Bill Text: NY A07700 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a residential parking system in the city of Troy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-27 - enacting clause stricken [A07700 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07700-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 5652 A. 7700
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
May 22, 2015
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
tion
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
a residential parking system in the city of Troy
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-o to read as follows:
3 S 1640-O. RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF TROY. 1.
4 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE CITY
5 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TROY MAY, BY ADOPTION OF A LOCAL LAW OR ORDI-
6 NANCE, PROVIDE FOR A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM AND FIX AND
7 REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF FEES APPLICABLE TO PARKING WITHIN THE AREA IN
8 WHICH SUCH PARKING SYSTEM IS IN EFFECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
9 OF THIS SECTION.
10 2. SUCH RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM MAY ONLY BE ESTABLISHED
11 WITHIN THE AREA OF THE CITY OF TROY CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING STREETS:
12 RIVER STREET FROM HOOSICK TO FEDERAL STREET; FEDERAL STREET FROM RIVER
13 STREET EAST TO FIFTH AVENUE; SOUTH TO GRAND STREET; EAST TO SIXTH
14 AVENUE; SIXTH AVENUE FROM GRANT STREET TO CONGRESS STREET; EAST TO 8TH
15 STREET; 8TH STREET AT CONGRESS STREET WEST TO 3RD STREET AT FERRY
16 STREET, THEN NORTH TO CONGRESS STREET, THEN WEST TO THE HUDSON RIVER;
17 WEST; THE HUDSON RIVER FROM CONGRESS STREET TO HOOSICK STREET AT THE
18 COLLAR CITY BRIDGE.
19 3. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NO PERMIT SHALL BE REQUIRED ON THOSE
20 PORTIONS OF SUCH STREETS WHERE THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE ZONED FOR
21 COMMERCIAL/RETAIL USE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. THE LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR SUCH RESIDENTIAL PARKING
2 PERMIT SYSTEM SHALL:
3 (A) SET FORTH FACTORS NECESSITATING THE ENACTMENT OF SUCH PARKING
4 PERMIT SYSTEM;
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 DAY AND DAYS OF THE WEEK DURING WHICH PERMIT
9 REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE IN EFFECT;
10 (D) MAKE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE SPACES WITHIN THE PERMIT
11 AREA AVAILABLE TO NONRESIDENTS, AND SHALL PROVIDE SHORT TERM PARKING OF
12 NOT LESS THAN NINETY MINUTES IN DURATION IN THE PERMIT AREA;
13 (E) PROVIDE THE SCHEDULE OF FEES TO BE PAID FOR SUCH PERMITS; AND
14 (F) PROVIDE THAT SUCH FEES SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE GENERAL FUND OF
15 THE CITY OF TROY.
16 5. NO ORDINANCE SHALL BE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION UNTIL A
17 PUBLIC HEARING THEREON HAS BEEN HAD IN THE SAME MANNER AS REQUIRED FOR
18 PUBLIC HEARINGS ON A LOCAL LAW PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW.
19 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
20 have become a law.
