[Adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971 as Ch. 124, Art. I, of the 1971 Code]
Pursuant to the provisions of § 1603(a) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, as adopted by L. 1959, c. 775, amended by L. 1959, c. 514, the Police Department of the Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre is hereby authorized to:
A. 
Designate through highways and order stop signs, flashing signals or yield signs erected at specified entrances thereto or designate any intersection as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and order like signs or signals at one or more entrances to such intersection.
B. 
Prohibit or regulate the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections or other designated locations.
C. 
Regulate the crossing of any roadway by pedestrians.
D. 
Designate any highway or any separate roadway thereof for one-way traffic.
E. 
Exclude trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations and trucks in excess of any designated weight from designated highways.
F. 
Prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles.
G. 
Determine those highways or portions of highways which shall be marked to indicate where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous in accordance with the standards, minimum warrants and sign or marking specifications established by the State Traffic Commission.
H. 
Designate safety zones.
I. 
Provide for the installation, operation, maintenance, policing and supervision of parking meters, establish parking time limits at such meters, designate hours of operation of such meters.
J. 
Establish a system of truck routes upon which all trucks, tractors and tractor-trailer combinations having a total gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds are permitted to travel and operate, and excluding such vehicles and combinations from all highways except those which constitute such truck-route system. Any such system of truck routes shall provide suitable connection with all state routes entering or leaving the Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre.
K. 
Regulate traffic by means of traffic-control signals.
L. 
License, regulate or prohibit processions, assemblages or parades. Whenever such a procession, assemblage or parade authorized by a local authority will block the movement of traffic on a state highway maintained by the state, or on a highway which connects two state highways maintained by the state to make a through route, for a period in excess of 10 minutes, such authority must, prior to such blocking, provide and designate with conspicuous signs a detour adequate to prevent unreasonable delay in the movement of traffic on said highway maintained by the state.
M. 
Prohibit or regulate the operation and the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in public parks.
N. 
Provide for the removal and storage of vehicles parked or abandoned on highways during snowstorms, floods, fires or other public emergencies, or found unattended where they constitute an obstruction to traffic or any place where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, and for the payment of reasonable charges for such removal and storage by the owner or operator of any such vehicle.
O. 
Prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles upon property owned or leased by the Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre.
It shall be unlawful for any person to pass, drive or operate any automobile, wagon, motor vehicle or other vehicle along, over or through any public street, highway or parking field or space in a direction opposite or contrary to the direction designated by the said Police Department, or to drive or operate a heavy truck along, over or through a public street, highway or parking field or space from which heavy trucks have been excluded by rules and regulations prescribed by said Police Department. It shall also be unlawful to enter such designated main artery of travel without first coming to a full stop, unless otherwise directed by a peace officer or signal. The operator of any vehicle which has come to a stop, as herein required, shall proceed with caution so as not to interfere with or endanger traffic. It shall also be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to pass a stop sign when same is placed at a school crossing designated by said Police Department between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. without having come to a full stop where a stop sign has been placed unless otherwise directed by a peace officer. A person having stopped a vehicle as directed by such stop sign shall remain standing until all persons standing at the side of the roadway between such signs who desire to cross the roadway have done so, and shall then proceed with caution so as not to interfere with or endanger any person or traffic. It shall also be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to violate any rules and regulations made by such Police Department with respect to traffic when proper notices of such regulations have been posted conspicuously on the highways to which such regulations apply. It shall also be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to violate any system of pavement markings adopted by such Police Department.
[Amended 4-11-2011 by L.L. No. 7-2011]
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person violating any provision of this article shall upon conviction be guilty of a violation, and shall be subject to and pay a penalty or fine not exceeding $100 for the first offense, not more than $150 for the second such offense committed within six months after the date of the first such offense and not more than $250 for the third such offense committed within one year after the date of the first such offense.
B. 
Any person violating any provision of this article by disobedience of a traffic control device or by failing to stop at a stop sign as required by law shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation, and shall be subject to and pay a penalty or fine not exceeding $250 for the first offense, not more than $350 for the second such offense committed within six months after the date of the first such offense and not more than $500 for the third such offense committed within one year after the date of the first such offense.