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ordinances, orders, rules and/or regulations or parts of such of this Town regulating traffic and parking are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any local law, ordinance, order, rule and/or regulation hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this chapter.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.
A. 
Except those parts, if any, which are subject to approval under § 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, this chapter and any orders, rules and/or regulations adopted and/or issued hereunder shall take effect as provided by law.
B. 
Any part or parts of this chapter and any orders, rules and/or regulations adopted and/or issued hereunder which are subject to approval under § 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall take effect from and after the day on which approval in writing is received from the New York State Department of Transportation.