Except as provided in § 290-35, parking outside of the congested area as defined in this chapter, except as posted otherwise, shall be on alternate sides of the street as follows.
Between the first day of April and the 30th
day of September for monthly periods on all streets in the City, all
cars shall be parked only on the odd-numbered side of the street during
odd-numbered months and only on the even-numbered side of the street
during even-numbered months. The number of the month on the first
day of said month at 10:00 a.m. determines the side of the street
upon which parking is allowed.
Between the first day of October and the 31st
day of March for twenty-four-hour periods on all streets in the City,
all cars shall be parked only on the odd-numbered side of the street
on odd-numbered days of the month and only on the even-numbered side
of the street on even-numbered days of the month. The date of the
day at 10:00 a.m. determines the side of the street upon which parking
is allowed.
A.
When signs have been posted giving notice thereof,
cars shall be parked only on the odd-numbered side of the street on
odd-numbered days and on the even-numbered side of the street on even-numbered
days between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on the following
streets:
|
Name of Street
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Cherry Street
[Added 6-19-2006; repealed 2-23-2009] | ||
|
Clinton Street
|
From West Third Street to West Fifth Street
| |
|
East Second Street
|
From east City line to East Fourth Street
| |
|
Fairmount Avenue
|
From West Third Street to Hamilton Street
| |
|
Fourth Street
|
From Jefferson Street to Fairmount Avenue
| |
|
Jefferson Street
|
From West Third Street to West Fifth Street
| |
|
Monroe Street
[Repealed 10-24-2011] | ||
|
North Main Street
|
From Sixth Street to Eighth Street
|
B.
In those streets or public places on which parking
is restricted, as herein provided, and which are within the congested
district, the restrictions as to parking meters shall apply Monday
through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted.
No person shall park any vehicle on any street or public place, other
than designated off-street parking lots, within the congested district
between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
C.
When signs have been posted giving notice thereof,
all cars shall be parked only on the east side of the street on the
following streets:
|
Name of Street
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Allen Street
[Added 6-22-2009] |
From Pullman Street to English Street
| |
|
Allen Street
|
Between Willard Street and English Street
| |
|
Barrett Avenue
|
Between Harrison Street and Prather Avenue
| |
|
Beechview Avenue
[Added 3-20-2000] |
Between Buffalo Street and Clyde Avenue
| |
|
Fairview Avenue
|
Between Fairmount Avenue and West Sixth Street
| |
|
Hickory Street
|
Between Shaw Avenue and Ahrens Avenue
| |
|
Hillside Terrace
|
Between Irvine Place and Kingsbury Street
| |
|
Langford Street
|
Entire length
| |
|
Maple Street
|
Between Garfield Street and Allen Street
| |
|
North Main Street
|
From Richmond Place to Eighth Street
| |
|
South Main Street
|
Between Allen Street and Prather Avenue
| |
|
Stewart Avenue
|
Between Harding Avenue and Fairmount Avenue
| |
|
Tower Street
|
Between Pullman Street and English Street
| |
|
Water Street
|
Between King Street and Winsor Street
| |
|
Whitehill Avenue
[Added 4-25-2005] |
Between Cole Avenue and Smith Avenue
|
D.
When signs have been posted giving notice thereof,
all cars shall be parked only on the west side of the street on the
following streets:
|
Name of Street
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Barrows Street
|
Between Pullman Street and King Street
| |
|
Buffalo Street
[Added 10-12-1999] |
Between East Second Street and Falconer Street
| |
|
Elm Street
|
Between Pullman Street and Ahrens Avenue
| |
|
Grant Street
|
Between Sixth Street and Seventh Street
| |
|
Highland Avenue
|
Between Front Street and Palmer Street
| |
|
Liberty Street
[Added 10-12-1999] |
Between East Fifth Street and East Sixth Street
| |
|
Monroe Street
|
Between Fourth Street and Fifth Street
| |
|
Monroe Street
[Added 11-28-2011] |
Between Hamilton Street and West Third Street
| |
|
Myrtle Street
|
Between Brown Street and Cole Street
| |
|
Myrtle Street
[Added 4-25-2005] |
Between Cole Avenue and Smith Avenue
| |
|
Porter Avenue
[Added 12-17-2007] |
Entire length
| |
|
Thayer Street
|
Between Second Street and Crescent Street
|
E.
When signs have been posted giving notice thereof,
all cars shall be parked only on the north side of the street on the
following streets:
|
Name of Street
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Blake Street
[Added 5-15-2000] |
Between Mason Street and the dead end
| |
|
Camp Street
|
From Maple Street to Foote Avenue
| |
|
Fairmount Avenue
|
From Geneva Street to Livingston Avenue
| |
|
Falconer Street
|
Between Stowe Street and Weeks Street
| |
|
Irvine Place
|
From North Main Street to Hillside Terrace
| |
|
Orchard Street
|
Entire length
| |
|
Sixth Street
|
From Lafayette Street to Fairmount Avenue
| |
|
Sixth Street
[Repealed 5-23-1994] | ||
|
Water Street
[Added 12-17-2007] |
Between Foote Avenue and the Gateway Center
| |
|
Wilson Place
|
Between North Main Street and Prendergast Avenue
|
F.
When signs have been posted giving notice thereof,
all cars shall be parked only on the south side of the street on the
following streets:
|
Name of Street
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Axtel Street
[Added 5-22-1995] |
Between South Main Street and Hazzard Street
| |
|
Baker Street
|
Between Chautauqua Avenue and Delaware Avenue
| |
|
Blackstone Avenue
|
Between Minsker Street and Angove Avenue
| |
|
Buffalo Street
[Added 10-12-1999] |
Between North Main Street and Prendergast Avenue
| |
|
Chandler Street
|
From Cross Street to Elk Street
| |
|
Crescent Street
|
Between Cheney Street and Bishop Street
| |
|
Crescent Street
[Repealed 1-27-1997] | ||
|
Dearing Avenue
[Added 3-22-1999] |
From Hotchkiss Street to Frink Avenue
| |
|
Fifth Street
|
From Jefferson Street to Fairmount Avenue
| |
|
Forest Park
|
Entire length
| |
|
Garfield Street
|
From Sherman Street to Maple Street
| |
|
Grandin Street
|
Between Colfax Street and Sampson Street
| |
|
Hopkins Avenue (200 block)
|
Between Tiffany Avenue and the Hopkins Avenue
manufacturing facility of the Chautauqua Hardware Corporation
| |
|
Morton Street
|
Entire length
| |
|
Myers Avenue
|
Entire length
| |
|
Warner Place
|
Entire length
| |
A.
Anything contained in § 290-24 of this article notwithstanding and in order to provide for snow removal, ice control, street cleaning and maintenance, when signs have been posted giving notice thereof, there shall be no parking between the hours and on the days of the week specified by said signs on the streets enumerated by § 290-24C, D, E and F, of this article.
B.
In order to provide for snow removal, ice control,
parking lot cleaning and maintenance when signs have been posted giving
notice thereof, there shall be no parking between the hours and on
the days of the weeks specified by such signs in any off-street parking
lot owned or operated by the City of Jamestown.
C.
When any vehicle is parked in violation of any of
the provisions of this section, such vehicle may be ordered removed
by the Chief of Police or authorized personnel under his command.
No person shall park a vehicle as follows:
A.
Within any public alley for a longer period than is
required to load or unload merchandise or to take on or discharge
passengers. The foregoing notwithstanding, parking shall be permitted
on the westerly side of School Alley between Prather Avenue and the
Foote Avenue Arterial Highway.
B.
Within 10 feet of any pump used for the sale of gasoline,
when such pump is situated on the sidewalk or near the curb.
C.
Within any space designated and set apart as a cab
stand or bus terminal.
D.
In front of a main entrance of any school, hotel or
theater.
E.
Within any area designated as a fire lane on private
property in Jamestown, New York, owned by Victor Management Corporation
and being known as the "Holiday Inn of Jamestown."
F.
Within the area designated as Bradmar Circle on private
property in Jamestown, New York, owned by Bradmar Village Realty and
known as "Bradmar Village."
G.
Within any area where parking is designated as prohibited
on private property in Jamestown, New York, owned by Bradmar Village
Realty and known as "Bradmar Village."
H.
Within any area designated as a fire lane on private
property and located at 23 through 41 South Main Street, Jamestown,
New York, and owned by Cosima Corporation.
I.
On Shirley Lane within 75 feet of its intersection
with Fairmount Avenue.
[Added 12-20-2004]
[Amended 2-10-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006; 12-17-2007]
A.
Removal and storage of certain parked or abandoned vehicles shall be as provided in Subsection A(1) through (13):
(1)
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within the City during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other public emergency
which affects that portion of the public highway upon which said vehicle
is parked or abandoned, said vehicle may be ordered removed by order
of the Police Chief or authorized personnel under his command.
(2)
When any vehicle is found unattended on any highway
within the City where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic,
such vehicle may be ordered removed by the Police Chief or authorized
personnel under his command.
(3)
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any highway
within the City where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited,
blocking any driveway or yellow curbline, such vehicle may be ordered
removed by the Police Chief or authorized personnel under his command.
(4)
When any vehicle is found parked on any highway or
other public property in the City and such vehicle is unregistered
or without number plates, such vehicle may be ordered removed by the
Police Chief or authorized personnel under his command.
(5)
When any vehicle is found parked in violation of any of the provisions of this § 290-26, such vehicle may be ordered removed by the Police Chief or authorized personnel under his command.
(6)
When any vehicle is found parked on any industrial
or commercial property or property of the Jamestown Public Schools,
Jamestown Community College or property owned by any religious, charitable
or not-for-profit organization without the actual or implied consent
of the owner or authorized agent of the owner thereof, such vehicle
may be ordered removed by the Chief of Police or authorized personnel
under his command, provided that such removal is requested in writing
by the owner or authorized agent of the owner of such property and
further provided that legible signs shall have first been erected
on such property by such owner or authorized agent giving notice that
an unauthorized vehicle parked on such property shall be removed at
the expense of the owner of such vehicle.
(7)
When any vehicle is found parked on any residential
property without the consent of the owner thereof, such vehicle may
be ordered removed by the Chief of Police or authorized personnel
under his command upon the written request of such owner or authorized
agent.
(8)
When it is determined by the City Clerk/Treasurer,
any police officer or parking enforcement officer that any vehicle
has $100 or more of delinquent parking tickets that have been issued
to the vehicle for violation of the parking regulations of the City
of Jamestown and that such tickets have not been paid, satisfied or
disposed of, the vehicle shall be removed to a place of safety within
the City of Jamestown either by towing or otherwise be removed or
conveyed to and impounded in any place designated by the Chief of
Police/Director of Public Safety, or immobilized in such a manner
as to prevent its operation, except that no such vehicle shall be
immobilized by any means other than by use of a device or other mechanism
which will cause no damage to such vehicle unless it is moved while
such device or mechanism is in place. When towed, the vehicle so removed
shall be retained under the custody of the City of Jamestown Police
Department or its designated representative until such time that said
parking violations have been paid, satisfied or disposed of. Once
taken into custody, the last registered owner of said vehicle shall
be liable.
[Amended 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No.
1-2020]
(9)
It shall be the duty of the police officer with the
assistance of the parking enforcement officer removing or immobilizing
such motor vehicle or under whose direction such motor vehicle is
removed or immobilized to inform, as soon as practicable, the City
Clerk/Treasurer, who shall in turn inform by telephone (if possible)
and by first-class mail the owner of the impounded or immobilized
vehicle of the nature and circumstances of the prior unsettled parking
violations summonses for which or on account of which such vehicle
was impounded or immobilized. In any case involving immobilization
of a vehicle pursuant to this subsection, such police officer or parking
enforcement officer shall cause to be placed on such vehicle, in a
conspicuous manner, a notice sufficient to warn any individual to
the effect that such vehicle has been immobilized and that any attempt
to move such vehicle might result in damage to such vehicle.
[Amended 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No.
1-2020]
(10)
(11)
These charges shall be in addition to the fines
and penalties, if any, hereinafter provided within this article for
vehicles that are left standing, stopped or parked illegally.
(12)
Such towing charges shall be paid to the City
Clerk/Treasurer’s office during the hours such office is open,
weekends and legal holidays excepted.
[Amended 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No.
1-2020]
(13)
Before the owner or person in charge of such
vehicle shall be permitted to remove the same from the custody of
the City of Jamestown, he shall furnish evidence of his identity and
ownership or right to possession of such vehicle and shall sign a
receipt and release in such form as the City Clerk/Treasurer’s
office and Jamestown Police Department shall prescribe; provided,
further, that such owner or person entitled to possession of such
vehicle may not obtain the release of such vehicle before paying the
towing, storage, outstanding parking summonses and related penalties
and other fees hereinabove mentioned.
[Amended 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No.
1-2020]
B.
Whenever any vehicle is ordered removed by the Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety or authorized personnel under his command as provided by Subsection A(1) through (13) above, the expense of vehicle removal and storage shall be the responsibility of the owner of such vehicle, and the City of Jamestown shall have no liability for such expenses, nor shall the City of Jamestown have any liability for any damages whatsoever which may result from the authorized removal of any vehicle pursuant to any of the provisions of Subsection A(1) through (13) above.
C.
Removal and storage of certain parked or abandoned
vehicles shall be of a last resort after proper notification to the
recorded owner of the vehicle of delinquent parking tickets that have
been issued to the vehicle for violation of the parking regulations
of the City of Jamestown and that such tickets have not been paid,
satisfied or disposed of and after proper publication in the City's
designated newspaper.
A.
Anyone seeking modification of the application of the provisions of §§ 290-21 through 290-25, referred to in this section as the "Alternate Parking Ordinance," on a certain designated street shall do so by submitting a request either individually or by petition to the Department of Public Works Committee and the Public Safety Committee of the City of Jamestown.
B.
Upon receipt of a request for modification of the
provisions of the Alternate Parking Ordinance on a designated street,
the Department of Public Works Committee and Public Safety Committee
shall automatically table the request until the next regularly scheduled
meeting of the Department of Public Works Committee.
C.
During the period that a request is tabled as aforesaid,
the request shall be investigated by the Director of Public Works,
who shall obtain from the Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety
and the Deputy Fire Chief recommendations on the request and the reasons
therefor.
[Amended 2-24-2003]
D.
At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Department
of Public Works Committee following the request for the modification
of the provision of the Alternate Parking Ordinance on a designated
street, the Department of Public Works Committee shall make its recommendation
based upon the recommendations of the Director of Public Works, the
Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety and the Deputy Fire Chief
and shall forward its recommendation together with the reasons therefore
to the Chairperson of the Public Safety Committee.
[Amended 2-24-2003]
E.
The Chairperson of the Public Safety Committee shall,
at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Public Safety Committee
after receipt of the recommendations of the Department of Public Works
Committee, bring the matter before the Public Safety Committee, which
Committee shall in turn make its recommendations, together with its
reasons therefor, to the City Council as a whole.
F.
The City Council as a whole may then act upon the
request for modification of the provisions of the Alternate Parking
Ordinance on a designated street or may refuse to act upon such request
at its pleasure.
G.
In the event that the recommendation of the Department
of Public Works Committee or the Public Safety Committee is to deny
the request for modification of the application of the Alternate Parking
Ordinance on a certain designated street, there shall be no requirement
that the request be considered by the City Council as a whole.
Upon recommendation of the Department of Public
Works Committee and the approval of the Director of Public Works,
a special reserved parking space permit may be issued to a person
engaged in mercantile business which requires the loading and unloading
of bulky parcels and has no other means of access to his place of
business except through the space covered by such permit.
The Director of Public Works shall determine the size and location of such reserved parking spaces, designated pursuant to § 290-29. No vehicle shall occupy such space for more than 30 minutes, nor shall any vehicle occupy such space except when actually engaged in loading or unloading.
All vehicles shall be parked parallel with the
curb and not more than 12 inches from the curb, except on such streets
where the Chief of Police has properly marked parking spaces diagonally
or at right angles to the curb, where a vehicle shall be parked by
heading into the curb and within the lines established by the Chief
of Police.
No person shall park a trailer or trailer truck or any other vehicle with dual wheels in the residential or mercantile areas of the City, as defined by Chapter 300, Zoning, of the Code of the City of Jamestown, for more than two hours on any day. "Dual wheels" are hereby construed to mean four wheels mounted on the rear axle of a vehicle.
[Amended 10-16-1995]
A.
Parking in the congested area shall be limited to
the time stated on the instruction plate on the parking meter or on
the sign within the specified parking zone.
B.
There is hereby established within the Central Business
District a two-hour free parking zone, which zone shall include Third
Street between Washington Street and Spring Street and Pine Street,
Main Street, and Cherry Street between Second Street and Fourth Street.
Between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each weekday, no person
shall park a motor vehicle within the aforesaid free parking zone
for a period of time in excess of a cumulative time of two hours per
day within the zone.
[Added 7-15-1996; amended 6-9-1997; 8-20-2007]
No person shall park a vehicle wholly or partially
between the curbline and the sidewalk of any street except where special
provision has been expressly made therefor.
