N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21 § 1097.5

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 1097.5 - Prohibited uses

No person in a terminal, station or train shall:

(a) block free movement of another person or persons; lie on the floor, platforms, stairs, tables, benches, chairs or other furniture designed for sitting, counters or landings; or occupy more than one seat;

(b) create any unreasonable noise by any means. Use of radios and other sound-producing devices on trains must be accomplished by means of headphones or earphones and must be inaudible to others;

(c) throw, drop or cause to be propelled any object, projectile or other article at, from, upon, in or on a facility or train;

(d) drink any alcoholic beverage or possess any opened or unsealed container of alcoholic beverage, except in such areas and at such times as may be permitted from time to time by LIRR in its discretion;

(e) consume any controlled substance in any part of a terminal or station, except pursuant to valid prescription;

(f) enter or remain in a terminal, station or train while his or her ability to function safely in the environment of the terminal, station or train is impaired by the consumption of alcohol or by the taking of any controlled substance;

(g) endanger the safety of others, engage in fighting, or assault upon another person or persons or threaten another person with such conduct;

(h) vandalize, injure, deface, alter, write upon, destroy, remove or tamper within any way any real or personal property or equipment owned by or under the jurisdiction or control of LIRR, the authority, their tenants or permittees;

(i) enter or attempt to enter any area which is locked or otherwise restricted from public access by any means including, but not limited to, barricades, fencing, doors and signs, or enter or leave a terminal, station or train except by designated entrance-ways or exits;

(j) skateboard, roller skate, or ride a bicycle, scooter or any other self-propelled or motor-propelled vehicle or device, other than by a physically disabled person, on or through any part of a terminal, station or train excluding parking lots and access roads;

(k) cook, light a fire or otherwise create a fire, except pursuant to the terms of any lease, license or concession granted by the LIRR or the authority;

(l) utilize hand carts on the escalators;

(m) dispense commercial merchandise with or without charge, or carry on any other commercial activity except pursuant to the terms of any lease, license, operating agreement or concession granted by the LIRR or the authority;

(n) offer or agree to carry bags for hire or to flag taxicabs for hire;

(o) Burn a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco or any tobacco substitute, or use an electronic cigarette ("vaping") on a train or in any indoor area within a terminal or station or in an outdoor ticketing, boarding or platform area of a terminal or station.

(p) engage in any activity which interferes with the commercial activities of lessees, tenants and their customers; and

(q) engage in noncommercial activities, except as authorized by subdivision (d) of this section;

(r) sit on the platforms, stairs, tables, counters or landings;

(s) utilize a wheeled cart greater than thirty inches in either length or width, including but not limited to shopping or grocery store carts or baskets but excluding any stroller which is being utilized for children, except for authorized deliveries to tenants in the terminal or station in areas designated for deliveries; and

(t) perform any act that interferes with the provision of transportation service, obstructs the flow of traffic in or on facilities, platforms or conveyances, interferes with access onto or off of an escalator, stairway, elevator or train, or otherwise interferes with the safe and efficient operation of the facilities.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 1097.5

Amended New York State Register October 14, 2020/Volume XLII, Issue 40, eff. 10/14/2020