[Ord. of 8-21-1979, § 2]
The purpose of this article is to protect the public health,
welfare, safety, traffic control and resident convenience due to the
total elimination of on-street parking on the streets herein described
resulting from the construction of the East-West Arterial by the New
York State Department of Transportation. This article is meant to
minimize the detrimental effects of such construction on the essential
residential streets herein described.
[Ord. of 8-21-1979, § 2; Ord. of 5-2-1983, § 1, 2; Ord. of 9-18-1997, § 1;
Ord. of 2-19-1998, § 1; Ord. of 12-16-2002, § 1]
The following parking lots are hereby designated as residential
arterial parking lots subject to the provisions of this article and
such rules and regulations as are from time to time promulgated by
the City Administrator. Appropriate signs giving notice of the prohibition
are to be posted on these parking lots restricting all parking except
parking by the holders of permits to be granted hereunder:
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281 Church Street (20 spaces)
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333 Church Street (17 spaces)
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2 Hammersley Avenue (9 spaces)
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South Bridge/Grand Street (14 spaces)
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Grand/South Bridge Street (14 spaces)
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Manitou Avenue (7 spaces)
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Church/Palmer Street (11 spaces)
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Church/White Street (10 spaces)
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[Ord. of 8-21-1979, § 2; Ord. of 9-18-1997, § 2; Ord. of 2-19-1998, § 2]
The Parking Department shall issue a parking permit under the
provisions of this article only under the following conditions:
(a)
To persons who reside along or adjacent to eastbound branch of the
East-West Arterial between Hamilton Street and Lexington Avenue and
do not have an off-street parking facility available.
(b)
To persons who reside along Grand Street, Union Street, between South
Bridge Street and the westbound arterial, and South Bridge Street,
between Union Street and South Bridge Street cul-de-sac, and do not
have an off-street parking facility available, for the South Bridge/Grand
Streets parking lot.
(c)
Permits will be limited to one permit for each household, such permits
to be issued according to date and time of application. Visitors'
permits will not be permitted.
(d)
Permits are to be limited to residential dwellers only. No commercial
permits will be issued.
[Ord. of 8-21-1979, § 2; Ord. of 2-19-1998, § 3]
Application for a parking permit shall be made on forms to be
provided by the Parking Department containing, at a minimum, the following
information:
[Ord. of 8-21-1979, § 2; Ord. of 12-4-1979, § 1; Ord. of 2-19-1998, § 4]
Upon satisfactory investigation of an application hereunder,
the Parking Department shall issue a parking permit in such form as
it shall deem appropriate and a permit sticker, which shall be affixed
to the windshield or front dashboard of the vehicle to be licensed.
[Ord. of 8-21-1979, § 2; Ord. of 2-19-1998, § 5]
A parking permit shall be valid for a period of one year from
January 1 to December 31 of each year. If the applicant is no longer
qualified for such permit during its effective period, the applicant
will surrender the permit to the Parking Department. Any permit may
be renewed upon expiration, provided that the conditions for issuance
exist. Renewals must be made within 10 days of date of expiration,
or the permit becomes void. Any changes in information on a permit
application shall be communicated to the Parking Department, which
shall issue an amended permit.
[Ord. of 8-21-1979, § 2; Ord. of 12-18-1979, § 2]
The signs placed in designated lots shall be of such character
as to inform readily an ordinarily observant person of the existence
of the rules and regulations imposing the foregoing restrictions.
[Ord. of 8-21-1979, § 2; Ord. of 12-18-1979, § 2; Ord. of 2-22-1983, § 1;
Ord. of 9-18-1997, § 3; Ord. of 2-19-1998, § 6]
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate such rules and regulations as heretofore provided in this article. Any vehicle parking in lots designated pursuant to this article without a validly issued and current permit for that particular lot shall be subject to immediate towing by the city pursuant to provisions of Sections 13-55 et seq. and shall be required to pay to the City of Poughkeepsie the amount and/or costs for towing and storage as set forth in Section 13-58 of this chapter. Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine of $25.
(b)
It shall further be a violation of this article for any person to represent that s/he is entitled to such a permit when s/he is not so entitled, to fail to surrender a permit to which s/he is no longer entitled, to park in a lot a vehicle displaying such a permit at any time when the holder of such permit is not entitled thereto or to fail to amend such permit information to keep it current. Such violation shall be punished pursuant to Section 1-8 of the Code.
[L.L. No. 8-1999, § 1]
(a)
The Parking Department Director shall have the power and authority
to provide for the immobilization of vehicles parked:
(1)
In any residential arterial parking lot as listed in Section 13-281 of this chapter which have no valid permit;
(2)
In any city public parking garage listed in Section 13-313 of this chapter which have three or more outstanding/unpaid parking fines for parking violations in the city public parking garages, three or more violations for failure to pay posted parking fees in the city public parking garages, or fail to display a valid permit; or
(3)
In any areas of the plaza outside and surrounding City Hall
in violation of posted signs.
(b)
Such vehicles may be immobilized under the direction of the Parking
Department Director by use of a wheel lock or other immobilizing device.
(c)
Such removal, immobilization and storage shall be at the expense
and risk of the owner of the vehicle.
(d)
Notice of immobilization. When an immobilization
device is used, the Parking Department Director, or his/her agents,
shall attach to the vehicle, in such form as directed by the City
Administrator, a notice containing the following information:
(1)
The location and identifying characteristics of the vehicle.
(2)
The date and time of placement of the device and the signature
of the installer.
(3)
Notice that further parking restrictions will be waived during
the immobilization period.
(4)
Notice that any person tampering with the device or vehicle
will be subject to prosecution and liability for any loss to the city.
(5)
The steps which the owner must take to obtain release of the
vehicle.
(6)
Such other information, statements, notices and warnings as
the City Administrator shall from time to time determine.
(e)
Tampering with immobilization devices.
(1)
Any attempt by any person to tamper with, deface, remove or destroy an immobilization device or to move by any means a vehicle towed or secured as herein provided is a violation and separate from and in addition to the parking violations. Said violation shall be subject to a fine as set forth in Section 1-8 of this Code of ordinances.
(2)
Any person tampering with, removing, defacing or destroying
an immobilization device shall be liable to the city for any loss
due to such attempt.
(f)
Redemption of vehicles.
(1)
The owner of any motor vehicle immobilized under the authority
of this section, or his/her agent, before the immobilization device
is removed from said motor vehicle, shall furnish satisfactory evidence
as to his/her identity and as to the ownership of such motor vehicle
and shall, prior to removal of the device, make payment of a fee in
the amount of $25 to the Parking Department for its actual and administrative
costs in attaching and removing the booting device and make payment
of all outstanding parking fines and/or all outstanding parking fees
due.
(2)
While a vehicle is immobilized as herein provided, any parking
restrictions which such vehicle would be in violation of by reason
of the immobilization shall be waived and suspended for a period not
to exceed three days.
