Ordinance – Highway

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HIGHWAY REGULATIONS
This regulation is adopted by the Village District of Eidelweiss Board of Commissioners pursuant to RSA 52:1
2. PURPOSE
The purpose of this regulation is to:
a. Provide maximum safety and protection to the traveling public on District roads.
b. Reduce the danger to the District service operations and personnel in plowing, repairing, and maintaining District roads and property.
c. Prevent environmental damage to District roads and property.
d. Protect the quiet and safe enjoyment of both private and public property by all who visit or live in the District.
f. Provide an ordinance that can be enforced by local police officials.
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3. REGULATION
A. The maximum speed limit in the Village District of Eidelweiss is 20 mph. Lower speed limits are suggested in certain areas of the District, including, but not limited to, a maximum15 mph speed from the Eidelweiss Drive / Winnegon Rd intersection around Little Pea Porridge Pond to Little Loop Rd.
B. The weight limit for trucks is 13 tons GVWR. When the roads are posted in the spring, the maximum weight limit is 5 tons GVWR.
Vehicles passing through the Village will be limited to 8 tonS GVWR.
C. No parking is permitted on Eidelweiss Roads between November 1st and April 1st.
D. The Huttwil Parking lot is to be used for temporary overnight parking for residents and their guests. No business or commercial vehicles or trailers may be parked in the Huttwil parking lot.
No business or commercial vehicles or trailers may be parked in any VDOE parking lot.
E. Vehicles, personal trailers, recreational vehicles, snowmobiles and boats may not be left in any of the parking lots for more than 5 days unless written permission
is received from the board of commissioners. Parking in excess of this time period will result in a fine and the vehicle will be towed.
Overnight parking is not allowed at any of the beach parking lots. Parking during winter storm conditions is excepted.
F. No steel tracked vehicles are allowed on District roads.
G. To control speed and reduce the danger to pedestrian traffic speed bumps may be utilized in selected location in the village. Speed bumps will be utilized no earlier than 1 May and removed no later than 1 November each year.
Speed bumps will be installed on Eidelweiss Drive to control speed and traffic in the area of Boulder Beach and the Playground on Eidelweiss Drive. Cautionary signs will be posted to notify the use of speed bumps and a sign suggesting a 5 MPH speed limit.
4. ENFORCEMENT
This ordinance is enforceable by any legally appointed law enforcement officer.
5. PENALTY
Any person who violates this regulation shall be deemed to have violated an ordinance of the Village District of Eidelweiss and may be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation as permitted by RSA 47:17. For parking offenses, the fine shall be $25. The fine for using steel tracked vehicles on District roads shall be $100 for each offence. For overweight trucks the fine shall be $500 for the first offense with a fine of $1,000 for any subsequent offense.
6. AMENDMENTS
The Board of Commissioners may amend this ordinance as the need arises.
Adopted August 13, 2004, following a Public Hearing on August 6, 2004.
Revised October 1, 2004.
Revised July 17, 2006 following public hearings on July 10 and 17, 2006. Revised October 16, 2006 following a Public Hearing on October 16, 2006.
Gloria B. Aspinall
E. Peter Craugh Ralph Lutjen
Board of Commissioners
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