As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A.
Any resident of this Village may obtain, from the
Village Clerk, a commuter parking license for any passenger motor
vehicle with noncomercial plates, not including a taxicab or omnibus,
of which he is the owner, by filing with the Clerk an application
in such form as the Clerk shall provide and paying the required fee.
Such permit shall not be assignable or transferable to any other vehicle,
or to any other owner, and shall be valid only so long as the vehicle
is owned by the same owner and said owner remains a resident of the
Village and the vehicle remains registered at an address within the
Village of Westbury. Each such permit shall be valid for no more than
one calendar year commencing January 3 and extending through the following
January 2, and shall bear upon it the year in which its validity commences.
B.
Any employee or business owner of a business located
in a Business or Industrial Zone of this Village may obtain, from
the Village Clerk, a business parking license for any passenger motor
vehicle with noncommercial plats, not including a taxicab or omnibus,
of which he is the owner, by filing with the Clerk an application
in such form as the Clerk shall provide and paying the required fee.
Such permit shall not be assignable or transferable to any other vehicle,
or to any other owner, and shall be valid only so long as the vehicle
is owned by the same owner and said owner continues to either own
a business or be an employee of a business located within a business
or industrial zone in the Village of Westbury. Each such permit shall
be valid for no more than one calendar year commencing January 3 and
extending through the following January 2, and shall bear upon it
the year in which its validity commences.
C.
Replacement. When the owner of a licensed vehicle
sells, destroys or otherwise disposes of the licensed vehicle, a new
permit may be issued for another vehicle for the balance of the permit
year, at a fee to be set by the Village Board, under the following
conditions:
(1)
The registration of the licensed motor vehicle shall
have been transferred to the replacement vehicle and approved by the
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.
(2)
The registration plate number of the replacement vehicle
shall be the same as for the original licensed vehicle.
(3)
An affidavit shall be filed with the Village Clerk
certifying that the permit displayed on the original vehicle had been
destroyed at the time of disposition.
D.
Leased vehicles. A permit may be issued to a Village
resident for use on a leased vehicle under the following terms and
conditions:
(1)
The application shall be accompanied by a sworn statement
of the lessor and lessee that the vehicle is leased for the entire
term of the licensing period.
(2)
A sworn statement by the lessee that the vehicle is
for the exclusive use of the resident applicant and will be garaged
at the applicant's Village residence.
(3)
The license shall be issued in the name of the Village
resident, and he shall be liable for any improper use of said license.
The Commissioner of Police and Public Safety
is authorized and required to designate the part or parts of a vehicle
upon which permit shall or may be displayed, and the manner in which
it shall or may be displayed. Such designations may be by order, rule
or regulation, and a brief indication of such designation shall appear
upon each permit issued pursuant to this article.
In case of loss or destruction of any permit
issued pursuant to this article, the owner may obtain a replacement
by filing an application with the Village Clerk, in such form as the
Clerk shall provide, and paying the required fee, which shall be set
by the Village Board. Such application shall set forth that the permit
was lost or destroyed. After the issuance, pursuant to this section,
of a replacement permit, the replaced permit shall no longer be valid.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
article for any person to do any of the following acts:
A.
To transfer or assign any license issued pursuant
to this article.
B.
To cause, allow or permit the display of a license
issued pursuant to this article upon any vehicle registered in his
name or of which he is the operator, unless it is a licensed vehicle.
C.
To remove a license issued pursuant to this article
from any licensed vehicle without the permission of the owner.
D.
To alter or deface a license issued pursuant to this
article, unless a still-valid license for said vehicle has been issued
pursuant to this article.
E.
To allow or permit any vehicle, other than a licensed
vehicle, registered in the name of or operated by such person to stand
or be parked in any parking spaces or parking areas designated pursuant
to this article as "Restricted to Licensed Vehicles."
A.
The Commissioner of Police and Public Safety is authorized
and required to designate, by suitable signs and markings, parking
spaces in the municipal parking lot maintained by the Village between
Scally Place and Union Avenue in the village, said parking space to
be designated "Restricted to Licensed Vehicles." All other parking
space in the aforesaid municipal parking lot shall be designated by
suitable signs and markings.
B.
The Commissioner of Police and Public Safety is authorized
and required to designate, by suitable signs and markings, parking
spaces in the municipal parking lots maintained by the Village, said
parking space to be designated "Licensed Business Vehicle Parking
Permitted." All other parking space in the aforesaid municipal parking
lots shall be designated by suitable signs and markings. Vehicles
with a properly issued valid business parking license may park in
locations as designated by the Commissioner of Police and Public Safety.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person
to stop, stand or park a vehicle in any area in the municipal parking
lots maintained by the village and designated "Licensed Business Vehicle
Permitted" unless the vehicle bears a licensed business vehicle permit.
[Amended 9-3-2009 by L.L. No. 10-2009]
