[Amended 2-5-1990 by L.L. No. 5-1990; 2-7-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
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 I of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
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were originally made.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.
The Superintendent of Public Works 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 Board of Trustees 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.
