[Amended 10-10-2005 by L.L. No. 3-2005; 4-24-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006; 2-8-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010; 5-8-2025 by L.L. No. 5-2025]
A. 
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall for the purpose of this chapter have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the state.
B. 
The following words and phrases which are not defined by Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section for purposes of this chapter:
CENTRAL MUNICIPAL LOT
A Village-owned parcel of land on which parking of privately owned vehicles is permitted, subject to the provisions of this Code. The Central Municipal Lot is bordered by properties fronting on East Genesee Street (south), Jordan Street (west), Academy Street (north), and State Street (east) and is served by one-way ingress lanes from Jordan Street (three separate lanes) and two-way ingress/egress lanes from and to West Genesee Street and State Street. A single egress lane at the northwest corner of the Central Municipal Lot connects to Jordan Street. A private lot southwest of the Central Municipal Lot is accessed through the Central Municipal Lot.
CENTRAL MUNICIPAL LOT ALL-DAY PARKING AREA
The Central Municipal Lot is divided by a central east/west lane connecting an ingress lane at the west-center of the property to the two-way ingress/egress lane at the east side of the property bordering State Street. The parking area north of this central drive shall be referred to as the "all-day parking area" and shall be available for parking of passenger vehicles on a pay-for-parking basis as provided for herein in § 212-37.
CENTRAL MUNICIPAL LOT PARKING PASS (CML PARKING PASS)
A display card validated by the signature of the Village Clerk, Village Chief of Police or the Mayor, or their respective designees, entitling the vehicle displaying the pass to park in accordance with municipal laws in the all-day section of the Central Municipal Lot for the period shown on the pass without need to display a parking payment receipt.
CENTRAL MUNICIPAL LOT SHORT-TERM PARKING AREA
The parking area south of the central drive lane (including any parcels leased to the Village for the purpose of providing ingress and/or parking) shall be referred to as the "short-term parking area" and shall be available for the parking of passenger vehicles without charge on a time-limited basis, as provided for herein under § 212-36.
CURBLINE
The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
HABITUAL PARKING VIOLATOR
A vehicle owner who has incurred three or more Village parking violation citations which remain unpaid. An habitual parking violator shall no longer be considered as such upon having resolved all outstanding Village parking violations.
HOLIDAYS
New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas shall be considered holidays.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
Whenever certain hours are named herein or on traffic control devices they shall mean the time standard which is in current use in this state.
PARKING FINE DELINQUENT
A vehicle owner having one or more outstanding parking violation citations, issued by the Village, for which payment in full (including all late fees and/or surcharges) has been outstanding for 12 months or more. A parking fine delinquent shall no longer be considered as such upon having resolved all outstanding Village parking violations.
PARKING METER ZONE
A designated location upon or within which the parking of vehicles is regulated by parking meters.
PARKING PAYMENT RECEIPT
A receipt for a parking payment transaction indicating the date, hour and minute through which the vehicle displaying such receipt may continue to legally occupy a parking stall in the all-day area, provided that the vehicle is parked in conformance with all other provisions of this chapter.
PARKING PAY STATION
A device capable of accepting requests and payment for parking of vehicles in the all-day parking area and acknowledging such requests and payment by the issuance of time-dated receipts which give evidence of the date, hour and minute through which payment has been made.
PRIMARY RESIDENCE
The dwelling where a resident is domiciled, as evidenced by the address given for his/her voter registration, income tax filings, or motor vehicle registration.
PUBLIC PARKING LOT
A plot or parcel of land or building owned and/or leased by the Village, not including highways, upon or within which the parking of vehicles is regulated by signs and/or parking meters.
REGISTERED DOWNTOWN VEHICLE
Any automobile, pickup truck, van or other four-wheeled vehicle less than 20 feet zero inches in length and six feet six inches in width, which is registered at a location within the Downtown D Zoning District to an individual residing there, and who has obtained and properly displays a valid downtown resident vehicle sticker.
REGISTERED DOWNTOWN VEHICLE STICKER
A sticker authorized by the Village Trustees and issued by the Police Department to the owner of a vehicle meeting the requirements for a designation as a "registered downtown vehicle." Said sticker, when affixed to the registered downtown vehicle, in the manner prescribed, will entitle the vehicle to be parked overnight in designated areas of the Central Municipal Lot, as provided for under this Code.
RESIDENT
A person occupying a residence (to include a single-family residence, condominium, townhouse or apartment unit) in the Village or Town of Skaneateles.
TOWN RESIDENT
Any person who maintains a residence in the Town of Skaneateles, as an owner or lessee. Acceptable evidence of residency shall include the address of the registered owner of a vehicle, or a current transfer station permit issued by the Town of Skaneateles and mounted on the vehicle.
C. 
All references in Chapter 212 to the “Highway Department” shall be construed to mean the Department of Public Works.
[Amended 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
Pursuant to the provisions of § 1603(a) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, power is hereby delegated to the Chief of Police to exercise, by official order, rule or regulation, the following powers granted to the legislative body of the Village in Article 39 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, subject, however, to the limitations imposed by §§ 1646 and 1684 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law:
A. 
The power to prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles.
B. 
The power to license, regulate or prohibit processions, assemblages or parades.
The Highway Department shall install and maintain traffic control devices when and as required under the provisions of this chapter to make effective the provisions of said chapter and may install and maintain such additional traffic control devices as it may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic under the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the state, subject to the provisions of §§ 1682 and 1684 of that law.
[Amended 7-31-1972; 10-1-1972; 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004; 9-13-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004]
Traffic-control signals shall be installed, maintained and operated as follows: None designated at this time.
[Amended 2-8-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010; 5-8-2025 by L.L. No. 5-2025]
A. 
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway within the Village during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency which affects that portion of the public highway upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be removed by or under the direction of the Police Department.
B. 
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway within the Village where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, said vehicle may be removed by or under the direction of the Police Department.
C. 
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway within the Village where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, said vehicle may be removed by or under the direction of the Police Department.
D. 
Any vehicle which is owned by or registered to a person who is a habitual parking violator or a parking fine delinquent, as defined in this chapter, may be removed and impounded under the direction of the Police Department.
E. 
No vehicle may be removed and impounded because the owner of the vehicle is a habitual parking violator, unless the Village Clerk has provided the registered owner of the vehicle with a notice of outstanding parking violations, by regular first class mail advising the owner of the section authorizing the removal and impounding of vehicles based on three separate unpaid parking violation citations and notifying the owner as to what actions the owner needs to take to avoid having the owner's vehicle removed and impounded. If the citations remain unanswered, the vehicle shall become subject to removal and impound seven days following the sending of the notice of outstanding parking violations having been sent to the owner's home address as listed on the associated vehicle's registration.[1]
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Editor’s Note: Former Subsections F, G, and H, which immediately followed, were repealed 5-8-2025 by L.L. No. 5-2025.
[Amended 9-13-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004; 2-8-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
After removal or impounding of any vehicle as provided in § 212-5, the Police Department removing the vehicle may store the same in a suitable place at the expense of the owner of the vehicle.
[Amended 2-8-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
The Police Department shall ascertain to the extent possible the owner of the vehicle or person entitled to possession and shall notify him/her of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount which will be required to redeem the same.
[Amended 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004; 2-8-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010; 5-8-2025 by L.L. No. 5-2025]
Following removal and impound of any vehicle as provided in §§ 212-5 through 212-7, the owner or person entitled to possession of the vehicle may redeem the same by obtaining a vehicle release form from the Skaneateles Town Court (Monday through Friday 12:00 p.m. through 4:00 p.m.); said release to be issued upon payment of past due fines. The vehicle release may then be presented at the location of the impound as proof of payment of the applicable fine(s). Additionally, any payment due for the cost of removing, impounding and/or storing the vehicle will be the responsibility of the vehicle's owner or the person entitled to possession of the vehicle and will be payable directly to the removal/impound vendor.
[Amended 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every person convicted of a traffic infraction for a violation of any provision of this chapter which is not a violation of any provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the state shall, for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both; for a conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed within a period of 18 months, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment for not more than 45 days, or both; upon a conviction of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a period of 18 months, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.