A.
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall, for the purpose
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.
B.
CURBLINE
HOLIDAYS
PARKING METER ZONE
PUBLIC PARKING LOT
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:
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the
absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
Includes New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s
Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans
Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.[1]
A designated location upon or within which the parking of
vehicles is regulated by parking meters.
A plot or parcel of land or building owned and/or leased
by the Village of Athens, not including highways, upon or within which
the parking of vehicles is regulated by signs and/or parking meters.
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.
[Amended 5-13-2015 by L.L. No. 3-2015]
Pursuant to the provisions of § 1603 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law, power is hereby delegated to the Village of Athens
Police Department to exercise, by official order, rule or regulation,
the powers granted to the legislative body of this Village by Article
39 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, subject, however, to the limitations
imposed by §§ 1646 and 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law.
