[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Walworth 11-16-1978 by L.L. No. 15-1978. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall,
for the purpose 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 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
- Such days designated as public holidays as provided in § 24 of the General Construction Law.
- LOCAL TIME
- Whenever certain hours are named herein or are placed upon traffic control devices, they shall have reference to the time standard which is then in current use in the State of New York.
- PUBLIC PARKING LOT
- A plot or parcel of land or building owned and/or leased by this Town, not including highways, upon or within which the parking of vehicles is regulated by signs and/or parking meters.
The Town Superintendent of Highways shall install
and maintain traffic control devices when and as required under the
provisions of this chapter and shall install and maintain such additional
traffic control devices as he/she 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.
Traffic control signals shall be installed,
maintained and operated as follows:
[Amended 3-1-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
No vehicle shall be parked on any Town roadway
in the Town of Walworth during the period beginning November 1 in
each year and ending April 1 of the next succeeding year, unless otherwise
posted.
[Amended 3-1-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
Any vehicle that is parked or abandoned within
the Town of Walworth on a Town roadway during a snowstorm, fire, windstorm
or other extreme public emergency, which affects that portion of the
Town roadway upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned, may be
removed by or under the direction of any law enforcement officer on
his or her own determination or upon the request of the Town Highway
Superintendent or his or her deputy.
[Amended 3-1-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
A violation of this chapter shall subject the
violator to a penalty as provided for in the Vehicle and Traffic Law
of the State of New York for traffic infractions, as well as the removal
of the vehicle and cost of towing and storage to redeem said vehicle.
