[Adopted 11-23-1959]
[Amended 6-27-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988]
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle
upon any public highway within the corporate limits of the Town of
Fort Edward and outside the corporate limits of the Village of Fort
Edward, New York, at a rate of speed in excess of 30 miles per hour.
This section shall not apply to ambulances, fire vehicles or public
vehicles when on emergency trips.
The foregoing limitation of speed is expressly
declared not to apply to any highways, roadways or streets which are
under the control, jurisdiction and maintenance of either the State
of New York or the County of Washington.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 23-2B, which
established a school speed zone and which immediately followed this
section, was deleted 6-27-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988.
[Amended 6-27-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988]
Every person convicted of a traffic infraction
for a violation of any provision of this article which is not a violation
of any provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New
York shall, for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
of not more than $50 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a second such conviction
within 18 months thereafter, such person shall be punished by a fine
of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 45 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a third or subsequent
conviction within 18 months after the first conviction, such person
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment
for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
