Upon the written request of either the owner
or the person in general charge of the operation and control of a
shopping center and/or appurtenant parking area as hereinafter defined,
the Town Board may:
A.Â
Regulate traffic in the parking area, including regulation
by means of traffic control signals.
B.Â
Prohibit or regulate the turning of vehicles at intersections
or other designated locations in the parking areas.
C.Â
Regulate the crossing of any roadway in the parking
area by pedestrians.
D.Â
Prohibit, regulate, restrict or limit the stopping,
standing or parking of vehicles in specified areas of the parking
area.
E.Â
Designate safety zones in the parking area.
F.Â
Provide for the removal and storage of vehicles parked
or abandoned in the parking area during snowstorms, floods, fires
or other public emergencies or found unattended in the parking area
where they constitute an obstruction to traffic or where stopping,
standing or parking is prohibited and for the payment of reasonable
charges for such removal and storage by the owner or operator of any
such vehicle.
G.Â
Adopt such additional reasonable rules and regulations
with respect to traffic and parking in a parking area as local conditions
may require for the safety and convenience of the public or of the
users of the parking area.
For the purposes of this article, the terms
used herein are defined as follows:
An area or areas of land totaling at least one acre in area
near or contiguous to a shopping center and used by the public as
the means of access to and egress from the store and business establishments
at a shopping center and for the free parking of motor vehicles of
customers and patrons at a shopping center.
Premises having one or more stores or business establishments
in connection with which there is provided on privately owned property
near or contiguous thereto an area or areas of land totaling at least
one acre in area used by the public as the means of access to and
egress from the stores and business establishments on such premises
and for the free parking of motor vehicles of customers and patrons
and such stores and business establishments of such premises.
[Amended 7-16-1991 by L.L. No. 26-1991]
A.Â
Violation of this article shall constitute a traffic
infraction within the meaning of § 1800 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $20 for
a first offense and by a fine not to exceed $25 for a second or any
subsequent offense.
B.Â
The above fines shall be doubled should the violation
occur in a posted construction zone.
[Added 10-19-1999 by L.L. No. 20-1999]
