It shall be the duty of any member of the Geneseo
Police Department, as shall be designated by the Chief of Police,
to enforce parking regulations, to affix to any vehicle parked in
violation of any section of any Article of the Code of the Village
of Geneseo, or the provision of any law of the State of New York governing
parked or standing vehicles, a ticket, in such form as approved by
the Board of Trustees.
Such ticket shall contain a notice, directed
to the owner or operator of the vehicle to which it is affixed, that
the vehicle to which it is affixed has been parked in violation and
instructing such owner or operator that he is subject to penalties
as listed and hereinafter provided.
[Amended 8-6-1990 by L.L. No. 8-1990]
A.
Any person who violates any section of any article
of the Code of the Village of Geneseo or any provision of any law
of the State of New York governing parked or standing vehicles within
the Village of Geneseo shall, upon receiving a parking ticket, as
approved by the Board of Trustees, be subject to the following penalties:
(2)
For overtime parking at meter, a fine of $15.
[Amended 8-19-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
(3)
For parking between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., a fine
of $20.
[Amended 8-19-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
(4)
Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who
parks in spaces clearly marked for use by the handicapped without
a special municipal parking permit or whose motor vehicle is not registered
in accordance with § 404-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law
and being used for the transportation of a handicapped person shall
be subject to a fine of $50 for the first offense and $75 for the
second offense occurring within a period of two years. Vehicles may
be towed if illegally parked in a handicapped parking space.
[Amended 9-9-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996]
(5)
For any other parking violation, a fine of $10.
[Amended 5-15-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995]
(6)
Failure to pay any fines within a period of 15 days
will result in an additional fine of $5 being assessed.
[Amended 2-26-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018]
B.
The failure of such owner or operator to make a designated
payment within 30 days after the date of issuance shall render such
owner or operator subject to invitation by summons and punishable
by fine as shall be deemed suitable by the Village Justice of the
Village of Geneseo.
(1)
Such fine shall not exceed $50 for each violation.
The Police Department of the Village of Geneseo
and all members thereof designated by the Chief of Police to enforce
parking regulations are hereby authorized to cause the removal of
any vehicle illegally parked in violation of any Village ordinance
controlling parking, or the provisions of any law of the State of
New York governing parked, standing or abandoned vehicles, or where
any such vehicle is so parked as to create or constitute a traffic
hazard or obstruction. The removal shall be effected as follows:
A.
Any vehicle so removed shall be stored and impounded
in a suitable place.
[Amended 1-10-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
B.
The owner or person in charge of such vehicle may
redeem the same upon payment to the vendor rendering service of the
amount of all expenses actually and necessary incurred in effecting
such removal. Upon providing evidence of satisfaction of debt, valid
operator's license and proof of insurance to the Village of Geneseo
Police Department, the vehicle may be released.
