The Town of Colonie Highway Department or its
designee 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 the Town Board may deem necessary to regulate,
warn or guide traffic under the New York State Vehicle and Traffic
Law (subject to the provisions of §§ 1682 and 1684
of that law), Town Law and Municipal Home Rule Law.
The system of traffic markings upon New York
State highways are hereby made applicable to Town roads in the Town
of Colonie. Said markings when placed upon Town roads shall have the
same meaning and effect as similar markings upon state roads in this
Town, and violations of such markings upon said Town roads shall be
subject to the same penalties as violations of such markings on state
roads.
Every person convicted of a traffic infraction
for violating any provision of this chapter 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.
The enforcement of this chapter and rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder shall be by the Town of Colonie
Police Department, Building Department, Engineering and Planning Services
Department, Justice Department and by such other persons as may be,
from time to time, authorized by the Town Board of the Town of Colonie.
All prior local laws, ordinances, orders, rules
and/or regulations of this Town regulating traffic and parking are
hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent
the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed
in violation of any local law, ordinance, order, rules and/or regulation
hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
If any article, section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause or provision of this chapter shall be adjudged by
any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such adjudication
shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall
be confined in its operation to the article, section, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause or provision thereof directly involved
in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.