[Adopted 5-8-1979 by L.L. No. 8-1979; amended in its entirety 8-16-1994 by L.L. No.
15-1994 (Ch. 372, Art. III, of the 1985 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All property owned by the County of Suffolk and all property
under the jurisdiction of the County of Suffolk, including property
owned by the County or leased by the County and property otherwise
under the control of the County of Suffolk.
A card officially designated for the purpose, measuring approximately
eight inches horizontally by five inches vertically, being appropriately
numbered, bearing a facsimile of the Official Seal of Suffolk County
and approved by the Suffolk County Administrative Judge, or his or
her designee, as to form and design, issued to personnel of the Unified
District Court System, Family Court, Supreme Court, Appellate Division,
County Court or federal court system.
A.Â
The Commissioner of the Department of Public Works shall, at all
County-owned or -operated nonjudicial facilities, and the Suffolk
County Administrative Judge shall, in the instance of County-owned
property used for court purposes, designate and properly identify
those spaces for the use of handicapped permit holders, spaces for
the use of emergency vehicles, spaces for the use of individuals holding
"Reserved Parking Identification Cards," and spaces in such areas
as may be necessary to provide for the safety and protection of the
facility and the persons using the facility. In addition, the Commissioner
of the Department of Public Works or the Suffolk County Administrative
Judge in the instance of County-owned property used for court purposes,
as the case may be, shall designate other general areas in which no
parking shall be permitted, for such purposes as loading and unloading
areas or as may be required to properly service the particular facility.
B.Â
Except as authorized by this article, the Commissioner of the Department
of Public Works or the Suffolk County Administrative Judge in the
instance of County-owned property used for court purposes, as the
case may be, shall not designate any other reserved parking spaces
and shall immediately undertake a program to remove all signs or other
markings from the County-owned or County-operated facilities which
appear to authorize such reserved parking spaces.
The operators and/or owners of vehicles which are parked in
areas designated as either handicapped spaces or other restricted
areas without proper permits or other identification shall be guilty
of a violation and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $100.
A.Â
A Suffolk County reserved parking identification card shall be properly
displayed on any vehicle parked in a reserved parking space.
B.Â
Any vehicle parked in a parking area space designated for court personnel
without such reserved parking identification card shall be deemed
to be in violation of this article, the owners of which vehicle shall
be deemed jointly and severally liable for any penalty imposed hereunder.
