A. 
As used in this chapter, words and phrases shall be as defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and as follows. Where a conflict exists between a definition in this chapter and in the state provisions, the applicable section of the Vehicle and Traffic Law (particularly those definitions in Title I, Article 1, and in § 1224) is specifically superseded, and the definition in this chapter shall prevail.
[Amended 7-9-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
ABANDONED VEHICLE
A vehicle parked in the same location for a continuous period of more than forty-eight (48) hours.
CURBLINE
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
DESIGNATED PERSON
An employee of the Village, an employee of the Nassau County Police Department or any person or organization designated by the Board of Trustees for removal and storage of towed vehicles.
EMPLOYEE PARKING SPACES
Those spaces designated by signs such as follows: "LIRR Employee Parking Only" and "US Postal Employee Parking Only" and any others properly signed as designated by the Village.
PARKING SPACE
An area within a parking lot designated for the parking of a single vehicle within lines painted on or otherwise visibly marked upon the curb or the surface of the lot.
PARK, PARKING or PARKED
The stopping of a vehicle and leaving of such vehicle unattended by a person capable of operating it.
POSTAL PATRON PARKING SPACES
Those spaces designated as follows: "Postal Patron Parking - Five-Minute Limit."
RESIDENT
A person who legally owns, rents or leases real property in the Village and occupies the same for dwelling purposes.
STAND or STANDING
Means the stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
STATION PLAZA
That paved area located east of the Plandome Railroad Station, north of Stonytown Road and west of the easterly boundary line of the Village.
STOP or STOPPING
Any halting even momentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal.
STREET SHOULDER
The area adjacent to or abutting any roadway and separated therefrom by any curbline, whether public or private property and whether improved or unimproved and of whatever surface material, which area shall be deemed part of the street.
VEHICLE
Every motor driven device in, upon or by which any person is transported.
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
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 then 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.
A. 
The Village 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 Village 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.
B. 
The Village is authorized to install additional signs regulating traffic at points where they may deem special traffic control is required either permanently or upon special occasion. Every person shall comply with the directions stated on any such sign.
[Added 10-18-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988]
Any amendment to this chapter may be made by resolution of the Board of Trustees and shall not require a public hearing.
[Amended 7-9-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
Every person convicted of a traffic infraction for a violation of any provision of this chapter which is not a violation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall, for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a second such violation within 18 months thereafter, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200 or by imprisonment for not more than 45 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a third or subsequent conviction within 18 months after the first conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Added 11-13-2012 by L.L. No. 4-2012]
Upon the failure of a person or owner of a vehicle to appear or answer, on or before the return period or any subsequent adjourned date, a summons or summonses charging that said person or owner with parking, stopping or standing violation of the Code of the Village of Plandome, late penalties shall be imposed as follows:
A. 
If the aforementioned fine shall not be paid within 15 days from the date the fine is due, a late penalty equal to the original fine shall be added to the fine; and
B. 
If the fine is still not paid within 60 days from the date the original fine was due, an additional late penalty in an amount equal to the original fine shall be added to all fines and penalties previously assessed.