The City Council hereby finds and declares that the interests
of public health, safety, welfare, peace, tranquility and convenience
require the preservation, promotion and protection of the aesthetic
and ecological aspects of the environs of the City of Schenectady
and intends through this legislation to preserve, promote and protect
the aesthetic and ecological integrity of the parks and other public
lands of the City of Schenectady as hereinafter designated.
The provisions of this article, unless otherwise expressly indicated
or subsequently amended, are intended to and shall have application
to all highways and public thoroughfares within the City of Schenectady
and all the public property now or hereafter owned by the City of
Schenectady, including but not limited to the areas of the City of
Schenectady known as:
E. Little Front Street Park.
H. Vail Park (nature trail).
J. 10th and Webster Playground.
M. Amy LeMaire Woods (nature trail).
S. Certain other City properties, to be designated from time to time
by the City Engineer, who shall prepare a list of the same and shall
file copies thereof in the office of the Clerk of the City of Schenectady
and in the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation. Any changes that may be made from time to time by the
City Engineer shall also be filed in the appropriate offices.
This chapter shall not apply to police and emergency off-road
vehicles.
The Chief of Police is charged with the enforcement of the provisions
of this article.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter or
application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be judged
by any court to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair
or invalidate the remainder thereof or the application thereof to
other persons and circumstances but shall be confined in its operation
to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof and the persons
or circumstances directly involved in the controversy in which the
judgment shall have been rendered.
[Amended 8-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-07]
The owner of such off-road vehicle or his agent may, within
60 days from the date of impounding, redeem the off-road vehicle by
paying to the City of Schenectady the sum of a towing and hauling
fee and daily storage charges for each day impounded, both of which
to be set by resolution of the City Council. Upon redemption, such
owner or agent shall also sign a written receipt for such off-road
vehicle. Said sums shall be in addition to any bond required for the
violation for which the off-road vehicle was towed, in addition to
any redemption fee established in this Code, and in addition to any
outstanding fines.