N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1650: Traffic regulations on county roads

§ 1650. Traffic regulations on county roads. (a) The county

superintendent of highways of a county with respect to county roads in

such county, may by order, rule or regulation:

1. Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes, allocate the

center lane exclusively for traffic moving in a specified direction.

2. Order signs erected directing slow-moving traffic, trucks, buses or

specified types of vehicles to use a designated lane, or with signs,

signals or markings designate those lanes to be used by traffic moving

in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway.

3. Determine those highways or portions of highways which shall be

marked to indicate where overtaking and passing or driving to the left

of or crossing such markings would be especially hazardous in accordance

with the standards, minimum warrants and sign or marking specifications

established by the department of transportation.

4. Temporarily exclude from any portion of any county road any vehicle

with a gross weight of over four or more tons or any vehicle with a

gross weight in excess of any designated weight on any wheel, axle, any

number of axles, or per inch width of tire when in his opinion such

highway would be materially injured by the operation of any such vehicle

thereon. Such exclusion shall take effect upon the erection of signs on

the section of highway from which such vehicles are excluded, and a

notice that such vehicles are excluded shall be published in a newspaper

in the county where the highway is situated. The exclusion shall remain

in effect until the removal of the signs as directed by the county

superintendent of highways. Upon written application by any operator of

a vehicle subject to this section, the county superintendent of highways

may issue a permit providing appropriate exemption to such vehicle, if

it is deemed that said vehicle is performing essential local pickup or

delivery service and that a failure to grant such permit would create

hardship. Every such permit may designate the route to be traversed and

contain other reasonable restrictions or conditions deemed necessary.

Every such permit shall be carried on the vehicle to which it refers and

shall be open to inspection of any peace officer, acting pursuant to his

special duties, or police officer. Such permits shall be for the

duration of the restriction imposed under this section.

4-a. Exclude trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer

combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations in excess of

any designated weight, designated length, designated height, or eight

feet in width, from county highways, except for qualifying or access

highways or set limits on hours of operation of such vehicles. Such

exclusion shall not be construed to prevent the delivery or pickup of

merchandise or other property along the highways from which such

vehicles or combinations are otherwise excluded.

5. Designate a portion of a slope as a path for the use of bicycles.

6. Order signs or markings to identify the portion of the highway to

be used for bicycle travel.

* 7. Designate preferential use lanes for specified types or classes

of vehicles.

* NB There are two par 7's

* 7. Declare a snow emergency and designate any highway or portion

thereof as a snow emergency route.

* NB There are two par 7's

(b) Each such county superintendent of highways shall cause to be

determined, for all bridges and elevated structures under his

jurisdiction, the capacity in tons of two thousand pounds which the

bridge or structure will safely carry. At bridges or structures of

insufficient strength to carry safely the legal loads permissible by

section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter, the county

superintendent of highways shall cause signs to be erected to inform

persons of the safe capacity.

(c) Each such county superintendent of highways shall cause signs to

be erected to inform persons of the legal overhead clearance for all

bridges, and elevated structures on highways under his jurisdiction.

The legal clearance shall be one foot less than the measured clearance.

The measured clearance shall be the minimum height to the bridge or

structure measured vertically from the traveled portion of the roadway.

On bridges or structures having fourteen feet or more of measured

clearance, no such signs shall be required.

d. The legislative body of any county with respect to county roads in

such county, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation,

provide for the removal and storage of vehicles parked or abandoned on

highways during snowstorms, floods, fire or other public emergencies, or

found unattended where they constitute an obstruction to traffic or any

place where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, and for the

payment of reasonable charges for such removal and storage by the owner

or operator of any such vehicle.

(e) The legislative body of any county with respect to county roads in

such county, may by local law or ordinance prohibit vehicles engaged in

retail sales of frozen desserts as that term is defined in subdivision

thirty-seven of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter

directly to pedestrians from stopping for the purpose of such sales on

any such road or on all such roads. Nothing herein shall be construed to

prohibit the operator of such vehicle from stopping such vehicle off of

such road, in a safe manner, for the sole purpose of delivering such

retail product directly to the residence of a consumer or to the

business address of a customer of such retailer.