Bill Text: NY S05574 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the limitation on parking of mobile homes and trailers on residential streets; limits the parking of mobile homes and trailers on residential streets to less than three hours and prohibits parking from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.; sets monetary fines at $50 for a first violation and $100 for each subsequent violation in a six month period.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S05574 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05574-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5574
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 14, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the limitation on parking of mobile homes and trailers on
residential streets
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 19-170.1 to read as follows:
3 S 19-170.1 LIMITATION ON PARKING OF MOBILE HOMES AND TRAILERS.
4 A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
5 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
6 1. "MOBILE HOME" SHALL MEAN A STRUCTURE, TRANSPORTABLE IN ONE OR MORE
7 SECTIONS, WHICH IN THE TRAVELING MODE, IS EIGHT BODY FEET OR MORE IN
8 WIDTH OR FORTY BODY FEET OR MORE IN LENGTH, OR WHEN ERECTED ON SITE, IS
9 THREE HUNDRED TWENTY OR MORE SQUARE FEET, AND WHICH IS BUILT ON A PERMA-
10 NENT CHASSIS AND DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A DWELLING WITH OR WITHOUT A
11 PERMANENT FOUNDATION WHEN CONNECTED TO REQUIRED UTILITIES, AND INCLUDES
12 THE PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR-CONDITIONING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CONTAINED
13 THEREIN.
14 2. "TRAILER" SHALL MEAN ANY VEHICLE NOT PROPELLED BY ITS OWN POWER
15 DRAWN ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS BY A MOTOR VEHICLE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
16 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OPERATED THEREON,
17 EXCEPT MOTORCYCLE SIDE CARS, VEHICLES BEING TOWED BY A NON-RIGID SUPPORT
18 AND VEHICLES DESIGNED AND PRIMARILY USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES AND ONLY
19 OCCASIONALLY DRAWN BY SUCH A MOTOR VEHICLE.
20 3. "RESIDENTIAL STREET" SHALL MEAN THOSE STREETS, OR PARTS THEREOF,
21 WHICH ARE UNMETERED AND ARE LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT UNDER
22 THE ZONING RESOLUTION.
23 B. WHEN PARKING IS NOT OTHERWISE RESTRICTED, NO PERSON SHALL PARK A
24 MOBILE HOME OR TRAILER IN EXCESS OF THREE HOURS ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 C. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NO PERSON SHALL PARK A MOBILE HOME
2 OR TRAILER ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET FROM NINE P.M. TO FIVE A.M.
3 D. A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A MONETARY FINE
4 OF FIFTY DOLLARS. ANY SUCH SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION BY THE
5 SAME OWNER, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO
6 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, WITHIN A SIX MONTH
7 PERIOD SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A MONETARY FINE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
8 E. ANY MOBILE HOME OR TRAILER PARKED IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION B OR
9 C OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO IMPOUNDMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT. ANY
10 MOBILE HOME OR TRAILER IMPOUNDED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
11 SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL ALL APPLICABLE TOWING AND STOR-
12 AGE FEES HAVE BEEN PAID. THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE
13 AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE
14 IMPOUNDMENT OF MOBILE HOMES OR TRAILERS.
15 F. THE SANCTIONS AND FEES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN
16 ADDITION TO ANY OTHER SANCTIONS, FEES OR REMEDIES PROVIDED BY LAW OR
17 REGULATION.
18 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
19 have become a law.
