NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6550

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to transportation
Jun 10, 2023	recommitted to rules
May 22, 2023	ordered to third reading cal.1115 committee discharged and committed to rules
Apr 26, 2023	referred to transportation

Votes

- May 22, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6550
  
  18
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 22, 2023
      
      aye (18)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
      
      Sepúlveda

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7029
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1662-c, V & T L

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the residential parking system in the town of Harrison; extends the area in which such residential parking system can be located.

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6550

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the residen-
tial parking system in the town of Harrison

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to expand the area in the town of Harrison
subject to the town's residential parking system. The purpose of the
residential parking system is to allow residents who reside within the
municipality to park, during the day, on designated streets without
regard to the two and four hour parking restrictions.(1)

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subsection 2 of section 1662-c of the vehicle and traf-
fic law to provide for the expansion of the residential parking system
within the town of Harrison to a second area in the town of Harrison by
adding subparagraphs a and b. Subparagraph a describes the area already

included in the residential parking system; subparagraph b describes the
additional area to be included.

Section 2 amends subparagraph d of subsection 4 of section 1662-c of the
vehicle and traffic law to reduce the percentage of spaces made avail-
able for nonresidents from not less than 20 percent to to not less than
15 percent.

Section 3 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

By action of the legislature in 1998, vehicle and traffic law § 1662-c
currently permits a residential parking system within a defined portion
of the downtown section of the town of Harrison, in the county of West-
chester.

In 1998, in authorizing the town to establish a residential parking
system, the legislature found that a lack of parking for residents of
certain areas of the town had resulted in traffic hazards, congestion,
and air and noise pollution, and that such lack of parking posed a
hazard to residents and other pedestrians. The legislature further found
that a residential parking system would reduce such hazards and would
reduce pollution levels as well.

At that time, residents of certain streets in the town, in particular,
those residents living close to the commuter railroad station, had
continual problems finding adequate parking. Many non-resident commuters
parked on those streets, a convenient walking distance from the railroad
station, rather than park in the paid-permit lots adjacent to the
station. Non-residents' cars were often parked on residential streets
for ten to twelve hours at a time, leaving residents with a severe lack
of parking.

For many of the residents of this area, especially seniors and young
parents, this proved a great hardship, as they sometimes had to walk two
or three blocks to get home. The area was also one of the more densely
populated areas of the town, as it consisted of one- and two-family
homes as well as multi-family buildings.

In 2023, parking for residents in other areas of the town of Harrison
has become increasingly difficult and the town sees a need to expand the
residential permit parking system to additional streets, particularly in
the West Harrison section of the town. Due to this area's proximity to
the city of White Plains and its commuter rail stations, out-of-town
residents, visitors, and commuters have taken advantage of Harrison's
on-street parking, crowding out area residents. At the same time, due to
the replacement of older single-family homes with new two-family homes
and apartment buildings in this area, demand for parking by residents
has grown. Homeowners and renters alike have faced growing hardship in
finding on-street parking due to the shortage caused primarily by out-
out-town vehicles utilizing the available spaces.

The town of Harrison requests the authority to expand a residential
parking permit system to alleviate this ongoing problem. This bill would
designate a second area in the town where Harrison would be allowed to
issue permits for residential-only parking.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
1 Town of Harrison, Residential Parking System Information and Guide-
lines, available at https://www.harrison-ny.gov/town-
clerk/pages/residential-parking-system

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6550
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the residen-
   tial parking system in the town of Harrison
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 1662-c of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by chapter 265 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   2.  Such residential parking system may only be established within the
 area of the town of Harrison which shall mean [that  area]  THOSE  AREAS
 generally bounded by the following:
   (A)  All of that area beginning at the intersection of Harrison Avenue
 and Broadway; running north on  Harrison  Avenue  to  Davenport  Street;
 thence  running east on Davenport Street to Oakland Avenue; then running
 north along Oakland Avenue to the intersection  of  Macy  Road;  running
 thence  north  on  Macy  Road to the intersection of Macy Road and South
 Road and Sunnyside Avenue; running thence west along Sunnyside Avenue to
 Sunnyside Place; thence north to Emerson  Place;  thence  along  Emerson
 Place  to  Emerson  Avenue  north  to Hyatt Avenue; thence west on Hyatt
 Avenue to Harrison Avenue; thence south on Harrison  Avenue  to  Webster
 Avenue; thence west on Webster Avenue to Crotona Avenue; thence south on
 Crotona  Avenue  to  Calvert  Street;  thence  east on Calvert Street to
 Broadway; thence south on  Broadway  to  the  intersection  of  Harrison
 Avenue,  the  place  of  beginning, permit parking may be implemented on
 both sides of any street whose center line is herein utilized as a boun-
 dary description; AND
   (B) ALL OF THAT AREA BEGINNING AT THE  INTERSECTION  OF  THE  HARRISON
 BOULEVARD  AND  LAKE  STREET;  RUNNING EAST ON THE HARRISON BOULEVARD TO
 PEARL AVENUE; THENCE  RUNNING  SOUTH  ON  PEARL  AVENUE  (INCLUDING  ANN
 STREET/DEY  STREET/DANIEL  STREET  AND EDWARD STREET) TO HARRISON STREET
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10960-01-3

 S. 6550                             2
 
 THENCE RUNNING WEST ALONG HARRISON STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF  WILLOW
 STREET:  THENCE  SOUTH  ON  WILLOW STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF ELMWOOD
 AVENUE RUNNING THENCE EAST ALONG ELMWOOD AVENUE TO THE  INTERSECTION  OF
 UNDERHILL AVENUE; RUNNING THENCE SOUTH ALONG UNDERHILL AVENUE (INCLUDING
 MAIN  STREET  AND  UNDERHILL  PLACE) TO LOCUST AVENUE; THENCE EAST ALONE
 LOCUST AVENUE TO MAIN PLACE; THENCE NORTH ALONG MAIN PLACE  TO  PARKVIEW
 AVENUE;  THENCE  WEST  ON PARKVIEW AVENUE TO WHITE PLAINS AVENUE; THENCE
 NORTH ON WHITE PLAINS AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION OF HIGH STREET;  THENCE
 EAST  ON  HIGH STREET TO DEAD END (INCLUDING SPRING LAKE DRIVE) TO KING-
 STON AVENUE: THENCE NORTH ON KINGSTON AVENUE TO MAIN STREET; THENCE WEST
 ON MAIN STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF WHITE PLAINS AVENUE: THENCE  NORTH
 ON  WHITE PLAINS AVENUE (INCLUDING CLARK PLACE) TO TAYLOR AVENUE: THENCE
 WEST ON TAYLOR AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION OF  GAINSBORG  AVENUE;  THENCE
 NORTH  ON  GAINSBORG  AVENUE TO HARRISON STREET; THENCE EAST ON HARRISON
 STREET TO WOODSIDE AVENUE THENCE NORTH  ON  WOODSIDE  AVENUE  (INCLUDING
 MADISON  STREET.  SHERMAN  AVENUE  AND  LIVINGSTON  AVENUE) TO JEFFERSON
 AVENUE; THENCE WEST ON JEFFERSON AVENUE TO PARK AVENUE; THENCE NORTH  ON
 PARK  AVENUE  (INCLUDING PARK AVENUE TO DEAD END) TO THE INTERSECTION OF
 WASHINGTON STREET; THENCE WEST ON WASHINGTON STREET TO LAKEVIEW  AVENUE;
 THENCE  SOUTH  ON  LAKEVIEW  AVENUE  TO JEFFERSON AVENUE; THENCE WEST ON
 JEFFERSON AVENUE TO GAINSBORG AVENUE; THENCE NORTH ON  GAINSBORG  AVENUE
 (TO  DEAD  END)  TO  WASHINGTON STREET; THENCE WEST ON WASHINGTON STREET
 (INCLUDING LINCOLN AVENUE TO DEAD  END)  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  OF  LAKE
 STREET;  THENCE  NORTH  ON LAKE STREET (INCLUDING STONEY CREST AND ROCKY
 RIDGE ROAD} TO THE INTERSECTION OF OLD LAKE STREET  NUMBER  TWO;  THENCE
 SOUTH  ON  OLD  LAKE  STREET  NUMBER TWO TO BUCKOUT ROAD; THENCE WEST ON
 BUCKOUT ROAD TO THE WHITE PLAINS CITY LINE (INCLUDING GOLDEN POND  ROAD.
 SILVER  STREAM  DRIVE, CASTLE BROOK ROAD AND CARRIAGE HILL ROAD); THENCE
 EAST ON BUCKOUT ROAD TO OLD LAKE STREET; THENCE SOUTH ON OLD LAKE STREET
 (INCLUDING THE SILVER LAKE PRESERVE) TO THE INTERSECTION OF LAKE STREET;
 THENCE SOUTH ON LAKE STREET TO THE  INTERSECTION  OF  VETERANS  MEMORIAL
 DRIVE; THENCE SOUTH ON VETERANS MEMORIAL DRIVE TO THE STARTING POINT.
   Provided,  however,  that  except  for the reference to state highways
 solely for the purposes  of  delineating  the  boundaries  of  the  area
 described  in this subdivision, the provisions of this section shall not
 apply to any state highway maintained by the state.
   § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 1662-c of  the  vehicle
 and traffic law, as added by chapter 265 of the laws of 1998, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (d)  make  not less than [twenty] FIFTEEN percent of all spaces within
 the permit area available to nonresidents and shall provide  short  term
 parking of not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area; and
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S6550

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

May 22, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 22, 2023

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Shelley B. Mayer

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6550 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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