehicle.
Each summons shall indicate
the issuing authority; the date, hour and location of the violation; the
name of the issuing officer; and the license plate number of the vehicle.
The summons shall also indicate the specific section of state or local
law of which violation is charged and shall direct the owner or operator
to appear before the Clerk of the Village Court within the time specified
thereon for appropriate pang. A plea of guilty, without further proceedings,
will be enter upon mailing of the summons and the appropriate fine to the
Williamsville Court, 5566 Main Street, P.O. Box 1557 Williamsville, New
York 14221.
If the owner of the vehicle
does not appear or mail the summons and pay the fine within the specified
time, a warrant shall be issued for his appearance before Village Court.
The Court may impose a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.), upon finding
or plea of guilty, in addition to the fine for the original violation.
If any provision of this
chapter is inconsistent with any other provision of the Village Code, the
provision of this chapter shall control, and such other provision, to the
extent of such inconsistency only, is superseded.
§
103-7. Penalties; severability and repealer.
Penalties for offenses.
Every person convicted of a traffic infraction for violation of any provision
of this chapter which is not a violation of any provision of the Vehicle
and Law of the State of New York shall, for a first convict thereof, be
punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than fifteen (15) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
for a second such conviction within eighteen (18) months thereafter, such
person shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars
($100.) or by imprisonment for not more than forty-five (45) days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment; upon a third or subsequent conviction
within eighteen (18) months after the first conviction, such person shall
be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.)
or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Severability. If any
Article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or provision
of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, such adjudication shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the Article,
section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or provision thereof directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Repealer. All prior local
laws or codes, or parts thereof, of this village regulating traffic and
parking are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or
prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or
committed in violation of any local law or code hereby repealed prior to
the taking effect of this chapter.
§
103-8. One-way streets.
The following-described
streets or alleys or parts of streets or alleys are hereby designated as
on-way streets in the direction indicted:
| Name of Street |
Direction of Travel |
Limits |
| Connecting street |
South |
Between Evans Street
and Main |
| |
|
Street |
| Grove Street |
North |
Between Main Street
and Glen |
| |
|
Avenue |
| Rock Street |
North |
Between Main Street
and Glen |
| |
|
Avenue |
| School Street |
West |
Between Rinewalt Street
and |
| |
|
Academy Street, 7:30
a.m. to |
| |
|
5:00 pm., except Saturday,
Sunday |
| |
|
and holidays |
| Village Square Lane |
South |
Between Main Street
and South |
| |
West |
Long Street |
§
103-9 U-turn prohibitions.
No person shall make a U-turn
on Main Street within the corporate limits of the village.
§ 103-10. Left-turn
lane.
The following left lanes
for the distances designated on the streets designated shall be used for
left turns only into the intersecting street.
| Street |
Direction of Travel |
Length of Lane |
Intersecting Street |
| Evans Street |
South |
For 100 feet north |
Main Street |
| of north line of |
| |
|
Main Street |
| Garrison Road |
North |
For 100 feet south |
Main Street |
| |
|
of south line of |
| |
|
Main Street |
§ 103-11. Prohibited
right turns on red signal.
The State of New York,
County of Erie and Village of Williams-shall install and maintain signs
controlling the making of a right turn when facing steady red signal (stop
indication) within the village.
§
103-12. Yield intersections.
The following-described
intersections are hereby designated as yield intersections and yield signs
shall be installed as follows:
| Yield Sign on |
Direction of Travel |
At Intersection of |
| Connecting Street |
South |
Between Evans and Main
Street |
| Garden Parkway |
West |
Garden Parkway and South
Long Street |
§
103-13. Truck route systems.
A truck route system upon
which trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations in excess of ten
thousand (10,000) pounds may travel is hereby established on the following
streets or parts of streets:
Name of Street
Location
Main Street
Within corporate limits
Union Road
Within corporate limits
§
103-14. Parking prohibited.
No person shall park a vehicle
at any time upon any of the following described streets or alleys or parts
of streets or alleys:
| Name of Street |
Side |
Location |
| Alley |
Both |
Between North Ellicott
Street and Orchard Place |
| All streets |
Both |
Entire length for a
period in excess of 24 consecutive hours |
| All streets |
Both |
Entire length between
November 1 and the following April 1 from 1:00 am. to 7:00 am. |
| All streets |
Both |
Entire length for all
commercially registered vehicles from 1:00 am. to 7:00 am. |
§
103-15. Stop intersections.
