A.
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall,
for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them by Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of
New York.
B.
BICYCLE
COMPACT CAR
CURBLINE
DISTRICT
HELMET
HOLIDAYS
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
OFF-STREET PARKING METER ZONES
ON-STREET PARKING METER ZONE
OVERSIZED VEHICLE
PARKING BETWEEN LINES
SCHOOL DAY
SCOFFLAW
UNINCORPORATED AREA
UNLAWFUL SPEED CONTEST
The following words and phrases, which are not defined
by Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York,
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section
for the purposes of this chapter:
Any vehicle with two wheels in tandem, a steering handle,
seat and pedals. This definition includes a bicycle equipped with
temporary training wheels.
[Added 5-25-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994]
A car having between 100 cubic feet to 109 cubic feet of
combined passenger and cargo volume and must be between 161 inches
and 187 inches long.
[Added 5-11-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the
absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
The area of the Hartsdale Public Parking District as shown
on the map heretofore duly filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of
Greenburgh.
Any protective equipment designed or intended to be worn
on the head which complies with the standards of the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI Z 90.4 bicycle helmet standards) or the
Snell Memorial Foundation's standards for protective headgear for
use in bicycling. For purposes of this chapter, the term "wearing
a helmet" shall mean having a helmet of good fit fastened securely
to the head by the use of helmet straps.
[Added 5-25-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994]
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, President's
Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans
Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day commencing 12 hours prior
thereto.
[Amended 5-11-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
Whenever certain hours are named herein or on traffic control
devices, they shall mean the time standard which is in current use
in this state.
Such public parking areas in the district situated off the
public highways in the district where parking meters are installed,
operated and maintained by the Board of Commissioners of the district.
Such public highways or parts of public highways in the district
where parking meters are installed, operated and maintained by the
Board of Commissioners of the district.
Every vehicle having an overall length of more than 21 feet
or an overall width of more than eight feet or an overall height (exclusive
of aerials or similar accessories) of eight feet. All such dimensions
are inclusive of loads and attachments.
[Added 5-11-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
The lines officially marked on the pavement of a public highway
or public parking area. No vehicle shall be parked except between
said lines, and in such a manner that no part of said vehicle shall
touch, straddle or overhang any such line.
Any day, including a partial day, that children are in attendance
at school for instruction purposes. The phrase "school day" shall
have the same meaning for all children in school. (Title 34 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle B, Chapter III, Part 300.11)
(Authority: U.S.C. § 122e-3)
[Added 9-30-2014]
The registered owner of a vehicle against which three or
more parking summonses have been issued, at least two of which have
been issued on separate dates, and a minimum of three of which remain
unanswered for a period of 45 days of the appearance date or dates
shown on such summonses.
[Added 5-27-2009 by L.L. No. 5-2009]
That area of the Town of Greenburgh not including the autonomous
villages therein.
The operation of two or more vehicles from a point side by
side at accelerating speeds in a competitive attempt to outdistance
each other, or the operation of one or more vehicles over a common
selected course from the same point to the same point wherein timing
is made of the participating vehicles involving competitive accelerations
or speeds. The operation of two or more vehicles side by side, either
at speeds in excess of permitted speeds on any public street, highway
or place within the Town or rapidly accelerating from a common starting
point to a speed in excess of such permitted speeds, shall be prima
facie evidence of an unlawful speed contest.
[Added 12-9-2020 by L.L. No. 10-2020]
Unless otherwise stated, the Town of Greenburgh
Department of Public Works 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 are deemed
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.
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 X 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. Schedule entries may be adopted by resolution of the Town Board.
B.
Regulations shall be adopted by the Town Board in
accordance with provisions of the Town Law and the Vehicle and Traffic
Law, or by an officer or agency authorized by the Town Board to adopt
regulations pursuant to § 1603 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law.
