[Amended 5-21-2024 by L.L. No. 1-2024]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Northport and the proper officers of said Village shall enter into a contract for the leasing, purchase and installation of parking meters, said contract to be made subject to the conditions and in the manner provided by law, the payment for such meters and the installation thereof to be provided for by way of payment from any appropriate budgetary source, a grant or grants, as they may be available or bonding.
[Amended 11-20-1979 by L.L. No. 17-1979; 3-5-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985; 2-27-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 10-1-1996 by L.L. No. 8-1996]
Parking meter zones are hereby established as set forth in § 282-70, Schedule XXII. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such areas during the hours indicated in excess of the time limit indicated and without inserting the coin or coins provided for in § 282-37. Meters shall be in force between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays, and it shall be unlawful to park at any meter in excess of two hours.
[Amended 10-2-2018 by L.L. No. 8-2018]
A. 
On streets so designated, the Police Department shall make parking spaces, on the curb or pavement, by appropriate means, and in each space so marked shall erect or cause to be erected a parking meter, which, upon the deposit of a coin or combination of coins of the United States indicated on the parking meter, shall entitle a vehicle operator to park his car for such limited time as is indicated on the parking meter, and which meter shall also indicate the time when such period has elapsed.
B. 
Persons with disabilities. No fee shall be required to be deposited in a parking meter or pay station for the parking of any vehicle operated by a person with disabilities and bearing a distinctive number plate issued by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles or disabilities parking permit issued by a governmental body or an agent of the governmental body, in accordance with § 1203-1 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law. No such permit shall entitle the vehicle to be parked longer than the time limit established for such space.
[Amended 11-20-1979 by L.L. No. 17-1979; 7-30-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991; 5-16-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995; 3-5-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; 5-7-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002; 6-14-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
In order that the police officers may properly compute the time during which a vehicle is parked, the owner or operator of said vehicle shall, upon entering such parking space during the time of the limited parking, immediately deposit a coin or combination of coins of the United States in the parking meter situated at such parking space and operate the same according to instructions thereon. Failure to do so shall constitute a violation of this article. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins and placing the meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of parking time which has been prescribed for the particular amount deposited. If such vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space for such length of time that the meter shall indicate by proper signal that the lawful parking period has expired, such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be in violation of this article. The parking meters, when installed and properly operated, shall be adjusted so that there shall be one-hour and two-hour meters or for such time periods as the Board of Trustees may from time to time designate by resolution. The meter fees shall be established from time to time by the Board of Trustees by resolution.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any line or marking designating a parking space, or to park said vehicle in any way that the same shall not be wholly within a parking space as designated by said lines or markings.
[Added 11-18-1975 by L.L. No. 15-1975]
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle, except commercial vehicles, within a designated parking area with the rear portion of the vehicle facing the meter.
It shall be unlawful to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter a slug, device or any substitute for a coin of the United States.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, tamper with, damage, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the terms of this article.
In addition to the penalties prescribed in this article, persons shall be subject to any other penalty provided by law for damage to equipment or mischief in connection with the maintenance and operation of said parking meters.
[Amended 3-7-1978 by L.L. No. 1-1978; 6-20-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995; 3-5-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]
Any person, firm or corporation, while violating the provisions of this article or aiding, abetting or assisting in the violation of said provisions, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $20 for such offense if said fine is paid within 30 days of the date of the violation. If the fine is not paid or the notice of violation answered in the Northport Justice Court within 30 days of the date of violation, the fine then shall be $40 for such offense.
[Amended 11-20-1979 by L.L. No. 17-1979]
Whenever an owner or operator of any vehicle has been summoned or notified by summons or notice attached to his vehicle that he has violated §§ 282-37 and 282-38 of this article, he may, within 48 hours after the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, pay to the Justice's Court, at the office of the Justice or at the Village office, as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation, the sum as outlined in § 282-43, Penalties for offenses.