The Common Council shall install and maintain
or cause to be installed and maintained traffic control devices when
and as required under the provisions of this chapter to make effective
the provisions of said chapter and may install and maintain or cause
to be installed or maintained such additional traffic control devices
as it 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.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 1603(a)
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, power may be delegated by resolution
to a designated official, board or agency to exercise, by official
order, rule or regulation, the following powers granted to the Common
Council in Article 39 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; subject, however,
to the limitations imposed by §§ 1645 and 1684 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law:
A. Prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles.
B. 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,
and fix and require the payment of fees applicable to parking where
such meters are in operation. Such fees shall be paid to the City
and credited to its general fund; provided, however, the coins deposited
in the meters shall be collected at least once each week as designated
by the Common Council, under the direction of the City Chamberlain,
who shall keep a record of such collections.