Bill Text: NY S07740 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Implements a residential parking system in the village of Croton-on-Hudson for Young Avenue and Hastings Avenue.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-10-07 - signed chap.210 [S07740 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07740-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7740--A

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 12, 2020
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        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to implementing
          a residential parking system in the village of Croton-on-Hudson

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Legislative  findings and intent.   The legislature finds
     2  that there is a severe shortage of parking for residents of the  Village
     3  of  Croton-on-Hudson in the residential area surrounding the Croton-Har-
     4  mon Train Station, specifically Young Avenue and  Hastings  Avenue.  The
     5  Croton-Harmon  Train  Station  attracts  a large number of commuters and
     6  travelers, and while there is an off-street lot located at the  station,
     7  commuters and train passengers often park on both Young Avenue and Hast-
     8  ings  Avenue.  The burdens of commuters and other rail travelers parking
     9  on these streets include traffic hazards, congestion, driveway blockage,
    10  and limited sight distance. Additionally, residences on Young Avenue and
    11  Hastings Avenue have small lot sizes and insufficient off-street parking
    12  to serve local residents. The legislature further finds that a  residen-
    13  tial  permit  parking  system will significantly reduce such hazards and
    14  improve parking problems for the residents  of  this  neighborhood.  The
    15  legislature,  therefore,  hereby  declares  the necessity of this act to
    16  authorize the Village of Croton-on-Hudson in the county  of  Westchester
    17  to  adopt  a  residential  parking  permit system in accordance with the
    18  provisions of this act.
    19    § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    20  1640-q to read as follows:
    21    §  1640-q. Residential parking system in the village of Croton-on-Hud-
    22  son. 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary,  the
    23  village  board  of  trustees  of the village of Croton-on-Hudson may, by
    24  adoption of a local law or ordinance, provide for a residential  parking
    25  permit  system  and  fix  and  require the payment of fees applicable to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  parking within the area in which such parking system  is  in  effect  in
     2  accordance with the provisions of this section.
     3    2.  Such  residential  parking  permit  system may only be established
     4  within the village of Croton-on-Hudson  on  Young  Avenue  and  Hastings
     5  Avenue.
     6    3.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  no  permit  shall be required on
     7  streets or portion of streets where the adjacent  properties  are  zoned
     8  for commercial/retail use.
     9    4.  The  local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking
    10  system shall:
    11    (a) set forth factors necessitating  the  enactment  of  such  parking
    12  system; and
    13    (b)  provide  that  motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four
    14  hundred four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit  require-
    15  ment; and
    16    (c)  provide  the  times  of the day and days of the week during which
    17  permit requirements shall be in effect; and
    18    (d) make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within the  permit
    19  area  available to non-residents and shall provide short-term parking of
    20  not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area; and
    21    (e) provide the schedule of fees to be paid for such permits; and
    22    (f) provide that such fees shall be credited to the  general  fund  of
    23  the village.
    24    5.  No  ordinance  shall  be  adopted pursuant to this section until a
    25  public hearing thereon has been had in the same manner as  required  for
    26  public hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal home rule law.
    27    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.