[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:
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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.
A.
All motor vehicles leaving the public parking lots
by means of the designated exits from said lots shall come to a full
stop at such exit and before crossing the sidewalk and entering the
City street into which such exit leads.
B.
The Department of Public Works is authorized to and
shall erect and maintain official traffic signs at all such exits
advising operators of motor vehicles that such full stop is required.
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.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection B(3), providing that
the Common Council would pass a resolution designating those public
parking lots exempt from the two-hour limit during its organizational
meeting, and which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed
7-25-2017 by Ord. No. 6-2017.
[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.
A.
The penalty for violating Article XIII of this chapter shall be a fine of $20.
[Amended 5-28-2003 by Ord. No. 2-2003]
B.
In the event that said fine of $20 is not paid within
10 days from the date of violation, the penalty shall be increased
from $20 to $40.
[Amended 5-28-2003 by Ord. No. 2-2003]
C.
In the event that said fine of $40 is not paid within
30 days from the date of violation, the penalty shall be increased
from $40 to $120.
[Amended 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 5-2002; 5-28-2003 by Ord. No. 2-2003]
D.
A plea of not guilty before the City Court, or a written plea of not guilty presented to the Clerk of the City Court, within 10 days of the issuance of a parking violation summons alleging a violation of this article, shall toll the penalty provisions contained in Subsections B and C of this section until such time as a disposition is made by the court.
A.
The Common Council, upon recommendation of the Chief
of Police, is hereby authorized to designate handicapped parking zones
in the public streets or highways of the City and in the parking areas
either owned, operated or controlled by the City and to limit and
restrict parking in such spaces and zones in said streets, highways
and parking areas for the use of handicapped persons, as hereinafter
defined, and to cause such zones, spaces and stands to be marked and
indicated by suitable signs.
B.
Spaces specified as parking and stopping places for
handicapped persons shall be marked and indicated by suitable stationary
and portable signs indicating the location and extent of such places
so reserved.
C.
No person shall park or leave standing any motor vehicle
within such places so reserved for handicapped persons except a handicapped
person or his driver.
D.
The term "handicapped person" shall be defined as
follows:
(1)
A person who by reason of injury, disease, illness
or infirmity requires the assistance of others in order to walk or
move about or requires the use of a cane, crutch or wheelchair or
similar device or a person who has lost the use of any extremities,
hearing or eyesight or has otherwise lost the ability to walk on his
own.
(2)
For the purpose of § 1203-a of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law (Chapter 838 of the Laws of 1977), a "handicapped
person," in addition to the definition mentioned above, shall mean:
(a)
Any person who has one or more of the following
impairments, disabilities or conditions which are permanent in nature:
(b)
A person whose physical or mental impairment
or condition is other than those specified above but is of such nature
as to impose unusual hardships in utilization of public transportation
facilities and such condition is certified by a physician duly licensed
to practice medicine in this state as constituting an equal degree
of disability (specifying the particular condition) so as to prevent
such person from getting around without great difficulty.
(c)
A child with any one or more of the impairments
or conditions listed above.
E.
The schedule of handicapped persons' zones or stands
shall be annexed to the Code as an appendix,[1] and such schedule shall be kept on file in the office
of the City Clerk and the office of the Chief of Police.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Schedule of Handicapped Parking Zones is included as an attachment to this chapter.
F.
Temporarily handicapped persons.
(1)
A temporarily handicapped person may park in the designated
zones or stands.
(2)
A temporarily handicapped person is one who has lost
the temporary use of a leg and who can obtain a statement from his
or her physician attesting thereto.
(3)
Upon receipt of such statement by the City Clerk,
a permit shall be issued, which shall be good for thirty (30) days.
Said permit is to be affixed to the inside windshield by the holder
upon parking in a reserved handicapped area.
G.
A ticketing officer issuing a summons pursuant to
this section may provide for the removal and storage of a motor vehicle
illegally parked in a handicapped parking space.
[Added 9-24-1996 by Ord. No. 14-96]
H.
Dumping snow onto parking places for handicapped prohibited.
Any person who knowingly dumps or shovels snow onto a parking place
for handicapped persons rendering such place unusable for parking
purposes shall be subject to a maximum fine of fifty dollars ($50.)
for the first offense and a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars
($250.) for the second or subsequent offense.
[Added 9-24-1996 by Ord. No. 14-96]
B.
In the event said fine of $100 is not paid within
10 days from the date of violation, the penalty shall be increased
from $100 to $200.
[Amended 9-24-1996 by Ord. No. 15-96; 5-28-2003 by Ord. No. 4-2003]
C.
In the event that said fine of $200 is not paid within
thirty (30) days from the date of violation, the penalty shall be
increased from $200 to $400.
[Amended 9-24-1996 by Ord. No. 15-96; 5-28-2003 by Ord. No.
4-2003]
D.
A plea of not guilty before the City Court, or a written plea of not guilty presented to the Clerk of the City Court, within ten (10) days of the issuance of a parking violation summons alleging a violation of this Article, shall toll the penalty provisions contained in Subsections B and C of this section until such time as a disposition is made by the Court.
