The provisions of this article shall apply except
when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of an authorized officer
or official traffic control device.
[Amended 3-3-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
A.
When official signs have been posted prohibiting,
restricting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles,
including the use of parking meters, on any street, highway or municipal
parking facilities, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle
in violation of the restriction stated on such sign.
B.
No person shall violate the direction set forth on
any traffic control devices or regulatory signs installed, such as,
but not limited to, "one way," "do not enter," "truck route," "stop,"
"yield" or "no exit" or flashing red or yellow lights and all parking
meters.
No person shall park any motor vehicle or other
vehicle as follows:
A.
Upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XIII (§ 245-61), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
B.
In any public parking field owned or leased by the
Village of Port Jefferson in any other manner than as designated by
appropriate markings and/or signs.
C.
On those portions of any Village, county or state
highways within the incorporated limits of this Village in any other
manner than as in the designated on the surface by appropriate markings
where said markings are evident.
D.
No vehicle shall remain parked or stored in any public
parking field or on any public street or in any public place for more
than four consecutive days unless special permission is obtained from
the Village.
A.
The standing or parking of vehicles within 25 feet
of all intersections is hereby prohibited unless a different distance
is authorized by official signs erected at or near such intersections.
Said 25 feet shall be measured from the nearest street right-of-way
line of an intersecting street or highway.
B.
The parking or standing of any vehicle within 15 feet
of a fire hydrant is hereby prohibited unless such vehicle is attended
by a licensed operator or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat
of the vehicle and who is able to move such vehicle immediately in
the event of an emergency or if directed to do so by a police officer.
No person shall stand a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XIV (§ 245-62), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule XV (§ 245-63) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XV, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall stand a vehicle during the times specified in Schedule XVI (§ 245-64) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XVI, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended 11-7-2016 by L.L. No. 11-2016]
A.
The Board of Trustees, by resolution at any regular or special meeting,
may establish the location and time limit in which no person shall
park any vehicle for longer than the time limit listed at any time
between the hours listed, and upon any of the streets or parts of
streets as determined by the Board of Trustees.
B.
Any parking regulations and parking signs heretofore installed and
presently erected within the Village of Port Jefferson are hereby
ratified, and no further resolutions shall be necessary with respect
thereto.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XVIII (§ 245-66) except at the angle designated and only within the painted stall lines. On all streets or portions thereof where angle parking is now or shall hereafter be authorized, all vehicles parked thereon shall be parked with the front thereof nearest the curb.
A.
The standing or parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited in the locations provided in Schedule XIX (§ 245-67) unless the vehicle carries a Port Jefferson parking decal or, in the case of the Port Jefferson Country Club at Harbor Hills, a then-current member parking decal, a duly issued and timely country club guest pass and/or a Port Jefferson parking decal.
[Amended 3-21-2005 by L.L. No. 3-2005]
B.
Violation of Subsection A shall carry a minimum fine of $50.
[Amended 9-21-1992 by L.L. No. 9-1992]
C.
Nonresident parking; application for special permit.
[Amended 10-21-1996 by L.L. No. 12-1996]
(1)
Nonresident parking in the Perry Street and Linden
Place parking lots is permissible upon issuance of a special permit
by the Board of Trustees upon receipt of written application and approval
by said Board of Trustees. Nonresidents eligible for this special
permit must be employees of businesses located within the following
boundaries:
(a)
On the south, the twenty-foot right-of-way of
the Port Jefferson Fire District situated immediately to the north
of the Long Island Railroad parking lot.
(b)
On the west by the center of Texaco Avenue.
(c)
On the north by the center of Sheep Pasture
and North Country Roads.
(d)
On the east by the center of Walnut Street.
(2)
Application for such a special permit must be accompanied
by verification of employment within the boundaries above noted, which
verification must be on letterhead stationery of the employer and
signed by the principal of such employer. Additional criteria and
requirements may be imposed by the Board of Trustees from time to
time in passing upon applications for special parking permits as provided
for herein. Any special parking permit shall become null and void
if and when employment within the above-noted boundaries terminates
and, in any event, shall be for no more than 12 consecutive months
from the date of its approval. Within 30 days of expiration of any
special parking permit, application for renewal may be submitted.
A.
The parking of a vehicle is hereby prohibited in any
area designated as "Parking for Handicap" unless the vehicle carries
a special parking permit.
B.
The parking permit shall be that designated and distributed
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to § 1203-a
of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law or by the Village.
No person, being the owner of a motor vehicle, shall permit said motor vehicle to remain on the streets listed in Schedule XX (§ 245-68) when affected by an emergency due to snowfall, flood, fire or other extraordinary condition affecting the normal flow of traffic. Parking during such emergency shall be prohibited during the hours announced by the Mayor through the public media in connection with such emergency. The hours during which such parking shall be prohibited may also be posted by the Village Clerk at his office. In the event that no such hours have been posted or announced, said prohibition of parking shall continue for a period of 12 hours from the cessation of the occurrence causing the accumulation of snow and ice. The accumulation of more than two inches of snow or ice as a result of a snowstorm, hail, sleet, flood, etc., shall be deemed notice to all persons that a state of emergency exists. Any vehicle violating this section shall be towed away at or under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Safety or his designee.
The locations described in Schedule XXI (§ 245-69), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as loading zones.
The locations described in Schedule XXII (§ 245-70), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as bus stops.
[Added 5-13-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002]
The locations described in Schedule XXIII (§ 245-71), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as no-stopping zones.
[Added 10-1-2018 by L.L.
No. 5-2018]
No bus, taxicab, livery vehicle, vehicle bearing advertising
indicating the vehicle is used for a purpose other than private use,
commercial vehicle or vehicle bearing commercial registration plates
shall be parked on a village street within the boundaries of the R-A,
R-A1, R-B1, R-B2, R-B3, R-M, R-O, and P-O zoning districts between
the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. For the purposes of this section,
"commercial vehicles" are defined as vehicles used principally for
the transportation of goods, wares, supplies, materials, merchandise
or passengers for the accomplishment of any paid services, regardless
of the state registration classification.
