Assembly Bill A11692

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11692

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            September 1, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. V. Lopez) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
  of the city of New York, in relation to alternate side of  the  street
  parking

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1205 to read as follows:
  S  1205. ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING. WHEN PARKING IS PROHIB-
ITED BY THIS ARTICLE OR BY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, ORDER,  RULE  OR  REGU-
LATION,  PURSUANT  TO AN ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING LAW, ORDI-
NANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION, NO PENALTY SHALL BE IMPOSED, NOR SHALL
ANY NOTICE OF VIOLATION BE ISSUED TO AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF  A  VEHICLE
UNLESS  AND  UNTIL  TEN  MINUTES  HAVE ELAPSED FROM THE TIME POSTED ON A
TRAFFIC SIGN, SIGNAL OR MARKING THAT DEMARCATES THE PROHIBITED PERIOD OF
PARKING. THE ELAPSED TIME SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE TIME  POSTED  ON  A
TRAFFIC SIGN, SIGNAL OR MARKING THAT DEMARCATES THE PROHIBITED PERIOD OF
PARKING TO THE TIME PUBLISHED ON THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WITH THE PERI-
OD UP TO AND INCLUDING TEN MINUTES PAST THE POSTED PROHIBITED PERIOD NOT
CONSTITUTING A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITIONS POSTED ON THE TRAFFIC SIGN,
SIGNAL OR MARKING.
  S 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1640 of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  Such  a legislative body also may by local law, ordinance, order,
rule or regulation prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or
parking of vehicles upon property  owned  or  leased  by  such  city  or
village;  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  LAWS, ORDINANCES, ORDERS, RULES OR REGU-
LATIONS DO NOT CONFLICT WITH ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 3. Subdivision (d) of section 1660 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
as  added  by  chapter  763  of  the laws of 1964, is amended to read as
follows:
  (d) Such a town board also may by ordinance, order, rule or regulation
prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or parking  of  vehi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                           LBD18054-01-0

A. 11692                            2

cles  upon  property  owned  or  leased by such town; PROVIDED THAT SUCH
ORDINANCES, ORDERS, RULES OR REGULATIONS DO NOT  CONFLICT  WITH  ARTICLE
THIRTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S  4.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
adding a new section 19-163.2 to read as follows:
  S 19-163.2 GRACE PERIOD FOR PARKING RULES. WHEN PARKING IS  PROHIBITED
BY  THIS  ARTICLE OR BY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION,
PURSUANT TO AN ALTERNATE SIDE OF  THE  STREET  PARKING  LAW,  ORDINANCE,
ORDER,  RULE  OR  REGULATION, NO PENALTY SHALL BE IMPOSED, NOR SHALL ANY
NOTICE OF VIOLATION BE ISSUED TO AN  OWNER  OR  OPERATOR  OF  A  VEHICLE
UNLESS  AND  UNTIL  TEN  MINUTES  HAVE ELAPSED FROM THE TIME POSTED ON A
TRAFFIC SIGN, SIGNAL OR MARKING THAT DEMARCATES THE PROHIBITED PERIOD OF
PARKING. THE ELAPSED TIME SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE TIME  POSTED  ON  A
TRAFFIC SIGN, SIGNAL OR MARKING THAT DEMARCATES THE PROHIBITED PERIOD OF
PARKING TO THE TIME PUBLISHED ON THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WITH THE PERI-
OD UP TO AND INCLUDING TEN MINUTES PAST THE POSTED PROHIBITED PERIOD NOT
CONSTITUTING A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITIONS POSTED ON THE TRAFFIC SIGN,
SIGNAL OR MARKING.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.