[Adopted 10-5-1967 as Ord. No. 2.7
of the Revised Unified Code of Ordinances]
Pursuant to the provisions of §§ 1603, 1640, 1682 and
1683 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, the Traffic
Commission of the Incorporated Village of Garden City is hereby authorized
to do the following acts:
A. Designate and regulate safety zones, parking spaces,
bus stops and taxi stands in the public streets of the village and cause the
same to be marked and indicated by suitable signs.
B. Designate through highways and order stop signs, flashing
signs or yield signs erected at specified entrances thereto, or designate
any intersection as a stop intersection or yield intersection and order like
signs or signals at one or more entrances to such intersections.
C. Designate highways in which vehicles shall pass in one
direction only or from which any commercial vehicle, tractor trailer or truck
with a gross weight in excess of 8,000 pounds shall be excluded and cause
such highways to be marked by suitable signs during the hours in which such
designation is to be observed.
D. Designate pedestrian crossings of public streets in the
village as school crossings for use by schoolchildren during school hours.
"School hours" as used herein shall include all periods when schools are in
session and such times before and after such periods as the school crossings
designated herein are used by children going to and from schools in the village.
During school hours, such school crossings shall be marked and indicated by
suitable signs bearing the word "stop" at or near such school crossings.
E. Designate driveways in municipal parking fields at which
vehicles shall be required to come to a full stop and order suitable signs
bearing the word "stop" at or near the place where the vehicles are required
to come to a full stop before entering such driveways.
F. Designate, install and maintain such traffic control
devices, conforming to the state manual and specifications, as it may deem
necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic.
G. Prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or
parking of vehicles on public streets and on private streets open to public
motor vehicle traffic within the village and cause the areas or places so
prohibited, restricted or limited to be marked and indicated by suitable signs.
[Added 9-4-1969]
H. Prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or
parking of vehicles in municipal parking fields or other property owned or
leased by the village and cause the areas or places so prohibited, restricted
or limited to be marked and indicated by suitable signs.
[Added 12-7-1972]