Roslyn Harbor trustees are considering legislation that would place restrictions on cars parked on village streets overnight.
Trustees said on Tuesday that since the start of the fiscal year on June 1, the village had received numerous complaints about cars being kept on the street past midnight.
“I’m wondering if we should put in a local law of some kind to accommodate these complaints,” Trustee Jeremy Rosof said.
Deputy Mayor Louis Badolato questioned the severity of the issue, saying, “Is there really a big problem with this?”
“Apparently, look at the complaint log,” Village of Roslyn Harbor Mayor David Mandell replied.
Mandell said he does not think parking on the street is a problem, but it can be a nuisance depending on which streets get a high volume of parked cars and if it is done consistently.
Two streets that received a high number of complaints were Church Street and Summit Avenue, where street parking is restricted to certain hours during the day.
One car parked on Summit Avenue received multiple complaints from residents saying it had been abandoned, village officials said.
Village Clerk Valerie Onorato said the car belonged to a man from Queens who had been married earlier this year at the Church of Saint Mary on Bryant Avenue and left the vehicle when he went on his honeymoon.
Village attorney Peter MacKinnon said that since the car’s registration expired after the man left it parked on Summit Avenue, the village would be able to consider it abandoned and subject to towing.
Since the man works in Manhattan, Onorato said, he has not been able to pick up the car or pay the $1,500 in parking fines that had accumulated.
Trustee Sandy Quentzel suggested the village make photocopies of the tickets and mail the man the originals so the fines are paid.
Mandell said the village should also have the car towed at the man’s expense.
“Something like that, we’ve got to be stronger on,” Mandell said.
