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Village of Laurel Hollow, NY
Nassau County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Laurel Hollow 4-11-1994 as L.L. No. 1-1994. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 135.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CAMPER
A motorized, self-propelled vehicle containing sleeping and other facilities for habitation.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Any vehicle, machinery and/or equipment used in conjunction with any business or trade, with the exception of the automobile of a salesman, professional person or the like.
CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE
A commercial vehicle customarily used in the construction trades, including but not limited to vehicles used for excavation and moving of earth and vehicles used for hauling of construction materials.
MOBILE HOME
A structure mounted on axles and wheels containing living facilities and which may be towed by automobile or truck from place to place. Such structure will be considered a "mobile home" for purposes of this chapter whether or not the wheels and axles are still in place.
MOTORCYCLE
An unenclosed vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground.
PARK or PARKING
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, on public or private property.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
SEMITRAILER
A detachable trailer for hauling, having its forward end supported by the rear of its truck tractor when attached.
STORAGE
The parking of a vehicle for a period in excess of twenty-four (24) hours.
TRACTOR
A short truck with a body containing only a cab for the driver, used to haul detachable trailers.
TRACTOR-TRAILER
A combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor and a trailer or semitrailer.
TRAILER
A trailer intended for the purpose of moving automobiles, machinery and/or equipment from place to place.
TRAILER, CAMPER
A trailer containing sleeping and other facilities, the outside walls of which are partially collapsible into the body of the trailer to facilitate towing.
TRAILER, HOUSE
A trailer containing sleeping and other facilities, the outside walls of which are of rigid materials.
TRAILER, UTILITY
A trailer generally used for the hauling of miscellaneous household and yard materials.
VEHICLE
All of the foregoing vehicles, structures and trailers, and also including every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, and any type of machinery, except devices moved by human power, and excluding motorcycles and automobiles primarily intended for personal use.
No camper, camper trailer, mobile home or house trailer shall be stored at any place in the village on public property, nor shall any such vehicle be parked or stored outside on private property.
A. 
No commercial vehicle, machinery and/or equipment of any kind shall be stored outside at any place in the village on public or private property.
B. 
No commercial vehicle, nor any tractor, tractor-trailer, semitrailer or construction vehicle of any length, shall be parked on any public or private property unless temporarily in connection with a bona fide commercial service, sales or delivery visit to such property.
No vehicle shall be parked or stored outside on any publicly or privately owned vacant property in the village.
No property shall be used for the outside storage of unlicensed, inoperative or discarded vehicles, except as may otherwise be permitted in this Code.
No major repairs, whether involving the dismantling of vehicles or not, shall be made to such vehicles outside of an enclosed building. Minor repairs, such as but not limited to engine tuning, changing of spark plugs, changing oil, changing tires and similar procedures, shall be permitted. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the repair of vehicles inside an enclosed garage or other building. Nothing herein shall be construed as permitting the commercial repair of vehicles.
Any person, firm or corporation, or his or her or its agent, servant, workman or employee, violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) and/or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed fifteen (15) days. Each day's continuance of a violation after notice to cease shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense and shall be punishable accordingly.