[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Mount Pleasant as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-22-1982]
The provisions of this article shall apply to
all municipal parking lots designated as such by the Town Board of
the Town of Mount Pleasant and so signed with the legend "Municipal
Parking Lot" or equivalent wording. The parking of vehicles within
these municipal parking lots shall be regulated as herein provided.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An area provided by the Town of Mount Pleasant for the off-street
parking of vehicles, together with the means of ingress and egress
thereto, and so designated by the Town Board of the Town of Mount
Pleasant as a municipal parking lot.
The Town of Mount Pleasant may, from time to
time, designate areas as municipal parking lots. Any area so designated
as a municipal parking lot shall be governed by the provisions of
this article. The following lots are hereby designated as municipal
parking lots:
A.
Valhalla Municipal Parking Lot No. 1, located within
the Hamlet of Valhalla and bounded by the Taconic State Parkway on
the west side, Broadway on the east side, Valhalla Place on the north
side and Madison Avenue on the south side.
B.
Thornwood
Railroad Station Parking Lot, located within the Hamlet of Thornwood
and bounded by the New York Central Railroad right-of-way on the west
side, Franklin and Commerce Streets on the east side, Section 7, Block
No. 38, Lot No. 54 on the south side and Section 7, Block No. 38,
Lot No. 43 on the north side. There shall be a two-hour parking limit
between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
[Added 10-12-2010]
C.
Cedar Street
Extension Parking Lot, located within the Hamlet of Valhalla and bounded
on the south by Cleveland Street and on the north by Madison Avenue.
[Added 1-25-2011]
D.
Rockwood Road Parking Lot, located in Sleepy Hollow, bound on the
east and north by Rockwood Road, on the south by Phelps Memorial Hospital
and on the west by Kendal Way. The parking lot is closed between the
hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
[Added 8-13-2013]
No vehicle shall be parked in any portion of
the municipal parking lot not indicated or designated as a parking
stall. All other space within the paved area of the municipal parking
lot shall be deemed driving areas.
A.
No person
shall, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., park a vehicle
for a period exceeding two hours in any municipal parking lot.
B.
Merchant
parking is permitted at the Cedar Street Extension between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, subject to the purchase
and display of a merchant parking permit by those Valhalla business
owners who are registered in the office of the Town Clerk.
[Added 2-14-2012]
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours
of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in any municipal parking lot.
No person shall park any vehicle in such a manner
that such vehicle or any part of such vehicle extends into two or
more parking stalls or into an area designated as a driving area.
All vehicles shall enter any municipal parking
lot through the entrance signed as "Entrance Only" or other equivalent
wording and shall exit through the exit signed as "Exit Only" or other
equivalent wording. In the case of the Valhalla Parking Lot, all traffic
shall enter at the south end and exit at the north end of the parking
lot. Traffic movement within the Valhalla Parking Lot shall move from
south to north. This section shall not apply to the movement of emergency
vehicles within any municipal parking lot.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle in a
careless or reckless manner or at a speed in excess of 10 miles per
hour in any municipal parking lot. This section shall not apply to
the movement of emergency vehicles within any municipal parking lot.
Pedestrian traffic shall have priority over
vehicular traffic in any municipal parking lot, provided that no pedestrian
shall exercise such priority in a manner that will cause or be likely
to cause an accident or collision or create a condition that will
hinder the movement or parking of vehicles within the municipal parking
lot.
No person shall place on any portion of any
municipal parking lot any object or substance that will cause or be
likely to cause any hazard or obstruction to any area located within
such municipal parking lot.
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverages
in any vehicle parked or being operated in any municipal parking lot.
[Amended 3-13-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
Any person violating any of the sections of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
not to exceed $250 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days,
or both.
[Adopted 6-22-1982]
The provisions of this article shall apply to
all commuter parking lots designated as such by the Town Board of
the Town of Mount Pleasant and so signed with the legend "Parking
by Permit Only" or equivalent wording. The parking of vehicles within
these parking lots shall be regulated as herein provided.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An area provided by the Town of Mount Pleasant for the off-street
parking of commuters' vehicles, together with the means of ingress
and egress thereto, and so designated by the Town Board of the Town
of Mount Pleasant as a commuter parking lot.
One who is permanently domiciled within the Town of Mount
Pleasant. All others shall be deemed nonresidents.
The Town of Mount Pleasant may, from time to
time, designate areas as commuter parking lots. Any area so designated
as a commuter parking lot shall be governed by he provisions of this
article. The following lots are hereby designated as commuter parking
lots:
A.
Valhalla Railroad Station Parking Lot, located within
the Hamlet of Valhalla, bounded by the Taconic State Parkway on the
east side, the New York Central Railroad right-of-way on the west
side and the State of New York right-of-way on the north and south
sides.
B.
Hawthorne Railroad Station Parking Lot, located within
the Hamlet of Hawthorne, bounded by Commerce Street on the north side,
the New York Central Railroad right-of-way on the west side, Elwood
Avenue on the east side and Section 8, Block No. 27, Lot No. 1 and
Section 8, Block No. 18, Lot No. 8 on the south side.
C.
Sunset Place Parking Lot, located within the Hamlet
of Hawthorne, and bounded by New York State Route 141 on the north
side, the New York Central Railroad right-of-way on the west side,
Section 8, Block No. 38, Lot Nos. 5 through 9 on the east side and
Section 8, Block No. 38, Lot Nos. 10 through 14 on the south side.
D.
[1]Broadway Field Parking Lot, located within the Hamlet of
Hawthorne and bounded by the Saw Mill River Parkway on the north side,
signs indicating "parking for recreation facilities" on the west side,
the New York Central Railroad right-of-way on the east side and Section
6, Block No. 2, Lot Nos. 1 through 6 on the south side.
[Amended 1-22-1991; 11-24-1998; 8-8-2006; 11-28-2006; 1-8-2013; 2-9-2016 by L.L. No. 1-2016]
A.
No person shall park a vehicle within the Town of Mount Pleasant
Broadway Field, Sunset Place, or Hawthorne Railroad Station Commuter
Parking Lots between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, exclusive of holidays, without displaying a valid
commuter parking permit issued by the Town Clerk of the Town of Mount
Pleasant.
B.
No person shall park a vehicle within the Town of Mount Pleasant
Valhalla Railroad Station Commuter Parking Lot between the hours of
5:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, exclusive of holidays
without displaying a valid commuter permit issued by the Town Clerk
of the Town of Mount Pleasant, except that in the first eight spaces
on the most northerly end of the parkway side of the lot, no person
shall park a vehicle for a period exceeding two hours.
[Amended 3-13-1984; 2-14-1989; 1-22-1991; 1-10-1995; 5-28-1996; 1-27-1998; 11-24-1998; 12-28-1999; 3-13-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001; 1-13-2004; 2-13-2007]
A.
The fee for commuter parking permits shall be collected
on an annual basis and shall run from the first day of March to the
last day of February. Sales of annual permits for residents shall
begin on January 20 of each year. Sales of annual permits for nonresidents,
if spaces remain available, shall begin no earlier than February 21
of each year.
[Amended 1-11-2011]
B.
The annual and weekly fees, as well as the fee for replacement of a lost permit, shall be as set forth in Chapter A224, Fees.
C.
Refunds. There shall be no refund of any portion of
the annual permit fee.
[Amended 1-11-2011]
[Amended 1-22-1991]
[Amended 3-13-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001; 1-11-2011]
A.
Permits are not assignable or transferable. In any event of a change of vehicle, the permit holder must notify the Town Clerk within 10 calendar days and return existing permit, in which case an administrative fee as set forth in Chapter A224, Fees, shall apply.
B.
The license
plate number written on the parking permit must match the license
plate number on the car.
C.
Altering
of a parking permit is prohibited and will be prosecuted in Criminal
Court.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle in a
careless or reckless manner or at a speed in excess of 10 miles per
hour in any commuter parking lot. This section shall not apply to
the movement of emergency vehicles within any commuter parking lot.
Pedestrian traffic shall have priority over
vehicular traffic in any commuter parking lot, provided that no pedestrian
shall exercise such priority in a manner that will cause or be likely
to cause an accident or collision or create a condition that will
hinder the movement or parking of vehicles within the commuter parking
lot.
No person shall place, on any portion of any
commuter parking lot, any object or substance that will cause or be
likely to cause any hazard or obstruction to any area located within
such commuter parking lot.
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverages
in any vehicle parked or being operated in any commuter parking lot.
[Amended 3-13-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
Any person violating any of the sections of
this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to
exceed $250 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.
