[Added 9-21-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987]
It is the purpose of this article to provide regulation and
control of vehicular traffic in the parking areas and driveways of
a hospital or the parking area of a shopping center or the parking
areas and private streets or roadways of a private apartment house
complex or the parking areas and driveways of a fire station or private
condominium complex and that property surrounding subject areas pursuant
to § 1640-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State
of New York and provisions in the Uniform Fire Prevention and Building
Code, as amended, governing fire department and emergency service
access.
A.
Upon written request to the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale (the "Board") by the owner or the person in general charge of the operation and control of such area referred to in § 98-59 or by the Fire Chief of the Village, the Board may, by ordinance, rule or regulation:
(1)
Order stop signs, flashing signals or yield signs erected at specified
entrance and exit locations to any such area or designate any intersection
in such area as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and
order like signs or signals at one or more entrances to such intersection.
(2)
Regulate traffic in any such area, including regulation by means
of traffic control signals.
(3)
Prohibit or regulate the turning of motor vehicles or specified types
of vehicles at intersections or other designated locations in any
such area.
(4)
Regulate the crossing of any roadway in any such area by pedestrians.
(5)
Designate any separate roadway in any such area for one-way traffic.
(6)
Prohibit, regulate, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or parking
of vehicles in specified areas of any such area.
(7)
Designate safety zones in any such area.
(8)
Provide for the removal and storage of motor vehicles parked or abandoned
in any such area during snowstorms, floods, fires or other public
emergencies or found unattended in any such area where they constitute
an obstruction of traffic or where stopping, standing or parking is
prohibited and for the payment of reasonable charges for such removal
and storage by the owner or operator of any such vehicle.
(9)
Establish maximum speed limits in any such area not less than 15
miles per hour.
(10)
Adopt such additional reasonable rules and regulations with
respect to traffic and parking in any such area as local conditions
may require for the safety and convenience of the public or of the
users of any such area.
B.
A request for traffic regulation of the areas governed by this article
shall be made pursuant to the requirements herein and shall be deemed
a condition precedent to the adoption of any traffic regulation, rule
or ordinance affecting such areas.
C.
A request, if granted hereunder, shall be conditioned upon the owner
or the person in general charge of the operation and control of such
area providing and maintaining the necessary traffic control devices,
markings and notices required by law for the proper enforcement of
traffic regulations by the Nassau County Police.
A request for traffic regulations under this article shall be
in the form of a letter to the Board stating therein the desired restrictions,
prohibitions and regulations of vehicular traffic in the area involved,
and said letter shall have affixed thereto the following:
A.
An affidavit of the owner or the person in general charge of the
operation and control of such area or by the Fire Chief of the Village
consenting to control of traffic by Village legislation and stating
therein the intention to provide all necessary traffic control devices,
markings and notices by the effective date of the applicable ordinance,
rule or regulation. In the alternative, a letter from the authorized
attorneys for the owner or the person in general charge of the operation
and control of such area may be submitted stating the same therein.
B.
A site plan or sketch showing such existing areas, access roads,
perimeter roads, building complexes and bus stops, where applicable,
and further showing thereon the desired traffic controls, parking
restrictions and places where traffic controls will be provided.
C.
Any additional information that the applicant believes may aid the
Board or that the Board requests in its consideration of legislation,
including such information as police and independent traffic surveys.
A.
A request for traffic regulation hereunder shall be addressed to
the Board and filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer, together with
all other necessary papers, as required by this article.
B.
After adoption of such traffic legislation, the Village Clerk-Treasurer
shall keep ready and available for public inspection the site plan
or sketch submitted with the original request. Said site plan or sketch
shall show which of the traffic controls have been adopted by the
Board.
C.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to abrogate any powers and
duties of the Village Clerk-Treasurer heretofore existing by statute
or ordinance.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An area or areas of private property totaling at least one
acre near or contiguous to and provided in connection with premises
having one or more stores or business establishments and used by the
public as a means of access to and egress from such stores and business
establishments and for the free parking of motor vehicles of customers
and patrons of such stores and business establishments.
The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for
the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked
or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone.
A violation of any traffic regulation, rule or ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be punishable by a fine or penalty as specified in § 98-56.
A.
Farmingdale Mall Shopping Center.
(1)
At the Farmingdale Marketplace Shopping Center located in the Incorporated
Village of Farmingdale and having the address 450 Main Street, Farmingdale,
New York, the following traffic restrictions are enacted:
(a)
The parking or stopping of any vehicle shall be prohibited wherever
a "no parking" or a "no stopping" sign is posted on any roadway or
driveway adjacent to any building. Wherever a "No Parking —
Fire Zone" sign is posted on any roadway or driveway adjacent to any
building and/or wherever a yellow-striped "No Parking — Fire
Zone" is painted on such roadway or fire hydrants, the parking of
a vehicle shall be prohibited.
(b)
The parking of vehicles not bearing a valid physically disabled
driver's parking permit is prohibited wherever a "Disabled Driver
Only Parking" sign is posted or wherever a sign bearing the disabled
driver logogram is posted or wherever a disabled driver logogram is
painted on such parking stall.
(c)
Each driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall come
to a full stop at the place where the marked stop line adjacent to
such sign is located. Stop signs, which are depicted in plan, shall
be posted at the following locations:
(d)
Only right turns shall be made at the locations where "Right
Turn Only" signs are posted. Such signs, which are depicted on plan,
shall be posted at the exit near the intersection of Main Street and
Richard Street and at the exit on Fulton Street.
