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Village of Tarrytown, NY
Westchester County
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For the control of parking and traffic, and the good and welfare of the Village, the Board of Trustees shall provide for the installation, maintenance and operation of parking meters in accordance with the provisions herein set forth.
For the purposes of interpreting and applying the terms of this article, the following definitions will be observed:
COINS
Lawful coins of the United States of America.
OFF-STREET METERED PARKING LOT
Any off-street metered parking area owned or leased by the Village.
PARKING METER
Any mechanical device, meter or pay-station meter, not inconsistent with this article, placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this article. Each meter installed shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking time established by the Village, and when operated shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time, and at the expiration of such period shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
[Amended 3-21-2016]
PARKING METER SPACE
Any space within a parking meter zone or off-street metered parking lot which is allocated to the parking of a single vehicle and designated by suitable marks upon the curb, if any, or pavement adjacent thereto, or by the location of a parking meter associated therewith.
PARKING METER ZONE
Any and all streets or portions of streets, set aside under the provisions of this article or of any amendment hereto and upon which parking meters have heretofore been installed and are in operation or hereafter shall be installed and in operation.
The streets or portions of streets described in Schedule XXV (§ 291-90) shall constitute parking meter zones.
The areas named in Schedule XXVI (§ 291-91) shall constitute off-street metered parking lots.
A. 
Individual parking meter spaces in parking meter zones shall be designated by lines painted or marked upon the curbing or surface of the street, or by the location of the parking meter associated therewith at or near the front of such space.
B. 
Parking meter spaces in off-street metered parking lots shall be designated by lines painted or marked upon the adjacent pavement.
C. 
Said spaces shall be so marked by such employees of the Village as the Board of Trustees shall designate.
A. 
In parking meter zones, parking meters shall be installed upon the curb or sidewalk immediately adjacent to the parking meter spaces therein. Such installation shall not be more than two feet from the curb nor more than two feet from the front line of the parking meter space.
B. 
In off-street metered parking lots, parking meters shall be installed near the front line of the parking meter space, facing the vehicle to be parked therein, and the vehicle must be parked facing such parking meter.
C. 
Each parking meter shall be so set as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the deposit of the appropriate coin or coins, for the period of time prescribed by this chapter. Each meter shall be so arranged that upon the expiration of the lawful time limit, it will indicate by proper visible signal that the lawful parking period has expired, and in such case the right of such vehicle to occupy such space shall cease and the operator or owner thereof shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.
D. 
Parking pay-stations may be installed within the Village of Tarrytown by the discretion of the Board of Trustees.
[Added 3-21-2016]
A. 
The operator of any vehicle, upon entering any parking meter space, shall immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in the parking meter associated with said space the coin or coins required by this article and specified by the directions on such meter and shall then set in operation the time mechanism of such meter in accordance with said directions.
B. 
Failure to deposit such coin or coins or to set the timing mechanism in operation shall constitute a violation of this article; provided, however, that if a vehicle is placed in a parking meter space, the meter of which indicates that unused time has been left by the previous occupant of said space, it shall not be required to deposit a coin or coins so long as the occupancy of said space does not exceed said indicated unused time.
Parking meters in the parking meter zones and off-street metered parking lots mentioned in this chapter, respectively, shall be operated on such days, during such hours and for such time limits as may be established by the Board of Trustees, which shall be clearly stated on signs erected under the supervision of the Police Department.
[Amended 10-5-1998; 2-7-2000;12-3-2001; 6-16-2003; 8-18-2003 by L.L. No. 11-2003; 10-5-2005; 2-21-2006; 12-18-2006; 8-16-2010 by L.L. No. 7-2010]
A. 
On-street parking meter zones. The maximum parking time limit in parking meter spaces in parking meter zones on public streets shall be two hours, except:
(1) 
Parking meter spaces located on the east and west sides of South Broadway between Elizabeth Street and Franklin Street, where the time limit shall be six hours.
(2) 
Parking meter spaces located on the south and west sides of Depot Plaza and the north and south sides of Division Street, where the time limit shall be 12 hours.
[Amended 2-21-2012]
(3) 
Parking meter spaces located on the east and west sides of Cortlandt Street, the north side of Main Street west of the driveway to Asbury Terrace (Rivercliffe Condominiums), the south side of Main Street west of White Street and the west side of Franklin Street north of White Street, where the time limit shall be 12 hours.
[Amended 2-5-2018]
(4) 
The maximum time limit at the following parking meter spaces so designated by signs and or markings on Main Street, North Broadway and South Broadway shall be 15 minutes: spaces so designated by yellow-colored parking meters.
[Amended 2-1-2021]
B. 
Off-street metered parking lots.
[Amended 12-3-2012; 3-21-2016]
(1) 
South Depot Plaza Parking Lot. The maximum time limit in parking meter spaces in this lot shall be 12 hours.
(2) 
McKeel Avenue Parking Lot. The maximum time limit in parking meter spaces in this lot shall be six hours.
(3) 
South Washington Street Parking Lot. The maximum time limit in parking meter spaces in this lot shall be six hours.
(4) 
South Washington Street Parking Lot (West). The maximum time limit in parking meter spaces in this lot shall be 12 hours.
(5) 
31 South Broadway Lot.
(a) 
The maximum time limit at certain parking meter spaces so designated by signs and/or markings shall be two hours.
(b) 
The maximum time limit at other parking meter spaces so designated by signs and/or markings shall be six hours.
(6) 
West Elizabeth Street Parking Lot - 35 South Broadway. The maximum time limit at certain parking meter spaces so designated by signs and/or markings shall be six hours.
(7) 
Neperan Road Lot. The maximum time limit in parking meter spaces in this lot shall be six hours.
[Added 1-7-2019]
C. 
Days and hours of parking.
[Added 3-21-2016; amended 11-21-2016; 4-2-2018; 1-7-2019; 11-15-2021]
Location
Days
Time
Green Street North Parking Lot C
Monday through Saturday
6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
Green Street South Parking Lot F
Monday through Saturday
6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
Losee Park Fence Line on Green Street Parking Lot G
Monday through Saturday
6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
Losee Park Parking Parking Lot G
Monday through Saturday
6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
Long-term parking meters on Lower Main Street and Cortlandt Street
Monday through Friday
6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
South Depot Parking Lot B
Monday through Friday
6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
West Main Street Parking Lot D
Monday through Saturday
6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
Resident Parking Lot A
Monday through Saturday
6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
McKeel Avenue Lot
Monday through Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
31 South Broadway Lot
Monday through Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
South Washington Street Lot
Monday through Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
South Washington Street
Monday through Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Lot West
Monday through Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
West Elizabeth Street Lot
Monday through Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Neperan Road Lot
Monday through Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person to:
A. 
Cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of, or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone or off-street metered parking lot as established by the Board of Trustees or to deposit in any parking meter any coin or coins for the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the particular parking meter zone or off-street metered parking lot.
B. 
Permit any vehicle placed by or for him in any parking meter space to remain therein while the meter associated therewith is displaying a signal indicating that such vehicle has been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking space.
C. 
Park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking meter space or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the area designated or indicated by such lines or markings or by the location of the parking meter associated therewith.
D. 
Deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article.
E. 
Deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slugs, device or metal substance or other substitute for lawful coins.
F. 
Park a vehicle in any place within an off-street metered parking area except a parking meter space therein.
G. 
Enter or leave an off-street metered parking lot by vehicle other than by the respective entrance and exit passageways indicated by signs thereon.
H. 
Park a motor truck or commercial vehicle weighing more than two tons or of more than 20 feet gross length or more than eight feet in width in any off-street metered parking lot at any time.
I. 
Do or permit to be done any repair work on any motor vehicle except emergency repairs in any off-street metered parking lot.
It shall be the duty of the Police Chief to enforce the provisions of this article.
[Amended 3-21-2016]
A. 
Regular collections of the money deposited in said parking meters shall be designated by the Police Chief.
B. 
Special collection bags for such collections shall be supplied to the Police Chief, and only these bags shall be used for such collections. Promptly after the withdrawal of the money contained in said meters into said bags, the bags shall be delivered by the police officer or a representative designated by the Chief of Police making the collections to an area designated for custody and counting by such bank or trust company for the account of the Village. Promptly after ascertainment of the moneys so delivered, said bank or trust company shall deposit such moneys in the General Fund of said Village, sending duplicate deposit slips to the Police Chief and to the Village Treasurer.