[Adopted 2-7-1973 by L.L. No. 2-1973]
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any Town, county or state highway within the Town of Monroe
excepting state highways maintained by the state.
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.
Any person, firm, association, corporation or legal representative
acting individually or jointly.
The duly elected Town Superintendent of Highways for the
Town of Monroe.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved
by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
[Amended 10-19-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park
any vehicle on a highway within the Town between the hours of 10:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
[Added 10-19-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988; amended 2-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park
any vehicle on a public road located in the Town of Monroe whenever
snow is accumulating or ice is forming on the roadway and if snowfall
or icy road conditions have been forecasted. Upon commencement of
snowfall or the formation of ice on the roadways, parking on all public
roads is prohibited until such roads are treated and/or plowed and
cleared to the curb or edge of the pavement. Upon commencement of
snowfall or the formation of ice on the roadways, the owner or another
licensed person in charge of or in control of any such vehicle standing
upon any such road shall move or cause the vehicle to be moved so
as not to delay, hinder or obstruct the remediation efforts, snowplowing
or snow removal from any public road.
The Superintendent is hereby authorized to remove
and store any vehicle parked in violation of this article. The Superintendent
shall not release any such vehicle so removed until the cost to the
Town, as certified by the Superintendent, of removal, including towing
and storage, shall have been paid to the Town Clerk.
A violation of this article shall constitute
a traffic infraction, and any person violating this article shall
be liable to a fine of not more than $250 or to imprisonment for not
more than 15 days, or both, for each such violation.
