[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ardsley 5-7-1946;
amended in its entirety 9-21-1992 by L.L. No. 8-1992.[1] Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Public off-street parking — See Ch. 143.
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 148.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 190.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Section 2 of this local law stated as follows:
"This local law shall take effect January 1, 1993. Applications for permits
to park or store any recreational vehicle which is already parked or stored
as of January 1, 1993, must be submitted to the Building Inspector on or before
March 31, 1993.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any vehicle used or arranged to be used for living or sleeping, mounted
on wheels or arranged to be mounted on wheels, or arranged to be movable and
propelled either by its own power or drawn by another power-driven source
or vehicle.
Any plot of ground where space is provided or used for one or more
automobile trailers or house cars, campers, camper-trailers, motor homes,
trailers or any other recreational vehicles used or arranged to be used for
living or sleeping.
Any vessel or craft designed or used to transport person(s) or cargo
on the surface of the water. The term shall include a sailboat, motorboat
and rowboat.
A separate vehicle designed for human habitation and which can be
attached or detached from a pickup truck.
A vehicular, portable dwelling structure designed to be used for
recreational purposes. This includes a travel trailer, so identified by the
manufacturer; a pickup camper; a folding tent trailer; and a motorized camper
where the camping portion is an integral part of the self-propelled vehicle.
A self-contained vehicle designed for human habitation, with its
own motive power and with a passageway from the body of the home to the driver's
and front passenger's seat.
A boat, camper, camper-trailer, motor home, trailer, automobile trailer
or house car.
A vehicle without motive power designed for carrying persons or property
on its own and to be drawn by a vehicle with motive power. The term "trailer"
shall include but shall not be limited to horse trailers, boat trailers and
skimobile trailers.
Any plot of ground upon which one or more camp cottages, cabins or
tents are used or arranged to be used for living or sleeping.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to establish,
maintain, operate or conduct within the Village of Ardsley any tourist park
or camp or any automobile trailer park or camp or any combination of the same
without special written permission from the Mayor and Village Board of Trustees.
No person, firm or corporation shall park overnight or store a recreational
vehicle upon any roadway, street or highway in any R-1, R-2, R-3 or CCH District
within the Village of Ardsley. However, such overnight parking or storage
may be permitted, at the discretion of the Village Police Department, for
a period of no more than two weeks upon the issuance of a temporary overnight
parking permit. The temporary parking permit fee shall be the same as the
temporary overnight parking permit for other vehicles, if any.
It shall be unlawful to occupy any camper-trailer, automobile trailer,
house car, boat, trailer, camper, motor home or other recreational vehicle
for living or sleeping purposes or to cause any such vehicle to be connected
to electric, water, gas or sanitary sewer facilities anywhere within the village
for such purposes. In an emergency situation, permission to occupy any such
recreational vehicle for living and sleeping purposes and to connect such
vehicle to electric, water, gas or sanitary sewer may be granted by the Building
Inspector or his designee for a period not to exceed 45 days. Such permission
may be renewed in the discretion of the Building Inspector or his designee.
A.
No recreational vehicle shall be parked or stored by
any person, firm or corporation in any R-1, R-2, R-3 or CCH District without
a parking/storage permit first being issued by the Building Inspector. No
permit shall be issued by the Building Inspector to any person, firm or corporation
for parking/storage on the following areas of any premises:
B.
In any event that a person, firm or corporation seeking a permit is unable to meet the requirements of Subsection A of this section, a parking/storage permit may be issued by the Building Inspector if the location of the recreational vehicle is naturally screened or situated in such a manner as to minimize any impact on the health, safety, appearance and general welfare of the village.
C.
The Building Inspector shall have the authority at all times to require the natural screening of any recreational vehicle parked or stored at any location on the premises, including those permitted pursuant to Subsection A above, whenever reasonably necessary to maintain the health, safety, appearance and general welfare of the village.
Any person, firm or corporation parking or storing a recreational vehicle
in any R-1, R-2, R-3 or CCH District for which a permit to do so is required
must renew such permit annually. There shall be no fee for such permit or
permit renewal.
A.
Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant
to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding
$250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions
of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a
separate and distinct offense hereunder.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this chapter shall be guilty of an offense and shall, upon conviction,
be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 for each offense, and a separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.
