[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Halfmoon 7-20-2004 by L.L.
No. 8-2004. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the
public health, welfare and safety by prohibiting and/or regulating
the parking and/or operation of motor vehicles within the Town of
Halfmoon.
[Amended 11-16-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
Pursuant to the Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1660-a,
the Town Board of the Town of Halfmoon does hereby authorize the Office
of Code Enforcement and the Town of Halfmoon Building Department to
enforce this chapter and also to, where applicable, designate, in
accordance with the Uniform Code, Energy Code, and state and local
laws, certain parking spaces as places for parking for handicapped
persons to whom a permit has been issued pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic
Law § 1203-a and for severely disabled persons to whom a
special registration has been issued pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic
Law § 404-a.
A.
The Town of Halfmoon recognizes the importance of
providing individuals with disabilities with accessible parking spaces
within the Town of Halfmoon.
B.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any
space designated as a place for handicapped parking unless the vehicle
bears a permit issued under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1203-a
or a registration under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 404-a
and, in all cases, such vehicle is being used for the transportation
of a handicapped or severely disabled person.
No person shall park or leave unattended by
a licensed driver any vehicle on the pavement or shoulder of any Town
highway, road or street during a period of snowfall, sleet, freezing
rain or other winter-type weather and for a forty-eight-hour period
after the precipitation ceases.
No person shall park any vehicle other than
emergency vehicles upon the street or roadway in front of any fire
house or ambulance station or within a radius of 15 feet of any fire
hydrant or within 500 feet of any building or area where a fire is
located.
The Office of Code Enforcement and the Town
of Halfmoon Building Department shall administer the provisions of
this chapter. The Office of Code Enforcement and the Building/Zoning
Department of the Town of Halfmoon shall enforce the provisions.
Upon a conviction of a violation of this chapter,
a fine not to exceed $150 may be imposed. For conviction of a second
violation both of which violations were committed within a period
of 18 months, a fine not to exceed $300 may be imposed. Upon conviction
of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were committed within
a period of 18 months, a fine not to exceed $450 may be imposed.
