[Adopted 1-21-1970 by Ord. No. 18]
Except as otherwise herein provided, all the powers granted by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York to the Board of Trustees of the Village are hereby delegated to the Mayor of the Village.
A. 
Every order of the Mayor relating to the regulation of traffic made pursuant to the powers herein delegated shall be signed by the Mayor, dated, numbered, attested by the Village Clerk and have affixed thereto the Village Seal. The effective date of the order shall be the date of the filing of the order in the office of the Village Clerk, which date of filing shall be placed on the order.
B. 
A copy of every such order of the Mayor shall be entered in a bound book, the pages of which shall be consecutively numbered, kept and maintained in the office of the Village Clerk.
C. 
A violation of any such order made by the Mayor, pursuant to the powers herein delegated, shall be punishable as described in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, except that upon conviction of causing or permitting a vehicle to be unlawfully parked as defined by an order of the Mayor made pursuant to Subsection A, the owner or operator shall be fined a sum which shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 3-17-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976; 12-5-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
D. 
All traffic regulations and orders in the Village now in effect shall be construed to be continued and to be in full force and effect until amended or superseded by further order of the Mayor made pursuant to the powers herein delegated.
[Amended 11-29-2023 by L.L. No. 5-2023]
A. 
Authority to impound vehicles. Any vehicle may be removed or caused to be removed by the Mayor, Building Superintendent or Village Clerk when it is:
(1) 
Parked or abandoned on any highway within the Village during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency which affects that portion of the public highway upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned.
(2) 
Found unattended on any highway within this Village where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic; or
(3) 
Parked or abandoned on any highway within this Village where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited.
B. 
Storage and charges. After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the Village may store such vehicle in a suitable facility at the expense of the owner. Such owner, or person in charge of the vehicle, may redeem the same upon payment to the Village and to the facility of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal and storage.
C. 
Notice of removal. The Village shall ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or person having charge of the same and notify such person of the removal and location of such vehicle.
No person shall operate a commercial vehicle upon any public highway or street within the Village, except when required to pick up or deliver goods, wares, merchandise or materials from or to premises located on a Village street or highway. This section shall not apply to Scudder's Lane, Shore Road (Glenwood Road), Glen Cove Road, and Bryant Avenue from the south Village line to and including its intersection with Shore Road (Glenwood Road).
Pavement markings in accordance with the standards and specifications established by the State Traffic Commission shall be applied when deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Public Works of this Village to any or all highways in this Village except New York State Route 25A.