[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Marcellus
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-16-2008 by L.L. No. 5-2008]
The provisions of this article are adopted in compliance with
Article 41, § 1660 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the
State of New York.
The words and phrases used in the article shall, for the purpose
of this chapter, have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by
Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited on all Town highways
within the Town between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. from
November 1 of each year to May 1 of the following year.
A.
Authority of Superintendent of Highways.
(1)
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any Town highway during
a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency which affects that
portion of public highway upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned,
said vehicle may be removed by the Town Superintendent of Highways.
(2)
When any vehicle is found unattended on any Town highway where said
vehicle constitutes an obstruction of traffic, said vehicle may be
removed by the Town Superintendent of Highways.
(3)
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any Town highway where
parking is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by the Town Superintendent
of Highways.
B.
Storage and charges. After removal of any vehicle as provided in
this article, the Town Superintendent of Highways may store a vehicle
in a suitable place at the expense of the owner. Such owner, or person
in charge of the vehicle, may redeem the same upon payment to the
Town Clerk of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily
incurred in effecting such removal.
C.
Notice of removal. The Town Superintendent of Highways shall, without
delay, report the removal and disposition of any vehicle removed as
provided in this article to the Town Clerk and it shall be the duty
of the Town Clerk to ascertain, to the extent possible, the owner
of the vehicle or person having same in charge and notify him or her
of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which
will be required to redeem same.
No parking signs shall be erected by the Town Superintendent
of Highways at the following locations:
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Name of Street
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Side
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Location
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Limerick Street
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West
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From Main Street heading north to the Town of Marcellus Town
line
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Penalties for the violation of this article are contained in
Article 45, § 1800, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the
State of New York.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part
of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the
clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part thereof directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been
rendered.
