[Amended 7-11-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
Parking meters shall be in operation during
the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Parking
meters shall not be in operation on Sundays. Parking meters shall
have a three-hour limit.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any device by which any person or property may be transported
upon a highway, except those devices operated upon rails or tracks.
The Mayor shall provide for installation of
meters, including curb or street marking lines, regulation and operation
thereof, and shall cause said meters to be maintained in good workable
condition. Meters shall be placed upon the curb next to designated
parking places and shall be so constructed as to display a signal,
or signals, showing legal parking upon deposit therein of the proper
coin, or coins, of the United States as indicated by instructions
on said meter and for a period of time conforming to the parking limits
of the Village of Clayton as indicated by instructions on said meter,
said signal to note the expiration of the purchased parking time by
a steady movement toward the zero mark or violation point on the dial.
The Village is hereby vested with the authority
to enter into a contract for the purchase and installation of parking
meters and to provide for payment therefor from the receipts obtained
by the Village from their operation.
When any vehicle shall be parked next to a parking meter, the owner or operator of said vehicle shall park within the area designated by the curb or street marking lines and as indicated on the meter for parallel or diagonal parking and, upon entering said parking space, shall immediately deposit in the meter only coins of the United States, as indicated by instructions on said meter allotted for his car. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to park within said designated area or to fail or neglect to deposit the proper coin or coins. It shall be unlawful for a person to park a vehicle at any place on the streets indicated in Schedule XVIII (§ 120-58) except within a parking space in the parking meter areas. Said parking space may then be used by such vehicle during the legal parking limit as shown and indicated on said meter, and said vehicle shall be considered as unlawfully parked if it remains in said space beyond such legal parking limit and when said parking meter, by a signal or flag, indicates expiration of said parking period. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit any vehicle registered in his name to be unlawfully parked as set out in this section.
It shall be unlawful to deposit or cause to
be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or metallic substitute
for a coin.
It shall be unlawful for any person to mar,
tamper with, remove, open, break, destroy, impair or attempt to impair
the usefulness of any parking meter.
[Amended 5-28-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
A.
In addition to their other respective duties and powers,
the police, Dock Attendant and the Superintendent of Public Works
of the Village of Clayton are hereby authorized and empowered to enforce
any statute, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation relating to
parking, stopping and standing of motor vehicles in connection with
the performance of their respective duties.
[Amended 7-11-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
B.
In accordance with Municipal Home Rule Law § 10,
Subdivision 4(a), and Criminal Procedure Law § 150.20, Subdivision
3, the Dock Attendant and the Superintendent of Public Works of the
Village of Clayton shall have the power to issue and serve appearance
tickets in connection with the performance of their respective duties
in enforcing any statute, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation
relating to parking, standing or stopping of motor vehicles. The issuance
and service of appearance tickets by the Dock Attendant and the Superintendent
of Public Works of the Village of Clayton shall have the same force
and effect as if served by a peace officer.
[Amended 7-11-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
C.
Appearance tickets shall be of a form and content
acceptable under, and shall be issued in accordance with, Article
150 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York.
The fees required to be deposited in said meters
are hereby levied as police regulation and inspection fees to cover
the cost of providing parking spaces, parking meters and installation
and maintenance thereof and the cost of regulation and inspection,
operation, control and use of the parking meter spaces and zones created
herein, for the regulation and control of traffic moving in and out
of, and parking in, said parking spaces and zones so created, and
for the cost of any resultant traffic administration by the Village
officials of Clayton.
