All existing signs, signals, markings and devices posted pursuant
to an order of the Board of Trustees shall be deemed to have been
posted under authority granted by this chapter and by the Vehicle
and Traffic Law, and the posting thereof is hereby ratified and confirmed.
All violations of the directions on said signs, signals, markings
and devices presently erected or hereafter to be erected shall be
prosecuted as violations of this chapter.
[Amended 10-26-2020 by L.L. No. 4-2020]
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and directed to designate
in the public streets and municipal parking fields of the Village
such areas for safety zones, handicapped parking spaces, bus, cab
or taxi stands, fire hydrant zones, driveway and other non-parking
zones and areas for employee parking and permit parking as, in his
discretion, may be required by the interests and convenience of the
public, and shall cause such zones, stands and spaces to be marked
in a suitable manner to indicate the appropriate uses thereof.
[Added 3-22-2015 by L.L.
No. 2-2015]
A.
Findings. Vehicles left unattended on streets, or sections thereof,
during and after a snowfall or weather emergency have been known to
obstruct snow removal or street clearing operations by impeding the
clear passage of snowplows and other emergency equipment. This provision
has been enacted to compel the owners of vehicles to become more responsive
to the cooperative effort needed to expedite snow removal or street
clearing operations and to combat the paralyzing effect of snow accumulation
or blockages upon Village roads during weather-related emergencies
as may be declared pursuant to this section.
B.
PARK
VEHICLE
VILLAGE STREET
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Leaving a vehicle standing motionless and unattended for
an interval of time longer than necessary to board or unload passengers
or freight.
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.
Any street, road, highway or cul-de-sac over which the Department
of Public Works of the Village of Amityville has jurisdiction for
snow removal.
C.
Authorization for Mayor to declare and to terminate snow emergency.
The Mayor is hereby granted the authority to declare a snow or weather
emergency affecting all or select streets, or portions thereof, within
the Village of Amityville. S/he shall also have the authority to declare
the termination thereof when, in his/her judgment, there is no further
requirement for such declaration.
D.
Notice of declaration and termination of snow emergency. Due notice
of a declaration of snow or other weather emergency and due notice
of its termination shall be given to the public through the use of
such audible and visual media as may be available at the time such
emergency is declared or terminated, through facilities such as radio
and television broadcasting, internet, social media, newspapers, municipal
bulletin boards, etc. In cases where a state of emergency is obvious
to a prudent person, no extraordinary notice shall be required.
E.
No parking during snow emergency. It shall be unlawful for an owner
or a driver of a vehicle to park or permit a vehicle to be parked
on any Village street, or portion thereof, during a snow or weather
emergency, until such time that such emergency has been terminated,
pursuant to the provisions hereof.
F.
Vehicle towing. Any vehicle left unattended as provided in Subsection E, or which may be stalled or otherwise unable to be moved on any street during an emergency, may be towed or removed under the direction of the Police Department or the Department of Public Works. A charge for such removal shall be all the expenses actually and necessarily incurred in effecting such removal, in addition to any charges for storage. Such vehicle may be redeemed by the owner or person in charge of the vehicle upon payment to the Village Clerk, or the garage owner to which the vehicle has been moved, the full amount of the expenses aforesaid.
Pursuant to the written request of the Chief of the Amityville
Fire Department, or the owner or other person in general charge of
the operations or control of a shopping center, hospital, private
apartment house complex or private condominium complex, the Chief
of Police is hereby authorized to regulate traffic and parking in
the private streets, roadways, driveways and parking area of such
premises as follows:
A.
Order stop signs, flashing signals or yield signs erected at specified
entrance or exit locations to any such area or designate any intersection
in such area as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and
order like signs or signals at one or more entrances to such intersection.
B.
Regulate traffic in any such area, including regulation by means
of traffic-control signals.
C.
Establish maximum speed limits in any such area at not less than
15 miles per hour.
D.
Prohibit or regulate the turning of vehicles or specified types of
vehicles at intersections or other designated locations in any such
area.
E.
Regulate the crossing of any roadway in any such area by pedestrians.
F.
Designate any separate roadway in any such area for one-way traffic.
G.
Prohibit, regulate, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or parking
of vehicles in specified areas of any such area.
H.
Designate safety zones in any such areas.
I.
Designate handicapped parking spaces in any such areas.
J.
Provide for the removal and storage of vehicles parked or abandoned
in any such area during snowstorms, floods, fires or other public
emergencies, or found unattended in any such 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 vehicles.
K.
Adopt such additional reasonable rules and regulations with respect
to traffic and parking in any such area as local conditions may require
for the safety and convenience of the public or the users of any such
area.
No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle in violation
of any provision of this chapter.
A.
Use on sidewalks. No person shall ride a bicycle or similar vehicle
upon the sidewalks within the limits of the Village.
