Town of Islip, NY Definitions; Word Usage

The words and phrases used in this Code shall for the purpose of this Code have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by Article I of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.

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 Code:

CODE

The Uniform Traffic Code of the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York.

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, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

PARKING LOT OR AREA

Any part of land designated by the owner or owners of said land to be used by the public for the purpose of parking vehicles.

PARKING METER

Any mechanical device or meter, not inconsistent with this Code, placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this Code. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking time established by this Town and, when operated, shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time.

[Amended 3-4-2014]

PARKING METER SPACE

Any space within a parking meter zone adjacent to a parking meter or located in an area controlled by a parking meter and duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle by lines painted or otherwise durably marked upon the curb or the surface of the street adjacent to or adjoining a parking meter.

[Amended 3-4-2014]

PARKING METER ZONE

Any street and/or any designated location set aside under provisions of this Code for the installation of parking meter and upon which parking meters have been installed and are in operation.

PERSONAL TRAILER

Any device mounted upon wheels and incapable of locomotion under its own power, which is normally connected to a motorized unit, for transporting or hauling boats, homes, automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, equipment, and other materials, as well as other recreational trailers.

[Added 5-24-2011]

SCHOOL DAYS

Days when school is officially open for regular sessions.

SCHOOL SPEED LIMITS

That speed limit established on any portion of a highway passing a school building and for not more than 300 feet in either direction from the building line of a school abutting on a highway.

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.

Measurements. Any linear measurements specified for various regulations contained in this Code shall be deemed to be approximate and such measurements, and the regulation to which they pertain, shall not be affected or altered in any way by the widening of a street, by the construction of curbs, gutters or sidewalks or by any other action which might tend to obliterate the point from which such measurements were originally made. Unless otherwise indicated, measurements shall be made from the nearest curbline of the street referred to in the location description or, if there is no curbline, from the nearest pavement edge.

For the purposes of this Code, all streets and highways in the Town shall be deemed to run north-south or east-west, and streets or highways running generally parallel to the direction indicated shall be deemed to run in such direction.