The provisions of this article shall apply except
when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or
official traffic control device.
Except where necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic, or when in compliance with law or the directions of
a police officer, or official traffic control device, no person shall
stop, stand or park a vehicle on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped,
standing or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
[Added 10-8-2003 by L.L. No. 9-2003]
Except where angle parking is authorized, every
vehicle stopped, standing or parked partly upon a roadway shall be
so stopped, standing or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the
roadway. On a one-way roadway, such vehicle shall be facing in the
direction of authorized traffic movement; on a two-way roadway, such
vehicle shall be facing in the direction of authorized traffic movement
on that portion of the roadway on which the vehicle rests.
[Added 10-6-2005 by L.L. No. 7-2005]
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle
within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, except when such vehicle is attended
by a licensed operator or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat
and who can immediately move such vehicle in case of emergency, unless
a different distance is indicated by official signs, markings or parking
meters.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XI (§ 200-50), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 7-12-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012]
Upon being notified of any gathering of persons for an event at or on any property under circumstances which may make such action appropriate, the Village Administrator is authorized to modify or suspend temporarily any or all of the parking regulations in Chapter 200, Article III, of this Code in order to prohibit or limit on-street parking in the vicinity of the property during the periods immediately preceding, during and following the event. The Village Administrator also is authorized to post appropriate temporary signage with respect to applicable parking prohibition or limitation, and any person parking in violation of any such parking restriction shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
No person shall stop a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XII (§ 200-51), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall stand a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XIII (§ 200-52), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 9-12-2019 by L.L.
No. 7-2019]
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A.
IDLING
MOTOR VEHICLE
Definitions.
The continuous operation of a gasoline-powered engine of
a motor vehicle while "parking," "standing" or "stopping" (within
the meaning of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 129,1 1452 and/or portions
of 1473).
Any nongovernmental vehicle operated or driven upon a public
highway which is propelled by a gasoline-powered engine, but which
is not performing an emergency service.
B.
Prohibition. No person shall cause or permit the engine of any vehicle other than a bus, as defined in § 104 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and governed by § 200-29.1 herein, to idle for more than 10 minutes while parking, standing or stopping.
1Note: Defined there as "the standing
of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
merchandise or passengers."
2Note: Defined there as "the stopping
of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging
passengers."
3Note: Defined here to incorporate
that part of the definition which states "any halting even momentarily
of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid
conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of
a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal."
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule XIV (§ 200-53) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XIV, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended 9-14-2017 by L.L. No. 8-2017]
No person shall stand, park or stop a vehicle during the times specified in Schedule XV (§ 200-54) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XV, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall stand a vehicle during the times specified in Schedule XVI (§ 200-55) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XVI, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule XVII (§ 200-56) at any time between the hours listed in said Schedule XVII of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XVII, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
B.
No person shall park a vehicle for a period in excess
of two hours on any street in the Village between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00
p.m., except where parking meters have been erected by the Village,
allowing a longer period for metered parking.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XVIII (§ 200-57), except at the angle designated and only within the painted stall lines. On all streets or portions thereof where angle parking is now or shall hereafter be authorized, all vehicles parked thereon shall be parked with the front thereof nearest the curb.
A.
The locations described in Schedule XIX (§ 200-58), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as loading zones.
B.
Each of such loading zones shall be marked at the
ends thereof by signs bearing the words "loading zone," an arrow indicating
the location of such zone, the length of time when such zone may be
occupied and such other descriptive legend as the Board of Trustees
or the Chief of Police may require.
C.
Within such loading zones, parking shall be permitted
only by commercial vehicles actually engaged in the receipt or delivery
of merchandise or supplies to or from one or more of the business
establishments in said district, for a period of time not exceeding
30 minutes, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., except Sundays
and holidays.
D.
At other hours and on other days, the parking regulations
provided in other sections of this chapter shall apply.
A.
The locations described in Schedule XX (§ 200-59), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as taxi stands.
B.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle
other than a cab or taxicab or other vehicle for hire to stand or
park in any officially designated hack stand, except that the operator
of any passenger vehicle may temporarily stop in any such hack stand
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading or unloading
of passengers.
C.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any cab,
taxicab or vehicle for hire to stand or park upon any street in any
business district at any place other than at a hack stand, except
that this provision shall not prevent the operator of any such vehicle
from temporarily stopping, in accordance with other parking regulations,
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
of passengers.
A.
The locations described in Schedule XXI (§ 200-60), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as bus stops.
B.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle
other than a bus to stand or park in an officially designated bus
stop, except that the operator of any passenger vehicle may temporarily
stop in any such bus stop for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in the loading or unloading of passengers.
C.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bus to
stand or park upon any street in any business district at any place
other than at a bus stop, except that this provision shall not prevent
the operator of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance
with other parking regulations, for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in the loading or unloading of passengers.
[Added 6-12-1991 by No. 2-1991]
No person shall cause or permit the engine of
a bus, as defined in § 104 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law,
to idle for more than three minutes while parking, standing or stopping
when the ambient temperature is in excess of 40º F. except while
passengers are on board or while boarding or discharging passengers.
The area bounded on the north by the sidewalk
along the southerly side of the waiting room of the Long Island Rail
Road and a line in easterly and westerly extension thereof and bounded
on the east, south and west by land of the Village of Lawrence is
hereby designated as a passenger loading zone, in which the following
regulations shall apply:
A.
A passageway along the southerly side of said sidewalk
15 feet in width and leading to a public street must be left open
at all times for the free movement of vehicles and may be used only
for loading and discharging passengers.
B.
The pedestrian crosswalk from the station to the Lawrence
Village Park must at all times be left open for the free and safe
use of pedestrians.
C.
Elsewhere in said zone, parking is prohibited for
a period of time longer than five minutes, and standing or stopping
therein is prohibited for a longer period of time than necessary to
wait for a train arrival or for the loading or unloading of passengers
and their baggage or for the transaction of business at the station
or at the store therein.
D.
Any police officer present may direct traffic in said
zone, contrary to the foregoing provisions, and his directions shall
be complied with.
E.
The location of said passageway and said crosswalk
shall be designated by painting on the pavement or by other pavement
marking. and a sign shall be posted on the side of the station adjacent
to said sidewalk or at some other conspicuous place, bearing the words
"passenger loading zone" and a reference to this section.
No person shall park a vehicle between 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. on any streets or parts of streets in the Village, except on those streets and parts of streets indicated in Schedule XXII (§ 200-61), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 9-13-2004 by L.L. No. 6-2004]
No person shall stop, park or leave standing
any motor vehicle in any area designated as a place for handicapped
parking unless the vehicle displays a special vehicle identification
permit or bears a disabled person’s or disabled veterans’
registration entitling such motor vehicle to park in any public or
private area of the Village designated as a place for parking for
persons with disabilities. Such permit and/or registration shall be
for use exclusively in a vehicle in which the person to whom it has
been issued is being transported.
A.
The installation of parking meters is hereby authorized adjacent to each parking space in each of the parking areas described in Schedule XXIII (§ 200-62), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
B.
A parking meter shall be deemed to control the parking
space adjacent to which it is installed.
C.
Each parking meter shall indicate by proper legend
the parking time limit for the parking space which it controls, the
hours of operation of such meter and the fees applicable to parking
where such meter is in operation and shall be so arranged that, upon
the expiration of the lawful time limit for which it was placed in
operation, it will indicate by visual signal that such lawful parking
period has expired.
D.
Each parking space for which a parking meter is installed
shall be indicated by pavement markings, and such parking meter shall
be located not more than four feet away from such parking space.
E.
A parking meter may control two adjacent parking spaces
but shall not control more than two such parking spaces.
F.
During the hours of operation of each parking meter,
the provisions of this section shall govern the parking of vehicles
in the parking space controlled by such meter. Nothing in this section
shall be deemed to regulate parking in such space during the hours
when such meter is not in operation or to regulate parking in portions
of a parking meter area where parking spaces have not been indicated
by pavement markings or in parking spaces that are not controlled
by a parking meter. During such hours and in such spaces and portions
of a parking meter area, parking shall be regulated by other sections
of this chapter.
G.
Except when otherwise directed by a police officer
or by a member of the Fire Department acting in the course of his
duty, when any vehicle shall be parked in a parking space controlled
by a parking meter during the hours of operation of such meter, the
operator of such vehicle shall forthwith deposit or cause to be deposited
in said meter such coin or coins of the United States as the meter
is arranged to receive and as are designated by the legend on the
meter. When required by the direction on the meter, the said operator
shall, immediately after the deposit of such coin or coins, set in
operation the timing mechanism on such meter in accordance with the
directions thereon.
H.
Upon deposit of such coin or coins and, when required,
the setting in operation of the timing mechanism, the parking space
may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of time
designated for the parking meter area in which such parking space
is located. If a parking space is unoccupied and the parking meter
controlling the same shows an unexpired parking time, a vehicle may
be parked therein without additional fee until such unexpired time
has elapsed.
I.
A vehicle must be parked entirely within the area
designated for the parking space in which such vehicle or any part
thereof is parked. No vehicle shall be parked in such a way as to
occupy, in whole or in part, more than one parking space or in such
a way as to prevent access to another parking space or to the parking
meter controlling such space.
J.
Parking meters shall be in operation from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on every day except Sundays and holidays, except in parking meter areas where this section and § 200-62 specifically designate other hours or other days.
K.
Persons designated by the Board of Trustees as collectors
shall make regular collections of the money deposited in such parking
meters. They shall remove from the parking meters the sealed containers
containing the coins deposited in such meters and shall deliver such
containers with the seals unbroken to the persons or banks designated
by the Board of Trustees, who shall count and record the amounts of
money contained therein and deposit the same to the credit of the
Village in one of the depositories of Village funds.
L.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions
of this section for any person:
(1)
To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle owned
by or registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked
in parking space in any parking meter area for longer than the parking
time limit established for such area.
(2)
To deposit in any parking meter a coin for the purpose
of parking for longer than the parking time limit established for
the area in which such meter is situated.
(3)
To permit any vehicle to remain in a parking space
controlled by a parking meter displaying a signal indicating that
the parking time limit or the period for which a fee was paid has
expired.
(4)
To park a vehicle or to cause or permit a vehicle
to be parked in any parking meter area in a manner prohibited by this
section.
(5)
To deface, discolor, injure, tamper with, open, break,
destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed pursuant
to the provisions of this section.
(6)
To deposit or cause or permit to be deposited in a
parking meter any slugs, liquids, materials, foreign coins, tokens
or any articles or substances other than lawful coins of the United
States.
[Added 7-13-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
No person shall park a commercial vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XXIV (§ 200-63), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
