[Added 6-21-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994]
A.
Except where necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with law or the direction of a police officer,
code enforcement officer or official traffic control device, no person
shall:
(1)
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(a)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped,
standing or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(b)
On a sidewalk.
(c)
Within an intersection, except when permitted
by official signs or parking meters on the side of a highway opposite
a street which intersects but does not cross such highway.
(d)
On a crosswalk.
(e)
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb
or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends
of a safety zone, unless a different distance is indicated by official
signs, markings or parking meters.
(f)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation
or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(g)
In the area between roadways of a divided highway,
including crossovers, except in an emergency situation.
(h)
On any surface other than a paved or approved
surface, excluding boats and boat trailers.
[Added 9-2-2003 by L.L. No. 7-2003]
(2)
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
(a)
In front of a public or private driveway.
(b)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection,
unless a different distance is indicated by official signs, markings
or parking meters.
(c)
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing
signal, stop or yield sign or traffic control signal located at the
side of the roadway, unless a different distance is indicated by official
signs, markings or parking meters.
(d)
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any
fire station and on the side of the street opposite to the entrance
of any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance, when properly
posted, unless a different distance is indicated by official signs,
markings or parking meters.
(3)
Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading and unloading
merchandise or passengers:
(a)
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad
crossing, unless a different distance is indicated by official signs,
markings or parking meters.
B.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within
15 feet of a fire hydrant except when such vehicle is attended by
a licensed operator or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat and
who can immediately move such vehicle in case of emergency, unless
a different distance is indicated by official signs, markings or parking
meters.
C.
No person shall move a vehicle into any prohibited
area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
A.
Except where angle parking is authorized, every vehicle
stopped, standing or parked wholly upon a two-way roadway shall be
so stopped, standing or parked with the right-hand wheels of such
vehicle parallel to and within (12) inches of the right-hand curb
or edge of the roadway.
B.
Except where angle parking is authorized, every vehicle
stopped, standing or parked wholly upon a two-way roadway shall be
so stopped, standing or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the
roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its
right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge
of the roadway or its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand
curb or edge of the roadway.
C.
Except where angle parking is authorized, every vehicle
stopped, standing or parked partly upon a roadway shall be so stopped,
standing or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway. On
a one-way roadway, such vehicle shall be facing in the direction of
authorized traffic movement on that portion of the roadway on which
the vehicle rests.
D.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any highway for
the purpose of greasing or repairing such vehicle, except for such
repairs as may be necessitated by an emergency and to effectuate only
those repairs necessary to permit the vehicle to be moved off the
roadway to complete repairs.
A.
Whenever any police officer or code enforcement officer
finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the
foregoing provisions of this article, such officer is authorized to
move such vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge
of the vehicle to move the same to a position off the paved or main-traveled
part of such highway.
B.
Unattended vehicles.
(1)
Whenever any police officer or code enforcement officer
finds a vehicle unattended where it constitutes an obstruction to
traffic, or any place where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited,
such officer is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such
vehicle, semitrailer or trailer to a garage, automobile pound or other
place of safety.
(2)
Whenever a code enforcement officer or any police
officer finds a semitrailer or trailer, without a tractor or towing
vehicle attached, parked or unattended on any Village street, such
officer or person designated by the Village Board is hereby authorized
to provide for the removal of such semitrailer to a garage, automobile
pound or other place of safety.
(3)
Whenever a Code Enforcement Officer or any police
officer, after proper notification, finds a vehicle unattended, blocking
the construction, reconstruction or refurbishing of any roadway, such
officer is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle.
[Added 12-5-2006 by L.L. No. 7-2006]
C.
The owner or other person lawfully entitled to the
possession of such vehicle may be charged with a reasonable cost for
removal and storage, payable before the vehicle is released.
D.
Storage shall be charged at a rate approved by the
Board of Trustees plus the actual out-of-pocket costs incurred by
the Village for towing.
A.
Only pleasure-passenger motor vehicles not exceeding
seven feet in height with passenger license plates are permitted and
allowed to park on Village public streets in residential zones, except
as set forth below:
(1)
Commercial vehicles shall not be allowed to park on
Village public streets in residential zones unless said commercial
vehicle is actually engaged in loading or unloading at premises located
at said street or is being used in connection with construction, repairs
or emergency service relating to the premises located within said
street.
(2)
For the purpose of this section, buses and cabs shall
be allowed at any time to discharge and take on passengers.
(3)
For the purpose of this section, a "commercial vehicle"
shall be defined as any vehicle other than pleasure-passenger motor
vehicles with passenger license plates, and a "commercial vehicle"
shall further be defined as set forth in the New York State Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
(4)
"Residential zones" shall be defined as those areas
designated and delineated as residential districts on the Zoning Map
and in the Building Zone Ordinance of the Village of Lindenhurst,[1] and for the purpose of this section shall also include
all property whose usage is primarily residential, regardless of its
zoning.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to park, use and occupy a house coach, mobile home, truck or any other
vehicle or motor vehicle as the home or living abode or place of habitation
of one or more persons, either temporarily or permanently, on any
public property in any part of the Village.
C.
No commercial motor vehicle with a total gross weight
in excess of 2 1/2 tons shall be permitted at any time to be
parked or stored on any residentially zoned property unless said commercial
vehicle is actually engaged in the loading or unloading of materials
or services or is being used in connection with construction, repairs
or emergency service relating to the residential property on which
said commercial vehicle is parked or stored.
[Added 3-5-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996]
D.
No commercial motor vehicles shall be permitted at
any time to be parked or stored on any Village public street or in
any public parking lot unless said commercial vehicle is actually
engaged in the loading or unloading of materials or services or is
being used in connection with construction, repairs or emergency service
relating to the premises adjacent to said street.
[Added 2-4-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003; amended 8-18-2016 by L.L. No. 3-2016]
[Added 9-17-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
A.
This chapter may be applied on private property as
provided by agreement between the owner or lessee of such private
property and the Village. Nothing therein shall be construed however
to impose any obligation upon the Village to enforce the terms of
this chapter on private property. No enforcement may occur without
appropriate signs being plainly posted on such private property.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place upon
or cause to be placed upon real property other than his own any vehicle
without the express consent of the owner or lessee of such property.
