[Amended 9-9-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996; 11-2-2002 by L.L. No. 2-2002]
A. 
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by Article I of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
B. 
The following words and phrases, which are not defined by Article I of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section for the purpose of this chapter.
ANGLE PARKING
Parking a vehicle with its longitudinal axis at an angle to the curb with either one or both of the rear or front wheels against the curb.
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
New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Election Days, Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day shall be considered "holidays."
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 the state.
POLICE OFFICER
Every officer of the Village of Coxsackie or any other person authorized by the Chief of Police to direct, regulate and enforce this chapter and the provisions of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
STREET
Any highway, road, street, avenue, alley, drive, public place and public right-of-way, as shown on the Official Map of the Village of Coxsackie, New York; all private roads and parking lots open to the public motor vehicle traffic.
VILLAGE
The corporate limits of the Village of Coxsackie, New York.
VILLAGE BOARD
The legislative body of the Village of Coxsackie, New York.
C. 
This chapter shall be known as the "Code of the Village of Coxsackie, New York, Traffic Ordinance."
The Superintendent of Streets, Parks and Municipal Buildings of the Village of Coxsackie 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 Board of Trustees of this Village may deem necessary for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic under the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, subject to the provisions of §§ 1682 and 1684 of that law.
A. 
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to enforce this chapter, to enforce the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, to issue citations and make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents and to cooperate with other officials of the Village in the administration of the traffic laws and in developing ways to improve traffic control.
B. 
Police officers are hereby authorized to direct traffic by voice, hand or signal in conformance with traffic laws, provided that, in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, police officers may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.
C. 
Officers of the Fire Department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct, or assist the police in directing, traffic in the immediate vicinity.
D. 
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to investigate traffic accidents, to arrest and to assist in the prosecution of those persons charged with violations of the traffic laws, causing or contributing to such accidents. Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the Police Department shall cooperate with a traffic engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures. The Police Department shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports.
E. 
The Police Department shall annually prepare a traffic report. Such report shall contain information on traffic matters as follows:
(1) 
The number of traffic accidents, number of persons injured and/or killed and other pertinent traffic accident data.
(2) 
The number and type of traffic violations.
(3) 
The number and type of parking violations.
The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented by the adoption of regulations by the Board of Trustees or an officer or agency authorized by it pursuant to § 1603 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. Such regulations shall designate the specific area within which the provisions of this chapter shall be in effect by reference to the appropriate schedule established by this chapter of the recording of such regulations. Such schedules shall be attached to and form part of this chapter,[1] and a violation of any regulation contained in said schedules shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Art. VII Schedules.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Coxsackie may, by resolution from time to time, add to, delete or otherwise amend the traffic control designations on Village streets. Any such changes or designations shall be reflected in the schedules of traffic control devices in Article VII of Chapter 145 of the Village Code.