Chapter 135
VEHICLES AND
TRAFFIC
ARTICLE
I
General
Provisions
§ 135-1.
Definitions.
§ 135-2. Authority to install traffic
control devices.
§ 135.3. Schedules; adoption of
regulations.
ARTICLE
II
Traffic
Regulations
§ 135-4. Traffic control
signals.
§ 135-5. Speed
limits.
§ 135-6. Stop
intersections.
§ 135-7. Yield
intersections.
§ 135-8. Trucks over certain weights
excluded.
ARTICLE
III
Parking, Standing and
Stopping
§ 135-9. Application of
Article.
§ 135-10. Parking prohibited at all
times.
§ 135-11. No
stopping.
§ 135-12. Parking prohibited certain
hours.
ARTICLE
IV
Removal and Storage of
Vehicles
§ 135-13. Authority to impound
vehicles.
§ 135-14. Storage and
charges.
§ 135-15. Notice of removal.
ARTICLE
V
Miscellaneous
Provisions
§ 135-16. Penalties for
offenses.
§ 135-17. Schedule I: Traffic Control Signals.
Schedules
§ 135-18. Schedule II: Speed Limits.
§ 135-19. Schedule III: Stop
Intersections.
§ 135-20. Schedule IV: Yield
Intersections.
§ 135-21. Schedule V: Trucks Over Certain Weights
Excluded.
§ 135-22. Schedule VI: Parking Prohibited at All
Times.
§ 135-23. Schedule VII: No Stopping.
§ 135-24. Schedule VIII: Parking Prohibited Certain
Hours.
ARTICLE
VII
Vehicle and Traffic
Regulations Within Pyramid Mall, Triphammer Mall and
§ 135-25. General
Regulations.
§ 135-26. Pyramid Mall
Regulations.
§ 135-27. Regulations in Other Shopping
Centers.
§
135-28.
Enforcement.
[HISTORY:
Articles I-VI adopted by the Board of Trustees of the
Fire
lanes -- See
Handicapped parking -- See
§
135-1. Definitions.
A.
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
B.
The
following words and phrases, which are not defined by Article 1 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York, shall have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section 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 --
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's
Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
Official time standard -- Whenever certain hours are named herein or
on traffic control devices, they shall mean the time standard which is in
current use in this State.
§
135-2. Authority to install traffic control devices.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall
install and maintain traffic control devices when and as required under the
provisions of this chapter, to make effective the provisions of this chapter,
and may install and maintain such additional traffic control devices as he may
deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic under the Vehicle and Traffic
Law of the State of New York, subject to the provisions of §§ 1682 and 1684 of
that law.
§
135-3. Schedules; adoption of regulations.
A. For the purpose of
maintaining an accurate record of all regulations adopted under the provisions
of this chapter, there is hereby established a system of schedules, appearing as
Article VI of this chapter, in which shall be entered all regulations after
adoption. Such schedules shall be deemed a part of the section to which they
refer. All regulations shall be adopted with reference to the appropriate
schedule as indicated in the various sections of this
chapter.
B. Regulations shall be
adopted by the Board of Trustees in accordance with provisions of the Village
Law and the Vehicle and Traffic Law, or by an officer or agency authorized by
the Board of Trustees to adopt regulations pursuant to § 1603 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law.
ARTICLE
II
Traffic
Regulations
§
135-4. Traffic control signals.
Traffic control signals shall be
installed and operated at the intersection of those streets described in
Schedule I (§ 135-17), attached to and made a part of this
chapter.
§
135-5. Speed limits.
The maximum speed at which vehicles may
proceed on or along any streets or highways within the Village is hereby
established at thirty (30) miles per hour, except that the speed limit for
vehicles proceeding on or along those streets or parts of streets described in
Schedule II (§ 135-18), attached to and made a part of this chapter, shall be as
indicated in said schedule.
§
135-6. Stop intersections.
The intersections described in Schedule
III (§ 135-19), attached to and made a part of this
chapter,
are hereby designated as stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as
provided therein.
§
135-7. Yield intersections.
The intersections described in Schedule
IV (§ 135-20), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby
designated as yield intersections. Yield signs shall be installed as provided
therein.
§
135-8. Trucks over certain weights excluded.
Trucks in excess of the weights
indicated are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of streets described in
Schedule V (§ 135-21), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except for
the pickup and delivery of materials on such streets.
ARTICLE
III
Parking, Standing and
Stopping
§
135-9. Application of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall
apply except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official
traffic control device.
§
135-10. Parking prohibited at all times.
No person shall park a vehicle at any
time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule VI (§
135-22), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
§
135-11. No stopping.
No person shall stop a vehicle upon any
of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VII (§ 135-23),
attached to and made a part of this chapter.
§
135-12. Parking prohibited certain hours.
No person shall park a vehicle between
the hours specified in Schedule VIII (§ 135-24) of any day, unless otherwise
indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said
schedule, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
ARTICLE
IV
Removal and Storage of
Vehicles
§
135-13. Authority to impound vehicles.
A. When any vehicle is
parked or abandoned on any highway or public parking lot within this Village
during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency which affects that
portion of the public highway or parking lot upon which said vehicle is parked
or abandoned, said vehicle may be removed by the
B. When any vehicle is
found unattended on any highway or public parking lot within the Village where
said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed
by the Village of Lansing.
C. When any vehicle is
parked or abandoned on any highway within this Village where stopping, standing
or parking is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by the
§
135-14. Storage and charges.
After removal of any vehicle as provided
in this Article, the Village of Lansing may store or cause such vehicle to be
stored 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 person with whom
stored of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in
effecting such removal and storage.
§
135-15. Notice of removal.
The Village of Lansing shall without
delay report the removal and disposition of any vehicle removed as provided in
this Article to the County Sheriff, and it shall be the duty of the County
Sheriff to ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or the
person having the same in charge and to notify him of the removal and
disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem
the same.
ARTICLE
V
Miscellaneous
Provisions
§
135-16. Penalties for offenses.
Every person convicted of a traffic
infraction for a violation of any provision of this chapter which is not a
violation of any provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New
York shall, for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more
than one hundred dollars ($100.) or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen
(15) days, or by bothsuch 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 two hundred dollars ($200.) 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 three hundred dollars
($300.) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Schedules
§
135-17. Schedule I: Traffic Control
Signals.
In accordance with the provisions of §
135-4, traffic control signals shall be installed at the following described
intersections:
Intersection[1]
North Triphammer Road and Triphammer Mall/Lansing West
Apartments
North Triphammer Road and Pyramid Drive/Cayuga Mall
North Triphammer Road and Graham Road/Graham Road
West
Warren Road and Uptown Road
Pyramid Drive and easternmost entrance to Tops
Plaza
§
135-18. Schedule II: Speed
Limits.
In accordance with the provisions of §
135-5, speed limits other than thirty (30) miles per hour are hereby established
as indicated upon the following described streets or parts
thereof:
Speed Limit
Name
of Street
(mph)
Location
Burdick
Hill Road
40
Entire length
Cherry
Lane
40
Entire length
Dart
Drive
25
Entire length
Graham
Road
25
Entire length
North Triphammer Road
40
From 200 ft. north of Brook Drive
to the north Village line
§
135-19. Schedule III: Stop
Intersections.[2]
In accordance with the provisions of §
135-6, the following described intersections are hereby designated as stop
intersections, and stop signs shall be installed as follows on the next two
pages:
|
Stop
Sign on |
Direction
of Travel |
At
Intersection of |
|
All
driveway entrances |
East/North |
From
Covered Bridge Apartments |
|
Ascot
Place |
North |
Craft
Road |
|
Ayla
Way Beckett
Way |
West West |
Leifs
Way Cayuga
Heights Road |
|
Beckett
Way Beckett
Way |
East/West East |
Wedgewood
Drive west intersection East intersection Wedgewood
Dr. |
|
Brook
Drive |
North |
Brook
Way |
|
Brook
Drive |
West |
North
Triphammer Road |
|
Brook
Way |
North |
Bush
Lane |
|
Brook
Way |
South |
Brook
Drive |
|
Burdick
Hill Road |
East |
North
Triphammer Road |
|
Burleigh
Drive |
North |
Uptown
Road |
|
Bush
Lane |
West |
North
Triphammer Road |
|
Butler
Road |
South |
Graham
Road West |
|
Catherwood
Road |
East |
North
Triphammer Road |
|
Cayuga
Hills Road |
Northeast |
Hampton
Hill Lane |
|
Cayuga
Hills Road |
East |