This article shall be known and may be cited
hereinafter as the "Vehicle and Traffic Law of the Village of Airmont."
It is the aim of the Village Board of the Village of Airmont to provide
for safety of motor vehicle operation on Village roads and highways;
and for regulation, maintenance and management of vehicular safety
in public places with respect to movement of traffic, parking, ingress
and egress; and vehicular safety in shopping centers and other places
accessible to the public in the Village of Airmont. This article shall
not apply to individual residential lots.
It is the aim of the Village Board of the Village
of Airmont to promote the public health, welfare and safety of its
residents by:
A. Regulating the use and operation of motor vehicles
upon the streets, highways and public places accessory to or connected
with industrial, commercial, professional, educational or recreational
facilities and other services or facilities accessible to the public
in the Village.
B. Regulating the construction, reconstruction, management
and maintenance of open areas, avenues of access or parking spaces
for motor vehicles at the foregoing or similar uses and activities.
C. Designating fire lanes or zones in shopping centers.
D. Disposing of unattended and abandoned motor vehicles
in fire lanes or other public places or zones duly marked restricted
by the Police Department or on any other public road or public area
similarly restricted during periods of public emergency by a Village
of Airmont agency in the interest of safety or during the winter season
where the same impedes or interferes with snow removal or safe motor
vehicle traffic.
No person shall operate his motor vehicle upon
any public highway, private road or other area open to motor vehicle
traffic with the Village of Airmont at a rate of speed in excess of
30 miles per hour, except that the rate of speed on other roads, highways
or areas accessible to public vehicular travel in the Village of Airmont
shall not be in excess of any other duly posted speed limit. This
section shall not apply to ambulances, fire vehicles or police vehicles
when on emergency trips, and they shall operate as required with due
regard to the emergency and due observance of safety in the circumstances;
nor shall this section apply to state highways maintained by the State
of New York.
This article is not in limitation of any other
law, rule, regulation or order which may affect any premises subject
to this article or any penalty, fine or liability thereunder but is
in addition thereto. An inconsistent local law, regulation, order
or certificate or part thereof in conflict with this article is hereby
repealed insofar as it may affect the enforcement of this article.