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Village of Rockville Centre, NY
Nassau County
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[Adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971 as Ch. 124, Art. V, of the 1971 Code]
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the curb or edge of the roadway, except as otherwise provided in this article.
The Chief of Police is authorized to issue special permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle, and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized herein, and it shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.
A. 
Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked at nighttime upon any street within a business or residence district, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
B. 
Whenever a vehicle is parked upon a street or highway outside of a business or residence district during the hours between 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise, such vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lamps which shall exhibit a white light on the roadway side visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear.
C. 
Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
A. 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(1) 
On a sidewalk.
(2) 
In front of a public or private driveway.
(3) 
Within an intersection.
(4) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(5) 
On a crosswalk.
(6) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(7) 
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(8) 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone, unless the Chief of Police has indicated a different length by signs or markings.
(9) 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail or railroad crossing.
(10) 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance (when properly signposted).
(11) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(12) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(13) 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
(14) 
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
B. 
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
It shall be a violation of the provisions of this article for any person to park, cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to commit any violation prohibited by this article.