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) 
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:
CURBLINE
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
HOLIDAYS
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gutters or sidewalks or by any other action which might tend to obliterate the point from which such measurements were originally made.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.