A. 
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall, for the purposes 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. 
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 in this section for the purposes of this chapter:
BUSINESS DISTRICT
The territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any 600 feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks, or office buildings, railroad stations, and public buildings, which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the highway.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
For the purposes of this chapter, "commercial vehicles" are defined as follows:
[Added 8-17-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
(1) 
A trailer, boat, vessel, boat trailer or motor home, whether or not such vehicle is supported on wheels;
(2) 
Any vehicle which, by reason of the attachment of advertising or commercial messages and/or storage of service equipment or other commercial merchandise or hardware, presents the outward appearance of a vehicle which is utilized primarily in the furtherance of commercial or industrial enterprise; or
(3) 
Any vehicle which is defined or considered a "commercial vehicle" for the purposes of vehicle registration requirements of the State of New York.
CROSSWALK
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
(1) 
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway between the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, between the edges of the traversable roadway.
(2) 
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
CURB
A vertical or sloping member along the edge of a roadway clearly defining the pavement edge.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
CURBLINE
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
DRIVEWAY
Every entrance or exit used by vehicular traffic to or from lands or buildings abutting a highway.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
FIRE VEHICLE
Every vehicle operated for fire service purposes owned and identified as being owned by the state, a public authority, a county, town, city, village or fire district, or a fire corporation subject to the provisions of Subdivision (e) of § 1402 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law or a fire company as defined in § 100 of the General Municipal Law. Any of the following shall be fire vehicles:
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
(1) 
A vehicle ordinarily operated by a chief or assistant chief of a fire department or such vehicle when operated in an official capacity by or under the direction of such person.
(2) 
A vehicle specially designed and equipped for firefighting purposes which is regularly used for firefighting purposes.
HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
HOLIDAYS
New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
[Amended 8-17-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
INTERSECTION
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
(1) 
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curblines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
(2) 
Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
(3) 
A circular intersection contains an island, generally circular in design, located in the center of the intersection where traffic passes to the right of the island.
LOADING ZONE
An area of the street reserved for the loading and unloading of merchandise or other property, between designated hours and for a period of time never to exceed 15 minutes.
[Added 9-16-2003 by L.L. No. 6-2003]
MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT
A plot or parcel of land or building owned and/or leased by the Village of Ossining, not including highways, upon which or within which the parking of vehicles is regulated by signs and/or parking meters.
[Added 8-17-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
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.
PARK or PARKING
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
PARKING METER ZONE
A designated location upon or within which the parking of vehicles is regulated by parking meters.[1]
RESIDENCE DISTRICT
The territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when the property on such highway for a distance of 300 feet or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
ROADWAY
That portion of a highway improved, designed, marked, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder and slope.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for the use of pedestrians.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
STAND or STANDING
The stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
STOP or STOPPING
When prohibited means any halting even momentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control signal or device. When required means complete cessation from movement.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
STREET
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
All signs, signals, markings, and devices placed or erected by authority of the Board of Trustees or an official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL
Any device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
[Added 6-21-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "public parking lot," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 8-17-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022. See the definition of "municipal parking lot."
The Village 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.
A. 
For the purpose of maintaining an accurate record of all regulations adopted under the provisions of this chapter, there is hereby established a system of schedules, appearing as Article VI of this chapter, in which shall be entered all regulations after adoption. Such schedules shall be deemed a part of the section to which they refer. All regulations shall be adopted with reference to the appropriate schedule as indicated in the various sections of this chapter.
B. 
Regulations shall be adopted by the Board of Trustees in accordance with provisions of the Village Law and the Vehicle and Traffic Law, or by an officer or agency authorized by the Board of Trustees to adopt regulations pursuant to § 1603 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
C. 
Pursuant to the authority of § 1603 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, the powers of the Board of Trustees to designate places within the Village where parking, stopping or standing is prohibited, limited or restricted; designate parking meter zones; designate places within the Village where handicapped parking is permitted; designate through highways; and designate an intersection as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and to order and install signs implementing such designations are hereby delegated to the Village Manager.
[Added 6-15-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016]
(1) 
All actions by the Village Manager pursuant to this delegation of authority shall be taken only after:
(a) 
Consideration of the volume and nature of traffic, the needs of the public for parking facilities and public safety and convenience.
(b) 
Obtaining the views of the Police Department and consulting with such state, county and Village departments and agencies and others as deemed appropriate by the Village Manager.
(c) 
Publication as traffic rules and regulations of the Village of Ossining in the official newspaper of the Village.
(d) 
Filing with the Village Clerk on or before publication.
(2) 
All rules and regulations or amendments thereto so published and filed shall become effective not less than 30 days after publication on a date stated therein, unless theretofore vetoed or suspended by resolution of the Board of Trustees; provided, however, that if the Village Manager determines that an emergency exists, such rules and regulations, or any amendment thereof shall become effective and the date specified by therein by the Village Manager.
(3) 
Any order, rule or regulation, or amendment thereof issued by the Village Manager pursuant to this section shall be subject to revocation or suspension by resolution of the Board of Trustees on appeal by any aggrieved party to the Board of Trustees at any meeting thereof held prior to the effective date of any such order, rule or regulation, or on its own motion at any time.
(4) 
All signs and markings required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York in connection with parking controls contained in rules and regulations, issued by the Village Manager pursuant to delegations of authority made in this section, shall be posted by the Village Manager on or before the effective date of the rules and regulations requiring such signs and markings. Such signs and markings shall be maintained by the Village Manager for so long as the rules and regulations requiring them remain in effect.