A.
The following locations are hereby allocated to Babylon
Village residents only, provided that appropriate stickers as distributed
by the Village Clerk of the Village of Babylon are securely affixed
to the bumper or other designated location of the vehicle to be parked:
[Amended 6-22-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004]
B.
The Village of Babylon is hereby authorized to mark
off individual parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or
durably marked upon the street or parking field surface. The parking
of a vehicle in any other area other than within such designated spaces
shall be a violation.
C.
The Village Board may, by resolution, omit the requirement
for a parking permit on days designated by the Board.
Parking in the following fields and areas which
are leased to or owned by the Village or under exclusive control of
the Village shall be limited to Village residents and persons whose
vehicles shall be identified by a sticker issued by the Village Clerk.
A.
The identification sticker issued by the Village Clerk
shall be affixed permanently and displayed in full view at all times
at the location on the vehicle specified by the Clerk. The license
number on the identification sticker shall correspond to the license
number of the license plate of the vehicle on which it is displayed.
B.
Every person who shall park a vehicle in any areas
or field described in this section on which no vehicle identification
sticker is displayed or the identification sticker is displayed improperly
or the identification sticker has expired or the license number on
the identification sticker does not correspond to the number on the
license plate of the vehicle shall be in violation of this section
and, upon conviction, shall be punished by fine, imprisonment or both,
as provided in this chapter. Every vehicle parked in any area or field
described in this section which does not display an identification
sticker in accordance with this section may be towed away, impounded
and stored, as provided in this chapter, at the cost and expense of
the person violating this section, as provided in this chapter.
C.
The terms, conditions, regulations and fee upon which
any identification sticker is issued by the Village Clerk shall be
as authorized by resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees from
time to time. The Village Clerk will maintain a schedule of fees and
regulations relating to identification stickers, their transfer and
replacement and the issue of additional stickers for vehicles in the
same household.
D.
The Village Board of Trustees may, by resolution,
designate parking spaces in the municipal fields across the street
from and behind Village Hall or at any municipal field to be used
by Village employees and/or Fire Department personnel only during
hours designated by the Board. Such spaces shall be clearly posted.
E.
For all municipal parking fields owned, leased or
otherwise directly controlled by the Village of Babylon, the Village
is hereby authorized to mark off individual parking spaces and restricted
parking areas, to be designated either by posting of signs or lines
painted or durably marked upon the street or parking field surface.
The parking of any vehicle in a manner other than that designated
shall be a violation.
F.
The Village Board of Trustees may, by resolution,
allocate parking for residents and/or nonresidents in parking bays
under the railroad viaduct, subject to any conditions and restrictions
that may be agreed upon between the Village and the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority. Any permit found affixed to a vehicle which is not being
used in a lawful manner shall be confiscated forthwith by any appropriate
special officer and shall be deemed revoked. Any such confiscated
permit shall not entitle the holder thereof to a refund of any fees
paid.
G.
Whenever a Village of Babylon parking permit is required
by the provisions of this chapter, it shall be a violation for any
person, firm or organization to obtain and/or use such permit in a
manner that is not valid. A permit that is not valid includes any
permit being used by a person other than the person to whom the permit
was originally issued or being used for a vehicle or for license plates
other than the ones for which the permit was originally issued.
A.
The following locations are hereby designated as municipal
marina parking fields:
(1)
The marinas at the municipal dock, Village pool and
boat basins at Argyle Basin, Beach Canal, Boynes Canal, East Creek,
Lewis Pond and Lighthouse Canal and such other parking fields as may
be so designated by resolution of the Village Board of Trustees.
B.
Parking, standing and stopping in municipal marina
parking fields is hereby allocated and restricted to those motor vehicles
which acquire and display a securely affixed appropriate permit on
the right rear bumper as more fully set forth below. The docking and/or
mooring of any boat at any municipal marina other than those to whom
a permit or berthing rights has been issued shall be prohibited.
C.
Restrictions all day, use of marina.
(1)
Parking, standing and stopping at the fields designated
in this section shall be restricted all day, all year, and only those
vehicles which properly acquire and display the appropriate parking
permit shall be permitted to park, stop or stand.
(2)
Parking, standing and stopping at fields designated
in this section shall be further restricted to those vehicles which
are parked there for the use and enjoyment of the marina only. The
use of the fields designated in this section for any persons who park
at the marina and leave the marina shall be strictly prohibited.
D.
The terms, conditions, regulations and fee upon which
any identification sticker is issued by the Village Clerk shall be
as authorized by resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees from
time to time. The Village Clerk will maintain a schedule of fees and
regulations relating to identification stickers, their transfer and
replacement and the issue of additional stickers for vehicles in the
same household.
E.
The Village Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Babylon,
or such persons as he or she shall designate, shall issue appropriate
permit stickers and formulate such rules and regulations in regard
thereto as the Village Clerk shall deem appropriate and proper to
effectuate this section. The obligations imposed by this section shall
bind those who operate vehicles or own vehicles which are parked,
stopped or standing at municipal parking fields. Any permit found
affixed to a vehicle which is not being used in a lawful and valid
manner shall be confiscated forthwith by any appropriate Village officer
and shall be deemed revoked. Any such confiscated permit shall not
entitle the holder thereof to a refund of any fees paid prior, nor
to the issuance of a new sticker.
F.
At any Village-owned or -operated marina, bulkhead
or other dock space, the docking and/or mooring of any boat to said
facility other than by those to whom a Village permit or berthing
rights has been issued shall be prohibited.
G.
A permit must be obtained from the office of the Village
Clerk in order to use the Village Boat Ramp located on the northeast
end of the Village Pool parking lot. The permit is to be affixed to
the trailer, and will have the plate number of the trailer as well
as the plate number of the vehicle which tows the trailer. If the
ramp is used to launch a jet ski, a permit is issued to be placed
on the jet ski also. Only vehicles and trailers with a ramp permit
are permitted to be parked in the Village Pool parking lot, before
or after the posted hours.
[Added 6-22-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004;
amended 1-9-2007 by L.L. No. 1-2007]
(1)
Only village residents who rent a boat berth from
the Village of Babylon and have made payment for same are permitted
to use the boat ramp without a ramp permit. (The exception to this
is if a commercial hauler is being used; see below.) This is to put
the boat in the water in the spring and take it out in the fall. The
boat being trailered must have a decal issued when the boat berth
was paid for. A large note should be placed on the dashboard of the
vehicle which towed the trailer indicating the boat berth number.
(2)
Commercial haulers. Any commercial hauler must obtain
a permit at the Village Clerk's office in order to use the Village
Boat Ramp. Fees will be determined by resolution by the Board of Trustees.
Commercial haulers are only permitted to use the Village Boat Ramp
if hauling a boat owned by a Village of Babylon resident. Proof of
boat ownership will be required to be shown at the time the boat ramp
is used.
A.
Designation. The Board of Trustees may, by resolution,
designate any parking field as follows:
(1)
Unrestricted: where the general public may park passenger
motor vehicles.
(2)
Limited: where only residents of the Village may park
passenger motor vehicles.
(3)
Regulated: where the general public or residents of
the Village may park passenger motor vehicles and the time for parking
is controlled by a parking meter.
B.
Time limit. In any parking field the time limit for
parking vehicles may be fixed by the Board of Trustees in its discretion
by resolution. The time limit shall be indicated by signs posted in
conspicuous places or by parking meters placed in the parking field.
C.
Limited parking field. Any resident of the Village
using a limited parking field shall place upon his vehicle and maintain
at all times an identifying sticker authorized by the Board of Trustees
in its discretion by resolution and issued by the Village Clerk.
D.
Prohibited vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any
person to park, store or maintain a house coach or commercial vehicle
in any parking field; except, however, that a commercial vehicle shall
not be prohibited from entering a parking field and from remaining
therein for a period long enough to take or discharge merchandise
or property, to make repairs or perform services to any building adjacent
to the parking field. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of
Trustees in its discretion may, by resolution, designate a section
of a parking field for the parking of house coaches, trailers and
commercial vehicles on such terms and conditions of a permit or sticker
issued by the Village Clerk, pursuant to such resolution.
[Amended 6-22-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004]
A violation of any provision of this article shall be punishable as provided in § 343-82.
