[Adopted 5-16-2019 by L.L. No. 6-2019; amended in its entirety 1-7-2021 by L.L. No. 1-2021]
The following words and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the following meanings:
The entire width between the boundaries of every publicly
maintained way within the Town of New Paltz, County of Ulster, State
of New York, lying outside the geographical boundaries of the incorporated
Village of New Paltz, when any part thereof is open to the use of
the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Every vehicle operated or driven upon a public highway which
is propelled by any power other than muscular power, including electrically
driven chairs being operated or driven by a physically impaired person;
vehicles which run only upon rails or tracks (except construction
vehicles actually engaged in the performance of work); and snowmobiles
as defined in this article.
Every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
The standing of a motor vehicle, whether occupied or not,
other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in loading or unloading merchandise or in receiving or discharging
passengers.
That portion of a highway improved, designed, marked, or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder and
slope.
That improved portion of a highway contiguous with the roadway.
That portion of a highway exclusive of the roadway and shoulder.
Any motorized vehicle designed for travel on snow or ice,
steered by skis or runners and supported, in whole or in part, by
one or more skis, belts or cleats.
The stopping of a motor vehicle, whether occupied or not,
other than temporarily for the purpose of and while engaged in receiving
or discharging passengers.
Any halting, even momentarily, of a motor vehicle, whether
occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or
traffic-control signal or sign.
The Town of New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, lying outside
the geographical boundaries of the incorporated Village of New Paltz.
The parking, stopping, or standing of any motor vehicle by any
person upon any highway within the Town in violation of this article
is prohibited.
The parking, stopping, or standing of any motor vehicle by any
person upon the roadway or upon the shoulder or upon the slope of
the following portions of the following highways within the Town is
prohibited:
A.
Lewis Lane, from its intersection with Red Barn Road to its intersection
with Charles Road;
B.
Butterville Road, generally northerly from its intersection with
Pine Road for a distance of approximately 1,000 feet on the west side
of the road and for a distance of approximately 800 feet on the east
side of the road;
C.
Gatehouse Road, from its intersection with White Oaks Lane to its
intersection with NYS Route 299;
D.
An area starting 10 feet from the intersection of Gatehouse Road
to 380 feet to the north on the east and west side of White Oaks Lane
with an intermediate No Parking sign placed at 200 feet from the sign
closest to Gatehouse Road. No parking will only be in the 380-foot
area designated between the first and last sign; and
E.
An area at the west end of Coffey Road to 200 feet to the east. This
is to include the turnaround area at the west end of Coffey Road.
The No Parking area will be between the signs.
A.
In addition to any other penalties imposed for a violation of this
article, the Town of New Paltz Police Department is authorized to
provide for the removal and storage of motor vehicles found in violation
of this article.
B.
The payment of the reasonable charges for the removal and storage
of motor vehicles removed pursuant to the provisions of this article
shall be the sole and exclusive responsibility of the owner or operator
of such motor vehicle.
(1)
The owner of the facility at which the vehicle is stored shall be
entitled to collect a fee for storage as set from time to time by
resolution of the Town Board.
(2)
The vehicle so removed shall be retained under the custody of the
storage facility until such time that the removal and storage charges
have been paid.
(3)
Any person who removes a motor vehicle from the premises to which
it had been removed and is stored without payment of the removal and
storage charges then due shall be deemed to have committed a violation
and, upon conviction, shall be liable to a fine not to exceed that
set annually by resolution of the Town Board.
A.
The violation of any of the provisions of this article shall constitute
a violation as defined in the Penal Law of the State of New York.
B.
Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this article
shall:
(1)
For a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more
than $50 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment;
(2)
For a second such conviction within 18 months thereafter, by a fine
of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 45 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment;
(3)
For a third or subsequent conviction, by a fine of not more than
$250 or by imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
