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.
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.
The parking of vehicles is prohibited at all times in those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XII.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., on the designated days, in those locations described in Schedule XIII.
The stopping and standing of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations described in Schedule XIV.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations described in Schedule XV, during the times indicated.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations described in Schedule XVI for a longer period of time than that designated, during the hours indicated.
The locations described in Schedule XVII are hereby designated as bus stops, and the parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in such locations.
[Added 8-17-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
The locations described in Schedule XVIII are hereby designated as taxi stands.
A. 
When stopping is prohibited by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation, no person shall stop or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal.
B. 
When standing is prohibited by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation, no person shall stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, but may stop temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
C. 
When parking is prohibited by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation, no person shall park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, but may stop or stand temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
D. 
When official signs have been posted prohibiting, restricting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any public street in the Village of Northport, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restriction stated on such signs.
E. 
No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled portion of any public street in the Village of Northport when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such part of said roadway, but in any event an unobstructed width of the roadway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be made available from a distance 200 feet in each direction upon such roadway. This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in such a manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such vehicle in such position.
[Amended 11-18-1975 by L.L. No. 15-1975; 5-3-1977 by L.L. No. 9-1977; 10-2-1979 by L.L. No. 15-1979; 3-18-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982; 6-5-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985; 2-15-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
A. 
No person shall park or leave unattended any boat trailer or motor vehicle with a boat trailer attached on any street in the Village of Northport except while actually engaged in the loading or unloading thereof.
B. 
Parking of commercial vehicles on Village streets.
(1) 
Prohibited parking. No person shall park or leave unattended any commercial vehicle on any Village street or in any parking lot owned or maintained by the Village of Northport between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., except while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of the same or rendering of services for which the vehicle is a necessary attribute. This provision shall not be applicable to the parking of certain commercial vehicles not bearing any writing, drawing, picture, painting or announcement of a commercial advertising nature on any street or in any parking lot owned or maintained by the Village of Northport, provided that a permit is affixed to said vehicles pursuant to the provisions of the following subsection.
(2) 
A person may park or leave unattended certain commercial vehicles on any Village street not listed in Schedule XIX, provided that a permit for such parking shall have been issued by the Village Clerk after application and payment of an annual fee in the amount as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees; see Chapter 147, Fees. Said permit shall expire on the first day of July next following issuance. Only one permit shall be issued per dwelling unit, including apartments in a multifamily residence, for any commercial vehicle having a gross weight of less than 3/4 ton and also having no more than four wheels.
(a) 
Each permit issued shall be affixed to the left side of the rear bumper of the vehicle.
(b) 
Any permit may be revoked after notice of the Chief of Police of the Incorporated Village of Northport or his designee for a materially false statement made on the application form to be completed by each applicant, annually, prior to the issuance of the permit. Such application form shall be promulgated by the Chief of Police of the Incorporated Village of Northport, requiring each applicant to supply any information necessary for issuance of said permit hereunder.
(3) 
For the purposes of this section, the term "commercial vehicle" shall be defined as any motor vehicle other than a passenger car, including but not limited to vans, trailers, semitrailers, tractors, trailer cabs and the like, notwithstanding the classification of New York State registration.
C. 
No person shall park or leave unattended any vehicle in a parking space designated "Handicapped Parking" without displaying the required permit. Handicapped parking places are listed in § 282-69, Schedule XXI.
D. 
No person shall park or leave unattended any vehicle on any street or in any parking lot which is owned or maintained by the Village of Northport which is not currently registered as required by Article 14 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law or which does not display a current or valid registration as required under Article 14 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Added 11-17-1998 by L.L. No. 7-1998]
A. 
There is hereby established a Handicapped Parking Violations Unit, as authorized by § 1203-f of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, within the Police Department. Such unit shall be under the supervision and direction of the Police Chief.
B. 
Such unit shall be comprised of no more than 10 volunteers. As authorized by § 1203-f of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, each such volunteer shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Northport. Each such volunteer so appointed shall serve without compensation for a term of two years.
C. 
The volunteers so appointed shall assist the Incorporated Village of Northport in enforcement of handicapped parking violations as provided in this section.
D. 
A volunteer person so appointed shall not be authorized nor assigned to perform any duties of assisting enforcement as provided herein until such person shall participate and complete a training program as provided in this section.
E. 
Equipment and forms.
(1) 
Each appointed volunteer shall be given an official identification with an identification number displayed thereon as well as a photograph of such volunteer. Such volunteer shall be given equipment and aids, including but not limited to a camera and forms for recording all violations. Each such form shall be delivered by the volunteer to the Police Chief.
(2) 
Such forms shall contain a space for entry of the date, time and location of the violation, the charged violation, description of the motor vehicle, the registration plate of such motor vehicle and the date of registration and a space for the signature and the identification number of such volunteer. Such form shall also state whether a photograph or recording was taken and require the delivery of the photograph or recording to a particular location for processing. If a photograph or recording was taken and requires processing, the Police Department shall process the photograph or recording.
(3) 
Any such photograph or recording that is used as evidence of a violation shall be available for inspection in any proceeding to adjudicate the liability for such violation. A certification sworn to or affirmed by a Village employee designated by the Police Chief to administer the program shall state that the photograph is the original produced from the film submitted by the volunteer or that the recording is the original, or a true and accurate copy of such photograph or recording submitted. Such certification shall be prima facie evidence of the facts in the photograph or recording. Such photograph or recording shall be used only for evidence of handicapped parking violations and not for any other purpose.
F. 
Notice of violation.
(1) 
A notice of violation shall contain the charged violation, the registration number of such motor vehicle, the date, time and location of the violation, the amount of any fine and the identification number of the volunteer.
(2) 
Such notice of violation shall be mailed to each owner by first class mail. A manual or automatic record of such mailing made in the ordinary course of business shall be prima facie evidence of mailing of such notice.
G. 
A volunteer appointed to assist in enforcement of handicapped parking violations shall be required to attend and complete a training program of a least two hours in duration, which shall include at a minimum the following:
(1) 
Instruction and review of all laws, rules, regulations and ordinances relating to handicapped parking.
(2) 
Instruction on who is considered handicapped and entitled to utilize handicapped parking.
(3) 
Instruction on how to determine whether a violation has occurred or how to determine the applicable law, rule, regulation or ordinance.
(4) 
Instruction and review of the procedure to be followed by each volunteer for taking evidence and reporting violations.
(5) 
Instruction, demonstration and practice of the use of cameras or other equipment and aids supplied to the volunteer assisting in enforcement of handicapped parking violations, and such other training as deemed appropriate for the specific duties of such a volunteer.
(6) 
Instruction on conduct in taking evidence of a violation and in dealing with the public and the purported owner and/or operator of a motor vehicle parked in violation of a handicapped violation law or ordinance.
(7) 
Instruction on identifying a motor vehicle and the entry into the form of a description of a motor vehicle and other information required to be entered on such form.