Bill Text: NY A02663 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Decreases the prohibited area of parking around a fire hydrant from fifteen to ten feet to reduce parking congestion in heavily populated areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A02663 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02663-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2663 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 24, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to decreasing the prohibited distance of parking near a fire hydrant The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 1202 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 2006, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within [fifteen] ten 5 feet of a fire hydrant except when such vehicle is attended by a 6 licensed operator or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat and who 7 can immediately move such vehicle in case of emergency, unless a differ- 8 ent distance is indicated by official signs, markings or parking meters. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04755-01-9
