As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PARKING METER ZONES
Such highways or parts of highways in the City of Yonkers where, pursuant to this article or any other ordinance or agreement, parking meters are installed, operated, maintained, policed and supervised and where the payment of a fee for the privilege of parking where such meters are located is fixed and required.
On or along the streets and the highways or parts thereof in the City of Yonkers described in § 109-108 and established as parking meter zones, and in such other parking meter zones as may be hereafter created by ordinance of the City of Yonkers, parking meters shall be installed, operated and maintained by the Yonkers Parking Authority. The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to relocate parking meters to a reasonable extent and to reduce the number of meters, unless such reduction is substantial, in order to improve traffic conditions or to respond to emergency or special conditions as may arise from time to time. If the aforementioned actions are to be for a period of 30 days or less, then the Traffic Engineer may exercise such authority with the concurrence of the Mayor. If the aforementioned actions are to be for a period in excess of 30 days, then the Traffic Engineer may exercise such authority only with the concurrence of the City Council. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the power and authority of the City of Yonkers to enforce parking meter violations.
Each such parking meter shall be so set as to operate upon the deposit therein of such coins or currency of the United States of America as are authorized by the Yonkers Parking Authority. Each such meter shall be so arranged that, upon the expiration of said parking time, it will indicate that the lawful parking time has expired.
[Amended 4-14-2009 by G.O. No. 1-2009; 12-14-2010 by G.O. No. 8-2010]
A. 
. Except in an emergency or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or traffic control signal or sign, when any vehicle shall be parked in any highway or part of a highway in the City of Yonkers designated by the provisions of § 109-108 or any other ordinance of the City of Yonkers as a parking meter zone, in a space regulated by a parking meter between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on all days of the week (except on Sundays and legal holidays), or in any nonmetered parking lot or area operated by the City of Yonkers or the City of Yonkers Parking Authority for which a charge is imposed for the use of a parking space in such parking lot or area, the owner, operator or driver of such vehicle shall park the vehicle with the hood of such vehicle alongside of or next to the parking meter, or, where there is no parking meter, the hood of the vehicle shall be placed next to the curb where a curb is provided, and any such vehicle shall be placed within the lines marked on the highway, lot or area as a designated parking space.
B. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section in relation to limiting the hours and days of enforcement in parking meter zones, on nights when the Yonkers Raceway is in operation, the Police Commissioner may enforce all the provisions of this article between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. within the parking meter zones established on Yonkers Avenue and on Central Park Avenue from Cowles Avenue south to Allen Street.
C. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section in relation to limiting the hours and days of enforcement in parking meter zones, the City of Yonkers may enforce the meters between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. within the parking meter zones on: Main Street, west of Warburton Avenue, continuing to its terminus; the entire length of Water Grant Street; the entire length of Pierpointe Place.
D. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section in relation to limiting the hours and days of enforcement in the parking meter zones, the City of Yonkers may enforce the meters between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. in the areas commonly known and referred to as “The Downtown” within the parking meter zones on: Main Street, west of Warburton Avenue, continuing to its terminus; the entire length of Water Grant Street; the entire length of Pierpoint Place.
[Added 10-27-2015 by G.O. No. 16-2015]
A. 
Upon entering a metered parking space, the owner, operator or driver of a vehicle shall immediately deposit one or more coins of the United States of America in the parking meter regulating such space and, unless said parking meter is automatic in action, actuate the mechanism of such meter; and except as otherwise provided in this article, the vehicle so parked shall remain in such parking space only so long as the parking meter regulating such space shall be in operation showing that the required coin has been deposited.
B. 
Exceptions.
(1) 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, it shall constitute a complete defense to the provisions of this article prohibiting parking at a parking meter in excess of the time authorized by that meter if:
(a) 
The offending vehicle displays a special municipal parking permit, as defined in and authorized by § 1203-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and issued by a municipality, or the offending vehicle is registered in accordance with § 404-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, said registration being authorized to be issued to a vehicle used for the transportation of a handicapped person and depicting on the registration plate the universal access symbol for handicapped persons;
(b) 
The offending vehicle is then currently being operated solely by the handicapped permit holder or registrant without the assistance of an able or nonhandicapped person; and
(c) 
The parking meter could not be accessed by the handicapped individual due to architectural barrier, temporary barrier, such as ongoing construction or the accumulation of trash or rubbish in the area of the meter, inclement weather resulting in an insurmountable barrier of ice and/or snow or other limitation imposed upon the handicapped parker solely due to the handicapped status and condition of the parker.
(2) 
Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing free meter parking for handicapped persons, and the defense authorized herein shall not be available if a handicapped parking meter has been installed and the handicapped parking meter could be accessed.
The Traffic Engineer shall cause to be placed lines or marks on the curb and/or on the street about or alongside of each parking meter and on the surface or pavement of any parking lot or area operated by the City of Yonkers or the City of Yonkers Parking Authority for which a charge is imposed for the use of a parking space in such parking lot or area. It shall be unlawful and an offense and a violation of this article to park any vehicle across any such lines or marks or to park such vehicle in such a way that the same shall not be within the area so designated by such lines or marking.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the use of metered parking zone spaces without payment by vehicles loading and unloading merchandise, provided that such loading or unloading is done expeditiously and during such hours as may be fixed by the Police Commissioner, nor as prohibiting the Traffic Engineer from designating bus stops or taxicab stands within such parking meter zones.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, in the case of fire or other emergency, the use of parking meters may be temporarily discontinued as to particular parking spaces in said zones on the order of any officer of the Fire Department or of the Police Department.
Any limitation made by the Traffic Engineer or Police Commissioner of the time during which or the hours between which parking of vehicles shall be permitted on any highway or part of a highway in the City of Yonkers and any prohibition of the parking of vehicles on any highway or part of highway where such limitations or prohibition is indicated by traffic signs or stanchions placed or displayed on or adjacent to such highway or part of a highway or posted or displayed on parking meters shall be effective and in full force without any publication thereof.
The fact that the timing device on any parking meter installed in any parking meter zone established by this article or hereafter established by any other ordinance of the City of Yonkers is not in operation shall be presumptive evidence as to a parked vehicle then found in the parking space regulated by such parking meter that the owner, operator or driver failed to deposit or to cause to be deposited the required coin or coins in said meter, and the mechanical indication by such meter of a violation shall be presumptive evidence of unlawful parking.
Failure to park a vehicle with the hood of such vehicle alongside of or next to the parking meter alongside of such parking space and within the lines marked on the street or curb designating such parking space or to deposit such proper coin and to actuate the mechanism as required by directions on the meter shall constitute an offense and violation of this article. Upon the expiration of the legal parking time, it shall be the duty of the owner, operator or driver of the vehicle forthwith to remove the vehicle from the parking space, and it shall be unlawful and an offense and violation of this article for the owner, operator or driver to allow said vehicle to remain therein beyond the parking time limit prescribed by this article.
It shall be unlawful and an offense and a violation of this article for the owner, operator or driver of any vehicle or for any other person to deposit in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of parking overtime or beyond the maximum legal parking time limit prescribed for the particular parking meter zone.
It shall be unlawful and an offense and a violation of this article to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or substitute for a coin of the United States of America.
It shall be unlawful and an offense and a violation of this article for any unauthorized person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article.
Parking meter zones are hereby established on the following highways of the City of Yonkers, New York:
Name of Street
Side
Location
Alexander Avenue
Both
From McLean Avenue north for 100 feet
Alexander Street
[Added 10-27-2015 by G.O. No. 17-2015]
East
From Dock Street to in front of 26 Alexander Street
Ashburton Avenue
North
From St. Joseph's Avenue to Palisade Avenue
Ashburton Avenue
South
From Nepperhan Avenue to St. Joseph's Avenue
Ashburton Avenue Ashburton and Vineyard Avenue Parking Area
South
From Nepperhan Avenue to Walnut Street
Belmont Avenue
Both
From Yonkers Avenue to Boone Street
Berkley Avenue
Both
From South Broadway west for 200 feet
Broad Street
Both
From Midland Avenue to the end of the bridge
Bronx River Road
Both
From Midland Avenue south for 300 feet
Brook Street
Both
From New Main Street to School Street
Buena Vista Avenue
[Added 4-14-2009 by G.O. No. 1-2009]
Between Hudson Street and Main Street
Buena Vista Avenue
East
From Hudson Street to Main Street, 1-hour meters
Buena Vista Avenue
East
From Main Street to Nepperhan Street
Caryl Avenue
South
From South Broadway to Bruce Avenue, 1-hour meters
Central Park Avenue
East
From Tuckahoe Road to Sprain Brook Library
Central Park Avenue
West
From Cowles Avenue to Clark Street
Central Park Avenue
West
From McLean Avenue southerly for 200 feet
Central Park Avenue
West
From McLean Avenue north a distance of approximately 150 feet
Central Park Avenue and Tuckahoe Road Parking Area
City Hall area
East
Adjacent to the City Hall building
City Hall area
South
Adjacent to the City Hall building
Clinton Street
East
From St. Mary's Street to Hudson Street
Devoe Avenue
East and west
From McLean Avenue north for a distance of approximately 225 feet
Elm Street
Both
From Linden Street to Nepperhan Avenue
Elm Street
Both
From Linden Street to Walnut Street
Elm Street
North
From School Street to Nepperhan Avenue
Fanshaw Avenue
Both
From South Broadway west for 100 feet
First Street
West
From McLean Avenue north for 100 feet
Fullerton Avenue
Both
From Marco Avenue northerly
Getty Square Parking Area
Glover Avenue
Both
From McLean Avenue north for 100 feet
Guion Street
West
North of No. 11 Guion Street, between South Broadway and New Main Street
Health Center Parking Area
Herriot Place
Between South Broadway and New Main Street
Highland Avenue
Both
From South Broadway west for 100 feet
Hudson Street
Both
From Clinton Street to Hawthorne Avenue
Hudson Street
North
From Hawthorne Avenue to Buena Vista Avenue, 1-hour meters
Hudson Street
South
From Hawthorne Avenue to Buena Vista Avenue
Hudson Street
South
From South Broadway to Riverdale Avenue
Kimball Avenue
Both
From McLean Avenue north for 100 feet
Kimball Avenue
West
From McLean Avenue to Cox Avenue
Lake Avenue
Both
From Waring Place easterly to the dead end of Lake Avenue
Larkin Plaza Parking Area
Lawrence Street
Both
From South Broadway to Saratoga Avenue
Lawrence Street
North
From South Broadway to Saratoga Avenue
Locust Hill Avenue
From Lafayette Place to Ashburton Avenue
Ludlow Street
Both
From South Broadway to Riverdale Avenue
Madison Avenue
West
From Ashburton Avenue to Ingram Street
Main Street
[Added 4-14-2009 by G.O. No. 1-2009]
Both
From Buena Vista Avenue to the Hudson River
Main Street
Both
From Getty Square to Buena Vista Avenue
Manor House Square
Both
From North Broadway to Warburton Avenue
Martha Avenue
Both
From McLean Avenue to 242nd Street
McLean Avenue
Both
From Bronx River Road to Harding Avenue
McLean Avenue
Both
From Harding Avenue to Aqueduct Avenue
McLean Avenue
Both
From Sherman Avenue to Devoe Avenue
McLean Avenue
Both
From South Broadway to Western Avenue
McLean Avenue
North
From Devoe Avenue to Central Park Avenue
Nepperhan Avenue
Both
From Ashburton Avenue to Myrtle Street
Nepperhan Avenue
Both
From New Main Street to South Broadway
Nepperhan Avenue
East
From Ashburton Avenue to Center Street
Nepperhan Avenue
East
From Elm Street to Chestnut Street
Nepperhan Avenue
North
Adjacent to the Public Library
New Main Street
East
From Getty Square to South Broadway
New Main Street
West
Immediately south of Herriot Street
New School Street
West
From John Street to Palisade Avenue
North Broadway
Both
From Cromwell Place to Quincy Place
North Broadway
Both
From Getty Square to Manor House Square
North Broadway
East
From Manor House Square to Wells Avenue
Orchard Street
Both
From Ashburton Avenue to Chanfrau Place
Palisade Avenue
Both
From Chase Avenue to Roberts Avenue
Palisade Avenue
North
From Locust Hill Avenue to School Street
Palisade Avenue
West
From Waring Row to Ashburton Avenue
Park Avenue
Both
From Ashburton Avenue to Flagg Street
Park Avenue
Both
From Ashburton Avenue to the hospital driveway
Park Hill Avenue
Both
From School Street to Linden Street
Park Hill Parking Area
Pierpointe Place
[Added 4-14-2009 by G.O. No. 1-2009]
Both
Entire length
Pondfield Road
Both
From Bronxville Road to Parkview Avenue
Post Street
North
From South Broadway to Elliott Avenue
Prospect Street
North
From South Broadway to Riverdale Avenue
Prospect Street
South
From South Broadway to Clinton Street
Radford Street
Both
From South Broadway to Bruce Avenue
Randolph Street
South
From South Broadway to Romaine Avenue
Riverdale Avenue
Both
From Ludlow Street to Morris Street
Riverdale Avenue
Both
From Radford Street to Valentine Lane
Riverdale Avenue
East
From Hudson Street to Ludlow Street
Riverdale Avenue
East
From Vark Street to Prospect Street, 1-hour meters
Riverdale Avenue
West
From Knowles Street to Ludlow Street
Riverdale Avenue
West
From Prospect Street to Vark Street
Romaine Avenue Parking Area
South Broadway
Both
From Getty Square to the south City line
St. Andrew's Place
North
4 spaces
St. Andrew's Place
South
2 spaces
Sterline Avenue
Both
From McLean Avenue north for 100 feet
Summit Street
East
From Ashburton Avenue to Fegan Street
Tuckahoe Road
Both
From Rossitter Avenue to Buckingham Road
Valentine Lane
Both
From South Broadway west for 100 feet
Vark Street
Both
From Riverdale Avenue to Jefferson Street, 1-hour meters
Warburton Avenue
Both
From Main Street to Manor House Square
Warburton Avenue
East
From Manor House Square to Wells Avenue
Warburton Avenue
[Amended 12-8-2015 by G.O. No. 18-2015]
East
From Wells Avenue to Ashburton Avenue, except for 14 spaces as determined by the Yonkers Parking Authority or the City Traffic Engineer
Washington Park
The drive or roadway surrounding City Hall
Washington Street
Both
From Clinton Street to Riverdale Avenue
Water Grant Street
[Added 4-14-2009 by G.O. No. 1-2009]
Both
South from Main Street to its terminus
Wells Avenue
Both
From Warburton Avenue to Woodworth Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Both
From McLean Avenue north for 100 feet
Woodworth Avenue
East
From the north boundary of the Phillipse Manor property to Wells Avenue
Yonkers Avenue
Both
From Bronx River Road to Overhill Terrace
Yonkers Avenue
Both
From Central Park Avenue to Page Avenue
Yonkers Avenue
North
From Central Park Avenue to the United States Post Office
Young Avenue
On the side of the street and in front of Nos. 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14