[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Brockport as Art. I, General Regulations, 8-20-1951 and Art. II, Winter Parking, 11-21-1949; amended
in its entirety 12-16-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
This chapter shall be known as the "Local law Parking Restrictions/Emergency
Parking Restrictions and Removal of Illegally Parked Cars and Fines
and Penalties" and is herein referred to as the "Parking Code or "this
chapter."
B.
Purpose. Regulating the manner of parking or standing of motor vehicles
and trailers, this chapter establishes the policies, regulations and
standards pursuant to the parking on public and private lands within
the Village of Brockport. These provisions are enacted to establish:
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated, as set forth from the Vehicle and Traffic Law
of the State of New York, and if no specific definition is set forth
therein, all words shall have their usual meanings in the English
language.
Every ambulance, police vehicle, fire vehicle or any other
authorized emergency vehicles.
An officer employed by the Village of Brockport as certified
by the State of New York either in the capacity of code enforcement
officer, building inspector, fire marshal, planning/zoning officer,
peace officer, stormwater manager, floodplain administrator, or any
combination thereof.
A road that provides passageway for authorized emergency
vehicles to a facility, building or portion thereof.
A road or other passageway developed to allow the passage
of authorized emergency vehicles. A fire lane is not necessarily intended
for vehicular traffic other than for authorized emergency vehicles.
Includes but is not limited to all vehicles propelled by
any power other than muscular power, except horse-drawn wagons or
carriages, which can include but are not limited to automobiles, trucks
and motorcycles.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
The stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, temporarily
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging
passengers or goods.
When prohibited, any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police or
fire-police officer or traffic control sign or signal.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Used in reference to vehicles other than house trailers,
travel trailers or recreational vehicles and shall include all vehicles
coming within the definition of "trailers" in the Vehicle and Traffic
Law of the State of New York and shall include trailers designed to
carry boats, cargo, freight and other items of personal or discarded
property.
A.
No person shall park or stand a motor vehicle or trailer of any kind
within any of the following public streets, described spaces or zones
located in the Village of Brockport:
(10)
Brook Terrace. Both sides from South Avenue southerly to 50 feet
beyond and westerly past the curve of Brook Terrace.
(14)
Casey Place. Both sides.
(19)
Clinton Street.
(a)
South side.
(b)
North side, from the east side of No. 70 west to Canal Bridge.
(c)
North side, Main Street west to Merchant Street, two-hour limit,
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(d)
North side, handicapped-accessible parking slot, 20 feet west
of Main Street.
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Exception: When said vehicle is clearly displaying a valid and
legible handicapped parking permit or license plate.
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(33)
Holley Street.
(37)
King Street.
(a)
South side.
(b)
North side from Queen Street to Utica Street.
(c)
North side, Main Street west to Queen Street, two-hour limit,
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(d)
North side, five parking spaces from opposite the westernmost
corner of property 10 - 20 King Street to Queen Street, Wednesdays
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New York State motor vehicle road test.
(43)
Main Street.
(a)
West side, 175 feet north of railroad bridge south to the Village
line.
(b)
East side, 155 feet north of railroad bridge south to the Village
line.
(c)
West side, 175 feet north of railroad bridge north to Monroe
Avenue and 250 feet north of Monroe Avenue to Canal Bridge, two-hour
limit, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(d)
West side, from Monroe Avenue north 250 feet.
(e)
East side, 155 feet north of railroad bridge north to Canal
Bridge, two-hour limit, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(f)
West side, handicapped-accessible parking slot, 165 feet north
of Erie Street.
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Exception: When said vehicle is clearly displaying a valid and
legible handicapped parking permit or license plate.
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(g)
East side, handicapped-accessible parking slot, 150 feet north
of State Street.
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Exception: When said vehicle is clearly displaying a valid and
legible handicapped parking permit or license plate.
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(44)
Market Street.
(a)
North side, Main Street east to Water Street, two-hour limit,
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(b)
South side, Main Street east to Water Street, two-hour limit,
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(c)
North side, handicapped-accessible parking slot, 20 feet east
of Main Street.
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Exception: When said vehicle is clearly displaying a valid and
legible handicapped parking permit or license plate.
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(d)
North side, handicapped-accessible parking slot, opposite 51
Market Street.
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Exception: When said vehicle is clearly displaying a valid and
legible handicapped parking permit or license plate.
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(52)
Park Avenue.
(a)
East side, between Main Street and Spring Street.
(b)
East side, between State Street and the Canal Bridge.
(c)
West side, between Main Street and railroad tracks, 7:00 a.m.
to 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., except Sundays and holidays.
(d)
West side, between Union Street and South Street.
(58)
State Street.
(a)
North side, between Park Avenue and the west boundary line of
15 - 17 State Street.
(b)
North side, Main Street east to rear property line of 89/93
Main Street, two-hour limit, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m.
(c)
North side, handicapped-accessible parking slot, 20 feet east
of Main Street.
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Exception: When said vehicle is clearly displaying a valid and
legible handicapped parking permit or license plate.
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(d)
North side, opposite Municipal Building, 133 State Street, no
parking between posted signs.
(e)
South side, Main Street east to entrance of parking lot at side
of Municipal Building, two-hour limit, Monday through Friday, 8:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(f)
South side, Municipal Building, 18 State Street, 15-minute limit,
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(g)
South side, handicapped-accessible parking slot, Municipal Building,
18 State Street.
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Exception: When said vehicle is clearly displaying a valid and
legible handicapped parking permit or license plate.
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(h)
South side, opposite 30 State Street.
(i)
South side, from opposite 134 State Street to Oxford Street.
(This area includes the curve of State Street.)
(64)
Water Street.
(a)
Both sides.
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Exception: south side fifteen-minute designated parking space
as posted
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(67)
On either side of any public alley, driveway or as otherwise posted.
B.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or trailers of any kind within
any of the following public lots, described spaces or zones located
in the Village of Brockport:
(1)
Parking lots at the following locations between the hours of 2:00
a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday:
(2)
Parking lots at the following locations between the hours of 2:00
a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday:
(a)
South side of Erie Street.
(b)
South side of Water Street.
(c)
South side of Market Street.
(d)
North side of Water Street, east lot.
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Exception: parking spaces adjacent to 38 Market Street for Brockport
Fire Department members.
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(e)
South side of Clinton Street.
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Exception: parking spaces in front of 1 Clinton Street for employees
and vehicles conducting business with the Brockport Police Department.
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(f)
Merchant Street, west side from Clinton Street to 38 Merchants
Street.
(3)
Village of Brockport Municipal Office, 49 State Street, between the
hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any day.
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Exception: vehicles parked for conducting business with the
Village of Brockport.
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A.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall have the authority to require
the establishment of fire lanes or emergency access roads and their
required postings on public and private property within the Village
of Brockport.
B.
Where required by the Code Enforcement Officer, fire lanes or emergency
access roads shall be posted with signs or other notices identifying
such fire lanes or emergency access roads and the instructions to
prohibit the obstruction thereof. Signs or notices shall be maintained
in a clear and legible condition at all times and shall be replaced
or repaired when necessary.
A.
Alleyway running behind Main Street buildings from Clinton Street
to King Street, known as Decker Alley.
B.
Alleyway running from behind 73 Main Street south to State Street.
C.
Alleyway running behind 21-25 Main Street from Water Street North,
known as Warehouse Street.
D.
40 Allen Street, A.D. Oliver Middle School.
E.
36 Colman Creek Road, Christ Community Church, Allen Street entrance.
F.
Holley Street, Student Lane Apartments access driveways.
G.
152 Main Street, Nativity Church.
H.
204 Main Street access driveway to the rear.
I.
222 Main Street, Village Center Apartments access driveway.
J.
4 Owens Road, emergency access road, north and west sides.
K.
South Avenue, Winston Woods Townhomes access driveway.
L.
300 State Street access driveways.
M.
18 North Main Street, Villager Apartment access driveways.
N.
71 West Ave, Presidents Village access driveways.
O.
45-57 North Main Street access driveway to the rear.
P.
63 North Main Street access driveway to the rear.
Q.
156 West Avenue medical campus access driveways.
R.
Or any fire lanes or emergency access roads required by the Code
Enforcement Officer hereafter.
A.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or trailer in any public parks
owned and so designated by the Village of Brockport, including parking
lots appurtenant thereto, between sunset and sunrise.
B.
No person shall park any motor vehicle or trailer unless such person
is at that time using the park facilities during permitted times.
No person shall stop, stand or park any commercial vehicle designed
or rated by its manufacturer to carry cargo of more than one ton,
with or without a trailer, upon any public street, public parking
lot or residentially used premises except for a period of loading
or unloading.
A.
No motor vehicle or trailer shall be parked on any street within
the corporate limits of the Village of Brockport between the hours
of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
B.
No vehicle or trailer shall stand or park in a roadway other than
parallel with the edge of the roadway and with the curb side of the
vehicle within 12 inches of the edge of the roadway, and such vehicles
shall be headed in the direction of traffic; nor shall any vehicle
be parked so as to interfere with, block or otherwise obstruct the
free and unhindered use of any public sidewalks and crosswalk areas
or any Village easements, rights-of-way, private and/or public driveways,
alleys and entrances.
C.
No vehicle shall be parked between any sidewalk area and the adjacent
street.
D.
No vehicle shall be parked or operated on any part of any property that has not been paved or otherwise surfaced with an all-weather material. All alterations and/or expansions of off-street parking and driveways are subject to review and approval by the Planning Board upon application set forth by § 58-8A(1) of Chapter 58, Zoning.
E.
No vehicle or trailer shall be parked in any designated handicapped
accessible parking space unless said vehicle is displaying clearly
a valid and legible handicapped parking permit or license plate, but
in no case shall a vehicle occupy any adjacent access aisle.
F.
No vehicle or trailer parked on any roadway or in any municipal parking
lot may occupy more than one lined parking space at any one time and
shall be parked entirely within any such lines as clearly painted
on such roadway or parking lot owned and maintained by the Village
of Brockport.
G.
No vehicle or trailer shall be parked within, stop, stand or block
any fire lane or emergency access roads.
H.
No motor vehicle or trailer shall stop, stand or park within three
feet of any municipally or privately owned fire department fire protection
control system, inlet, connection, valve or exit access or path of
travel to a building's doors or doorways.
A.
Vehicles or trailers violating the parking lot regulations from November
15 through April 1 each year can be towed at the owner's expense
and shall be subject to parking violation fines as established by
the Board of Trustees, as listed on the Simplified Parking Information
(Parking Ticket).
B.
Vehicles or trailers violating the parking lot regulations from April
2 through November 14 each year shall be subject to parking violation
fines as established by the Board of Trustees, as listed on the Simplified
Parking Information (Parking Ticket).
C.
Any person who violates any section of this chapter, unless otherwise
stated, shall pay to the Village of Brockport a penalty in an amount
as established by the Board of Trustees for each and every offense.
In the event that said penalty is not paid within 10 days, the amount
shall increase as established by the Board of Trustees, as listed
on the Simplified Parking Information (Parking Ticket). Sundays and
holidays are not exempted from the respective time periods involved.
[Amended 12-15-2014 by L.L. No. 4-2014]
A.
No person shall allow, permit or suffer any vehicle or trailer registered
in his/her name to stand or park in the Village of Brockport in violation
of any of the local laws regulating the parking and standing of vehicles,
nor shall any vehicle be so parked or placed by any person.
B.
Any vehicle or trailer found standing or parked in violation of any
such local law in a public place or street may be removed, towed or
conveyed by or at the direction of a member of the Brockport Police
Department to a vehicle impoundment facility to be designated by the
Board of Trustees of the Village, and such removal shall be deemed
the abatement of a nuisance and at the risk and expense of the owner
or person entitled to possession of such vehicle or trailer. Said
removed vehicle or trailer may be stored in a designated vehicle impoundment
facility at the risk and expense of the owner or person entitled to
possession of the vehicle or trailer. The owner or person entitled
to possession of a vehicle or trailer so removed or stored may redeem
the same by paying to the vehicle impoundment facility or to such
person as may be designated by the Board of Trustees the amount of
all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal,
together with the charges for storage.
C.
In the event of the removal of a motor vehicle or trailer and the
payment for such removal and storage as described above, any further
prosecution for a violation of a parking ordinance arising out of
the same violation shall be barred. However, in lieu of such removal,
a police officer may serve upon the owner a summons, in which event
the penalties otherwise provided shall apply, or he may affix a ticket
as provided by law.
D.
In the event the owner or person entitled to possession of a vehicle
or trailer so removed shall claim there is a dispute as to ownership
or right to possession of such vehicle or trailer, upon written notice
to the person in charge of said vehicle or trailer in storage, the
vehicle or trailer shall remain in storage pending determination of
ownership.
Whenever road conditions in the Village of Brockport have become
hazardous or such that the free movement of fire or EMS apparatus,
police vehicles, any emergency vehicles or municipal vehicular traffic
may have become impeded by reasons of snow, freezing rain, ice, smoke,
fire or any other natural or man-made hazardous cause, the Mayor or
Deputy Mayor or his or her designee is hereby authorized to declare
the existence of parking restrictions and/or emergency parking restrictions
based upon the advice of the Police Chief, Fire Chief, Superintendent
of Public Works, or their designees.
During an emergency parking restriction crisis, the Mayor or Deputy Mayor of the Village of Brockport or his or her designee shall have the authority to declare that a parking emergency exists, which bans any parking from all streets or parts thereof in the Village of Brockport and/or all Village parking lots. This emergency shall be declared by whatever reasonable means are available. In addition to the sanctions prescribed in §§ 34-9, 34-10 and 34-13, owners of vehicles shall be responsible for any and all costs of removing their parked vehicles and shall be subject to parking violation fines as established by the Board of Trustees.
Emergency parking restrictions shall exist as long as the emergency
or similar crisis exists. The Mayor or Deputy Mayor of the Village
of Brockport or his or her designee shall, from time to time, issue
public announcements regarding the duration or termination of emergency
parking restrictions by whatever reasonable means are available.
A.
Whenever road conditions in the Village of Brockport necessitate closure for the operations of the Department of Public Works, the Superintendent of Public Works or his/her designee can authorize the closure which bans any parking from streets or parts thereof in the Village of Brockport and/or all Village parking lots. This parking restriction shall be declared by whatever reasonable means are available. In addition to the sanctions prescribed in §§ 34-9, 34-10 and 34-13, owners of vehicles shall be responsible for any and all costs of removing their parked vehicles and shall be subject to parking violation fines as established by the Board of Trustees.
B.
The Village Board of Trustees can authorize the closure of Village-owned streets for publicly authorized events, such as but not limited to parades, walks and festivals. This may include banning parking from Village streets or parts thereof or from Village parking lots. This parking restriction shall be declared by whatever reasonable means are available. In addition to the sanctions prescribed in §§ 34-9, 34-10 and 34-13, owners of vehicles shall be responsible for any and all costs of removing their parked vehicles and shall be subject to parking violation fines as established by the Board of Trustees.
