Village of Malverne, NY Article I Traffic Commission

§ 44-1 Establishment; members; terms.

There is hereby established a Traffic Commission composed of nine members appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Two members shall be members of the Board of Trustees, unless the Mayor, in his discretion, elects to be a member of said Traffic Commission; in such case, only one member of the Board of Trustees and the Mayor may serve. One member shall be a uniformed officer of the Malverne Police Department with the rank of Sergeant or above. The remaining six members shall be residents of the Village. All members of the Traffic Commission shall be voting members with one vote each. Each member's term shall be for a period of two years. No member's term shall continue beyond the term of the Mayor.

§ 44-2 Organization.

The Mayor or her designee shall act as Chair of the Traffic Commission. A majority thereof shall constitute a quorum, and said Commission may adopt rules relating to the times and places of its meetings and the conduct of its duties.

§ 44-3 Duties.

A. It shall be the duty of the Traffic Commission to cooperate with the Police Department in the enforcement of this chapter and the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.

B. From time to time, whenever it shall find it necessary or desirable, in the interests either of expediting the movement of traffic, or of preventing or eliminating delays in or obstructions to the movement of traffic, or of preventing or eliminating any particular hazard to life, limb or property or any special local condition creating or tending to create such a hazard, or of otherwise protecting or preserving the persons and property of the residents of this Village and the persons using the streets thereof, it shall be the duty of the Traffic Commission to adopt directives and regulations and to amend or repeal any directives or regulations adopted by it, relating to:

(1) The attaching of green directional arrows to traffic-control signals, as provided § 44-13 hereof;

(2) The marking of roadways and crosswalks, as provided in § 44-14 hereof;

(3) The placing of markers, buttons or signs at intersections, as provided in § 44-15 hereof;

(4) One-way streets, as provided in § 44-16 hereof;

(5) The exclusion of heavy trucking, as provided in § 44-17 hereof;

(6) Angle parking, as provided in § 44-25 hereof;

(7) Loading zones, as provided in § 44-26 hereof;

(8) Parking adjacent to school property, as provided in § 44-32 hereof;

(9) Parking in narrow roadways, as provided in § 44-33 hereof;

(10) Parking in one-way streets, as provided in § 44-34 hereof;

(11) Parking creating a hazard or delaying traffic, as provided § 44-35 hereof;

(12) Parking on designated streets, either at any time, or on certain days, or between specified hours or for certain periods between specified hours, as provided in Article VIII of this chapter.

C. Each directive and regulation of the Traffic Commission, and each amendment or repeal thereof, shall be in writing, certified by the Chair of the Commission, and filed in the office of the Village Clerk, who shall attach the same to this chapter and shall post notice of the same for not less than 10 days in at least three public places, and such directive, regulation, amendment or repeal shall take effect at the expiration of the 10th day of such posting.

§ 44-4 Enforcement.

The Police Department or other appropriate Village department designated from time to time by the Board of Trustees shall carry out the directives and regulations duly adopted by the Traffic Commission.