TOWN OF RIVERHEAD
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead adopted a local law amending Chapter 211, Article III, Section 14 of the Riverhead Town Code entitled, “Parking and permits related to use of recreation centers and facilities, parks, playgrounds, public bathing beaches, and dog parks”, Subsection B entitled, “Permits”, enacting §211-14(B)(5) as follows:
CHAPTER 211 BEACHES AND RECREATION
ARTICLE III. Use of Public Bathing Beaches, Recreation Centers and Facilities, Parks, Playgrounds and Dog Parks
211-14 Parking and permits related to use of recreation centers and facilities, parks, playgrounds, public bathing beaches, and dog parks.
B. Permits. The Recreation Department is hereby authorized to issue seasonal and daily parking permits for use at any public bathing beach, recreation center, park or playground; night fishing permits; docking permits; boat launch permits; and permits for dog parks and other areas designated for, or approved for, dog/animals.
(5) Hotel – Motel Parking Permits. (a) Hotel-motel parking permits shall be issued by the Riverhead Recreation Department to the owners or their designated managers of hotels and motels for use by the paying guests residing temporarily therein.
(i) For the purposes of this section, “motel” shall include any parcel of land on which two or more dwelling units are situated, which dwelling units are rented or leased by the owner thereof for periods not to exceed two months.
(b)Applications for hotel-motel parking permits shall include:
(i)The number of rental units available at the applicant’s premises.
(ii) The number of permits applied for. (iii) The designated business or trade name, if any, of the premises for which the permits are requested and designating a person or agent who shall be responsible for managing, recording and supervising use of the permits by guests.
(c) Upon a determination by the Riverhead Recreation Department that the applicant is entitled to such permits and upon payment of the required permit fee, permits shall be issued; provided, however, that the number of permits shall not exceed the number of rental units available at the premises applied for. Such permits shall be inscribed with the name of the applicant or the designated business name of the applicant’s premises and shall be used only by paying guests occupying the premises for which such permits are issued.
(d) Hotel-motel permits shall be transferrable and shall be designed and issued in a clear plastic case and designed to be affixed temporarily to the interior driver’s-side rear window of a hotel-motel guest’s vehicle. The owner or manager to whom such permits are issued shall make no charge for the use of such permits by such guests but may require a deposit, not to exceed $35.00, to ensure the return of a permit.
(e) The fee for issuance of a hotel-motel parking permit shall be established annually by Town Board resolution.
* Underline represents addition(s) * Overstrike represents deletion(s)
Dated: Riverhead, New York
June 15, 2021
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
OF THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD DIANE M. WILHELM, Town Clerk
