Bill Text: NY S06931 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the city of New York to establish a residential parking permit system in the borough of Queens within a two mile radius of LaGuardia airport.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06931 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06931-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6931
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    October 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
          the  city  of New York to establish a pilot residential parking permit
          system within a two mile radius of LaGuardia  airport;  and  providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          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-q to read as follows:
     3    §  1640-q.  Pilot residential parking permit system in the city of New
     4  York. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the  city
     5  of  New  York  shall,  within  one  year  of  the effective date of this
     6  section, upon adoption of  a  local  law  or  ordinance,  establish  and
     7  provide  for  the  operation of a residential parking permit system, and
     8  fix and require the payment of fees applicable  to  parking  within  the
     9  areas  in  which such parking system is in effect in accordance with the
    10  provisions of this section.
    11    2. Such residential parking permit system shall  be  operated  by  the
    12  city  of  New  York  for  a  period of one year after it is implemented.
    13  Furthermore, such residential parking permit system shall only be estab-
    14  lished within the areas of the borough of Queens described  as  follows:
    15  an  area  within  a  two mile radius of LaGuardia airport. The permitted
    16  streets within this area shall be described in a local law or  ordinance
    17  adopted by the council of the city of New York pursuant to this section.
    18    3.    Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions  of this section, no
    19  permit shall be required on streets where the  adjacent  properties  are
    20  zoned for commercial office and/or retail use.
    21    4.  The  local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking
    22  permit system shall:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (a) set forth factors necessitating  the  enactment  of  such  parking
     2  system;
     3    (b)  provide  that  motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four
     4  hundred four-a of this chapter, or those possessing  a  special  vehicle
     5  identification  parking  permit issued in accordance with section twelve
     6  hundred three-a of  this  chapter,  shall  be  exempt  from  any  permit
     7  requirement;
     8    (c)  provide  the  times  of day and the days of the week during which
     9  permit requirements shall be in effect;
    10    (d) make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within each permit
    11  area available to nonresidents and shall provide short-term  parking  of
    12  not less then ninety minutes in duration in such areas;
    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 New York.
    16    5. No local law or ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section
    17  until a public hearing thereon has  been  had  in  the  same  manner  as
    18  required  for  public  hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal
    19  home rule law.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    21  deemed repealed:
    22    (a)  1  year after it shall have taken effect, if the city of New York
    23  shall have failed to  establish  a  residential  parking  permit  system
    24  pursuant  to  section 1640-q of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
    25  section one of this act, within 1 year of the  effective  date  of  this
    26  act; or
    27    (b)  1 year after the date the residential parking permit system shall
    28  have been implemented in accordance with section 1640-q of  the  vehicle
    29  and traffic law, as added by section one of this act.
    30    (c)  The  city  of New York shall notify the legislative bill drafting
    31  commission upon the date of the implementation of the residential  park-
    32  ing  permit  system in such city in order that such commission may main-
    33  tain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text  of
    34  the  laws  of  the  state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the
    35  provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of  the
    36  public officers law.