The Village Manager 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 he 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.
[Amended 7-10-2023 by L.L. No. 13-2023]
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
IX 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. The powers of the Board of Trustees to designate places
within the Village where parking, stopping or standing is prohibited,
limited or restricted, to designate parking meter zones, to designate
places within the Village where handicapped parking is permitted,
to designate through highways, to designate an intersection as a stop
intersection, to designate an intersection as a yield intersection,
to designate intersections where turns are prohibited, to designate
streets where trucks are excluded, to designate the locations of loading
zones, bicycle lanes and taxi stands and to order and install signs
implementing such designations are hereby delegated to the Village
Manager.
(1) All actions by the Village Manager pursuant to this
delegation of authority shall be taken after:
(a)
Consideration of the volume and nature of traffic,
the needs of the public for parking facilities and public safety and
convenience.
(b)
Obtaining the views of the Police Department
and consulting with such state, county and Village departments and
agencies and others as he may deem appropriate.
(c)
Publication as traffic rules and regulations
of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson in the official newspaper of the
Village.
(d)
Filing with the Village Clerk on or before publication.
(2) All rules and regulations or amendments thereto so
published and filed shall become effective not less than 30 days after
publication on a date stated therein, unless theretofore vetoed or
suspended by resolution of the Board of Trustees; provided, however,
that if the Village Manager determines that an emergency exists, such
rules and regulations, or any amendment thereof shall become effective
and the date specified by him therein.
(3) Any order, rule or regulation, or amendment thereof
issued by the Village Manager pursuant to this section shall be subject
to revocation or suspension by resolution of the Board of Trustees
on appeal by any aggrieved party to the Board of Trustees at any meeting
thereof held prior to the effective date of any such order, rule or
regulation, or on its own motion at any time.
(4) All signs and markings required by the Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York in connection with parking controls
contained in rules and regulations, issued by the Village Manager
pursuant to delegations of authority made in this section, shall be
posted by the Village Manager on or before the effective date of the
rules and regulations requiring such signs and markings. Such signs
and markings shall be maintained by the Village Manager for so long
as the rules and regulations requiring them remain in effect.