This article is adopted pursuant to § 130
of the Town Law of the State of New York and § 1660 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
This article shall be applicable to all territory
within the Town of Ithaca outside of the incorporated Village of Cayuga
Heights.
This article amends and restates the Ordinance
Amending and Restating Ordinance Regulating Traffic and Parking in
the Town of Ithaca, adopted February 10, 1992, and amendments thereto
and to the extent the provisions of said earlier ordinances conflict
with the ordinance as set forth herein, this article shall govern.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
Where stopping is prohibited by this article,
no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or
not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or
in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control
sign or signal. The stopping of motor vehicles is prohibited in the
following locations:
A. Buttermilk Falls Road West in its entirety.
B. Buttermilk Falls Road East in its entirety.
C. On both
sides of Winthrop Drive within 125 feet of the northwesterly and southeasterly
sides of the crosswalk that has a center line located approximately
1,068 feet easterly of the intersection of Winthrop Drive and the
center line of Brandywine Drive.
The intersections enumerated on Schedule A annexed
hereto are designated as stop intersections and stop signs are ordered
installed at the entrance to such intersections as set forth on Schedule
A.
The intersections set forth on the annexed Schedule
B are designated as yield intersections and yield signs are ordered
installed at entrances to such intersections as set forth on Schedule
B.
The Town of Ithaca may store any vehicle removed pursuant to §
250-15 in a suitable place at the expense of the owner. The owner, or person in charge of the vehicle, may redeem the same upon payment to the Town of Ithaca of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal.
The Town of Ithaca shall report promptly the removal and disposition of any vehicle pursuant to §§
250-15 and
250-16 to the County Sheriff. The Town shall also ascertain, to the extent possible, the owner of the vehicle or person having the vehicle in charge and make reasonable efforts by mail to notify that person of the removal and disposition of the vehicle and of the amount required to redeem the vehicle.
The owner, or the person in charge, of a vehicle that has been removed pursuant to §
250-15 may request a hearing to challenge the assessment of any expense imposed pursuant to §
250-16. The request for a hearing shall be in writing and shall be filed with the Town Clerk within 15 days of receiving notice of the removal of the vehicle. The hearing shall be held within 10 days after the request has been filed. The hearing shall be conducted by the Town Supervisor or any other impartial person designated by the Town Supervisor. The scope of the hearing shall be solely to determine whether the removal of the vehicle was authorized by §
250-15. The sole effect of a determination that the removal of the vehicle was not authorized by §
250-15, shall be that the owner or person in charge of the vehicle shall not be responsible for the expenses of towing and storage. Nothing in this article is intended to affect the liability of the Town of Ithaca for any damage done to any vehicle during towing or storage.