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.
The Superintendent of Highways 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 Town Board 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.
The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented
by the adoption of regulations by the Town Board or an officer or
agency authorized by it pursuant to § 1603 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
[Amended 11-3-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
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 finding of a first offense thereof, be assessed
a civil penalty of not more than $50; for a finding of a second offense
within 18 months thereafter, such person shall be assessed a civil
penalty of not more than $100; upon a finding of a third offense or
subsequent offense within 18 months after the first finding, such
person shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $250.
All prior local laws, ordinances, orders, rules
and/or regulations or parts of such of this Town 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and parking are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not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,
order, rule and/or regulation hereby repealed prior to the taking
effect of this chapter.
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.