[Amended 9-26-1995 by Ord. No. 13-95; 7-22-1997 by Ord. No. 11-97; 12-28-2010 by L.L. No. 7-2011; 7-25-2017 by Ord. No. 6-2017; 5-8-2018 by Ord. No. 9-2018; 5-9-2023 by Ord. No. 01-2023]
The following City-owned parking lots are available for parking
to the public, subject to the restrictions and permit procedure set
forth in this chapter:
12 Bleecker Street
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Northeast corner of Church Street and Elm Street
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9 Elm Street
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22 Elm Street
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24 Fremont Street
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North side of South Arlington Avenue
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13 Third Avenue
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No driver of a vehicle shall enter or exit a
public parking lot, except at a designated entrance or exit therefrom,
as established and defined in the preceding section. The Department
of Public Works is authorized to and shall erect and maintain official
signs and traffic devices to adequately indicate such entrances and
exits.
All public parking lots shall be deemed public
places, and all laws of the State of New York and all ordinances of
the City of Gloversville relating to public places shall apply thereto.
Said parking lots shall be laid out by the Department
of Public Works in a manner to clearly indicate, by lines drawn on
the pavement thereof or by signs, curbs or rails set therein, the
manner in which vehicles are to be parked, and vehicles shall be parked
therein only as so indicated.
[Amended 9-26-1995 by Ord. No. 14-95; 10-24-1995 by Ord. No. 18-95; 5-28-1997 by Ord. No. 04-97; 11-28-2000 by Ord. No. 15-2000; 12-28-2010 by L.L. No. 7-2011]
A. From the
first day of December to the following first day of April, no person
shall park a vehicle between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
in any public parking lot designated by the Common Council without
a duly issued parking permit. The Department of Public Works is authorized
to and shall erect and maintain official signs and traffic devices
to indicate such designated areas.
B. Parking
shall be limited to two consecutive hours between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday. The aforesaid two-hour
limit shall not apply to:
(1) Persons
having valid monthly parking permits.
(2) In
those lots designated by resolution of the Common Council. The City
Clerk shall maintain a listing of such parking lots to be made available
to the public upon request at the City Clerk's office and on the City
website.
[Amended 6-27-2017 by Ord. No. 3-2017]
Tractor rigs, trailers, utility trailers and recreation vehicles
(RVs) are not permitted in any City public parking lot. In addition
to receiving a citation for any violation of this chapter, any vehicle
prohibited by this chapter may be immediately towed at the expense
of the owner.
[Amended 10-24-2000 by Ord. No. 12-2000; 12-28-2010 by L.L. No.
7-2011]
A. Parking
permits entitling a vehicle to be parked in a City-owned public parking
lot are hereby authorized.
B. Purchase
of such parking permit entitles the operator of the vehicle for which
such permit is issued to park or stand such vehicle in such parking
lots as designated by the Department of Public Works without payment
of the designated fines during the period for which such permit is
issued.
C. For any and all authorized vehicles, the cost for a one-day permit
shall be $5 and the cost for a thirty-day permit shall be $20.
[Amended 7-25-2017 by Ord. No. 6-2017]
D. The Director
of Public Works and City Clerk are hereby authorized to establish
rules and regulations concerning the issuance of parking permits and
the form and the method of display of the permit.
E. Parking
permits shall be issued by the City Clerk upon payment of the established
charge.
F. The receipts
from the sale of parking permits shall be considered to be a part
of receipts from parking restrictions.
G. As needed,
parking spaces shall be designated by the Director of Public Works
for nighttime downtown residential parking in municipal parking lots.