A.
Definitions of words and phrases.
(1)
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.
(2)
CURBLINE
HOLIDAYS
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:
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the
absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
New Year's Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday.
Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's
Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Martin Luther King Day.
B.
Interpretation.
(1)
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.
(2)
Measurements. Any linear measurements specified for
various orders, rules and/or regulations contained in or adopted and/or
issued pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to be approximate,
and such measurements, and the order, rule and/or regulation to which
they pertain, shall not be affected or altered in any way by the widening
of a street, by the construction of curbs, gutters or sidewalks or
by any other action which might tend to obliterate the point from
which such measurements were originally made. Unless otherwise indicated,
measurements shall be made from the nearest curbline of the street(s)
referred to in a location description or, if there is no curbline,
from the nearest pavement edge.
(3)
Directions. For the purposes of this chapter, all
streets and highways in the Village shall be deemed to run north-south
or east-west, and streets or highways running generally parallel to
the direction indicated shall be deemed to run in such direction.
The Village of Westhampton Beach 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.
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 VII 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 Village
Board to adopt regulations pursuant to § 1603 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
