[Amended 3-20-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
Police officers of the Fulton Police Department are responsible for enforcement of the City Code provisions found in Chapter 608, Vehicles and Traffic, and Chapter 335, Article I, Fire Lanes, and for those violations found in the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law relating to parking of vehicles. Further, under the authority of the Municipal Home Rule Law, any parking enforcement attendant designated as such by resolution of the Common Council shall be a public servant and is authorized to serve an appearance ticket for violations of those laws and ordinances stated herein.
[Amended 8-26-1997; 11-20-2001 by L.L. No. 9-2001; 2-19-2002 by L.L. No.
1-2002; 3-3-2015 by L.L. No. 3-2015]
A.
Certain fines designated.
(1)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate or permit or allow
anyone to violate the provisions of the following infractions shall,
upon conviction, be therefore fined as follows:
(a)
The following violations shall be subject to a fine of $30 per
violation:
[1]
Abandoned vehicle.
[2]
Blocked crosswalk/intersection.
[3]
Blocked driveway.
[4]
Bus zone.
[5]
Detached trailer.
[6]
Expired vehicle registration.
[7]
Expired vehicle inspection.
[8]
Improper plates.
[9]
Loading zone.
[10]
No valid parking permit (i.e., permit parking only).
[11]
Restricted parking (i.e., on-street parking time limit).
[12]
Snow Ordinance (time limit).
[13]
Emergency removal.
[14]
Double parked.
[15]
Fire hydrant.
[16]
Fire station entrance.
[17]
No parking any time.
[18]
No standing any time.
[19]
No stopping any time.
[20]
Obstructing traffic.
[21]
Parked improperly.
(b)
The following violations shall be subject to a fine of $80 for
the first violation within 24 months: stopping, standing or parking
a vehicle in any area designated as a place for handicapped parking,
unless the vehicle bears a permit issued under § 1203-a
or a registration issued under § 404-a of the New York State
Vehicle and Traffic Law and such vehicle is being used for the transportation
of a severely disabled or handicapped person by a person not authorized
to park in a handicapped parking zone. For a second or subsequent
offense within 24 months, the fine will be $100.
(d)
For any violation of the City Code or New York State Vehicle
and Traffic Law relating to parking, for which a penalty is not otherwise
specified in this chapter, the fine shall be $30.
(2)
Except as provided in Subsection A(3) herein, if the fine is not paid within 30 days of the date of issue, the fine will double to a maximum of $60, and a warrant for the arrest of the violator may be issued. Further, should a violator fail to respond to three or more tickets, he or she will be scofflawed, and the matter will be referred to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles for its action.
(3)
If the fine for a violation involving handicapped parking is not
paid within 30 days of the date of issue, the fine will double to
a maximum of $160, and a warrant for the arrest of the violator may
be issued.
B.
Except as herein otherwise provided, any person violating any provision
of the chapter of willfully disobeying any order or direction of the
police as to traffic is guilty of a public offense and punishable
by a fine not exceeding $50. A person violating any provision of this
chapter for which a fine or penalty is not provided, or for willfully
disobeying any order or direction of the police, is guilty of an offense,
punishable by a fine not exceeding $50.
C.
The City Attorney or his/her designee shall prosecute all violations
of this chapter before the City Court. The violator has the right
to a hearing before the City Court but shall have no right to a jury
trial.
[Added 9-21-2004]
A.
Under the authority of § 1809 of the New York State Vehicle
and Traffic Law, the Common Council of the City of Fulton does hereby
enact and impose a surcharge of $10 for convictions rendered in Fulton
City Court where such convictions are subject to the mandatory surcharge
under § 1809 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
B.
This surcharge shall be paid to the respective court to the Clerk/Chamberlain
of the City of Fulton.
[Amended 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
C.
This section shall become effective upon its ratification by the
Common Council, and said surcharge shall expire on September 1, 2005,
unless otherwise authorized by state law and the Common Council.
A.
Except those parts, if any, which are subject to approval under § 1684
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, this chapter
and any regulations adopted hereunder shall take effect as provided
by law.
B.
Any part or parts of this chapter and any regulations adopted hereunder
which are subject to approval under § 1684 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall take effect from and
after the day on which approval in writing is received from the New
York State Department of Transportation.
All prior ordinances, regulations and rules, or parts thereof,
of this City regulating traffic and parking are hereby repealed, except
that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment
of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance,
regulation or rule hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this
chapter.
