The definitions contained in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, so far as applicable, shall govern Part 3 of this chapter.
A. 
The Commissioner of Public Safety, as hereinafter provided, may declare designated streets or highways of the City of Mount Vernon to be temporary cleaning areas, and the parking of vehicles shall be prohibited during the period when such streets or highways shall be cleaned by the Department of Public Works.
B. 
The Commissioner of Public Safety, upon request in writing by the Commissioner of Public Works, may declare the streets and highways set forth in such request to be temporary cleaning areas.
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall cause appropriate signs or devices to be posted or placed in the area 24 hours prior to the commencement of such street cleaning operations, serving notice thereby upon owners and operators of vehicles of the temporary prohibition against parking in the said area.
The Commissioner of Public Safety may, in his discretion, limit the prohibition against parking, as provided herein, to only one side of the street or highway of the designated temporary cleaning area.
A copy of the request by the Commissioner of Public Works to the Commissioner of Public Safety, as hereinbefore provided, shall be filed by the Commissioner of Public Works with the Clerk of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of Mount Vernon, and upon such filing, the Court shall take judicial notice of the contents thereof.
No vehicle shall be parked in any temporary cleaning area during the effective period of such designation as hereinbefore provided.
[Added 12-14-2016[1]]
A. 
The provision of this section prohibits on-street parking from 2:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. on the following City's commercial area streets stated below:
a) 
Gramatan Avenue and Lincoln Avenue South to Fourth Avenue and East Fourth Street.
b) 
North Seventh Avenue and Roosevelt Square south to Wilson Place to East Second Street.
c) 
South Third Avenue and East Second Street south to East Sidney Avenue.
d) 
Stevens Avenue and Roosevelt Square east to Gramatan Avenue.
e) 
Fiske Place from Gramatan Avenue to Third Avenue.
f) 
South Sixth Avenue and East Second Street north to East First Street.
g) 
East First Street and South Fulton Avenue west to South Fourteenth Avenue.
h) 
East Third Street and South Fulton Avenue west to South Seventh Avenue.
i) 
East Sandford Boulevard and Garden Avenue west to South Eleventh Avenue.
[1]
Editor's Note: The ordinance adopted this date was vetoed by the Mayor but said veto was overridden by vote of the Council on 12-28-2016.
[Amended 5-10-1972, approved 5-11-1972]
Any person violating any of the provisions of Part 3 of this chapter may, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with penalties as fixed by the City Judge of the City of Mount Vernon, provided that such penalties are within the limits established as penalties for such offense or infraction.
[Added 6-22-1960, approved 6-23-1960]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the Department of Public Works, together with the Department of Public Safety, to enforce the provisions contained in § 227-64.
B. 
The Department of Public Works shall have the power, through authorized employees designated by the Mayor, to issue summonses and file informations concerning any violation of any such provisions.