[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Boonville as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Municipal parking lots — See Ch.
260.
Junk vehicles — See Ch.
366.
[Adopted 4-29-1957 (Ch.
79, Art. I, of the 1971 Code)]
The various definitions contained in the general Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York or any amendments thereof shall
extend and apply to this article.
The Police Department for the Village of Boonville is hereby
authorized to designate and mark off certain spaces or places on any
public highway within the Village of Boonville, in which spaces or
places there shall be no parking at any time. Such spaces or places
shall be known as "prohibited spaces or places" and shall be so designated
by appropriate signs.
A. The Police Department shall mark off parking spaces in such streets
in the Village as may be necessary or advisable to mark off, and when
so marked off, all parking of vehicles shall conform to such lines
or marks; and if not otherwise indicated, all parking shall be parallel
to the curb. In parallel parking, the front and rear wheels shall
not be more than six inches from the curb.
B. All such markings shall comply with the rules relating to pavement
markings as set forth in the Manual of Standard Pavement Markings
of the State Traffic Commission.
C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the establishment
of a parking space in a location inconsistent with the provisions
of § 86, Subdivision 7, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law,
nor to permit diagonal parking at any time on any state highway.
A. The Police Department is hereby authorized to establish and to designate,
and shall hereafter maintain or cause to be maintained, by appropriate
devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks
at all intersections where, in its opinion, there is particular danger
to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as it
deems necessary.
B. No driver shall drive, turn or back any vehicle onto the sidewalk
of any street, or stop or back any vehicle on any crosswalk or at
the intersection of streets so as to obstruct or hinder travel along
or over such crosswalk or street intersection.
[Adopted 10-12-1948]
The Board of Trustees shall provide and the Police Department
shall install and maintain suitable traffic signs of adequate type
and character to regulate and direct traffic and parking, which signs
shall be in compliance with all provisions of New York State law and
with the rules and regulations of the State Traffic Commission in
relation to traffic control signals, signs and markers.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Board of Trustees shall provide and the Police Department
shall install suitable signs at the entrance to and exit from the
Village, designating the speed limit within the Village of Boonville;
and such signs shall be of such material, in such locations and so
worded as to comply with the provisions of § 1682 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
[Amended 2-8-1965]
No person shall operate any motor vehicle, motorcycle or other
vehicle in, upon or through any street or avenue of the Village of
Boonville at a speed greater than 30 miles per hour, except on the
following highway:
Vehicles owned and/or operated by any person shall not be parked
on any street or part of any street in the Village of Boonville between
the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Any vehicle parked or abandoned upon the public highway within
the Village of Boonville during snowstorms, floods, fire or other
public emergency and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
may be removed by or under the direction of any police official or
the Superintendent of Public Works and stored on the Village parking
lot or in a public garage; and the owner thereof shall pay, upon the
obtaining of his said vehicle, the reasonable charges for the removal
thereof and the costs of storage, and shall in addition thereto be
liable to the payment of a fine for the violation of the preceding
section of this article.
A. There shall be no parking at any time on either side of the street
in the following places upon the public highway within the Village
of Boonville:
Name of Street
|
Location
|
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Ann Street
|
From the intersection with Water Street to the intersection
with Main Street
|
Ford Street
|
A distance of 495 feet westerly from Post Street, between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
|
B. There shall be no parking at any time upon the following designated
sides of the following sections of the public highways located within
the Village of Boonville:
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
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Aubrey Avenue [Added 2-8-1965]
|
Southerly
|
Between the intersection of Lansing Place and Aubrey Avenue
and the intersection of Church Street and Aubrey Avenue
|
Charles Street
|
Southwesterly
|
From the intersection with Church Street to the intersection
with Academy Street
|
Charles Street [Added 5-10-1965]
|
Easterly
|
From a point 217 feet northerly from the intersection of Charles
Street and Academy Street to a point 412 feet northerly from the intersection
of Charles Street and Academy Street, during the hours from 7:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon on Sundays
|
Church Street
|
Northwesterly
|
From the intersection with Main Street to the intersection with
James Street
|
Church Street [Added 2-8-1965]
|
Easterly
|
Between the intersection of Church Street and Aubrey Avenue
and the intersection of Church Street and Charles Street
|
Erwin Street [Added 10-26-1964]
|
Southerly
|
Between the intersection of Erwin Street and Post Street and
the intersection of Erwin Street and Summit Street
|
Main Street
|
Easterly
|
From the New York Central Railroad crossing to the intersection
with Ann Street
|
Main Street [Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
|
Northeasterly
|
From the intersection of Schuyler Street 25 feet southeasterly
|
Post Street
|
Easterly
|
Between the intersections of Main Street and Schuyler Street
|
Post Street
|
Easterly
|
Between the north building line of the Acme Supermarket and
a point 70 feet southerly
|
Post Street
|
Easterly
|
From the intersection with Schuyler Street southerly 1,235 feet
|
Post Street
|
Westerly
|
From a point 85 feet north of the intersection with Ford Street
southerly 1,045 feet
|
Schuyler Street
|
Southerly
|
From the intersection with Post Street to a point in the highway
opposite the westerly boundary of the property owned by the Trinity
Episcopal Church
|
Schuyler Street [Added 2-26-1962]
|
Northerly
|
From a point 643 feet east of Post Street to a point 337 feet
east of the aforementioned point, for a period longer than 120 minutes
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Mondays through and including
Saturdays, and excepting Sundays and holidays
|
Schuyler Street [Added 2-26-1962]
|
Northerly
|
From the intersection of Schuyler Street and Post Street westerly
a distance of 250 feet, for a period longer than 120 minutes between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Mondays through and including
Saturdays, and excepting Sundays and holidays
|
Schuyler Street, excepting funeral processions [Added 2-26-1962]
|
Southerly
|
Between the intersection of Schuyler Street and Post Street
and the intersection of Schuyler Street and Summit Street
|
Thornton Avenue [Added 10-14-2002 by L.L.
No. 2-2002]
|
Both
|
From the intersection of Post Street to a point 130 feet easterly
on Thornton Avenue, Monday through Friday from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
|
A. There shall be one-way movement only on Main Street in a northwesterly
direction commencing at the intersection of Schuyler Street and Main
Street to the intersection of Main Street and Post Street.
B. There shall be one-way movement only in an easterly direction upon
Ann Street.
The Board of Trustees, by resolution, upon recommendation of
the Police Department, shall have the power and authority to regulate
truck traffic upon any of the streets in the Village of Boonville;
and when any limits are placed upon such traffic by resolution of
the Village Board, the designated highways shall be so marked at all
intersections by conspicuous signs. If any such street shall be a
state highway, any restriction shall be subject to the approval of
the State Traffic Commission.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Police Department is hereby authorized to establish and
to designate, and shall hereafter maintain or cause to be maintained
by appropriate signs or devices, stop sign control at all intersections
pursuant to the authority given to the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Boonville under § 1682 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law,
and all rules or regulations promulgated by the police force under
the authority herein given shall be subject to the approval of the
State Traffic Commission and the Superintendent of Public Works in
accordance with the provisions of § 46 of the Highway Law
insofar as those rules or regulations apply to state highways within
the limits of the Village of Boonville. Stop signs shall be placed
at the following intersections:
Name of Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
At Intersection of
|
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Grove Street [Added 10-12-1959]
|
Northeast
|
Main Street
|
James Street [Added 10-12-1959]
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East
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Church Street
|
[Amended 12-29-1971;
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Every person convicted of a traffic infraction for a violation
of any of the provisions of this article shall for a first conviction
thereof be punished by a fine of not more than $150 or by imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
for a conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed
within a period of 18 months, such person shall be punished by a fine
of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 45 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction of a third
or subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a period
of 18 months, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more
than $450 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
[Adopted 5-17-1954 (Ch.
79, Art. II, of the 1971 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
OPERATOR
Includes every individual who shall operate a vehicle as
the owner thereof, or as the agent, employee or permittee of the owner.
PARKING METER
Includes any mechanical device or meter, not inconsistent
with this article, placed or erected for the regulation of parking
by authority of this article.
PARKING METER SPACE
The space alongside the curb in which a vehicle shall be
properly parked, and which shall be indicated clearly by painted lines
or otherwise, and adjacent to which a parking meter is installed.
PERSON
Includes an individual, firm, copartnership or corporation.
VEHICLE
Any device in or upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported upon the highways, except a device which
is operated upon rails or tracks.
A. The following described streets or parts of streets are hereby established
as parking meter zones:
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
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Main Street
|
Both
|
From Ann Street to Post Street
|
Post Street
|
West
|
From Erwin Street to Ford Street
|
Schuyler Street
|
Both
|
From Post Street to a point 643 feet east of Post Street
|
B. The Board of Trustees may, by resolution, designate additional zones
from time to time as it deems advisable in the public interest and
as traffic conditions require. The Board may likewise, by resolution,
discontinue any zone or part thereof at any time it may so elect.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Boonville, New York,
shall cause to be installed parking meters set upon one standard and
shall cause parking meter spaces to be designated in accordance with
the provisions of this article or any amendment thereto. Such parking
meters shall be placed or installed near the curbline alongside of
or next to individual parking spaces to be designated as provided
by such resolutions or ordinances, and each of such meters shall be
so set as to show or display a signal that the parking space is or
is not in use.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Boonville, New York,
shall provide for the installation, regulation, control and operation
and use of the parking meters provided for in this article, and shall
cause said meters to be maintained in good workable order, and each
meter shall be so set as to display a signal showing legal parking
periods. Each set meter shall be so arranged that upon the expiration
of said parking limit, it will indicate by a mechanical operation
and the display of proper signal that the lawful period for parking
as fixed by the Board of Trustees has expired.
All parking meter spaces shall be so marked that vehicles will
be required to park parallel with the curb or edge of the pavement
on any state highway, and that no vehicle will be required to park
in violation of § 86, Subdivision 7, of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York.
It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to deposit
or cause to be deposited in a parking meter, any coins for the purpose
of extending the parking time beyond the total lawful parking period
fixed by this article for parking in the parking space alongside or
next to which the parking meter is placed.
It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to permit
a vehicle registered in his name to remain or be placed in any parking
space alongside of or next to which any parking meter is placed while
said parking meter is displaying a signal showing that the time for
which the privilege to park in such space has been granted has expired.
It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person or operator to permit a vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space on the streets hereinbefore set forth in §
360-16, except on Sundays and holidays, longer than 120 minutes between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Mondays through and including Saturdays, the legal hours to be computed upon whatever hours the Village of Boonville is operating.
It shall be unlawful 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 or any amendments thereto.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to deposit or
cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slugs, device or metal
substance or any other substitute for lawful coins of the United States.
[Amended 11-30-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be the duty of the police force, acting in accordance
with the instructions issued by the Village Board of Trustees, to
enforce the provisions of this article and any amendments thereto.
It shall be the duty of each member of the police force to take the
state vehicle tag number of any vehicle that is overparked or has
occupied the parking space overtime in violation of this article and
report the same to the Chief of the police force. Each police officer
shall also attach to such vehicle a notice to the owner or operator
thereof that such vehicle has been parked or has remained in such
parking space in violation of a provision of this article and instructing
such owner or operator to report to the Town Justice of the Town of
Boonville, New York, within five days after receipt of the aforesaid
notice.
It shall be the duty of the police force, or of any other person
or persons duly appointed by the Board of Trustees, to make regular
collections of the money deposited in said meters and to deliver the
same to the Village Treasurer, who shall deposit same in a special
fund of the Village of Boonville until otherwise ordered by the Board
of Trustees of the Village.
[Amended 12-29-1971;
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Every person convicted of a traffic infraction for a violation
of any of the provisions of this article shall for a first conviction
thereof be punished by a fine of not more than $150 or by imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
for a conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed
within a period of 18 months, such person shall be punished by a fine
of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 45 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction of a third
or subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a period
of 18 months, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more
than $450 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
This article shall take effect on and after June 1, 1954.