[Added 12-3-2012 by L.L. No. 4-2012]
A. Purpose and intent. The Board of Trustees finds that the use of skateboards, in-line skates and roller skates in certain locations poses a significant threat to the health and safety of the community and especially to children, whose age and inexperience make them particularly vulnerable to the risks associated with these activities. It is, therefore, the intention of the Board of Trustees to exercise its authority pursuant to Article
IX of the New York State Constitution and § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law to protect and safeguard the lives and well-being of the community, especially minors, by regulating the use of skateboards, in-line skates and roller skates in certain locations.
B. Definitions. The terms "in-line skates," "roller skates," and "skateboard" shall have those meanings set forth in §
388-9.
C. Unlawful activities.
(1) No person shall use or operate a skateboard, in-line skates, roller
skates or a similar device on:
(2) It shall be a violation of this section for any person, including
the parent of a minor, to aid, abet or assist another in the violation
of this section.
D. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, every person operating
a skateboard, in-line skates or roller skates, where permitted, shall
operate the same in strict observance of Article 34 of the New York
State Vehicular and Traffic Law relating to the operation of bicycles
and play vehicles, except as to those provisions which by their nature
can have no application.
E. Penalties for offenses. Any person violating any provision of this
section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction thereof
shall be subject to a mandatory minimum fine of $100 for each offense.
[Added 12-3-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
A. It shall be a violation of this section for the owner or operator
of any motor vehicle or structure to allow such motor vehicle or structure
to obstruct access to any walkway or sidewalk. No structure may be
located or situated and no motor vehicle shall be stopped, parked
or otherwise situated so as to block access to any entrance or access
to any sidewalk or walkway.
B. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty
of a violation and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a mandatory
minimum fine of $100 for each offense. Every day's continued violation
shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense and punishable as
such.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
No motor vehicles shall be operated or parked upon the roadways
of the Village of Farmingdale unless a certificate of inspection,
as required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York,
is displayed upon the vehicle, or affixed to the registration certificate
for the vehicle, as required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the
State of New York and/or as may be required by the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
No motor vehicle shall be operated or parked upon the roadways
of the Village of Farmingdale without first being registered in accordance
with the provisions of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of
New York.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
A tag or other evidence of registration shall be attached or
affixed in such a manner as required by Vehicle and Traffic Law of
the State of New York and or as may be required by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
No person shall operate or park a motor vehicle on the roadways
of the Village of Farmingdale unless such vehicle shall have, as required
by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and/or as
may be required by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, a distinctive
number assigned to it and a set of number plates issued by the Commissioner
with a number and other identification matter, if any, corresponding
to that of the certificate of registration. Such plates shall be conspicuously
displayed, one on the front and one on the rear of such vehicle, each
securely fastened so as to prevent the same from swinging, and placed,
whenever reasonably possible, not higher than 48 inches and not lower
than 12 inches from the ground, unless the Vehicle and Traffic Law
of the State of New York and/or the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
allows for only one number plate to be issued; in such instances,
the single number plate shall constitute a set of number plates for
the time in which such use is authorized by the Vehicle and Traffic
Law of the State of New York and/or the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,
and such single plate shall be displayed on the rear of the vehicle
and none shall be displayed on its front.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any area
designated as a place for parking for persons with disabilities unless
the vehicle bears a parking for persons with disabilities permit issued
pursuant to § 1203-a of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic
Law or issued pursuant to any other New York State vehicle and traffic
law, or unless such vehicle bears a registration for persons with
disabilities issued pursuant to § 404-a of the New York
State Vehicle and Traffic Law or any other New York State vehicle
and traffic law and provided that such vehicle is being used for the
transportation of persons with disabilities.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
A. The Board
of Trustees shall establish, from time to time, by resolution, requirements
and fees for parking in the parking lots in the Village of Farmingdale.
B. A parking
permit shall be required to park in railroad parking lots, employee
parking lots or areas, lots with twelve-hour parking and any other
lots identified by the Board of Trustees which require a permit.
C. Any vehicle
used by a landscaper in the operation of its landscaping services
shall be required to obtain a permit to operate, stop and/or park
such vehicle in the Village of Farmingdale.
D. The permits
described in this section shall be issued by the Village Clerk, subject
to the approval of the Board of Trustees, in accordance with the rules,
requirements, fees, applications and forms therefor approved by the
Board of Trustees.
E. All vehicles
for which a permit is issued, as set forth in this section, shall
have conspicuously displayed on the rear bumper of the vehicle the
distinctive permit issued by the Village Clerk and bearing the number
of the license plate and the year for which the same shall be issued.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
No person shall park, stop or leave standing a vehicle in an
area or space set aside and identified by painting, signage or otherwise
as a fire zone, fire lane or fire area.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within 15 feet
of a fire hydrant.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
No vehicle shall stop, stand or be parked in or in front of
a public or private driveway, except that it shall be permissible
for the owner, lessor or lessee of the lot accessed by a private driveway
to park a vehicle registered to him/her at that address in or in front
of such driveway, provided that such lot does not contain more than
one dwelling unit and further provided that such stopping, standing
or parking does not violate any other provision of the Code of the
Village of Farmingdale or the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State
of New York.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
No vehicle shall stop, stand, or be parked in or near any intersection
or roadway near or at such intersection.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
No vehicle shall stop, stand, or park on any street, and no
person shall stop, stand or park any motor vehicle in any area where
official signs have been posted prohibiting, restricting or limiting
stopping, standing or parking.
[Added 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
The Board of Trustees shall have the authority, as authorized
by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, to establish,
from time to time, by resolution, the rules, requirements, and fees
for this chapter.