NY State — NY Vehicle and Traffic Law

§ 1203-E — Dumping or plowing snow onto parking places for handicapped prohibited

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2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, any firm, corporation, partnership or association engaged in the conduct of any business, trade or commerce or in the furnishing of any service in this state who knowingly dumps, shovels or plows snow onto a parking place for handicapped persons rend

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§ 1203-E Dumping or plowing snow onto parking places for handicapped prohibited

VTL § 1203-E

§ 1203-e. Dumping or plowing snow onto parking places for handicapped prohibited.

1.Except as otherwise provided in subdivision two of this section, any person who knowingly dumps or shovels snow onto a parking place for handicapped persons rendering such place unusable for parking purposes shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars for the first offense and a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars for every offense thereafter. However, a local or municipal government may, by local law or ordinance, establish fines higher than those established in this subdivision, but in no instance shall the fines exceed fifty dollars for the first offense or two hundred dollars for the second or subsequent offense.

2.Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, any firm, corporation, partnership or association engaged in the conduct of any business, trade or commerce or in the furnishing of any service in this state who knowingly dumps, shovels or plows snow onto a parking place for handicapped persons rendering such place unusable for parking purposes shall be subject to a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars for the first offense and a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for every offense thereafter. However, a local or municipal government may, by local law or ordinance, establish fines higher than those established in this subdivision, but in no instance shall the fines exceed two hundred fifty dollars for the first offense or four hundred fifty dollars for the second or subsequent offense.

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