[Amended 1-27-1987 by 87-TC-2; 6-25-1991 by 91-TC-1923; 5-22-2001 by 2001-TC-11; 10-30-2001 by L.L. No. 15-2001; 9-26-2006 by L.L. No. 25-2006; 11-15-2012 by L.L. No. 18-2012; 3-4-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
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On-street zones. On-street parking meter zones are hereby established upon those streets and highways or parts thereof designated and described in Schedule "P" of this Code.
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Off-street zones. Off-street parking meter zones are hereby established in those parking lots or parts thereof designated and described as provided in Chapter 4 (Parking Fields) and Schedule "L" of this Code.
The Department of Public Safety shall be responsible for the installation, operation, maintenance, policing and supervision of parking meters and multi-space parking pay stations in accordance with the following:
A. 
Installation.
(1) 
Pavement markings shall be applied, where practicable, outlining parking meter spaces in parking meter and pay station zones.
(2) 
Parking meters shall be installed immediately adjacent to the parking spaces, except where multi-space parking pay station systems have been installed.
B. 
Operation.
Each parking meter and multi-space parking pay station shall operate so as to indicate that the appropriate fee has been deposited and shall indicate through a receipt or other means the time remaining for the space.
A. 
Deposit of fee required. It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle in a metered parking space during the hours of parking meter or pay station operation, or otherwise obstruct the lawful use of same, unless the appropriate fee is deposited in such meter or pay station.
[Amended 9-14-2021 by L.L. No. 47-2021]
B. 
Persons with Disabilities. No fee shall be required to be deposited in a parking meter or pay station for the parking of any vehicle driven or occupied by a person with disabilities and bearing a distinctive number plate issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles or permit issued by the proper issuing agent in accordance with § 1203-a of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, or for the parking of a vehicle displaying a Valid Metered Parking Waiver Permit issued by the proper issuing agent and a New York State permit for Persons with Severe Disabilities pursuant to § 1203-h of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law when they are unaccompanied. No such permits shall entitle the vehicle to be parked longer than the time limit established for such space.
C. 
Overtime parking.
It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle in a parking meter space or a parking space for which a pay station has been installed during the hours of parking meter or pay station operation for a longer period of time than the parking time limit established for such space. Such parking shall be deemed overtime parking and a violation of this Code.
D. 
Legal currency required. It shall be unlawful to deposit or attempt to deposit in any parking meter or pay station any slug, button or any other device or item as a substitute for legal United States currency.
E. 
Damage to parking meters and pay stations. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, tamper with, willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of or to open without lawful authority any parking meter or pay station system.
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It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle in the on-street metered parking spaces established in Schedule "P" for a longer period of time than three (3) hours between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday; except Sundays, holidays, and in spaces designated in Schedule "P" where up to twelve consecutive hours of LIRR parking is permitted. Such twelve-hour parking may be extended by no more than twelve additional hours, except that no motor vehicle shall remain in the same parking space for longer than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
B. 
Spaces designated in Schedule "L" as "twelve-hour LIRR parking" may be extended for an additional twelve hour period, as long as no motor vehicle remains in the same parking space for longer than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
C. 
Any person or business entity who fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed in violation of this chapter.
A. 
On-street zones. The fees for use of on-street metered parking spaces shall be as established by Town Board Resolution from time to time.
B. 
Off-street zones. The fees for the use of off-street metered parking spaces shall be as established by Town Board Resolution from time to time.