The Highway Department 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 it 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.
[Added 2-10-2010 by Res. No. 64-2010]
A. The Town
Board of the Town of Horseheads hereby delegates the following authority
to the Town Highway Superintendent and, in his or her absence, to
the Deputy Town Highway Superintendent and concurrent authority to
the Town Supervisor or, in his or her absence, the Deputy Town Supervisor
for the Town of Horseheads:
(1) Pursuant
to Subdivision (a)10 of § 1660 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law, the authority to establish a system of truck routes;
(2) Pursuant
to Subdivision (a)11 of § 1660 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law, the authority to temporarily exclude from any portion of any
Town highway any vehicle, as defined therein;
(3) Pursuant
to Subdivision (a)28 of § 1660 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law, the authority to exclude trucks and all other vehicles, as set
forth in said section, in excess of any designated weight, designated
length, designated height, or eight feet in width from highways or
to set limits on hours of operation of such vehicles on particular
town highways or segments of such highways.
B. The exercise
of any authority delegated hereunder shall be by order, in writing,
with copies filed with the Town Clerk and Town Board.
C. The delegation
of such powers shall not limit the authority of the Town Board to
exercise any authority granted to the Town under the Vehicle and Traffic
Law of the State of New York.
D. The Chemung
County Sheriff, New York State Troopers or the Code Enforcement Office
of the Town may enforce this section, and all violations, if any,
shall be subject to the general penalties of the Code of the Town
of Horseheads.