[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Highlands 5-13-2002 by L.L. No. 2-2002. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No vehicle shall be parked in front of any driveway
or in front of or within 10 feet, measured along the curb, of the
entrance to any church, building, public building or firehouse, except
for such reasonable time as may be necessary for taking on or discharging
passengers or merchandise.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle
upon any Town-dedicated sidewalk, street or highway within the unincorporated
portion of the Town of Highlands in such a manner or under such conditions
as to obstruct the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic and
in no instance so as to leave less than 12 feet of roadway available
for the free movement of vehicular traffic.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any Town-dedicated
sidewalk, street or highway within the unincorporated portion of the
Town of Highlands for the principal purpose of:
When parking is not otherwise restricted, no
person shall park a commercial vehicle upon any Town-dedicated sidewalk,
street, highway or state highway within the Town of Highlands for
a period in excess of three hours.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any Town-dedicated
sidewalk, street or highway within the unincorporated portion of the
Town of Highlands unless it is properly registered and the current
number plates with tag, if required, issued for the vehicle are properly
displayed thereon.
No person shall park any trailer or semitrailer
on any Town-dedicated sidewalk, street or highway within the unincorporated
portion of the Town of Highlands, except while loading or unloading
at off-street platforms, unless such trailer or semitrailer is attached
to a motor vehicle capable of towing it.
No person shall park a bus at any time on any
Town-dedicated sidewalk, street or highway within the unincorporated
portion of the Town of Highlands unless authorized by signs, except
that a chartered bus may park where parking is otherwise permitted
at the point of destination.
A.
Parking on any streets, roads and highways of the
Town between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. which is otherwise
permitted is prohibited during the period from November 15 to April
15.
B.
Parking of any vehicle not owned by the Town shall
be prohibited on all Town-owned property, property leased by the Town
and property used by the Town pursuant to a license agreement with
the owner, between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., except that this
provision shall not apply where the owner or operator of the vehicle
is actually engaged in Town business.
C.
The owner or operator of any motor vehicle parked in violation of § 134-8A and B, in addition to any other penalties which may be imposed, shall be liable for any expenses incurred by the Town in towing said unlawfully parked motor vehicle, such charges not to exceed the actual cost incurred, together with any charges for storage, such storage charges not to exceed $25 per day or fraction thereof.
A.
The Town Police Chief of the Town of Highlands shall
be designated as the agent to distribute, to persons with disabilities,
special vehicle identification parking permits issued by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles pursuant to § 1203-a of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York.
B.
The Chief shall adopt the application forms and procedures
as promulgated by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for the issuing
of these parking permits. These permits shall be issued to residents
of the Town of Highlands who are eligible for them under the guidelines
established by the State Advocate for the Handicapped.
C.
Should the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or the State
Advocate for the Handicapped not establish guidelines, then the Town
Police Chief is authorized to issue permits to all residents of the
Town of Highlands who can establish by medical certification that
they are suffering from physical disability seriously impairing mobility.
D.
All permits issued by the Town Police Chief shall
be valid for a period of three years, or for a lesser period as determined
by the Town Police Chief for a disability which is temporary in nature.
The Chief shall issue a three-year permit to all applicants who can
establish by medical certification that the disability is permanent
in nature.
E.
A vehicle bearing such special vehicle identification
permit, when parked, shall not be deemed in violation of any of the
provisions of the rules and regulations governing parking in the Town
of Highlands, except where such vehicle is parked in a bus stop, a
taxi stand, or within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, a fire zone, fire
lane, firehouse, driveway or crosswalk, or is double-parked.
F.
Any person to whom a permit has not been issued and
who shall use a permit issued pursuant to this section for any purpose
other than parking a motor vehicle while transporting a person with
a disability shall be guilty of a violation within the meaning of
the Penal Law.
Upon receipt of a written request pursuant to § 1660-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, the Town Board may, by resolution, designate specific reserved parking spaces for the use of disabled persons who have been issued parking permits pursuant to § 134-9 of this Code or by motor vehicles registered in accordance with § 404-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. The size of such spaces shall comply with both the American Disabilities Act and the New York State Code, General Building Construction.
A.
Authority to impound vehicles.
(1)
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this Town during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency
which affects that portion of the public highway upon which said vehicle
is parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be removed by the Town Police
Department.
(2)
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
within this Town where said vehicle constitutes an obstruction to
traffic, said vehicle may be removed upon written authorization of
the Police Department.
(3)
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within this Town where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited,
said vehicle may be removed upon written authorization of the Police
Department.
B.
Storage and charges. After removal of any vehicle
as provided in this section, such vehicle will be stored in a suitable
place at the expense of the owner. Such owner or person in charge
of the vehicle may redeem the same upon payment, to the Town of Highlands
or the authorized agent of the Town, of the amount of all expenses
actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal, together
with any charges for storage, such storage charges not to exceed $25
per day or fraction thereof.
C.
Notice of removal. The Chief of Police shall, without
delay, report the removal and the disposition of any vehicle removed
as provided in this chapter to the Supervisor, who shall cause the
Chief of Police to ascertain, to the extent possible, the owner of
the vehicle or person having the same in his charge and to notify
him of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and of the amount
which will be required to redeem the same.
A.
Auction sale of abandoned vehicles. In the event that
vehicles are abandoned, as provided in § 1224 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York, the Town of Highlands may
cause the same to be auctioned at a public auction after due notice
to the public, as provided by applicable statute, the proceeds of
which auction are to be applied to the general fund of the Town of
Highlands. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized to execute certificates
of transfer of title to the vehicles so auctioned.
B.
Conversion of abandoned vehicles. In the event that
vehicles are abandoned as provided in § 1224 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York, the Town of Highlands may
convert in any calendar year 1% of its unclaimed abandoned vehicles
or two such vehicles, whichever is greater, to its own use.
A.
Regulation and control with respect to parking areas
and driveways of facilities owned or leased by a not-for-profit corporation,
fire stations, private condominium complex, schools, libraries, places
of public assembly or the parking areas and private streets or roadways
of private apartment house complexes or the parking areas, private
streets, roadways or driveways of industrial parks or industrial complexes.
The Town Board of the Town of Highlands, pursuant to the authority
granted under § 1660-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of
the State of New York and § 130, Subdivision 15, of the
Town Law of the State of New York, does hereby authorize the Superintendent
of Highways of the Town of Highlands, subject to approval by resolution
of the Town Board, to perform the following functions, in the discharge
of which the Superintendent of Highways may, as required, request
the assistance of the Town of Highlands Police Department, which shall
cooperate and provide such necessary aid as may be indicated or required
in the circumstances:
(1)
Order stop signs, flashing signals or yield signs
erected at entrance or exit locations to such area or designate any
intersection in such area as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection
and order like signs or signals at one or more entrances to such intersection.
(2)
Regulate movement of traffic and standing of motor
vehicles to prevent obstruction in such area, including regulation
by means of traffic signals.
(3)
Prohibit or regulate the turning of any vehicles or
specified types of vehicles at intersections or other designated locations
in such area.
(4)
Regulate the crossing of any roadway in such area
by pedestrians.
(5)
Designate any separate roadway in such area for one-way
traffic.
(6)
Prohibit, regulate, restrict or limit the stopping,
standing or parking of vehicles in specified areas of such area.
B.
Illegally parked and abandoned vehicles.
(1)
In addition to the foregoing, the Police Department
of the Town of Highlands is hereby authorized and directed to remove
and store or have removed and stored vehicles parked or abandoned
in such area during snowstorms, floods, fires or other public emergencies
or unattended vehicles in such area where:
(2)
The owner or operator of any motor vehicle parked
in violation of the foregoing provision shall be liable for any expenses
incurred by the Town in the removal of said motor vehicle, together
with any charges for storage of said motor vehicle, such storage charges
not to exceed $25 per day or fraction thereof.
A.
The Fire Inspector of the Town of Highlands, in cooperation
with the Chief of Police, subject to approval by resolution of the
Town Board of the Town of Highlands, is hereby authorized, pursuant
to the authority granted under § 1660-a of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York and § 130, Subdivision
15, of the Town Law of the State of New York, to determine and establish
appropriate fire lanes and fire zones at parking areas and driveways
of shopping centers, facilities owned or leased by not-for-profit
corporations, fire stations, private condominium complexes, schools,
places of public assembly or the parking areas and private streets
or roadways of private apartment house complexes or the parking areas,
private streets, roadways or driveways of industrial parks or industrial
complexes. The Highway Department of the Town of Highlands, subsequent
and pursuant to the resolution of the Town Board approving the same,
shall cause to be erected or installed adequate signs, markings and
other devices to delineate said fire lanes and fire zones on such
premises.
B.
Fire lanes shall not be less than 20 feet of unobstructed
width, able to withstand live loads of fire apparatus and have a minimum
of 13 feet and six inches of vertical clearance. Fire lanes and fire
zones shall be marked with signs that have the words "NO STANDING
-- NO PARKING -- FIRE LANE (or ZONE)" and the appropriate yellow pavement
markings installed in conformance with the New York State Uniform
Traffic Code requirements.
C.
Prohibitions. No motor vehicle shall park, stand or
remain unattended in a fire lane or fire zone. Fire lanes and fire
zones are to be maintained free of all obstructions at all time.
A.
Any other provision notwithstanding, any police officer
of the Town of Highlands is hereby authorized and empowered to issue
or cause to be issued a summons, returnable in the Justice Court of
the Town of Highlands or any other court of competent jurisdiction,
for any motor vehicle in violation of the traffic and safety provisions
of this chapter, and, likewise, the Building Inspector hereby is authorized
and empowered to issue such summons for any violation involving the
operation, maintenance and control of any premises.
B.
Every person convicted of a traffic infraction for
a violation of any provision of this chapter shall, for a first conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $50 or by imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
for a second such conviction within 18 months thereafter, such person
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment
for not more than 45 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
upon a third or subsequent conviction within 18 months after the first
conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than
$250 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
C.
Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine
not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against
the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the
offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
D.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
any violation hereof which constitutes a misdemeanor under the Vehicle
and Traffic Law shall be punished in the manner as provided by the
Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
A.
Required obedience to traffic laws. It is unlawful
and, unless otherwise specified in the New York State Vehicle and
Traffic Law with respect to particular offenses, it is a violation
for any person to do any act forbidden or to fail to perform any act
required by the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law and same shall
be punishable by a fine of not less than $80.
B.
Obedience to required traffic control devices. Every
person shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control
device applicable to him placed in accordance with the provisions
of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, unless otherwise directed
by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted
the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in the New York State
Vehicle and Traffic Law. Failure to comply with this section shall
constitute a violation and be punishable by a fine of not less than
$150.
[Added 6-9-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008; amended ]
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon
any of the following described streets or parts thereof:
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Name of Street
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Side
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Location
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Brooks Park
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Marked areas
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No parking beyond the asphalt parking lot and on the unpaved
area nearing the State Park Trail including but not limited to the
Fort Montgomery fire drafting site
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Firefighters Memorial Drive
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Northbound
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From the intersection of Firefighters Memorial
Drive and Mine Dock Road and continuing to a point 215 feet north
of said intersection
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Firefighters Memorial Drive
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Southbound
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From a point 87 feet south of the intersection
between Firefighters Memorial Drive and Canterbury Road and continuing
1,066 feet south to the intersection of Mine Road
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Mine Road
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Northbound/southbound
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From the intersection of Firefighters Memorial Drive and Mine
Road and continuing 3,200 feet to the intersection of Mine Road and
Wildwood Ridge
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