Senate Bill S5652

                            
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    S. 5652                                                  A. 7700

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              May 22, 2015
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
  tion

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
  a residential parking system in the city of Troy

  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 1640-o to read as follows:
  S 1640-O. RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF TROY.    1.
NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  ANY  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TROY MAY, BY ADOPTION OF A  LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDI-
NANCE,  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 AREA OF THE CITY OF TROY CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING STREETS:
RIVER STREET FROM HOOSICK TO FEDERAL STREET; FEDERAL STREET  FROM  RIVER
STREET  EAST  TO  FIFTH  AVENUE;  SOUTH  TO  GRAND STREET; EAST TO SIXTH
AVENUE; SIXTH AVENUE FROM GRANT STREET TO CONGRESS STREET; EAST  TO  8TH
STREET;  8TH  STREET  AT  CONGRESS  STREET  WEST  TO 3RD STREET AT FERRY
STREET, THEN NORTH TO CONGRESS STREET, THEN WEST TO  THE  HUDSON  RIVER;
WEST;  THE  HUDSON  RIVER  FROM CONGRESS STREET TO HOOSICK STREET AT THE
COLLAR CITY BRIDGE.
  3. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NO PERMIT SHALL BE REQUIRED ON THOSE
PORTIONS OF SUCH STREETS WHERE THE ADJACENT  PROPERTIES  ARE  ZONED  FOR
COMMERCIAL/RETAIL USE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11193-01-5
              

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  4.  THE  LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR SUCH RESIDENTIAL PARKING
PERMIT SYSTEM SHALL:
  (A)  SET  FORTH  FACTORS  NECESSITATING  THE ENACTMENT OF SUCH PARKING
PERMIT SYSTEM;
  (B) PROVIDE THAT MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTERED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  FOUR
HUNDRED  FOUR-A OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY PERMIT REQUIRE-
MENT;
  (C) PROVIDE THE TIMES OF DAY AND DAYS OF THE WEEK DURING WHICH  PERMIT
REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE IN EFFECT;
  (D)  MAKE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE SPACES WITHIN THE PERMIT
AREA AVAILABLE TO NONRESIDENTS, AND SHALL PROVIDE SHORT TERM PARKING  OF
NOT LESS THAN NINETY MINUTES IN DURATION IN THE PERMIT AREA;
  (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 OF TROY.
  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.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.