It is hereby declared to be the purpose of the
City of Corning, and pursuant to the provisions of § 72j
of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York and any acts
amendatory thereto, to establish, maintain and operate certain off-street
motor vehicle parking lots herein sometimes called "public parking
facilities," on lands now owned or leased, or hereafter acquired or
leased, by the City of Corning for the specific purpose of providing
motor vehicle off-street parking facilities and parking space for
the convenience, welfare, safety and accommodation of the public and
the promotion of the orderly flow of traffic and relieving traffic
congestion. It is likewise the purpose of the City to provide for
the operation, use and regulation of other City parking areas for
motor vehicles, which shall not be open to or used by the general
public, except as may be otherwise specifically provided or permitted.
For the purpose of this article, all words and
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth
in Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York,
as now in effect or hereafter amended, unless some other meaning is
indicated by their context herein.
MOTOR VEHICLE
In addition to its ordinary meaning, includes motorcycles
and trailers.
PARK, PARKING or PARKED
The stopping and standing of a motor vehicle, occupied or
unoccupied, upon any portion of a public parking facility or City
parking area for a period longer than necessary for the unloading
of passengers therein,
PARKING TIME VIOLATION FEE
The total of the periods of time (in terms of the applicable
time unit) a vehicle has been parked either without payment of the
proper fee or after the expiration of the legal time paid for, multiplied
by the applicable period rate for the parking space or spaces occupied
by such vehicle.
The so-called City parking areas shall be of
two general classes as may be fixed by the Director of Public Safety:
A. Active, for the use of such City motor vehicles and
the motor vehicles of such City officials and employees and such visitors
having official business with the City or in the City Hall as may
be determined from time to time by the Director of Public Safety.
B. Storage, for the use of such City motor vehicles and
the motor vehicles of such City officials and employees as may be
determined from time to time by the Director of Public Safety and
for the temporary storage, until other legal disposition has been
made of motor or other vehicles or objects removed from their parking
or resting places and impounded by the City either under this article
or any other applicable law, ordinance or regulation.
The parking fees for the various meters in such
lots shall be as heretofore or hereafter established by the Director
of Public Safety with approval of the City Council. The legal parking
fines shall be set by the Director of Public Safety. Times and fees
shall be plainly indicated either by a legend on or attached to each
meter or by some other suitable device, sign, notice or pavement marking
the proper coin or coins for use in such meter and the legal parking
time purchased by one or more of such coins.
Actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, hereunder may be brought in the City Court of the City of Corning or in any other court of competent jurisdiction within the State of New York and, except for those under §
224-68E and
F hereof, shall be heard by the court or judge without a jury.
In any prosecution or proceeding hereunder,
proof of the registration plate displayed on a motor vehicle shall
constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered
owner of such vehicle was the person who parked such vehicle at the
time when and the place where the alleged violation of this article
occurred.
All moneys received pursuant to the terms of
this article and the rules and regulations of the Director of Public
Safety in connection with any of the public parking facilities, whether
from parking meter receipts, ticket sales, rentals, civil compromises,
fines, penalties, special fees or whatsoever, shall be paid over to
the Finance Director and credited to General Fund.