Town of Islip, NY
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2024-01-23
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Chapter 52 Traffic Safety Board
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 1A Ordinances: Notice and Publication
- Ch 1B Alternate Members
- Ch 2 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 3 Assessor, Department of
- Ch 3A Aviation and Transportation Department
- Ch 3B (Reserved)
- Ch 3C Off-Airport Rental Car Businesses
- Ch 3D (Reserved)
- Ch 3E (Reserved)
- Ch 3F (Reserved)
- Ch 4 Bicycles
- Ch 4A Skateboards
- Ch 5 Bingo
- Ch 6 American Flag, Desecration of
- Ch 6A Property Maintenance
- Ch 7 Pesticides
- Ch 8 Cannabis
- Ch 9 Collateral Loan Brokers
- Ch 9A Cable Television Regulations
- Ch 10 Capital Budgeting System
- Ch 10A Environmental Control Department
- Ch 10B Comptroller, Department of
- Ch 11 Conservation of Energy
- Ch 12 Animals
- Ch 13 Nature Preserve Trust
- Ch 13A Environmental Council
- Ch 13B Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 14 Code of Ethics and Financial Disclosure Law
- Ch 15 Excavations and Topsoil Removal
- Ch 16 Excavations in Streets
- Ch 17 Fair Employment Practices
- Ch 17A Residency of Town Employees
- Ch 17B Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 17C Nonunion Fringe Benefits
- Ch 18 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 19 Fire Prevention
- Ch 21 Solid Waste
- Ch 21A (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Games of Chance
- Ch 23 Government: Continuity
- Ch 23A Graffiti
- Ch 24 Defense of Officers, Employees and Appointed Officers
- Ch 25 Hospital Zones
- Ch 25A Housebarges
- Ch 26 Housing: Discriminatory Practices
- Ch 27 Civil Service, Department of
- Ch 28 Human Services, Department of
- Ch 28A Ice Cream Trucks
- Ch 29 Junkyards and Scrap Metal Processing Facilities
- Ch 30 Ladders on Bulkheads
- Ch 31 Licenses and Permits: Issuance
- Ch 32 Littering
- Ch 33 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 34 Memorial and Independence Days
- Ch 35 Noise
- Ch 35A Nudity on Public Beaches
- Ch 36 Parades, Assemblies and Carnivals
- Ch 36A Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department
- Ch 37 Parks, Swimming Pools, Marinas, Boats and Waterways
- Ch 38 Tobacco and Cannabis
- Ch 39 Peddlers
- Ch 39A Planning and Development, Department of
- Ch 40 Plumbers: Licensing
- Ch 40A Public Nuisances
- Ch 40B Public Safety Enforcement, Department of
- Ch 41 Public Works Department
- Ch 42 Racetracks
- Ch 42A Receiver of Taxes, Department of
- Ch 43 Sales of Personal Property
- Ch 43A Sewers
- Ch 44 Shellfish
- Ch 45 Shopping Carts: Unlawful Taking, Misuse and Abandonment
- Ch 46 Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 47 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 47A Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 47B Subdivision Improvements
- Ch 47C Supervisor, Department of
- Ch 48 Taxation: Partial Exemption for Senior Citizens
- Ch 48A Taxation: Business Exemption
- Ch 48B Taxation: Homestead Base Proportion
- Ch 48C Taxation: Handicapped Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48D Taxation: Partial Exemption for Veterans
- Ch 48E Taxation: Business Investment Exemption
- Ch 48F Taxation: Home Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48G Taxation: Exemption for Persons With Disabilities
- Ch 48H Taxation: Exemption for Volunteer Fire Fighter and Ambulance Workers
- Ch 48I Taxation: Exemption for Cold War Veterans
- Ch 48J Taxation: Superstorm Sandy Assessment Relief
- Ch 49 Taxicabs
- Ch 49A Terms of Office
- Ch 50 Town Attorney, Department of
- Ch 50A Town Board, Office of
- Ch 50B Town Clerk, Department of
- Ch 51 Towing Businesses
- Ch 52 Traffic Safety Board
- § 52-1 Legislative intent.
- § 52-2 Appointment of Board.
- § 52-3 Functions of Board.
- § 52-4 Membership of Board.
- § 52-5 Compensation.
- § 52-6 When effective.
- Ch 52A (Reserved)
- Ch 53 Empire Zone
- Ch 54 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 55 Trapping
- Ch 56 Trawling and Eel Dredging
- Ch 57 Trees
- Ch 58 Trespassing
- Ch 59 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 60 Abandoned and Impounded Property
- Ch 60A Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 61 Vehicular Uses: Fire Island
- Ch 62 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 64 Water Districts: Rules and Regulations
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 Water Quality
- Ch 67 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 68 Zoning
- Ch 69 Administrative Adjudication, Bureau of
- Appendix
- Ch A78 Zoning Appendix
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Traffic Code
- Part I: The Traffic Law
- Ch TC1 General Provisions
- Ch TC2 Traffic Regulations
- Ch TC3 Parking Regulations
- Ch TC4 Off-Street Parking Areas
- Ch TC5 Commercial Vehicles; Weight Limits
- Ch TC6 Removal and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch TC7 Parking Violations Bureau
- Ch TC8 Metered Parking
- Part II: The Schedules
- Sch A Traffic Control Signals
- Sch B (Reserved)
- Sch C Prohibited Turns
- Sch D U-Turns
- Sch E One-Way Streets
- Sch F Parking Area Exits and Entrances
- Sch G Stop and Yield Intersections
- Sch H Speed Limits on Certain Streets
- Sch I School Speed Limits
- Sch J Parking, Stopping and Standing Restrictions
- Sch K Parking for Shopping Centers, Apartment Complexes, Hospitals, Fire Districts and Industrial Parks
- Sch L Town Parking Lots
- Sch M Truck Exclusions
- Traffic Code Disposition List
- Ch TCDL Traffic Code Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 4-3-73 as Local
Law No. 1, 1973, effective 4-6-73. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Bicycles — See Ch. 4.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 47A.
Tow trucks — See Ch. 51.
Traffic Safety Department — See Ch. 52A.
Traffic Violations Bureau — See Ch. 53.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 59.
Abandoned vehicles and vessels — See Ch. 60.
Vehicular uses on Fire Island — See Ch. 61.
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Editor's Note: This chapter supersedes former Ch. 52, Traffic
Safety Board, adopted 4-6-71 as Local Law No. 1, 1971; readopted 10-5-71 as
Local Law No. 2, 1971; amended 1-16-73.
The Town Board of the Town of Islip hereby finds and declares it to
be in the best interests of the citizens of the Town of Islip to create and
provide for the appointment of a Traffic Safety Board.
The Board shall be known as the "Town of Islip Traffic Safety Board"
and shall consist of a minimum of five (5) members, who shall be appointed
by the Town Board for a term not exceeding two (2) years. The presiding officer
or Chairman of the Board shall be designated by the Town Board from the members
so appointed to the Board. The Town Board shall have authority to remove any
member of said Board so appointed for cause after a public hearing if requested.
A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an
original appointment.
The Town of Islip Traffic Safety Board shall do the following:
A.
Promote and encourage street and highway traffic safety.
B.
Formulate Town-wide highway safety programs and coordinate
efforts of interested parties and agencies engaged in traffic safety education.
C.
Cooperate with County and state officials in the formulation
and execution of traffic safety programs and activities.
D.
Coordinate and direct all local activities related to
the implementation of the state highway safety program, as approved by the
Governor of the State of New York or by his designee.
E.
Conduct meetings within the Town whenever and wherever
the Board shall deem it advisable and invite to such meetings parties and
agencies, public and private, interested in traffic regulation control and
safety education.
F.
Promote safety education for drivers and pedestrians.
G.
Obtain and assemble motor vehicle acts and data and analyze,
study and consolidate such data for educational and informational purposes.
A.
Members of the Board appointed pursuant to § 52-2 hereof shall be residents of the Town of Islip, and may be private citizens or public officials, either elected or appointed, interested in promoting and encouraging traffic safety. Experience in the following areas is desirable, but not mandatory:
B.
The Director of the Department of Traffic Safety and
the liaison Councilman for the Town Board shall be voting ex officio members
of the Board.
The members of the Town of Islip Traffic Safety Board shall serve without
compensation. Subject to the provisions of Article 16A of the Executive Law
of the State of New York, the Town Board may appropriate funds to defray the
costs and expenses of the activities of the Board in the performance of its
duties set forth hereinabove, and to accept and appropriate to said purposes
funds provided to the Town of Islip pursuant to the provisions of the Federal
Highway Safety Act of 1966.
This local law shall be effective when the appropriate certified copies
are filed with the Secretary of State and the Comptroller of the State of
New York pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law.
