This article shall be entitled "A Local Law Regulating Parking
Within the Town of Pine Plains."
No vehicle shall be parked, left standing or otherwise permitted
to remain on any public street, road, highway within the Town or on
any Town-owned or -maintained parking area in the Town of Pine Plains
between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. or during any period
of snowfall or other precipitation (except rain) for a period of six
hours following said snowfall or other precipitation during the months
of November of each year through April of the following year. This
provision shall not apply to the parking of any ambulances, to any
vehicle operated by a physician while on a professional call, or to
any portion of a municipal parking area located on property leased
to the Town for use as a municipal parking area which has been reserved
by the Town for the use of the owner or tenants of the owner.
Any vehicle parked, left standing or otherwise permitted to remain on any public street, road, or highway within the Town or in any Town-owned or -maintained parking area within the Town in violation of the provisions of §
251-11 of this article, and any vehicles parked or abandoned on any public street, road, or highway within the Town during any floods, fires or other public emergencies, or found unattended where they constitute an obstruction to traffic, or at any place where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, may be removed and stored by the Town, its Highway Department, and/or its Police Department, and the owner or operator of any such vehicle shall be liable for payment of the reasonable charges for such removal and/or storage.
A violations of any provision of this article shall be deemed
to be a traffic violation and subject to such fines as are prescribed
in § 1800 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of
New York.
The Town of Pine Plains Highway Superintendent, the members
of the Town of Pine Plains Police Department, the members of the Dutchess
County Sheriff's Department, and the members of the New York State
Police shall have the power to issue parking tickets, summonses and/or
appearance tickets for violations of this article and shall have general
enforcement powers with respect to the same.