A.
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall,
for the purposes 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.
Interpretation.
(1)
Official time standard. Whenever certain hours are
named herein or on traffic control devices, they shall mean the time
standard which is in current use in this state.
(2)
Measurements. Any linear measurements specified for
various orders, rules and/or regulations contained in or adopted and/or
issued pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to be approximate,
and such measurements, and the order, rule and/or regulation to which
they pertain, shall not be affected or altered in any way by the widening
of a street, by the construction of curbs, gutters or sidewalks or
by any other action which might tend to obliterate the point from
which such measurements were originally made. Unless otherwise indicated,
measurements shall be made from the nearest curbline of the street(s)
referred to in a location description or, if there is no curbline,
from the nearest pavement edge.
The Department 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 the Town Board 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.
The system of traffic markings upon the New
York State highways are hereby made applicable to the Town roads in
the Town of Rotterdam. Said markings, when placed upon Town roads,
shall have the same meaning and effect as similar markings upon state
roads in this town, and violations of such markings upon said Town
roads shall be subject to the same penalties as violations of such
markings on state roads.
[Amended 2-22-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995; 7-9-2003 by L.L. No. 10-2003; 12-11-2019 by L.L. No. 21-2019]
Fines for violations of this chapter shall be
assessed according to the following schedule:
|
Violation
|
Fine
|
|---|---|
|
Abandoned vehicle
|
$100
|
|
Angle parking
|
$50
|
|
Blocking driveway
|
$50
|
|
Blocking fire hydrant
|
$100
|
|
Blocking traffic
|
$50
|
|
Crosswalk parking
|
$50
|
|
Fire Department entrance
|
$100
|
|
Fire lane
|
$100
|
|
Handicapped
|
$150
|
|
Interstate road
|
$50
|
|
Median parking
|
$50
|
|
No-parking zone
|
$50
|
|
Sidewalk parking
|
$50
|
|
Snow emergency
|
$100
|
|
Traffic control device — 30 feet
|
$50
|
|
Wrong direction
|
$75
|
|
Other
|
$50
|
All prior local laws, ordinances, orders, rules
and regulations, or parts of such, of this Town regulating traffic
and parking are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not
affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for
any act done or committed in violation of any local law, ordinance,
order, rule and/or regulation hereby repealed prior to the taking
effect of this chapter.
If any article, section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause or provision of this chapter shall be adjudged by
any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such adjudication
shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof but
shall be confined in its operation to the article, section, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause or provision thereof directly involved
in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
A.
Except those parts, if any, which are subject to the
approval under § 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of
the State of New York, this chapter and any orders, rules and/or regulations
adopted and/or issued hereunder shall take effect as provided by law.
B.
Any part or parts of this chapter and any orders,
rules and/or regulations adopted and/or issued hereunder which are
subject to approval under § 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law of the State of New York shall take effect from and after the
day on which approval in writing is received from the New York State
Department of Transportation.
