[Adopted 12-15-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Art. I,
Parking on County Property, adopted 10-17-1978 by L.L. No. 6-1978.
This article shall be known as "A Local Law Establishing Rules
and Regulations Covering Parking on County-Owned and County-Leased
Property, and Repealing Local Law No. 6 of 1978."
A.
AREA
OPERATOR
PARK
PERSON
SHERIFF
VEHICLE
The following words when used in this article, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them except in those instances where the context clearly
indicated otherwise:
Includes the County-owned and County-leased property hereafter described in § 325-3 of this article.
Includes every person who shall operate a vehicle as the
owner thereof or as the agent, employee or permittee of the owner,
or the person in actual physical control of the vehicle.
Includes the permitting of any vehicle to be parked or put in place and let remain or leave standing in or upon County-owned or County-leased property hereafter described in § 325-3 of this article.
Includes every natural person, firm, copartnership, association
or corporation.
Includes the Sheriff of the County of Saratoga and any and
all deputies, designees or subordinates as designated by him from
time to time in and about the operation and policing of the parking
areas hereafter described.
Any device in, upon or which a person or property is or may
be transported upon a highway.
B.
Unless otherwise indicated above or by the context in which they
might be used, all words used herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to them by the General Construction Law of the State of New York.
The following County-owned or County-leased lands and areas
are designated as restricted parking areas to be used and controlled
as follows:
A.
Parking of motor vehicles on the following driving lanes and driveways
of County-owned parking lots in the Village of Ballston Spa, Town
of Milton, and City of Saratoga Springs, New York, is hereby strictly
prohibited:
(1)
The driving lane throughout the parking lot at the motor vehicle
parking lot abutting on Remsen Street.
(2)
The driving lane throughout the parking lot on the south side of
West High Street with ingress and egress onto West High Street.
(3)
The driving lane throughout the parking lot lying on the west side
of Church Avenue and which exits onto McMaster Street.
(4)
The driveway leading from the Church Avenue parking lot which exits
onto McMaster Street.
(5)
The driving lane through the Supervisors and Administration parking
lot to the east of Building 1 at 40 McMaster Street with ingress and
egress onto McMaster Street.
(6)
The driving lane throughout the parking lot on the north side of
West High Street servicing the first-floor level of Building 5 at
50 West High Street, with ingress and egress onto West High Street
and Science Street.
(7)
The driving lane throughout the parking lot on the south side of
Building 5 with ingress and egress onto Bath Street and Science Street.
(8)
With regard to the building at 152 West High Street, the driving
lanes throughout all four parking lots surrounding the building, and
the driveway providing ingress and egress to the building from West
High Street.
(9)
With regard to the Department of Public Works Administration building
at 3654 Galway Road, the driving lane through the interior of the
parking lot in front of the building, and the driving lanes leading
to the building and parking lot from Galway Road and County Farm Road.
(10)
With regard to the Fire Training Center at 6010 County Farm
Road, the driving lane through the interior of the parking lot and
the driveway to the parking lot from County Farm Road.
(11)
With regard to the animal shelter building at 6010 County Farm
Road, the driving lanes through the three parking lots to the east,
north and south of the building and the driveways to the parking lots
from County Farm Road.
(12)
With regard to the Saratoga County Jail building at 6010 County
Farm Road, the driving lanes throughout the parking lot in front of/to
the east of the building and the driveway to the parking lot from
County Farm Road.
(13)
With regard to the Paul E. Lent Public Safety Building at 6012
County Farm Road and the three unrestricted access parking lots to
the northeast, east and south of the building, the driving lanes throughout
the parking lots and the driveway leading in from County Farm Road.
(14)
With regard to the sixty-space public parking lot at the Saratoga
County Airport, the driving lanes throughout the parking lot.
(15)
With regard to the leased premises for Saratoga County Mental
Health and Addiction Services at 135 South Broadway in the City of
Saratoga Springs, the driving lanes throughout the two parking lots
around the building, and the driveways providing ingress and egress
to each lot from South Broadway and Adelphi Street respectively.
B.
Parking of motor vehicles on the following driving lanes and driveways
of County-owned parking lots in the Town of Milton is hereby strictly
prohibited:
No parking shall be permitted in the described restricted areas,
which shall be posted by the County of Saratoga.
Commencing this date and hereafter on the first day of November
of each year, parking of vehicles shall be prohibited in County parking
lots between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. This restriction
on parking shall continue until May 1 of each year and shall be in
effect each year hereafter during the period of November 1 at 12:00
midnight and the following May 1 at 6:00 a.m.
The Public Works Department shall erect and maintain at such
parking lots suitable signs which will give adequate notice of the
limitations of the hours of parking thereon.
The Sheriff and other municipal police officers shall police
the area and issue a summons in the name of the County to a person
or operator unlawfully parking a vehicle contrary to the provision
of this article. Such unlawful parking is hereby made an offense contrary
to this article and the Penal Law of the State of New York. Whenever
any vehicle shall be found parked in violation of this article, such
vehicle, in the discretion of the Sheriff, may be removed and transported
by and under the direction of the Sheriff by means of towing the same
or otherwise to some suitable place of storage and such removal and
storage shall be at the risk and expense of the owner of such vehicle.
Before the owner or person in charge of said vehicle shall be permitted
to remove the same from the custody of the Sheriff, he shall furnish
evidence of his identity and ownership or right to possession, pay
the proper charges, and sign a receipt for such vehicle.
Whenever any vehicle shall be found parked in violation of this
article, the Sheriff or other municipal police officers shall thereupon
issue a summons to such owner to appear at a time indicated before
the Local Justice Court having jurisdiction to answer for such violation
in accordance with this article. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred
upon and granted to such courts of special sessions to hear, try and
determine all questions of law or fact herein provided.
Any person, whether a principal or his agent violating or assisting
in the violation of any provisions of this article may, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $50.
All fines paid to a Justice Court shall be the property of the
municipality in which the court is established and has jurisdiction.
The Saratoga County Board of Supervisors may by resolution designate
parking spaces in any County-owned or County-leased parking lot for
the exclusive use of County officials, County employees, and/or customers
or clients of specific County services.
Local Law No. 6 of 1978 is hereby repealed.
In the event any section, part of section, sentence, clause
or phrase of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment will not affect the validity
of any other provision of this article.
This article shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary
of State in accordance with the Municipal Home Rule Law.
