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PARKING
ORDINANCE FOR
THE NORTHPORT VILLAGE CORPORATION This
Parking Ordinance intends to promote and maintain the public safety, well-being and
convenience of the residents of the Northport Village Corporation by regulating
the parking of vehicles on Village Roads and on Village-owned property. Section
2. AUTHORITY This
Ordinance has been proposed for adoption in accordance with the Section
3. DEFINITIONS See
attached Appendix. Section
4. WINTER
PARKING BAN 4.1 From November 15 to April 15, parking shall
be prohibited along village roads from Section 5.
VEHICLES NOT TO OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC 5.1) The operator of a motor vehicle shall park
such vehicle with curb-side wheels as far off the road surface as possible.
Double parking is prohibited. 5.2) A vehicle shall not be parked in any street
so as to prevent or obstruct the passing of vehicular traffic or emergency
vehicles. (Ambulance passage requires a road width of ten (10) feet.) 5.3) No “oversized vehicle” shall be
permitted to park or stand upon any public street in the Village for a longer
period than two (2) hours, except when loading or unloading or performing
maintenance work. 5.4) If the owner of an “oversized vehicle”,
for reasons related to construction or to hardship, wishes to stand or park on
Village roads for periods longer than those specified in Section 5.3, the owner
must request exceptional permission from the Board of Overseers or Village Agent
or Village Police Officer. Section 6.
NO PARKING ZONES The Board of Overseers may establish and then
erect and maintain signs indicating that no parking is permitted in specified
areas or on one or both sides of a specified street. (See
Appendix for current list.) Section 7.
PARKING ON VILLAGE PROPERTY 7.1) No unlicensed or unregistered vehicles shall
be parked on Village property. 7.2) Areas available for parking: see
Appendix for list. Section 8.
EMERGENCY REMOVAL 8.1) Any vehicle parked upon a public street or
on Village property in a place or manner prohibited by this Ordinance is hereby
declared to be an obstruction in the public way. The Village Police Officer or
Village Agent may cause the removal, at the owner’s expense, of any motor
vehicle in violation of this ordinance which is posing an immediate threat to
public safety. Section 9.
ENFORCEMENT It shall be the duty and responsibility of the
Village Police Officer and the Overseers to enforce the Parking Ordinance in the
summer months; the Overseers and the Village Agent shall enforce the Ordinance
in the non-summer months. Section
10. PENALTIES Illegal parking of a vehicle in violation of this
Ordinance is a civil violation. Verbal warning or issuance of warning tickets
will inform vehicle owners of violations. There will be no fines or penalties
other than emergency removal as described in Sections 4 and 8. Section
11. PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF
OPERATION No person shall allow any vehicle registered in
his or her name to park in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance. The
fact that a vehicle is unlawfully parked or stored shall be prima facie evidence
of the unlawful parking of such vehicle by the person in whose name the vehicle
is registered. (Code 1968, Section 711.39) Section
12. LIABILITY Parking of motor vehicles, boats, trailers, or
cradles on Village Property or beside Village roads shall be at the owner’s
risk. The Village bears no liability for any damage to property whether caused
by weather, accident, or vandalism. Section
13. REPEAL OF PRIOR ORDINANCES Any and all prior ordinances or parts thereof or
written policies or procedures heretofore adopted by the Board of Overseers
which are in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be repealed as
of the effective date of this Ordinance. Section
14. VALIDITY AND SEVERABILITY Should any section(s) or provision(s) of this
Ordinance be declared by the courts to be invalid or non-enforceable, such
decision shall not invalidate any other section or provision of this ordinance. Section
15. ADOPTION AND EFFECTIVE DATE The proposed ordinance will be discussed and
voted upon at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Overseers of the
Northport Village Corporation on Enacted: Attest:____________________________________
Eleanor D. Lagner, Clerk Northport Village Corporation Appendix
to Parking Regulations for the Northport Village Corporation DEFINITIONS 1)
“ 2)
“Park,”
“parked,” “parking”: a vehicle which remains stationary in a street or
on Village-owned property, without a driver and without the engine operating. 3)
“Oversized vehicle”:
any vehicle which has a carrying capacity of more than three-thousand (3000)
pounds or which, including load, is more than twenty-two (22) feet in length, or
which, including load, is more than eight (8) feet in width, or which, including
load, is more than twelve feet six inches (12’6”) in height. NO PARKING ZONES As of 1)
The west side of 2)
The east and west side of
Bay Street Extension across the bottom of 3)
The south side of Park
Row bordering the north edge of 4)
The north side of 5)
At the bottom of 6)
The west side of Limited
space is available for parking on Village-owned property 1)
At the bottom of a)
Eastern edge facing the
wharf, angular parking b)
Western edge facing the
park, angular parking c)
Southern edge on d)
3.
4.
“The
Grantor reserves the right for the abutting property owners to park or leave an
automobile or other vehicle in a designated section of the park.” |