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.
A.
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.
B.
Except where angle parking is authorized, every vehicle
stopped, standing or parked upon a highway where there are no adjacent
curbs shall be so stopped, standing or parked parallel with the edge
of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic.
[Amended 9-27-1989; 6-18-2003; 5-20-2009; 11-18-2009; 2-1-2017]
No vehicle shall be left parked or standing on any public highway
in the City of Lockport between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
A.
Overnight on-street parking.
(1)
Effective November 30, 2016, no vehicle shall remain parked upon
any street in the City between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
unless the owner has applied to the Traffic Advisory Board and received
from the City Clerk, upon recommendation of the Traffic Advisory Board,
an authorized parking permit; provided, however, that this section
shall not apply to physicians while making professional calls to or
any ambulance or vehicle of a funeral director while such vehicle
is engaged in professional calls.
(2)
Annual permits. Annual permits shall be effective from January 1
through December 31 of each year and available for passenger vehicles
only. Annual permits shall be issued by the City Clerk upon recommendation
of the Traffic Advisory Board, upon verification that suitable off-street
parking is not available and that it is impractical for the owner
to provide off-street parking. The annual fee for such permit shall
be $120. Payment shall be in cash, check or money order drawn on United
States funds made payable to the "City Clerk." The fee is nonrefundable.
In the event a check is returned for insufficient funds, the permit
shall automatically be revoked without further notice to the permit
holder, and a penalty of $35 shall be charged. A replacement fee of
$10 shall be charged for lost or stolen permits.
(3)
Seasonal permits. Seasonal permits are available for passenger vehicles
only and are effective from April 15 through October 15. Seasonal
permits shall be issued by the City Clerk upon submission and approval
of a completed application prescribed by the City Clerk. The fee for
such a seasonal permit shall be $30 and can be paid in cash, check
or money order drawn on United States funds payable to the City Clerk.
The fee is nonrefundable. ln the event a check is returned for insufficient
funds, the permit shall be automatically revoked without further notice
to the permit holder, and a penalty of $35 shall be charged. A replacement
fee of $10 shall be charged for lost or stolen permits. No more than
two permits shall be issued per building.
[Amended 3-20-2019]
(4)
Permits must be displayed in the driver's windshield of the vehicle
and may not be transferred from vehicle to vehicle. Failure to properly
display said permit shall result in the issuance of a parking ticket.
B.
Vehicles must be parked in front or within the immediate area of
the respective property for which the vehicle is registered or the
permit was issued.
C.
Funeral directors may receive temporary permits allowing them to
mark off reasonable spaces in front of or paralleling their funeral
homes or residences where remains of deceased persons are awaiting
burial, to be used by them and mourners of the deceased. All parking
by others in such areas during such period is prohibited.
D.
Omnibuses or buses; exceptions.
(1)
No vehicle capable of carrying more than one ton or an omnibus or
bus having a carrying capacity of seven or more passengers shall be
parked on any public highway in the City of Lockport.
(2)
Exceptions. Subject to any other limitations, vehicles capable of
carrying more than one ton or omnibuses or buses having a carrying
capacity of seven or more passengers may be parked on public highways
that are located in business and industrial zones as classified by
the City's Zoning Ordinance. Additionally, during the course of deliveries,
vehicles capable of carrying more than one ton and omnibuses or buses
having a carrying capacity of seven or more passengers may be parked
on public highways of the City of Lockport.
E.
Overnight
parking on City streets.
[Added 4-12-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
(1)
Overnight parking shall be permitted on all streets not subject to no-parking restrictions pursuant to § 183-24 from April 15 of each year to November 1 of each year.
(2)
Only
two-axle noncommercial passenger vehicles and motorcycles, properly
registered and insured, may remain on a City street overnight during
this period. No vehicle shall be permitted to stand for a continuous
forty-eight-hour period during the months set forth above.
(3)
The
Highways and Parks Department shall have the ability to designate
certain streets for no parking, during periods of street cleaning
and/or paving, by notices posted in advance.
(4)
The
ban on overnight parking within the City limits will remain in effect
for the following streets and thoroughfares:
[Added 4-26-1989; amended 2-20-2008]
The streets or parts of streets or City-owned and operated parking lots or parts of parking lots described in Schedule XIIA (§ 183-55.1), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as handicapped parking zones and, as such, are hereby reserved for the use of vehicles being used for the transportation of a severely disabled or handicapped person or persons.
The parking of vehicles is prohibited at all times in those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XIII (§ 183-56).
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XIV (§ 183-57) during the hours indicated.
A.
The Department of Police may, in times of emergency
or when necessity requires, prohibit the parking of vehicles on any
street, avenue or property hereinbefore or hereinafter referred to,
where such parking, in their opinion, would interfere with snow or
ice removal or repairs to the street or might endanger the public
in the use of any such street, avenue or property, and the posting
of printed notices in the area affected shall be sufficient notice
to the public of such fact, and all persons shall comply therewith.
B.
The Department of Police or its duly authorized agents
shall attach to any vehicle parked in violation of any provision of
previous Subsection A, except when a vehicle is towed away as provided
herein, a notice to the owner or operator thereof instructing such
owner or operator to report to the police station of said City in
regard to such violation.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited
in the streets or parts of streets described below for a longer period
of time than that designated, during the hours indicated:
A.
Except in an emergency or in compliance with the direction
of a peace officer or official traffic sign, vehicles shall be permitted
to park two hours only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, holidays excepted, only on any of the following
named streets or highways or parts thereof: any public highway within
the City of Lockport, except those presently having parking restrictions,
within a radius of 1/2 mile of the property line of the Lockport Senior
High School located on Lincoln Avenue, Lockport, New York, and except
Locust Street, west side, from Lincoln Avenue south to the City line.
C.
Lockport High School permit parking zone.
[Added 11-17-1993]
(1)
A permit parking zone is established on Lincoln Avenue
south side, from the entrance driveway of Lockport High School east
to the intersection of Locust Street and west side of Locust Street
from its intersection with Lincoln Avenue south to the City line.
Said permit parking to begin 6:00 a.m. and end at 2:15 p.m. daily,
Monday through Friday.
A.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the parking lots described in Schedule XVII (§ 183-60) for a longer period of time than designated, in any twenty-four-hour period, during the hours indicated.
[Amended 8-5-1993]
B.
No vehicle shall be parked in any City-controlled
parking lot whose gross weight exceeds 2 1/2 tons.
The standing of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVIII (§ 183-61) during the hours indicated.
The stopping of vehicles is hereby prohibited in those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XIX (§ 183-62) during the hours indicated.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XX (§ 183-63) except at the angle designated and only within the painted white stall lines.
The locations described in Schedule XXI (§ 183-64) are hereby designated as bus stops, and the parking or standing of vehicles other than buses is hereby prohibited in such locations.
The locations described in Schedule XXII (§ 183-65) are hereby designated as taxi stands, and the standing or parking of vehicles other than taxis is hereby prohibited in such locations. Taxis using such stands shall not be left unattended and shall be subject to all other vehicle and traffic regulations of the City.
[Added 5-30-1988]
The locations described in Schedule XXIIA (§ 183-65.1), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as loading zones.
In addition to any other penalties which may be provided in this chapter, any vehicle parked illegally under the provisions of this article may be removed and stored as provided in Article IV, Removal and Storage of Vehicles.
