[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Waterloo 6-13-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994 (Ch. 61 of
the 1984 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Unregistered
Vehicles and Vehicle Parts Law of the Village of Waterloo, New York."
A clean, wholesome, attractive environment is
declared to be of importance to the public safety and health of the
inhabitants of the Village of Waterloo, and in addition such an environment
is deemed essential to the maintenance and continued development of
the economy of the Village and the general welfare of its citizens.
It is further declared that the unrestrained accumulation of unregistered
vehicles and vehicle parts is a hazard to such safety, health and
welfare of the inhabitants of the Village necessitating the regulation,
restraint and elimination thereof.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A vehicle which is not suitable for immediate operation on
a highway.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Any vehicle motivated by a power connected therewith or propelled
by a power within itself which is or can be used as the home or living
abode or habitation of one or more persons, either temporarily or
permanently. In the application of this chapter to house coaches,
a house coach propelled by a power within itself shall be deemed a
motor vehicle, a house coach motivated by a power connected therewith
shall be deemed a trailer, and all house coaches shall be deemed vehicles.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved
by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
[Amended 7-12-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
A vehicle which does not bear a valid certificate of inspection
issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the State of New York
pursuant to Article 5 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State
of New York dated so as to permit said vehicle to be immediately operated
or driven upon a highway.
A motor vehicle not having attached thereto the number plates
and date tag issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the State
of New York or any other state pursuant to Article 14 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York or any other state dated
so as to permit said motor vehicle or trailer to be immediately operated
or driven upon a highway.[1]
Dismantled or partially dismantled vehicles and any parts
or accessories removed from a vehicle.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 61.3g,
which defined the term "vehicle" and immediately followed this definition,
was deleted 7-12-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999. See now the definition of
"motor vehicle or vehicle."
A.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person, firm or
corporation shall store or park any unregistered motor vehicle, except
a house coach, within the corporate limits of the Village of Waterloo,
New York, unless the same is stored or parked within a completely
enclosed structure.
B.
No person, firm or corporation shall store or park
any disabled or uninspected vehicle within the corporate limits of
the Village of Waterloo, New York, unless the same is stored or parked
within a completely enclosed structure.
C.
No person, firm or corporation shall store any vehicle
parts within the corporate limits of the Village of Waterloo, New
York, unless the same are stored within a completely enclosed structure.
A.
A person, firm or corporation may park or store not
more than one unregistered motor vehicle within the corporate limits
of the Village of Waterloo, New York, not completely within an enclosed
structure, provided that:
(1)
Such motor vehicle is an unregistered motor vehicle
not more than six months during any one calendar year;
(2)
Such motor vehicle is stored or parked upon real property
owned or leased by the owner of said motor vehicle and occupied by
such owner as a principal place of residence;
(3)
Such motor vehicle is not an uninspected or disabled
vehicle; and
(4)
Prior to the storage or parking of said motor vehicle,
the owner of said motor vehicle has registered said motor vehicle
with the Police Department of the Village of Waterloo by providing
said Police Department, in writing, a complete description of said
motor vehicle and the address of the site at which said motor vehicle
is to be stored or parked.
B.
This chapter shall not apply to the business premises
of a dealer or vehicle dismantler registered pursuant to Article 16
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York; to a motor
vehicle repair shop registered pursuant to Article 12-A of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York; or to a junkyard licensed
pursuant to § 136 of the General Municipal Law.
[Amended 7-12-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
A violation of this chapter shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than
15 days, or both.
