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.
[Amended 11-14-2011 by L.L. No. 20-2011; 12-10-2018 by L.L. No. 10-2018]
No person shall stop a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XIII (§ 230-47), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall stand a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XIV (§ 230-48), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended 12-10-2018 by L.L. No. 10-2018]
[Added 12-10-2018 by L.L.
No. 10-2018]
A.
No person shall park a commercial vehicle between the hours of 7:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the next day on any Town road in any residential
zoning district, except in the event of an emergency.
(1)
For the purposes of this section, a "commercial vehicle" shall
be a vehicle which exceeds 18,000 pounds in registered gross vehicle
weight, and includes tractors, road tractor-trailers, rollers, tractor
and truck cranes, power shovels, road-building machines, snowplows,
road sweepers, sand spreaders, tank trailers and buses, and any other
such vehicle used for, intended to be used for, registered for or
potentially registered for commercial purposes.
[Amended 11-13-2019 by L.L. No.
6-2019]
(a)
Notwithstanding the above, the following shall be exempt from
this section:
[1]
Any authorized emergency vehicle as defined by
New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law § 101.
[2]
Any vehicle owned by a municipality or corporation
engaged in repairs or improvements to any utility provided by the
Town of Wappinger or its authorized agents.
[3]
Any vehicle owned by a municipality or corporation
engaged in repairs or improvements to any street or right-of-way maintained
by the Town of Wappinger.
[4]
Any vehicle which is in the process of picking
up or delivering merchandise or other property.
[5]
The temporary parking of any vehicle on a road
while the driveway where said vehicle is normally parked is being
repaved.
[Added 12-10-2018 by L.L.
No. 10-2018]
A.
Overnight parking prohibited during wintertime.
(1)
Between November 1 of each year and March 31 of the following
year, no vehicle shall be left standing or allowed to remain parked
upon any public highway of the Town of Wappinger, outside of the corporate
limits of the Village of Wappingers Falls, between the hours of 12:00
midnight and 8:00 a.m. during such months.
B.
Snow emergency, declaration and duration.
(2)
When the National Weather Service has not issued an winter advisory listed in Subsection B(1) above, the Town Supervisor, the Superintendent of Town Highways or their designees may declare a snow emergency for the Town of Wappinger whenever road conditions become hazardous such that the free movement of fire, health, police or other vehicular traffic may become impeded by reason of snow, freezing rain, sleet or other natural causes.
(a)
Upon the declaration of a snow emergency, the Town of Wappinger
shall contact the media and issue public announcements about the snow
emergency by any reasonable means available.
(b)
It shall not be a defense to a charge of violating snow emergency
regulations that the vehicle operator or owner was unaware of any
such snow emergency announcement.
(3)
Duration of snow emergency.
(a)
Any snow emergency declared as a result of a National Weather Service advisory described in Subsection B(1) above shall commence at the issuance of the weather advisory or one hour prior to the commencement of the warned time period stated in the NWS advisory and shall cease 48 hours after the expiration of the NWS advisory, unless otherwise extended or terminated by the Town Supervisor, the Superintendent of Town Highways or their designees.
(b)
Any snow emergency declared by the Town Supervisor, the Superintendent
of Town Highways or their designees shall commence within 30 minutes
of the issuance of the declaration, or at such time stated in the
declaration, and shall cease 48 hours after the issuance of the declaration
of emergency, unless terminated earlier by the Town Supervisor, the
Superintendent of Town Highways or their designees.
(c)
Continuation of the emergency beyond the forty-eight-hour time
period shall be conveyed to the public by the Town Supervisor, the
Superintendent of Town Highways or their designees through the media
and the Town of Wappinger website.
C.
No parking during snow emergency.
(1)
No vehicle shall be left standing or allowed to remain parked
upon any public highway of the Town of Wappinger outside of the corporate
limits of the Village of Wappingers Falls during a snow emergency.
No person shall stop a vehicle during the times specified in Schedule XVI (§ 230-50) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said schedule, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall stand a vehicle during the times specified in Schedule XVII (§ 230-51) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said schedule, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule XVIII (§ 230-52) at any time between the hours listed in said schedule of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said schedule, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XIX (§ 230-53), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except at the angle designated and only within the painted stall lines. On all streets or portions thereof where angle parking is now or shall hereafter be authorized, all vehicles parked thereon shall be parked with the front thereof nearest the curb.
The locations described in Schedule XX (§ 230-54), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as loading zones.
The locations described in Schedule XXI (§ 230-55), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as taxi stands.
The locations described in Schedule XXII (§ 230-56), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as bus stops.
