Bill Text: NY A09114 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the residential parking permit system in the city of Albany; makes provisions permanent.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-21 - referred to transportation [A09114 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09114-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9114

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 21, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY, McDONALD -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the residen-
          tial parking permit system in the city of Albany; and to amend chapter
          454 of the laws of 2010 amending the vehicle and traffic law  relating
          to  authorizing  a pilot residential parking permit system in the city
          of Albany, in relation to making such provisions permanent

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

     1    Section  1. Section 1640-m of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
     2  chapter 454 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 1640-m. [Pilot residential] Residential parking permit system in the
     4  city of Albany. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  any  law  to  the
     5  contrary,  the  city  of Albany 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 certain areas
     8  of the city or as delineated by the common council of the city of Albany
     9  in accordance with the provisions of this section.
    10    2. Such residential parking permit  system  may  only  be  established
    11  within  the  areas  of  the city of Albany described as follows: an area
    12  within [three-quarters of] a one mile radius of the Nelson A.  Rockefel-
    13  ler  Empire State Plaza. The permitted streets within this area shall be
    14  described in a local law or ordinance adopted by the common  council  of
    15  the city of Albany pursuant to this section.
    16    3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no permit shall be
    17  required on streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for  commer-
    18  cial, office and/or retail use.
    19    4.  The  local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking
    20  permit system shall:
    21    a. Set forth the specific factors which necessitate the implementation
    22  of said system and shall include, but not be  limited  to,  findings  of
    23  facts  as  to  the existence of such traffic hazards, congestion and air
    24  and noise pollution within any such areas;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    b. Provide that motor vehicles registered  pursuant  to  section  four
     2  hundred  four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit require-
     3  ment;
     4    c.  Provide the times of the day and the days of the week during which
     5  permit requirements shall be in effect;
     6    d. Make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within  the  permit
     7  area  or  areas available to nonresidents which shall provide short-term
     8  parking of not less than ninety minutes in  duration  in  such  area  or
     9  areas;
    10    e. Make not more than [two thousand seven] three thousand five hundred
    11  [fifty] of the approximately nine thousand residential spaces within the
    12  permit area or areas available for residential parking by permit;
    13    f.  Provide  the  schedule of fees to be paid for residential permits;
    14  and
    15    g. Provide that such fees shall be credited to the general fund of the
    16  city of Albany.
    17    5. No local law or ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section
    18  until a public hearing thereon has been held by the  common  council  of
    19  the  city  of  Albany  concerning the designation of the certain area or
    20  areas in which said parking permit system is to be implemented.
    21    § 2. Section 3 of chapter 454 of the laws of 2010 amending the vehicle
    22  and traffic law relating to  authorizing  a  pilot  residential  parking
    23  permit  system  in  the city of Albany, as amended by chapter 243 of the
    24  laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall remain in  full
    26  force and effect for a period of eight years after the implementation of
    27  the  local  law  or  ordinance adopted by the city of Albany pursuant to
    28  section 1640-m of the vehicle and traffic law as added by section two of
    29  this act at which time this act shall expire and be deemed repealed].
    30    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.