This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Traffic
and Vehicle Law of the Incorporated Village of Mineola, New York"
or the "Traffic Regulations of the Incorporated Village of Mineola,
New York."
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the Board of
Trustees to enact traffic regulations by resolution, thereby simplifying
the procedure to enact such regulations.
B.
Authorization to enact traffic regulations by resolution. Pursuant
to Article 39, §§ 1640, 1640-a, 1641, 1643 and 1644,
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, the Board of Trustees is hereby authorized
to enact traffic regulations by resolution for any and all of the
purposes enumerated in said sections of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
A.
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall, for the purpose
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.
B.
CURBLINE
HOLIDAYS
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
PARKING METER ZONE
PUBLIC PARKING LOT
The following words and phrases which are not defined by Article
1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them for purposes of this chapter:
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the
absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
Includes such days designated as public holidays as provided
in § 24 of the General Construction Law.
The time standard which is in current use in this state whenever
certain hours are named herein or on traffic control devices.
A designated location upon or within which the parking of
vehicles is regulated by parking meters.
A plot or parcel of land or building owned and/or leased
by this Village, not including highways, upon or within which the
parking of vehicles is regulated by signs and/or parking meters or
other devices.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall install and maintain
traffic control devices when and as required under the provisions
of this chapter and traffic orders enacted by the Board of Trustees
to make effective the provisions of this chapter and traffic orders
and shall install and maintain such additional traffic control devices
as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide
traffic under the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York,
subject to provisions of §§ 1682 and 1684 of that law.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 1603, Subdivision
(a), of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, power is hereby delegated to
the Mayor to exercise, by official order, rule or regulation, the
following powers granted to the Board of Trustees in Article 39 of
the Vehicle and Traffic Law, subject to the limitations imposed by
§§ 1643 and 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and
not inconsistent with any regulations heretofore or hereafter enacted:
