The provisions of this article shall apply except
when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or
official traffic control device.
A.
Wherever a space shall be marked off on any street
for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle there parked
shall be parked within the lines bounding such space.
B.
Except where angle parking is authorized, every vehicle
stopped, standing or parked upon a highway where there are no adjacent
curbs shall be so stopped, standing or parked parallel with the edge
of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic.
The parking of vehicles is prohibited at all times in those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XII (§ 266-52).
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations described in Schedule XIII (§ 266-53) during the hours indicated.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations described in Schedule XIV (§ 266-54) for a longer period of time than that designated, during the hours indicated.
Overnight parking (between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.) shall be prohibited in those areas designated in Schedule XV (§ 266-55).
The standing of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations described in Schedule XVI (§ 266-56) during the hours indicated.
The stopping of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations described in Schedule XVII (§ 266-57) during the hours indicated.
[Added 12-22-1986 by L.L. No. 26-1986]
Pursuant to Article 41, § 1660-a,
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and written
request of MYMAR Associates, owner, the Town Board of the Town of
Rotterdam hereby designates the prohibiting, regulating and restraining
the stopping, standing or parking of trucks, car carriers, tractors,
trailers, tractor/trailers or similar vehicles during the day or night
(24 hours) on the entire premises of the former A & P Supermarket
Building located at the intersection of Curry Road (Route No. 7) and
Hamburg Street (Route No. 146), excluding customers and/or authorized
delivery vehicles, and the installation of no-parking or other appropriate
signs are hereby authorized for prohibiting, regulating and restraining
the stopping, standing or parking of trucks, car carriers, tractors,
trailers, tractor/trailers or similar vehicles upon said premises,
and the Rotterdam Police Department shall be authorized to enforce
this section.
[Amended 4-27-2016 by L.L. No. 4-2016]
Angled parking of a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XVIII (§ 266-58) shall only be at the angle designated, only within the painted white stall lines and shall not obstruct the view of motorists.
A.
Off-street parking.
(1)
Pursuant to Article 41, § 1660-a, of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and at the written
request of Triester International who is the owner of the Curry Road
Shopping Center, the Town Board hereby designates the prohibiting
of the parking of tractor-trailers, day or night, on the entire premises
of the Curry Road Shopping Center located on Curry Road, excluding
customers and authorized vehicles for deliveries at the rear of the
center stores. Installation of no-parking or other appropriate signs
are hereby authorized for the prohibiting, regulating and restraining
of the stopping, standing or parking of tractor-trailers in said shopping
center, and the Rotterdam Police Department shall be authorized to
enforce this section.
(2)
Customers and authorized vehicles for delivery at
the rear of the center stores are excluded from complying with this
section.
B.
Parking of commercial vehicles.
[Amended 12-22-1999 by L.L. No. 25-1999]
(1)
Legislative intent. The Town Board of the Town of
Rotterdam finds that the parking of commercial vehicles weighing in
excess of three tons, unladen weight, on the public highways in residential
areas of the Town constitutes a hazard to the use of such highways
by vehicular and pedestrian traffic and is inharmonious with the character
of the neighborhood and generally is offensive to the aesthetics thereof.
The purpose of this subsection is to prohibit such vehicles from parking
on public highways, in designated zoning districts, in the interest
of safety and welfare.
(2)
Parking prohibited. No person, firm, corporation or
other legal entity shall cause, allow, permit or suffer any commercial
vehicle (excluding mobile homes) weighing in excess of three tons,
unladen weight, registered in their name or operated by them or their
agent to be parked in any manner or place upon a public street or
in the street right-of-way in an Agricultural, One-Family Residential,
Two-Family Residential or Multiple-Family District, except if such
vehicle is actively assisting in an emergency, such as a fire or traffic
accident, or the vehicle is in the process of being loaded or unloaded.
The locations described in Schedule XXI (§ 266-61) are hereby designated as taxi stands, and the standing or parking of vehicles other than taxis is hereby prohibited in such locations. Taxis using such stands shall not be left unattended and shall be subject to all other vehicle and traffic regulations of the town.
The locations described in Schedule XXII (§ 266-62) are hereby designated as fire lanes, and the parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in such locations.
[Added 9-14-1988 by L.L. No. 8-1988]
A.
Bridge which spans the Poentic Kill [Bridge Number
(BIN) 2-20302].
(1)
Prohibiting the operation of all vehicles weighing
in excess of three tons, registered maximum gross weight, on a bridge
which spans across the Poentic Kill located on Old Mariaville Road
and being the second bridge located in a northerly direction and approximately
2,500 feet from the southerly intersection of Mariaville Road and
Old Mariaville Road as identified by the New York State Department
of Transportation as Bridge Number (BIN) 2-20302.
(2)
A one-way single lane zone shall be established
upon said bridge, and signs therefor shall be installed regulating
vehicular traffic moving in either direction and designating that
said traffic shall travel in only one direction at a time.
(3)
Stop zones shall be established and stop signs
shall be installed at the northerly and southerly approaches and 20
feet distant from said bridge.
(4)
Emergency vehicles are excluded from complying
with this section prohibiting the operation of all vehicles weighing
in excess of three tons upon said bridge.
(5)
Signs are hereby authorized to be erected at
the approaches and upon said bridge, and said signs shall conform
to the Manual of Highway Signs published by the New York State Department
of Transportation.
