N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 1640-J

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 553

Section 1640-J - [Multiple versions] Residential parking system in the Garrett Park area of the city of Yonkers

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Yonkers may, by adoption of a local law or ordinance, provide for a residential parking permit system and fix and require the payment of fees applicable to parking within the area in which such parking system is in effect in accordance with the provisions of this section.

2. Such residential parking permit system may only be established within the Garrett Park area of the city of Yonkers which shall mean that area encompassing Palmer Road, from Parkview Avenue to Bronxville Road; Garrett Place; Parkview Avenue from Palmer Road to 103 Parkview Avenue, north of Pondfield Road West; Pondfield Road West from Bronxville Road to the Bronxville border and Gard Avenue from Pondfield Road West to 19 Gard Avenue, north of Pondfield Road West.

3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no permit shall be required on streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for commercial/retail use.

4. The local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking system shall:

(a) set forth factors necessitating the enactment of such parking system; and

(b) provide that motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four hundred four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit requirement; and

(c) provide the times of the day and days of the week during which permit requirements shall be in effect; and

(d) make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within the permit area available to non-residents and shall provide for short-term parking of not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area; and

(e) provide the schedule of fees to be paid for such permits; and

(f) provide that such fees shall be credited to the general fund of the city.

5. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section until a public hearing thereon has been had in the same manner as required for public hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal home rule law.

N.Y. Veh. and Traf. Law § 1640-J