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Village of Great Neck Plaza, NY
Nassau County
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The Department of Public Works of the Village of Great Neck Plaza shall install and maintain the necessary traffic control devices required to make effective the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
The Department of Public Works of the Village of Great Neck Plaza may install and maintain such additional traffic control devices as it may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic pursuant to the provisions of §§ 1682 and 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
C. 
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Great Neck Plaza is hereby authorized to designate and establish crosswalks where, in his opinion, they are necessary for pedestrian safety.
A. 
It shall be the duty of the Police Department of the County of Nassau, State of New York, or of any other police agency or officer authorized to act within the Village of Great Neck Plaza to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
Subject to the direction of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Great Neck Plaza, any police officer or agency is hereby authorized to make and enforce regulations required to facilitate special conditions.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a police officer.
A. 
The provisions of this chapter regulating the operation, stopping or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any authorized emergency vehicle while that vehicle is involved in the performance of emergency duties. This exemption shall not, however, protect the driver of such emergency vehicle from the consequences of the arbitrary or careless exercise of this right.
B. 
Any provisions of this chapter shall not apply when otherwise directed or superseded by a police officer during the performance of his duties.
C. 
In the event of fire, accident or any other emergency situation, officers of the Police or Fire Department or any other officer duly authorized by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Great Neck Plaza may take any action they deem necessary to safeguard the public or to expedite traffic notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter.