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.