The provisions of this article shall apply except when it is
necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or
in compliance with the direction of a police officer or official traffic
control devices.
[Amended 10-25-1976; 9-25-2017 by L.L. No.
5-2017]
A. Subject to Subsections
B and
D, the parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited on all highways within the Village of Lancaster between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. from November 15 to March 15 of each year.
B. If in the discretion of the Village Mayor circumstances warrant, the Mayor may suspend or reinstate the enforcement of Subsection
A. Unless the period of the suspension is otherwise stated by the Mayor, the suspension of the enforcement of Subsection
A shall be deemed limited to the November 15 to March 15 period during which the suspension is initiated. A declaration by the Mayor reinstating Subsection
A shall not be made effective sooner than the second day following the declaration.
C. Whenever the Mayor suspends or reinstates the enforcement of Subsection
A, public notice of the declaration shall be given or electronically transmitted to the news media as soon as practicable and shall be conspicuously posted in one or more designated public locations.
D. The Village Board shall be invested with the authority, by resolution, to rescind any suspension or reinstatement of Subsection
A declared by the Mayor. A resolution by the Village Board reinstating the enforcement of Subsection
A shall not be made effective sooner than the second day following the resolution. Public notice of a Village Board resolution made pursuant to this subsection shall be given or electronically transmitted to the news media as soon as practicable and shall be conspicuously posted in one or more designated public locations.
[Added 11-23-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
A. Notwithstanding the prohibition contained in §
325-20, the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Lancaster shall be granted the authority to permit parking on said streets which otherwise would be prohibited by said section. Such grant of authority shall be limited to permitting alternate parking on designated days between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. from November 15 to March 15.
B. Alternate parking shall consist of permitting parking on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday on the north sides of streets that run east to
west and on the west sides of streets that run north to south. Alternatively,
on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, parking shall be permitted
on the south sides of streets that run east to west and on the east
sides of streets that run north to south.
The standing of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations and during the hours designated in Schedule XIII (§
325-65).
[Added 10-27-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
No tractor or truck as defined by Article I of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York shall, while in a stopped, standing
or parked position, be permitted by its operator to idle either continuously
or intermittently for a cumulative period of time in excess of five
minutes.
The stopping or standing of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations and during the hours designated in Schedule XIV (§
325-66).
Angle parking is hereby authorized upon the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XV (§
325-67), but only within the painted white stall lines.
Standing is hereby prohibited, excluding buses, at the locations designated as bus stops in Schedule XVI (§
325-68).
Standing is hereby prohibited, excluding taxis, at the locations described in Schedule XVII (§
325-69).
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations described in Schedule XVIII (§
325-70) during the times indicated.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited during the hours and in the locations described in Schedule XIX (§
325-71), for a longer period of time than that designated.
[Added 11-13-1979 by L.L. No. 9-1979]
Parking or standing is hereby prohibited on any street in the
Village of Lancaster for a period in excess of 24 consecutive hours.
[Added 11-24-1980 by L.L. No. 14-1980]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Lancaster may from time to time, by resolution, direct the Superintendent of the Village's Department of Public Works to designate certain parking areas or parking spaces on the various public streets in the Village of Lancaster for the exclusive use and/or parking of vehicles bearing special registration plates for severely disabled persons and/or vehicles bearing handicapped parking permits. Those streets upon which said handicapped or disabled parking spaces may be designated shall be set forth in §
325-75 of the Village Code of the Village of Lancaster, which shall contain Schedule XXIII, entitled "Handicapped and Disabled Parking."