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 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 purposes of this chapter:
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
Includes such days designated as public holidays as provided in § 24 of the General Construction Law.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
The time standard which is in current use in this state whenever certain hours are named herein or on traffic control devices.
PUBLIC PARKING LOT
A plot or parcel of land or building owned and/or leased by the Town, not including highways, upon or within which the parking of vehicles is regulated by signs and/or parking meters.
The Highway Superintendent 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 he or she may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic under the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, subject to the provisions of §§ 1682 and 1684 of that law.
Pursuant to the provisions of Subdivision (a) of § 1603 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, power is hereby delegated to the Town Supervisor to exercise, by official order, rule or regulation, all of the powers granted to the Town Board in Article 41 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
The Town Board is hereby authorized and empowered to make or amend by resolution any rule or regulation set forth in or pursuant to this Chapter 280 for the reasonable control of traffic on the public streets in the Town of Lyons and to erect signs indicating such directions to operators of vehicles using said public streets; and when such provisions have been adopted by the Town Board at any meeting of said Board duly held and caused to be published in the official newspaper, and the area is reasonably marked indicating the direction for the control of traffic, violations of such direction shall constitute a violation of this chapter and shall subject the violator to the penalty prescribed in § 280-26 hereof. Any such provisions so adopted shall become effective upon the publication of said provisions in the official newspaper unless otherwise determined by the Town Board.
A. 
Pursuant to the provisions of Subdivision (b) of § 1602 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, the Town Supervisor is hereby authorized to prohibit temporarily the parking of vehicles on any highways or portions thereof within the Town during the time of an assemblage, special event, parade, snow emergency or other similar circumstances, notwithstanding the provisions of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or of local laws or ordinances.
B. 
The Town Supervisor shall, in the exercise of his or her powers as set forth in Subsection A herein, cause appropriate signs to be temporarily erected whenever necessary to adequately advise all persons of such temporary changes. The temporary parking restrictions may be enforced by any police officer with jurisdiction in the Town of Lyons.