[Amended 4-12-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994]
The Village 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 it may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide
traffic under the Vehicle and Traffic Law, subject to the provisions
of §§ 1682 and 1684 of that law and the provisions
of this chapter.
Every person convicted of an offense against
any provision of this chapter which is not an offense against any
provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York
shall be deemed guilty of a traffic infraction and shall, for a first
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $50 or
by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment; for a second such conviction within 18 months thereafter,
such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 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
$250 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
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.
All prior local laws, ordinances, regulations
and rules, or parts of such, of the Village 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parking are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect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, regulation
or rule hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this chapter.