This article shall be known as the "Motor Vehicle Parking Law
of the Town of Porter, Niagara County, New York."
The purpose of this article shall be to promote and improve
the health, safety and general welfare of the community by establishing
regulations of and pertaining to parking on highways, roads, streets,
shopping centers and commercial centers which are regularly used by
the public within the Town of Porter.
The following words and phrases, when used in this article,
shall, for the purposes of this article, have the meaning respectively
ascribed to them in this section, as follows:
ALL-NIGHT PARKING
The parking of any vehicle on a state, Town or county road
between 12:00 midnight and 8:00 a.m., for any length of time.
COMMERCIAL CENTER
Premises having one or more stores or business establishments
in connection with which there is provided on privately owned property
near or contiguous thereto a parking area or areas as defined herein.
HANDICAPPED PARKING ACCESS AREA
That area adjacent to a parking space designated for parking
for handicapped persons which is provided to permit ingress and egress
to specially equipped handicapped access vehicles. Said, handicapped
parking access area shall be designated by signage and/or pavement
striping or cross-hatching.
HANDICAPPED PERSON
Any person whose physical or mental impairment or condition
is of such nature as to impose unusual hardships in utilization of
public transportation facilities and such condition is certified by
a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in the State of New
York as constituting an equal degree of disability so as to prevent
such person from moving from place to place without great difficulty.
MULTIPLE-RESIDENCE COMPLEX
Premises having one or more apartment buildings with four
or more residential dwelling units in connection with which there
is provided on privately owned property near or contiguous thereto
a parking area or areas as defined herein.
PARKING AREA
An area or areas of land near or contiguous to a commercial
center or multiple-residence complex used by the public as a means
of access to and egress from the stores and business establishments
at a commercial center and the residential dwelling units in a multiple-residence
complex and for the parking of motor vehicles of customers and patrons
at a commercial center and for the residents and visitors of a multiple-residence
complex.
PARK or PARKING
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other
than temporarily and for the purpose of, and while actually engaged
in, loading or unloading a commercial vehicle.
PERSON(S)
Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or
corporation.
STANDING
Any stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, as defined
in the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, as defined in the
New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.