As used in this Article
VII, Part 1, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PARKING SPACE
The space provided alongside or adjacent to a curb in which
a vehicle shall be properly parked, which shall be indicated clearly
by painted lines or otherwise.
[Amended 3-7-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
Parking in a designated space along any street or portion thereof identified in §
80-33 or in any parking lot operated and/or maintained by the Village of Liberty shall be lawful between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day, except Sundays and legal holidays, for any vehicle for a period of two consecutive hours; except, however:
A. That parking on both sides of Chestnut Street from Clements Street
West shall be for a maximum of 15 minutes.
B. For a period of 12 consecutive hours from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
in all Village-operated parking lots.
[Amended 5-20-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
C. Overnight parking in the Lenape Parking lot will be by permit only,
after 10:00 p.m., for Lenape tenants. Four spots will be designated
for nurses to park. Permits will be issued by the Village of Liberty
Police Department.
[Added 5-5-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994; amended 1-19-1995 by L.L. No.
1-1995]
D. On the south side of Chestnut Street, between its intersections with
Edgar Street and South Main Street:
[Added 7-25-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
(1) The first parking spot closest to South Main Street shall be reserved
for the use of the Liberty Police Department;
(2) The second parking spot (west of the parking spot reserved for the
Police Department) shall be restricted to a maximum of 30 consecutive
minutes at all times; and
(3) The third (and last) parking spot shall be for a maximum of two consecutive
hours at all times.
E. Parking in the first bump-out on the west side of South Main Street,
immediately south of the intersection of South Main Street with Chestnut
Street, shall be as follows:
[Added 7-25-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
(1) The first two spots closest to the intersection with Chestnut Street
shall be limited to a maximum of 30 consecutive minutes at all times;
(2) The third spot from the intersection of South Main Street with Chestnut
Street shall be limited to a maximum of two consecutive hours at all
times;
(3) The last two spots from the intersection of South Main Street with
Chestnut Street, which are south of the driveway (in front of which
no parking is allowed), shall be for a maximum of two consecutive
hours at all times.
F. Parking on the west side of South Main Street, immediately south
of the alley between the Liberty Museum and Arts Center and 52 South
Main Street, shall be for a maximum consecutive period of two hours
at all times.
[Added 7-25-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
G. On the east side of South Main Street, in the first bumpout immediately
south of the intersection of South Main Street with Darbee Lane, as
follows:
[Added 7-25-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
(1) The first two spots closest to the intersection of South Main Street with Darbee Lane shall be a loading zone between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (see §
80-70 for the general restrictions with respect to loading zones) and shall be for parking for a maximum of 30 consecutive minutes between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.;
(2) The third spot closest to the intersection of South Main Street with
Darbee Lane shall be for a maximum of 30 consecutive minutes at all
times.
Any vehicle parking or standing in any designated parking space in a parking zone shall be parked within the lines marked on the street or curb and may occupy said space during the parking limit provided by the law of the Village of Liberty for the part of the street or parking lot in which said parking space is located. Upon the expiration of the legal parking time, it shall be the duty of the owner or driver or operator of the vehicle to remove forthwith the vehicle from the parking space, and it shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any such vehicle registered in his name to be parked or remain standing overtime or remain therein beyond the parking time limit prescribed by this Article
VII, Part 1.
It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to extend
the parking time beyond the total lawful parking period fixed by the
law of the Village of Liberty for the parking in the parking space.
Vehicles shall at all times be parked wholly within the parking
spaces as marked, which space shall be kept clearly marked at all
times, and it shall be unlawful to park vehicles in a way that the
same shall not be wholly within the area designated by the lines for
parking for such spaces.
No commercial vehicle exceeding 1 1/2 tons' capacity
or omnibus vehicle of any kind shall be permitted to park in such
parking lot or spaces.
Nothing in this Article
VII, Part 1, shall be construed as prohibiting the Board of Trustees of the Village of Liberty from providing on any of the streets parking lots or portions thereof, spaces for bus stops, taxicab stands, fire truck clearance and for other matters of similar nature, including the loading or unloading of trucks, vans or other vehicles, or spaces for driveways. Such designation shall become effective on the adoption of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Liberty, provided that signs are erected designating such spaces, except that driveways will not require such signs.
If any section, provision or part thereof in this Part 1 shall
be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not
affect the validity of the law as a whole or any section, provision
or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
[Amended 11-9-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009; 1-11-2010 by L.L. No.
1-2010]
Any person violating any of the provisions of Part 1 of this Article
VII or any person, firm or corporation which shall violate or permit, suffer or allow anyone under his, their or its direction or control to violate any provision of this Article
VII, Part 1, shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine not exceeding $40.