[Amended by L.L. Nos. 6-1996; 4-1998]
A. 
Except as herein provided, every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by the penalties prescribed in § 1800 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, now in effect or of any supplements or amendments thereto in effect at the time of conviction.
B. 
A violation of any portion of Article V, Parking Meters, of this chapter shall subject the owner or operator of the vehicle which shall cause such violation to a penalty not to exceed that set annually by resolution of the Board of Trustees, for each such offense to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the Village of New Paltz, which penalty shall be in addition to the payments provided in § 198-23F hereof.
[Amended 10-22-2014 by L.L. No. 13-2014]
C. 
In addition to any other penalties or fines imposed for the violation of Article V hereof, any police officer or personnel of the Treasurer's office is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety within the Village of New Paltz any vehicle parked at any public parking space, including parking meters, in the Village of New Paltz where report has been made to the Treasurer's office that six or more delinquent parking tickets have been issued to the person in whose name such vehicle is registered for violations of parking regulations of the Village of New Paltz and that such delinquent parking tickets have not been paid, satisfied, nor otherwise disposed of.
[Amended 3-15-2005 by L.L. No. 6-2006; 9-9-2007 by L.L. No. 9-2007]
D. 
The owner or operator of such vehicle shall be responsible for payment of the reasonable charges for removal and storage. The vehicle so removed shall be retained in custody until such time that said tickets for parking violations and the removal and storage charges have been paid, satisfied, or otherwise disposed of.
E. 
The owner of the facility at which the vehicle is stored shall be entitled to collect a fee for storage. The fee for storage of vehicles is hereby set according to the Town of New Paltz Schedule.
[Amended 3-15-2005 by L.L. No. 6-2006]
F. 
Any person who removes a motor vehicle from the premises to which it has been removed and is stored without payment, satisfaction or otherwise disposal of said tickets for parking violations and any removal or storage charges then due shall be deemed to have committed a violation and, upon conviction, shall be liable to a fine not to exceed that set annually by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 10-22-2014 by L.L. No. 13-2014]
G. 
In addition to any other penalties or fines imposed for violation of § 198-13 hereof, the Board of Trustees may also maintain an action or proceeding in the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation of § 198-13.
H. 
Penalties. Any vehicle in the long-term parking lot or employee parking lot without a valid decal evidencing a valid permit will be ticketed first offense, towed second offense.
[Added 4-17-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013]