Village parking lots and the parking spaces provided therein are established primarily for the convenience of residents and employees of the Village, to regulate the flow of traffic and for reasons related to public safety and security. Such parking places shall be used exclusively by the residents and employees of the Village, and no other persons shall use the same for any purpose. No vehicle shall be parked or be permitted to stand in any parking space or place within any Village parking lot without first obtaining and thereafter holding a valid permit from the Village authorizing such parking. Vehicles picking up or discharging passengers shall wait only in designated areas.
Village parking lots are not public highways for purposes of vehicular travel, and all traffic except incident to parking and for purposes of pickup and discharge of passengers by private vehicles and taxis is forbidden and prohibited. No Village parking lot or parking space shall be used for commercial purposes other than those approved by the Board, and no vehicles shall be washed, serviced, repaired or dismantled while in any Village parking lot unless necessary to remove a car that became disabled after being legally parked. No trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations or buses shall be parked in any Village parking lot except for taxis licensed by the Village. Use of the parking spaces designated for Postal Patron Only shall not be a commercial use for the purposes of this chapter.
The areas described (all within the Village) and designated below are hereby designated Village parking lots:
Parking Lot No. 1 (Station Plaza): the paved area now laid out, or as hereafter changed, which lies north of Stonytown Road, east of the railroad tracks and west and south of the Village line.
Parking Lot No. 2 (Stonytown Road): the paved area now laid out, or as hereafter changed, which lies south of Stonytown Road, east of East Drive and west and north of other Village-owned property.
Parking Lot No. 3 (Village Hall): the paved area now laid out, or as hereafter changed, which lies west of the Village Hall building on South Drive.
All parking permits required by this chapter shall be issued subject to the approval of and revocation by the Board of Trustees which may require such applications and proofs of eligibility as are consistent with the purposes of this Article. All vehicles for which permits shall be issued shall have said permits conspicuously displayed on such place or places as designated by the Board of Trustees. All permits shall bear the expiration date of such permit, the number of such permit, the year for which issued and the state registration number of said vehicle for such year. Permits shall be limited to two (2) permits per address or such limit as may be fixed and established by the Board of Trustees. Applicants for permits must be residents of the Village. Permits issued to residents who move from the Village immediately become void, shall expire without notice and shall be deemed revoked as of the date of moving from the Village.
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Fee. The fee for each such parking permit shall be the amount as may be fixed and established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 87, Fees. Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
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Permits not transferable. No permit shall be transferable to another person or vehicle without prior approval of the Board of Trustees, and no one may give, lend or make available to any other person a parking permit for any purpose. Permit holders shall surrender any permit issued to a vehicle which is being sold or otherwise disposed of. In addition to all other penalties provided for in all applicable laws, ordinances, or regulations as adopted by the Board of Trustees, any permit given, transferred, lent or otherwise misused in violation of this Article shall be deemed automatically revoked.
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Period of validity. The permit shall be valid, unless revoked, for and during the calendar year for which it is issued and which is shown thereon.
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Lost or stolen permits. It shall be the duty of any person to whom a parking permit has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this section to promptly report any stolen or lost permit to the Village Clerk and to submit a statement setting forth the facts and circumstances and all other details regarding such loss on appropriate forms to be supplied by the Village Clerk.
The holder of a valid permit and/or the vehicle itself shall enter the parking lot at such points or places as the Village may designate by appropriate signs marked ENTRANCE and shall leave the parking lot as the Village may designate by appropriate signs marked EXIT. The holder of such permit shall park that vehicle in such parking space within the lines or other markings established therefor and shall in all respects abide by the rules and regulations of the Village for the parking of vehicles therein. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter to park any vehicle across any such line or marking or to park said vehicle in such position that the same shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such lines or markings.
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Use of Parking Lot No. 3 restricted. Parking Lot No. 3 shall be for the exclusive use of Village officials, Village employees and police vehicles.
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Use of postal patron parking. Persons using parking spaces designated as "Postal Patron Only - Five-Minute Limit" shall be permitted to park in these designated spaces for postal purposes for a period not in excess of five (5) minutes. Those parking in these spaces for more than five (5) minutes or for any other purpose shall be in violation of this section. Parking in the spaces designated as "Reserved LIRR Ticket Agent" and "Reserved US Postal Employee" shall be for the exclusive use of the Plandome Branch employees of those firms and shall not be required to have a parking permit. Anyone parking in these spaces other than the aforementioned employees shall be in violation of this section.
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Buses. No buses shall enter, stand or stop in Parking Lot No. 1 (State Plaza) or pick up or discharge passengers therein except such buses as may be employed by the Long Island Rail Road to transfer passengers to and from the Plandome Railroad Station or other facility when regular train service has been interrupted or suspended.
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Permitted hours. There shall be no parking of vehicles in Parking Lot Nos. 1, 2 and 3 for a continuous period of more than forty-eight (48) hours. Vehicles parked in violation of this section shall be deemed to be abandoned vehicles under this chapter.