A.
Definitions of words and phrases. 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.
Word usage; interpretation; 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.
Pavement markings in accordance with the standards
and specifications established by the State Traffic Commission shall
be applied on all highways within the corporate limits of the Village
of Mill Neck.
For the purposes 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 VII of this chapter, in which shall be entered all regulations after adoption or promulgation. 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.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by the
provisions of this chapter, every person convicted of a traffic infraction
for a violation of any provision of this chapter which is not a violation
of any provision 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 conviction
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.
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 of Mill Neck 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.
A.
Except those parts of this chapter, if any, which
are subject to approval under § 1684 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York and § 46 of the Highway
Law of the State of New York, this chapter and any regulations adopted
hereunder shall take effect as provided by law.
B.
Any part or parts of this chapter and any regulations
adopted hereunder which are subject to approval under § 1684
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and § 46 of the Highway Law
of the State of New York shall take effect from and after the day
on which approval in writing is received from both the New York State
Department of Transportation and the New York State Department of
Public Works.
