[Adopted 11-5-1952 by L.L. No. 1-1952]
It is hereby declared and found that a serious
condition of traffic congestion exists on the streets and highways
within the business and industrial districts of the Village; that
such congestion is aggravated by the stopping of vehicles at the curbs
of the streets and highways of the Village for the purpose of making
deliveries to and from premises abutting thereon; that in certain
areas of the Village such premises also abut on public parking places
maintained by the Village and that in such cases it is reasonable
to prohibit the stopping and parking of vehicles in the streets and
highways for the purpose of making such deliveries and to require
in such cases that such deliveries be made at the rear or other portion
of such premises abutting on such public parking places; that the
public safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Village
will be promoted for such prohibition and requirement; and that in
cases where structural alterations must be made to accommodate such
deliveries at points other than those at which such deliveries presently
can be made, a reasonable time for the making of such alterations
is 90 days.
Whenever, in any area within the Village now
or hereafter designated as a business or industrial district on the
Official Map of the Village of Hempstead (zoning), a parcel of land
abutting a street or highway shall also abut at any point thereof
a public parking place or any portion thereof or any approach thereto
maintained by the Village in such manner that vehicles may be stopped
or parked therein for the purpose of making delivery of merchandise
or other things to or from such parcel of land or any structure thereon,
it shall be unlawful for any person to stop or park or cause to be
stopped or parked any vehicle alongside the curb of any street or
highway for any period of time for the purpose of making delivery
of merchandise or other thing to or from such parcel of land or any
structure thereon.
All spaces in which stopping and parking shall
be prohibited as aforesaid shall be marked and indicated by suitable
signs or markings.
This article shall take effect immediately,
except that with respect to a structure or structures on any such
parcel of land presently so constructed that such deliveries may not
reasonably be made at a point other than the portion abutting the
said street or highway without alteration thereof, this article shall
take effect 90 days after its enactment.
Whenever the enforcement of this article would
result in practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship, the Board
of Trustees may, upon application by the owner or lessee of the property
affected, in such form as the Board of Trustees may prescribe, and
after public hearing held thereon, determine and vary the application
of the regulations herein established in harmony with their general
purpose and intent. Such application shall be accompanied by payment
of a fee of $100 to the Village Clerk.
[Amended 7-7-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
Any person who shall violate or refuse to comply
with any of the provisions of this article shall be punished by a
fine of not more than $300, and in addition thereto such violation
shall constitute and is hereby declared to be disorderly conduct,
and any person who shall violate or refuse to comply with any of the
provisions of this article shall be and hereby is declared to be a
disorderly person and may be punished as such.
