The provisions of this chapter shall apply except when it is
necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or
in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official
traffic control device.
Wherever a space shall be marked off, in any appropriate manner,
on the surface of any street, highway or public parking lot for the
parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle there parked shall
be parked within the markings designating such space.
[Added 4-3-1990 by L.L. No. 6-1990 ; amended 1-12-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999; 3-5-2024 by L.L. No. 7-2024]
A. The parking
of any unregistered motor vehicle and/or trailer on any public street
and/or Town of Smithtown property shall be prohibited.
B. The parking
of any uninspected motor vehicle and/or trailer on any public street
and/or Town of Smithtown property shall be prohibited.
[Added 4-3-1990 by L.L. No. 6-1990]
No motor vehicle, whether registered or unregistered, shall
be repaired, serviced or raised on jacks, blocks or any other device
or object on any public street at any time.
The parking, stopping or standing of vehicles in the locations
described in Schedule J is hereby restricted as follows:
A. In locations designated as "no parking," the parking of vehicles
is prohibited at all times or during the hours or time periods indicated,
if any.
B. In locations designated as "limited parking," the parking of vehicles
is hereby prohibited for a longer period of time than that specified
during the hours indicated, if any.
C. In locations designated as "no standing," the standing of vehicles
is hereby prohibited at all times or during the hours indicated, if
any.
D. In locations designated as "no stopping," the stopping of vehicles
is hereby prohibited at all times or during the hours indicated, if
any.
E. In locations designated as "bus stops," the parking, standing or
stopping of vehicles other than buses is hereby prohibited.
F. In locations designated as "taxi stands," the parking, standing or
stopping of vehicles other than taxis is hereby prohibited. Taxis
using such stands shall not be left unattended and shall be subject
to all other vehicle and traffic regulations of the Town.
G. In locations designated as "metered parking," the parking of vehicles
shall be subject to the provisions of Article III of this chapter,
and parking is hereby prohibited for a longer period of time than
that specified during the hours indicated, if any.
H. In locations designated for "angle parking," vehicles shall be parked
only at the angle designated.
I. In parking spaces designated as "handicapped parking spaces," the
parking, standing or stopping of a vehicle other than those with handicapped
parking permits or handicapped license plates, is hereby prohibited.
[Added 6-5-1984 by L.L. No. 7-1984]
J. No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle within 15 feet
of any fire hydrant, fire well cistern or Fire Department connection
or apparatus.
[Added 5-12-1998 by L.L. No. 5-1998]
[Added 9-14-2004 by L.L. No. 7-2004 ; amended 9-9-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
A. It shall
be a violation of this section to park any trailer on any street within
the unincorporated areas of the Town.
B. In all
residential zoning districts, the parking or storage of any recreation
vehicle on the street shall be prohibited.