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NY Hwy L § 312 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 312 - Motion to Confirm, Vacate or Modify.

§  312.  Motion to confirm, vacate or modify. Within thirty days after   the decision of the jury shall have  been  filed  in  the  town  clerk's   office,  the  owner, occupant or applicant may apply to the county court   wherein such private road is situated, for an order confirming, vacating   or modifying their decision; and  such  court  may  confirm,  vacate  or   modify such decision as it shall deem just and legal. If the decision is   vacated,  the  court  may  order  another  hearing  of the matter before   another jury, and remit the proceedings to the  town  superintendent  of   the  same town for that purpose. If no such motion is made, the decision   of the jury shall be deemed final.  The motion shall be brought on, upon   the service of papers on the adverse party in the proceeding,  according   to  the  usual  practice of the court in actions and special proceedings   pending therein, and the decision of the county court  shall  be  final,   except  that  a new hearing may be had, as herein provided. If the final   decision shall be adverse to the applicant, no other application for the   same road shall be made within one year.
NY Hwy L § 313 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 313 - Costs of New Hearing.

§  313.  Costs  of  new  hearing.  If  upon a new hearing, the damages   assessed are increased, the applicant shall pay the costs  and  expenses   thereof, otherwise the owner shall pay the same.
NY Hwy L § 314 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 314 - For What Purpose Private Road May Be Used.

§  314.  For what purpose private road may be used. Every such private   road, when so laid out, shall be for the  use  of  such  applicant,  his   heirs  and  assigns; but not to be converted to any other use or purpose   than that of a road; nor shall the occupant or owner of the land through   which said road shall be laid out be permitted to  use  the  same  as  a   road,  unless  he  shall  have  signified such intention to the jury who   assessed the damages for laying out such road, and before  such  damages   were assessed.
NY Hwy L § 315 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 315 - Credit on Private Road.

§  315.  Credit on private road. Any person living upon a private road   may be credited on account of his highway taxes in any  year  an  amount   equal  to  the  value of the work which the town superintendent may deem   necessary  to  be  done  in  such  year  upon  such   road.   The   town   superintendent shall issue to him a statement containing the name of the   person, the location of the road, the amount of work so deemed necessary   to be done, and the value thereof.  Such statement shall be presented to   the town board at its annual meeting for the audit of town accounts, and   if  approved by such board, and such work shall have been done, an order   shall be issued directing the supervisor to pay  the  sum  specified  in   such  statement  to  the  person  therein named, or his assignee, out of   moneys in the hands of the supervisor available  for  highway  purposes.   The  amount  so  paid in any year shall not exceed the amount payable by   the person named in such statement on account of moneys levied  in  such   town  for  the  repair  and  improvement of highways as provided in this   chapter. This section shall not apply to private roads or rights of  way   over lands of the owner thereof used by him for his own convenience.
NY Hwy L § 315-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 315-A - Improvement Corporations; Right of Acquisition.

§   315-a.   Improvement   corporations;  right  of  acquisition.  Any   corporation formed for the  purpose  of  developing  or  improving  real   property,  which  lays  out  for  public  use roads, streets, avenues or   highways, upon or through its lands, if unable to agree with the  owners   of  any  real property required for the purpose of extending, continuing   or connecting such roads, streets, avenues or highways, for the purchase   thereof,  may  acquire  title  thereto  by  acquisition  in  the  manner   prescribed   by   the   eminent  domain  procedure  law;  provided  such   corporation has the consents of the owners of not less than one-half  of   all  of  the  land  which adjoins or abuts upon, or which will adjoin or   abut  upon,  such  roads,  streets,  avenues  or  highways,   or   their   extensions,  continuations  or  connections,  when  completed;  and such   corporation may lay out and establish such roads,  streets,  avenues  or   highways,  and the extensions, continuations or connections thereof, and   may construct drains or sewers, and such bridges or culverts as  may  be   necessary  to maintain the grades of, or for the extension, continuation   or connection of, the roads, streets, avenues or highways, so laid  out;   and may connect such roads, streets, avenues or highways, with or across   roads,  streets, avenues or highways, belonging to any other corporation   or person, but may not disturb the established grades thereof. All lands   so taken by acquisition shall be deemed to be acquired for a public use.
NY Hwy L § 316 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 316 - Entitled to Free Use of Highways.

§ 316. Entitled to free use of highways. The authorities having charge   or  control  of  any highway, public street, park, parkway, driveway, or   place, shall have no power or authority to pass, enforce or maintain any   ordinance, rule or regulation by which any person  using  a  bicycle  or   tricycle  shall  be  excluded  or  prohibited  from  the free use of any   highway, public street, avenue, roadway,  driveway,  parkway,  park,  or   place,  at  any  time  when  the same is open to the free use of persons   having and using other pleasure carriages, except  upon  such  driveway,   speedway  or  road  as has been or may be expressly set apart by law for   the exclusive use of horses and  light  carriages.  But  nothing  herein   shall prevent the passage, enforcement or maintenance of any regulation,   ordinance  or  rule,  regulating  the  use  of  bicycles or tricycles in   highways, public streets, driveways, parks, parkways, and places, or the   regulation of the speed of carriages, vehicles  or  engines,  in  public   parks and upon parkways and driveways in the city of New York, under the   exclusive  jurisdiction  and  control  of  the  department  of parks and   recreation of said city, nor prevent any such authorities in  any  other   city  from regulating the speed of any vehicles herein described in such   manner as to limit and determine the proper rate  of  speed  with  which   such  vehicle  may be propelled nor in such manner as to require, direct   or prohibit the use of bells,  lamps  and  other  appurtenances  nor  to   prohibit  the  use of any vehicle upon that part of the highway, street,   park, or parkway, commonly known as the footpath or sidewalk.
NY Hwy L § 317 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 317 - Drug Free School Zone Signs.

§  317.  Drug free school zone signs. Any political subdivision of the   state having jurisdiction over any highway  within  school  grounds,  as   defined in subdivision fourteen of section 220.00 of the penal law, may,   upon the request of the appropriate school authority, place, cause to be   placed,  or  permit to be placed within the right of way of such highway   signs indicating a drug free school zone.
NY Hwy L § 319 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 319 - Obstructions and Their Removal.

§  319.  Obstructions  and  their removal. 1. Obstructions, within the   meaning of this section, shall include trees which have been cut or have   fallen either on adjacent lands or within the bounds of the highway,  in   such a manner as to interfere with public travel therein; limbs of trees   which  have  fallen within the highway, or branches of trees overhanging   the highways so as to interfere with public travel therein; lumber, wood   or logs piled  within  the  bounds  of  the  public  highway;  machines,   vehicles and implements abandoned or habitually placed within the bounds   of the highway; fences, buildings or other structures erected within the   bounds  of  the  highway;  earth,  stone or other material placed in any   ditch or waterway along the highway; telegraph, telephone,  trolley  and   other  poles,  and  the  wires  connected  therewith, erected within the   bounds of the highway in such a manner as to interfere with the  use  of   the highway for public travel.2.  It  shall  be  the duty of each owner or occupant of lands situate   along the highway, to remove all obstructions within the bounds  of  the   highway,  which have been placed there, either by themselves or by their   consent. It shall be the duty  of  all  telephone,  telegraph,  electric   railway  and  other electrical companies, to remove and reset telephone,   telegraph, trolley and other poles and the  wires  connected  therewith,   when  the  same constitute obstructions to the use of the highway by the   traveling public. If temporary obstructions such as trees, lumber, wood,   logs, machinery, vehicles  and  similar  obstructions  are  not  removed   within forty-eight hours after the service of a notice, personally or by   mail,  upon  such owner or occupant, requesting the same to be done, the   town superintendent shall remove  such  obstruction.  And  if  permanent   obstructions, including, among others, telegraph, telephone, trolley and   other  poles  and  wires  connected  therewith,  are not moved and reset   within thirty days, the town superintendent shall move  and  reset  such   poles and wires. The expense thereby incurred shall be paid in the first   instance  out of moneys levied and collected and available therefor, and   the amount thereof shall be charged  against  such  owner,  occupant  or   company,  and  levied  and collected, as provided in section one hundred   and fifty-seven.
NY Hwy L § 320 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 320 - Injuries to Highways.

§  320.  Injuries  to  highways.  Whoever  shall injure any highway or   bridge maintained at the public expense, by obstructing or diverting any   creek, water-course or sluice, or by dragging  logs  or  timber  on  its   surface  or by drawing or propelling over the same a load of such weight   as to injure or destroy the culverts or bridges along the  same,  or  of   such  weight  that  will  destroy,  break  or  injure the surface of any   improved state highway, county road or town highway,  or  by  any  other   act,  or  shall  injure,  deface or destroy any mile-stone or guide-post   erected on any highway, shall for  every  such  offense  forfeit  treble   damages.
NY Hwy L § 322 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 322 - Trees, Removal From Highway Bounds.

§  322. Trees, removal from highway bounds. Any tree standing or lying   on land within the bounds of any highway shall be for the proper use  of   the owner or occupant of such land.  Except in villages of the first and   second  class,  no  growing tree shall be cut down, removed or destroyed   without the written consent of (a) the commissioner  of  transportation,   if  it  is  within  the  bounds  of  a  state highway, or (b) the county   superintendent, if it is within the bounds of a county road, or (c)  the   town superintendent, if it is within the bounds of a town highway. Where   a  right  of  way has been or shall be acquired, under the provisions of   this chapter, for a highway of any class, the owner of  the  tree  shall   have  and  may  harvest for his own use the fruit upon all fruit-bearing   trees left standing from time  to  time  within  the  right  of  way  so   acquired.
NY Hwy L § 323 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 323 - Injuring Fruit or Shade Trees.

§  323.  Injuring  fruit  or shade trees. It shall be unlawful for any   person or persons whatsoever in this state to hitch any horse  or  other   animal  to or leave the same standing near enough to injure any fruit or   forest tree growing within the bounds of the public highway, or used  as   a  shade  or  ornamental  tree around any school house, church or public   building, or to cut down or mutilate in any way any such  ornamental  or   shade  tree;  but  the  right  of  property  owners along the highway to   cultivate, train and use such shade  trees  shall  not  be  impaired  or   abridged   hereby.  Any  person  or  persons  guilty  of  violating  the   provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty  of  misdemeanor,  and   shall  be  punishable  by a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more   than twenty-five dollars for each such offense, and in case  of  failure   to pay any fine imposed, may be committed to jail, not exceeding one day   for  each  dollar  of  such  fine.  Courts  of  special  sessions having   jurisdiction to try misdemeanors, as provided by  section  fifty-six  of   the code of criminal procedure, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to try   offenders  in  all cases occurring in the same manner as in other cases,   where they now have jurisdiction, and  subject  to  the  same  power  of   removal,  and  to  render  and  enforce  judgments, to the extent herein   provided. All fines collected under the provisions of this act shall  be   paid  when  the  offense  is committed in a town outside of incorporated   villages, to the supervisor of the town, to be used as  the  town  board   and town superintendent may direct. When the offense is committed in any   village  of  the  county,  which  by  law is constituted a separate road   district, the fine shall be paid to the treasurer of said village, to be   used as the board of trustees may direct.
NY Hwy L § 324 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 324 - Penalty for Falling Trees.

§  324.  Penalty  for  falling trees. If any person shall cut down any   tree on land not occupied by  him,  so  that  it  shall  fall  into  any   highway,  river  or  stream,  unless  by  the  order  and consent of the   occupant, the person so offending shall forfeit to such occupant the sum   of one dollar for every tree so fallen and the like sum  for  every  day   the same shall remain in the highway, river or stream.
NY Hwy L § 325 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 325 - Fallen Trees to Be Removed.

§  325.  Fallen  trees  to  be  removed. If any tree shall fall, or be   fallen by any person from any inclosed land into any highway, any person   may give notice to the occupant of the land from which  the  tree  shall   have  fallen, to remove the same within two days; if such tree shall not   be removed within that time, but shall  continue  in  the  highway,  the   occupant  of the land shall forfeit the sum of fifty cents for every day   thereafter, until the tree shall be removed.
NY Hwy L § 326 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 326 - Penalties, How Recovered.

§ 326. Penalties, how recovered. All penalties or forfeitures given in   this  chapter,  and  not  otherwise  specially  provided  for,  shall be   recovered by the town superintendent, in the name of the town  in  which   the  offense shall be committed; and when recovered, shall be applied by   them in improving the highways and bridges in such town, except that  if   the  offense  occurs  on  any highway included in the systems defined by   section three hundred forty-one  of  this  chapter,  such  penalties  or   forfeitures  may  be recovered by the commissioner of transportation and   where so recovered shall  be  deposited  by  the  comptroller  into  the   special  obligation reserve and payment account of the dedicated highway   and bridge trust fund established pursuant to section  eighty-nine-b  of   the state finance law.
NY Hwy L § 327 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 327 - Lighting Roads, Highways and Bridges.

§  327.  Lighting  roads,  highways and bridges. The town board of any   town may from time to time provide for lighting  dangerous  portions  of   any  road  or  highway  defined  by  section  three  of  this chapter or   constructed or improved under the provisions of section one hundred  and   ninety-four of this chapter, and of bridges located thereon. The initial   action  of  the  board shall be in the form of a proposal. The roads and   portions thereof to be lighted, and the manner of lighting, shall be set   forth in such proposal. Such proposal shall be embodied in a resolution.   The lighting of one or more such roads, highways or bridges, or  either,   may  be  proposed in a single resolution. The board may provide for such   lighting, if its proposal is so approved.  The  expense  of  installing,   maintaining  and  caring for such lights shall be a town charge, and the   moneys therefor shall be provided and appropriated in the same manner as   for other town expenses. The furnishing of light under this section  may   be  provided  for by contract or otherwise; but nothing herein contained   shall be deemed to authorize the town board  to  acquire,  construct  or   establish  a  gas or electric lighting plant for the above purposes. The   installation of lights, fixtures and connections shall be done under the   supervision of the county superintendent of highways. The town board may   provide for the care of such lights  in  such  manner  as  it  may  deem   proper.  The  board  may, in its discretion, at any time discontinue the   lighting of any road, highway or bridge, or  portion  thereof,  provided   for  under  this  section. Any installation of lighting pursuant to this   section on a state highway shall be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the   commissioner.
NY Hwy L § 328 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 328 - Lighting of Public Highways or Bridges.

§   328.  Lighting  of  public  highways  or  bridges.  The  board  of   supervisors of any county may from time to  time  provide  for  lighting   public highways, or portions thereof, or bridges, located in such county   outside of cities and villages. The initial action of the board shall be   in the form of a proposal. The highways, or portions thereof, or bridges   to  be  lighted,  and the manner of lighting, shall be set forth in such   proposal. Such proposal shall be embodied in a resolution. The  lighting   of  one or more of such highways, or portions thereof, or bridges may be   proposed in a single resolution. The board may provide for such lighting   if its proposal be so approved. The expense of  installing,  maintaining   and  caring  for  such  lights  shall be a county charge, and the moneys   therefor shall be provided and appropriated in the same  manner  as  for   other county expenses. The furnishing of light under this section may be   provided  for  by  contract  or  otherwise,  but nothing herein shall be   deemed to authorize the board  to  acquire,  construct  or  establish  a   lighting  plant  for such purposes. The installation of lights, fixtures   and connections shall be  done  under  the  supervision  of  the  county   superintendent  of  highways. The board may provide for the care of such   lights in such manner as it may deem  proper.  The  board  may,  in  its   discretion,  at  any  time  discontinue  the lighting of any highway, or   portion  thereof,  or  bridge   provided   for   under   this   section.   Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the county of Monroe may   from  time  to  time  provide  for lighting public highways, streets, or   portions thereof, or bridges located in the city of  Rochester,  subject   to  the  approval  of  the  city  council  of the city of Rochester. Any   installation of lighting pursuant to this section  on  a  state  highway   shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner.
NY Hwy L § 329 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 329 - Land Monuments and Markers; Duty of Highway Superintendents and Commissioner of Transportation in Regard Thereto.

§ 329. Land monuments and markers; duty of highway superintendents and   commissioner   of   transportation  in  regard  thereto.  If,  upon  the   construction, reconstruction or improvement of a state  highway,  county   road  or  town  highway,  including widening and straightening, any land   boundary markers or monuments are removed, destroyed or  concealed,  new   markers,  or  monuments,  which may be of a different type and material,   shall be placed in their place and stead by the  officer  in  charge  of   such  highway project, whether it be the commissioner of transportation,   the county superintendent of highways  or  the  town  superintendent  of   highways.  Such  new  markers  or  monuments  shall  be  so marked as to   identify therefrom the markers or monuments whose place and  stead  they   take.  Moneys appropriated for the maintenance of state highways, county   roads and town highways shall be available  for  any  of  the  work  and   expenses authorized by this section.
NY Hwy L § 330 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions 330 - Ramps in Street Curbing.

§ 330. Ramps in street curbing. No public street, sidewalk adjacent to   a  curb,  sidewalk  adjacent  to  a  parking lot, sidewalk adjacent to a   private road open to public motor vehicle traffic or  highway  shall  be   constructed  or reconstructed unless the curbing thereof is designed and   constructed so as to allow reasonable access  to  pedestrian  crosswalks   for   persons   with  disabilities,  in  accordance  with  accessibility   guidelines mandated pursuant to the federal Americans with  Disabilities   Act of 1990, as amended.