§ 331-168. Penalties and enforcement.

Any person who operates or causes to be operated a valet operation in violation of any provision of this Article shall be subject to enforcement and penalties pursuant to the City Code of the City of New Rochelle.

A. 

Enforcement: If the Building Official finds a violation of this Article, the Building Official shall issue a notice of violation to the violator.

B. 

Fines: The following civil fines shall be imposed for each violation per location:

(1) 

Illegal queuing. Illegal use of public right-of-way for the purpose of accepting or delivering a vehicle or accepting or delivering a vehicle when a vehicle is stored in the assigned queue for over 10 minutes.

(a) 

Violations:

[1] 

First offense: $50.

[2] 

Second offense: $100.

[3] 

Third offense: $500.

[4] 

Fourth offense: Revocation of Permit.

(2) 

Illegal storage. Illegal storage of vehicle(s) in public facilities and/or public right-of-way or in unauthorized private storage location(s) as described in permit (occupational license).

(a) 

Violations:

[1] 

First offense: $50.

[2] 

Second offense: $100.

[3] 

Third offense: $500.

[4] 

Fourth offense: Revocation of Permit.

(3) 

Operation without valet permit: $250 per offense/per day.

(4) 

Penalty for lapse in required insurance coverage (from date of lapse): $100 per offense/per day.

(5) 

No valid driver's license: $250 per offense and immediate removal of the employee from the valet operation.

(6) 

The Building Official shall withhold issuance of any new valet permits and leased public on-street/curbside valet parking spaces, and suspend current valet permits until past due violations are paid in full.

(7) 

Valet operator's responsibility for vehicles in their possession. Valet operators shall pay all fines and fees, including towing charges, arising in connection with a patron's vehicle which is in the possession of the valet operator at the time such charge is incurred. This does not preclude the valet operator from also being cited by the Building Official for violations of this section which resulted in the imposition of the fines and fee.