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Goshen board reviews broad rewrite of Chapter 89 vehicle-and-traffic code
Summary
Town prosecutor and police representatives reviewed proposed amendments that would add many state-style vehicle-and-traffic provisions to the town code, expand fine ranges, and clarify enforcement powers; no vote was taken and the board asked the presenter to return for further edits and a future public hearing.
The Goshen Town Board spent a lengthy portion of its Sept. 11 meeting reviewing a proposed rewrite of Chapter 89 of the town code that would add roughly 50 sections aligning town traffic rules with commonly enforced sections of New York State's Vehicle and Traffic Law, town special prosecutor Robert Remeta told the board.
Remeta said the proposal grew from input with local police and his experience prosecuting traffic cases in town court. "Some of the fines were almost, I viewed it almost the cost of doing business," Remeta said, arguing that higher fines and local sections would create a stronger deterrent and let officers cite offenders under town code without state surcharges.
The proposed draft inserts new sections numbered roughly 89-21 through 89-70 and a towing provision at 89-71; it also restates existing local fines in the draft for convenience, Remeta said. He described several areas that require…
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