Bill Text: NY A01680 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Decreases the prohibited area of parking around a fire hydrant from fifteen to ten feet to reduce parking congestion in heavily populated areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A01680 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A01680-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1680 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to decreasing the prohibited distance of parking near a fire hydrant The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 1202 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 2006, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within [fifteen] ten 5 feet of a fire hydrant except when such vehicle is attended by a 6 licensed operator or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat and who 7 can immediately move such vehicle in case of emergency, unless a differ- 8 ent distance is indicated by official signs, markings or parking meters. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00080-01-1
