The Village Board of Trustees hereby establishes a paid parking plan in areas as authorized by this article and as determined by the Board of Trustees by resolution from time to time. The Village Clerk, upon the approval by resolution of the Board of Trustees, may procure software programs, if needed, and other equipment and services that are determined necessary to implement the paid parking plan.
[Added 4-18-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2024]
Paid parking zones are hereby designated as being those parts of streets or public parking fields upon which paid parking is now designated or may hereafter be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
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Hours and days of operation. The provisions of this article shall apply to all Village paid parking zones during such hours as shall be posted for their application.
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Authority to establish and vary hours and days. The Board of Trustees may establish and vary, by resolution adopted from time to time, the hours and days during which this article shall be effective. Hours of operation shall be displayed within the paid parking zones.
Parking fees shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted of the Board of Trustees. Such fees shall be documented within any smartphone application or other equipment employed by the Village pursuant to this article.
Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the Fire or Police Department, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal, when any vehicle shall be parked in any parking space within a paid parking zone pursuant to this article, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering the parking space, immediately register with the paid parking smartphone application and make payment for parking in accordance with the applicable fees. Alternatively, the operator of such vehicle may register by calling a toll-free number by personal or public telephone and arranging for payment by phone. The owner and/or operator of a vehicle shall be responsible for the cost of any surcharges imposed by any credit card company in connection with the payment for parking, as indicated specifically on the smartphone application or on the telephone application.
Failure to make proper payment in accordance with the instructions on the smartphone application or the phone alternative for the amount of time that the vehicle will be parked in the parking stall shall constitute a violation of this article.
If a vehicle shall remain parked in any a parking space beyond the parking time limit set for such vehicle's parking space, and if the paid parking information system shall indicate such illegal parking, such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time, and such parking shall be a violation of this article.
In the paid parking areas designated by the Board of Trustees, all spaces designated for handicapped parking and spaces designated for limited (thirty-minute or less) parking shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
The payments required hereunder are hereby levied and assessed as fees to be deposited within the general fund for the Village. It shall be the duty of the Village Treasurer to keep a record of the collection of fees from parking and to deposit said fees in the appropriate municipal account.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked without payment within a paid parking space or beyond the period of legal parking time established for any paid parking zone as herein described. Any violation of any provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty of $50 per offense.