Bill Text: NY A02784 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of New York to provide for certain residential parking permit systems in certain neighborhoods, including but not limited to, Washington Heights, Harlem, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side, East Harlem, and Upper East Side.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A02784 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02784-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2784

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 27, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
          certain  residential  parking  permit systems in the city of New York;
          and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
          of

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1640-s to read as follows:
     3    § 1640-s. Residential parking systems in the  city  of  New  York.  1.
     4  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any law to the contrary, the city of
     5  New York may, by adoption of a  local  law  or  ordinance,  provide  for
     6  certain  residential  parking  permit  systems  and  fix and require the
     7  payment of fees applicable to parking within the area  of  the  city  in
     8  which  such  parking  systems  are  in  effect  in  accordance  with the
     9  provisions of this section.
    10    2. Such residential parking permit systems may be  established  within
    11  that  area of the city of New York within certain neighborhoods, includ-
    12  ing but not limited to, Washington Heights, Harlem, Morningside Heights,
    13  Upper West Side, East Harlem, and Upper East Side.
    14    3. The city of New York may undertake a study on the effectiveness  of
    15  such programs on parking access taking into consideration:
    16    (a)  Traffic  flow  and  parking availability in the areas immediately
    17  surrounding the central business district;
    18    (b) Equity issues and household income in  relation  to  the  cost  of
    19  parking permits; and
    20    (c) Environmental impact of emissions and air pollution.
    21    4.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  no  permit  shall be required on
    22  streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for commercial or retail
    23  use or in metered parking spaces.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    5. The local law or ordinance providing for such  residential  parking
     2  systems shall:
     3    (a)  set forth the factors necessitating the enactment of such parking
     4  systems;
     5    (b) provide that motor vehicles registered pursuant  to  section  four
     6  hundred  four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit require-
     7  ment;
     8    (c) provide the times of the day and days of  the  week  during  which
     9  permit requirements shall be in effect; and
    10    (d) provide the schedule of fees to be paid for such permits.
    11    6.  No  ordinance  shall  be  adopted pursuant to this section until a
    12  public hearing thereon has been had in the same manner as  required  for
    13  public hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal home rule law.
    14    7. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any state highway
    15  maintained by the state.
    16    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December
    17  1, 2030, when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be  deemed
    18  repealed, provided that any such local law or ordinance enacted pursuant
    19  to this act shall remain in full force and effect only until December 1,
    20  2030.