The Police Department, in an emergency, without
express resolution of the Board of Trustees, is authorized to suspend,
alter, modify or vary the provisions of this Article and to establish
new regulations when, in the judgment of the Chief of Police, the
same becomes necessary or desirable for the convenience, safety and
protection of the inhabitants of the village.
[Amended 8-5-1980 by L.L. No. 5-1980; 1-22-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 6-11-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
A.
The parking of unregistered automobiles or commercial
vehicles, except when loading or unloading, upon any public street
in the Village of Spring Valley is hereby prohibited.
[Amended 7-22-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
B.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
HAZARDOUS
NOXIOUS
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A motor vehicle or combination of vehicles used to transport
property or persons for business purposes:
Which has an unladen weight in excess of 7,000
pounds, being the weight of the vehicle only;
Designed or used to transport 10 or more passengers,
including the driver;
Which shall display a trade name, advertising
or other indication that said vehicle is being used for commercial
purposes; or
Which is designed or used to transport hazardous
or noxious materials or substances.
Material such as explosives, flammable liquids, etc., which
can cause risk, danger or peril to the public safety or have destructive
effects on objects.
Substances or material offensive to the smell or harmful
to the skin which can cause injury, disease or is detrimental to the
health or safety of the public.
C.
For the purpose of this section, a commercial vehicle
shall also include a house trailer, cab or tractor of a tractor-trailer
unit, tractors, rollers, cranes, power shovels or any vehicle used
in the construction trade, snowplows, road sweepers, sand spreaders,
tank trailers, motor homes and buses.
D.
The following shall not be considered to be commercial
vehicles:
(1)
A personal use vehicle, altered or constructed, to
be used for pleasure or recreational purposes to transport family
members, friends or possessions by the operator for nonbusiness purposes.
(2)
Vehicles belonging to the Village of Spring Valley
and used in the course of village business.
(3)
Taxicabs.
[Added 7-12-1988 by L.L. No. 19-1988]
No vehicle shall be parked or stopped on any
unpaved portion of any public or private property within the Village
of Spring Valley except in the case of an emergency.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 11-51, Parking
restrictions on public streets during certain times of the year, as
amended 3-12-1979 by L.L. No. 2-1979 and 6-5-1984 by L.L. No. 3-1984,
which immediately followed this section, was repealed 3-8-1994 by
L.L. No. 4-1994.
No vehicle shall be stopped or parked in front
of any private driveway or in front of or within five feet measured
along the curb of the entrance to any theater, auditorium, church
or other public building or any fire house, except for such reasonable
time as may be necessary for taking on or discharging passengers or
merchandise.
A.
Designation. The Board of Trustees shall have the
authority to designate streets or parts of streets where parking is
prohibited and shall cause such streets or parts of streets to be
marked by suitable signs or other devices.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The schedule of streets where
parking is prohibited is on file in the village offices.
A.
Designation. The Board of Trustees shall have the
authority to designate streets or parts of streets where parking time
limits have been established and shall cause such streets or parts
of streets to be marked by suitable signs or other devices indicating
the parking time limits and the periods when such time limits shall
be in effect.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The schedule of streets where
parking is limited is on file in the village offices.
B.
Effect. When parking time limits are established for
a part of a public street, highway or public parking area and such
places are appropriately signposted or marked to indicate the parking
time limit, it shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave standing
any vehicle upon such public street, highway or public parking area
in violation of such parking time limit.
C.
Pursuant to Subsection A hereof:
[Added 7-22-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
(1)
The Board of Trustees hereby designates Main Street
from Route 59 to Maple Avenue as a no parking zone for taxicabs, whether
on or off duty. It shall be unlawful for taxicabs to stand, stop or
park in this zone other than to load or discharge passengers, except
where specifically permitted.
(2)
Signs shall be posted in the areas on Main Street
from Route 59 to Maple Avenue designating where taxicabs may stand,
stop or park as indicated.
(3)
The Spring Valley Police Department or Spring Valley
Parking and Traffic Enforcement personnel shall have the right to
cause any taxicab which stands, stops or parks on Main Street from
Route 59 to Maple Avenue in violation of this section to be towed
at the expense of the owner and/or operator.
A.
Designation. Pursuant to the Vehicle and Traffic Law,
the Board of Trustees is hereby authorized to designate safety zones
and bus, cab or taxicab stands in the public streets or highways of
the Village and in parking areas either owned, operated or controlled
by the Village and to limit or prohibit parking in spaces and zones
in said streets, highways and parking areas and to cause such zones,
spaces and stands to be marked and indicated by suitable signs.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The schedules of safety zones
and bus, cab or taxicab stands are on file in the Village offices.
B.
Signs for bus stops. Spaces specified as parking and
stopping places for buses shall be marked and indicated by suitable
stationary and portable signs indicating the location and extent of
such places so reserved.
C.
Effect. No person shall park or leave standing any
automobile or other vehicle, except a bus within a space designated
as a bus stop and except a taxicab within a space designated as a
taxicab stand and suitably marked as such within the Village.
[Amended 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the
streets or parts thereof described in the angle parking schedule except
at the angle designated.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The angle parking schedule
is on file in the Village offices.
[Added 5-11-1993 by L.L. No. 4-1993]
No person shall park a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, except momentarily, to pick up or discharge a passenger within
15 feet of a crosswalk or within 15 feet of any flashing signal, stop
or yield sign or traffic control device located at the side of a roadway,
except as otherwise indicated.
[Added 4-5-1977 by L.L. No. 2-1977]
A.
Police officers shall issue summonses to the owner
or driver of each vehicle which is parked in violation of this article
by handing the summons to the offender or attaching the same to the
vehicle.
B.
The Chief of Police may designate any code enforcement officer or parking enforcement officer of the Village of Spring Valley to issue summonses for violations of this article in the same manner as provided in Subsection A of this section.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, providing for the designation of other employees to issue summonses, added 1-26-1982 by L.L. No. 2-1982, which followed this subsection, was repealed 9-20-2003 by L.L. No. 5-2003. Original Article V, Parking Meters, Secs. 11-69 through 11-83, which immediately followed this section, were deleted 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995.
[Added 10-15-2009 by L.L. No. 5-2009]
The following types of parking are prohibited on streets within
the Village:
A.
Parking
in any space designated for handicapped parking, unless the parked
vehicle is authorized to use such a space by the State of New York
or any subdivision thereof.
B.
Parking
in any space designated as a fire zone.
C.
Parking
within 15 feet of any fire hydrant.
D.
Where
parking meters exist, leaving a vehicle parked after the metered time
has elapsed.
E.
Double
parking.
F.
Otherwise
parking in any space where signage or other visible indications prohibit
such parking;
G.
Parking
in a municipal lot without a permit.
[Added 8-11-1987 by L.L. No. 14-1987; amended 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995; 10-15-2009 by L.L. No. 5-2009]
Every person convicted of a parking violation
of any provision under this chapter shall be punishable for that violation
by a fine as hereinafter set forth.
[Added 8-11-1987 by L.L. No. 14-1987]
A.
The summons issued shall state the type of violation,
the date, the time and the location that the summons is returnable.
The summons shall permit the disposition of the ticket, in person
or by mail, and shall advise of additional proceedings in the event
that said summons is not answered.
B.
All parking summonses shall be subject to an additional
penalty of $10 if not answered by the return date on the summons.
C.
In addition, a further penalty of $10 shall be assessed
if said summons is not answered within 15 days after the return date
on said summons.
