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Village of Haverstraw, NY
Rockland County
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Be it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Haverstraw as follows:
The parking of vehicles on certain streets during a snow emergency is detrimental to the efficient removal of snow and is detrimental to health, safety and general welfare of the community. The control of parking of vehicles is therefore regulated for the preservation of the health, safety and general welfare of the community.
As used in this article the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
OWNER OF VEHICLE
Persons having the property in or title to a vehicle, including a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, and also including any lessee or bailee of a vehicle having the use thereof under lease or otherwise.
PERSON
Includes a natural person, partnership or corporation.
SNOW EMERGENCY
A situation wherein the Mayor has publicly declared an emergency to exist in the Village of Haverstraw due to accumulated snow.
VEHICLE
Every vehicle operated, driven or capable of being driven or operated upon a public highway by any power other than muscular power.
Parking of all vehicles is hereby prohibited at such times as a snow emergency exists on the following streets in the Village of Haverstraw:
A. 
Broad Street, on the north side, from Broadway to Rockland Street.
B. 
West Broad Street, on the south side, from Broadway to Maple Avenue.
C. 
Clove Avenue, on the east side, from New Main Street to Fairmount Avenue.
D. 
Union Street, on the south side, from Orchard Street to St. Pete's School.
Appropriate signs reading "No Parking This Side During Snow Emergencies — Tow Away Zone" are hereby authorized to be erected in the designated areas.
The Police Department shall have the power to cause the removal of any vehicle parked in violation of this article.
Where a vehicle has been removed, the owner of the vehicle shall be charged the cost of removal, disposition and storage thereof. The schedule of such costs shall be fixed by the order of the Village Board of Trustee.
[Amended 10-17-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
Any violation of this article shall be deemed a petty offense and shall be deemed a traffic infraction under the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York; and any person, association, organization, corporation, company or business entity convicted of a violation of any provision of this article shall be punished by a fine of not more than $50. The continuation or repeat of a violation of, or failure to comply with, any provision of this article shall constitute, for each occurrence that transpires or each day on which the violation continues, a separate and distinct charge hereunder.
Should any part, section or provision of this article be decided by the court to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of this article as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
This article shall become effective immediately after filing in the office of the Secretary of State, State of New York.