Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on November 13, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on November 14, 2024, Amending the Vehicle and Traffic Regulations for Commercial Vehicles in Chapter 256, Sections 11 and 23 of the Code of the City of Mount; be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
IN CHAPTER 256, SECTIONS 11 AND 23 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON
WHEREAS, by letter dated September 7, 2022, Councilwoman Danielle Browne has requested a new ordinance to amend the Commercial Vehicle Parking Regulations in Chapter 256, Sections 11 and 23 of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon, NOW, THEREFORE,
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council, convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
Section 1. Section 11 of Chapter 256 of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon, entitled "Overnight parking of commercial vehicles; penalties for offenses." is hereby amended as follows:
? 256-11 Overnight parking of commercial vehicles; penalties for offenses. [Added 12-14-1966, approved 12-15-1966; amended 2-8-1967, approved 2-9-1967; 5-10-1972, approved 5-11-1972; 4-8-1998, approved 4-9-1998; 2-8-2023, approved 2-8-2023]
A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Every type of motor vehicle, as defined in the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, operated or driven upon a public highway used for business purposes. "Commercial vehicles" shall further include tractor-trailers, tractor-trailer combinations, semitrailers, privately owned military vehicles, backhoes, excavators, rollers, tractor cranes, truck cranes, power shovels, road-building machines, road sweepers, sand spreaders, buses, or any other vehicles being used for a commercial purpose:
[Amended 4-8-1998, approved 4-9-1998]
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