This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "City of Auburn Traffic and Vehicles Ordinance."
A. 
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall, for the purpose 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.
B. 
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 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.
HOLIDAY
Includes such days designated as public holidays as provided in § 24 of the General Construction Law.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
The time standard which is in current use in this state whenever certain hours are named herein or on traffic control devices.
PUBLIC PARKING LOT
A plot or parcel of land or building owned and/or leased by this City, not including highways, upon or within which the parking of vehicles is regulated by signs and/or parking meters.
The Department of Public Works and Parks 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 shall install and maintain such additional traffic control devices as the Council 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.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 1603(a) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, power is hereby delegated to the City Manager to exercise, by official order, rule or regulation, the following powers granted to the Council of this City in Article 39 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, subject to the limitations imposed by §§ 1643 and 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and not inconsistent with any ordinances heretofore or hereafter enacted:
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To provide for the installation, operation, maintenance, policing and supervision of parking meters.
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To provide for pedestrian crossings and safety zones in the congested district established in § 60.5 of this chapter.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 60.5, Congested District established; § 60.6, Parking time limit in Congested District; § 60.7, Parking permits within Congested District; and § 60.8, Issuance of parking permits within Congested District, which immediately followed this section, were repealed 10-2-1997 by Ord. No. 26-1997.