Village of Roslyn Harbor, NY Article I Municipal Parking Field

[Adopted 1-21-1970 by Ord. No. 15]

§ 263-1 Establishment.

A. The Board of Trustees hereby establishes the land owned by the Village and leased by the Village in the vicinity of the Greenvale Railroad Station as a Municipal Parking Field to be operated and maintained in the manner hereinafter provided.

B. The Board of Trustees may by resolution determine, and from time to time, change:

(1) The priorities, if any, which shall be granted to applications by Village residents for permits and stickers.

(2) The portion or portions of said Municipal Parking Field which shall be a permit area, i.e., devoted to parking by permit and sticker.

(3) The portion or portions of said Municipal Parking Field which shall be a metered area, i.e., devoted to parking by meter.

(4) The fees which shall be charged for parking in a permit area.

(5) The coins which shall be required in particular meters and the periods of time for which such coins shall authorize parking in metered areas.

(6) The manner in which permits and stickers shall be issued to persons having more than one car.

§ 263-2 General regulations.

A. The Commissioner of Public Works shall provide for the designation by signs, colors or other means appropriate of the permit areas and metered areas to be established by the Board of Trustees.

B. The Commissioner of Public Works shall cause to be placed on the surface of the Municipal Parking Field lines or marks designating spaces in which vehicles may park.

C. Any vehicle parked or placed in a parking space in the Municipal Parking Field shall be parked or placed within such lines or marks.

D. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit any vehicle registered in his name to be parked in the Municipal Parking Field in any manner contrary to the provisions of this article.

E. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter in the Municipal Parking Field any slug, device or substitute for a coin.

F. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, damage, tamper with, open, willfully break or destroy any parking meter.

G. The parking restrictions contained in this article shall be in full force and effect all days of the year except on Christmas, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Thanksgiving Day and such other days as the Board of Trustees may designate by resolution.

§ 263-3 Metered areas.

A. In each area designated by the Board of Trustees as a metered area, the Commissioner of Public Works shall provide for the installation, regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of parking meters which shall be placed next to each individual parking space.

B. Each such meter shall be so constructed as to display a signal showing legal parking for a period of time upon the deposit therein of a coin or coins; said signal shall remain showing until the expiration of the authorized period of time, whereupon a change of signal or some other mechanical operation shall indicate expiration of the authorized parking period.

C. When any vehicle shall be parked in a space controlled by a meter, the owner or operator of said vehicle shall park within the area designated by the lines marking said space and upon entering said metered parking space shall immediately deposit in said meter the required coin or coins; said metered parking space may then be used by such vehicle during the ensuing authorized period of time.

D. A vehicle shall be unlawfully parked in a metered area if it:

(1) Is not parked with its front end nearest to the curb;

(2) Is not parked within the space marked on the pavement;

(3) Remains in said space beyond the authorized parking period; or

(4) Remains in said space when the parking meter displays a signal showing the expiration of the authorized parking period.

E. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the parking of a vehicle in a space without depositing a coin where it appears that the maximum legal parking limit has not expired since the deposit of a previous coin.

§ 263-4 Permit areas.

A. No vehicle shall be parked or permitted to stand in a parking space in a permit area unless a permit and sticker have been obtained for the vehicle from the Village Clerk and said sticker shall be affixed to and conspicuously displayed on said vehicle in the manner directed by the Village Clerk.

B. All such permits and stickers for parking spaces in permit areas shall be issued by the Village Clerk in accordance with forms, rules and regulations to be approved by the Board of Trustees by resolution.

C. In the event the vehicle for which a permit and sticker have been issued is transferred to another person, the permit shall be deemed cancelled and the sticker shall be removed.

D. A vehicle shall be unlawfully parked in a permit area if it:

(1) Is not parked with its front end nearest to the curb;

(2) Is not parked within the space marked on the pavement;

(3) Does not display a current sticker in the manner directed by the Village Clerk; or

(4) Bears a sticker issued to someone other than the registered owner of the vehicle.

E. Subject to rules and regulations to be approved by the Board of Trustees, the Village Clerk may issue a single sticker but separate permits covering two vehicles, provided that said vehicles are registered in the name of the same person.

§ 263-5 Enforcement; penalties for offenses.

A. It shall be the duty of each traffic patrolman, or such other officer as shall be instructed, in his beat or district, to take the number of any meter or permit parking space at or in which any vehicle is unlawfully parked as provided herein and the state registration number of such vehicle as well as any other facts or information which may be necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation and make complaint of such violation to the appropriate court.

B. Upon conviction of causing or permitting a vehicle to be unlawfully parked as defined in this article, the owner or operator shall be subject to the following fines:

[Amended 3-17-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976; 12-5-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]

(1) For being unlawfully parked in a metered area, a sum which shall be determined, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Trustees;

(2) For being unlawfully parked in a permit area, a sum which shall be determined, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Trustees.

C. Upon conviction of violating § 263-2E of this article, a person shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50.

D. Upon conviction of violating § 263-2F of this article, a person shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50.

E. Upon conviction of violating any other provisions of this article, a person shall be subject to a fine of not more than $25.

F. In addition to the foregoing, in the event of a default in answering the summons, an additional fine of $100 shall be imposed for each period of 30 days or part thereof during which the default shall continue.

G. A registered owner of a vehicle that has received two or more parking summons and has failed to appear, or has parking fines outstanding for more than 30 days, shall be deemed a scofflaw. If a scofflaw's vehicle is found in the Municipal Parking Field, an authorized Village representative may have its wheels locked with a boot. The vehicle will be released from the boot upon payment of all parking fines, late fees and booting charges, which fines, fees and charges shall be set by resolution of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may also establish, by resolution, procedures for immobilizing a scofflaw's vehicle.

[Added 4-9-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]