Bill Text: NY S07418 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a residential parking system in the city of Rochester.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-23 - PRINT NUMBER 7418A [S07418 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7418
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 29, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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 Rochester
          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-p to read as follows:
     3    § 1640-p. Residential parking permit system in the city of  Rochester.
     4  1.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city
     5  council of the city of Rochester may, by adoption  of  a  local  law  or
     6  ordinance,  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 Rochester  consisting  of  the  following
    12  streets:
    13    Birch Crescent: From E. Main Street to Goldman Street.
    14    Alexander Street: From E. Main Street to Champeney Terrace.
    15    Champeney Terrace: From Union Street to Prince Street.
    16    Prince Street: From Champeney Terrace to Goldman Street.
    17    Kenilworth Terrace: From North Union Street to Prince Street.
    18    3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no permit shall be required on those
    19  portions  of  such  streets  where the adjacent properties are zoned for
    20  commercial/retail use.
    21    4. The local law or ordinance providing for such  residential  parking
    22  permit system shall:
    23    (a)  set  forth  factors  necessitating  the enactment of such parking
    24  permit system;
    25    (b) provide that motor vehicles registered pursuant  to  section  four
    26  hundred  four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit require-
    27  ment;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (c) provide the times of day and days of the week during which  permit
     2  requirements shall be in effect;
     3    (d)  make not less than twenty percent of the spaces within the permit
     4  area available to nonresidents, and shall provide short term parking  of
     5  not less than ninety minutes in duration in the permit area;
     6    (e) provide the schedule of fees to be paid for such permits; and
     7    (f)  provide  that  such fees shall be credited to the general fund of
     8  the city of Rochester.
     9    5. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant  to  this  section  until  a
    10  public  hearing  thereon has been had in the same manner as required for
    11  public hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal home rule law.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    13  have become a law.