This chapter shall be known as "Chapter 319, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the Village of Port Chester" and shall apply within the Village of Port Chester to all drivers and/or owners of motor vehicles using the highways of the Village.[1]
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Editor's Note: Sections II and III of this local law read as follows: "Section II. Continuation of existing regulations. The provisions of § 319-59 notwithstanding, nothing in this local law shall be construed to repeal any ordinance, local law, resolution or regulation in effect prior to the effective date of this local law which would establish a regulation which would be listed in any of the schedules established by § 319-4, and such ordinances, local laws, resolutions or regulations shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the Board of Trustees shall amend, revise or repeal such ordinances, local laws, resolutions or regulations by the adoption of new schedules in the manner prescribed in § 319-4. Section III. Confirmation of existing regulations. Any ordinances, local laws, resolutions or regulations relating to the regulation of vehicles and traffic heretofore adopted and saved from repeal in Section II are hereby confirmed to be in full force and effect, regardless of the procedure, numbering system or form under which such regulations were adopted."
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. 
The following words and phrases, which are not defined by Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section for the purposes of this chapter:
CURBLINE
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
HOLIDAYS
New Year's Day, Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington's Birthday (President's Day), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbuy Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
[Amended 3-7-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
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.
PARKING METER ZONE
A designated location upon or within which the parking of vehicles is regulated by parking meters. For purposes of this chapter, a "parking meter zone" shall be a "limited time parking area."
[Amended 11-5-1984 by L.L. No. 17-1984]
PUBLIC PARKING LOT
A plot or parcel of land or building owned and/or leased by this Village, not including highways, upon or within which the parking of vehicles is regulated by signs and/or parking meters.
SNOW TIRES
Tires mounted on drive wheels of motor vehicles which are especially designed to give effective traction on snow-, mud- or ice-covered streets by means of extra heavy-duty treads with special high-traction patterns, except that no tire so defined shall be construed to be a snow tire if it is damaged or worn to the extent that its performance would be substantially impaired or if the depth of the treads thereof do not comply with the standards for usable tires as required by the statutes in such case made and provided.
TIRE CHAINS
Any metal chains mounted on drive wheel tires of motor vehicles which cross the tread of each such tire laterally in at least three different places.
A. 
The Chief of Police shall provide for the installation and maintenance of 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 Board of Trustees 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. 
Except where obedience to the provisions of this chapter is required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, every person is hereby required to obey all applicable provisions of this chapter and of every regulation adopted pursuant thereto, provided that, where applicable, notice of such provisions or regulations is properly posted as required by law. The Chief of Police is hereby charged with enforcement of these regulations and is, in addition, empowered to make and enforce temporary regulations for emergency or special conditions.
A. 
For the purpose of maintaining an accurate record of all regulations adopted under the provisions of this chapter, there is hereby established a system of schedules, appearing as Article XII of this chapter, in which shall be entered all regulations after adoption. Such schedules shall be deemed a part of the section to which they refer. All regulations shall be adopted with reference to the appropriate schedule as indicated in the various sections of this chapter.
B. 
Regulations shall be adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees in accordance with the provisions of the Village Law and the Vehicle and Traffic Law, or by an officer or agency authorized by the Board of Trustees to adopt regulations pursuant to § 1603 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.