Pursuant to the authority contained in § 1640-a
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York authorizing
the Board of Trustees of the Village to regulate the parking area
of a shopping center pursuant to the written request of either the
owner or the person in general charge of the operation and control
of such, a parking area shall be regulated as hereinafter provided.
Each parking stall shall be clearly indicated
by lines painted upon the pavement of the parking area or designated
by appropriate barriers. No vehicle shall be parked in any portion
of the parking area not indicated or designated as a parking stall.
The Commissioner of Public Safety in conjunction
with the owner or operator of the area shall determine which area
or areas of a particular parking lot should be designated as a no-parking
area. No person or persons shall park any vehicle other than an emergency
vehicle in areas designated as no-parking areas.
A.
Except as may herein elsewhere be provided or unless
a shorter time is designated by the owner of a parking lot and is
clearly marked, no person shall park any vehicle in any area of a
parking lot for a period in excess of 18 hours at any one time.
B.
A shorter time period for the parking of a vehicle,
designated by the owner, shall be upon the approval by the Board of
Trustees.
C.
When any vehicle is parked in violation of the time
limit herein specified, such vehicle may, at the direction of a member
of the Code Enforcement Bureau or any other law enforcement officer
acting within his jurisdiction, be towed away and impounded. The cost
of such towing and storage shall be at the expense of the owner or
operator of the vehicle.
No person shall park any vehicle in a manner
that such vehicle or any part thereof extends into an area designated
for the parking of another vehicle or designated as a driving area.
This section shall not apply to vehicles which, because of their nature,
require an area greater than that used for parking an average passenger
or standard-type vehicle.
All vehicles in motion shall, so far as is practicable,
keep to the right. Vehicles entering the parking lot will promptly
move away from those portions of the area of the parking lot designated
as driving areas that are in immediate proximity to the entrance or
entrances of the parking lot, in order that such entrance or entrances
will not be blocked to the other vehicles attempting to enter the
parking lot.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle on
any parking lot in a careless manner or at a speed in excess of 10
miles per hour. This limitation shall not apply to emergency vehicles.
In general, pedestrian traffic will have priority
over vehicular traffic, provided that no pedestrian shall exercise
such priority in a manner that will cause or be likely to cause a
collision or create a condition whereby the movement of vehicular
traffic or the parking of vehicles will be more than momentarily hindered.
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage
in any vehicle parked or being operated in any portion of a parking
lot.
[Amended 12-6-2010 by L.L. No. 14-2010; 1-5-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
Any person who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-2 of the Code of the Village of Port Jefferson.
