N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1202: Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places

§ 1202. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.

(a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or when

in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official

traffic-control device, no person shall:

1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:

a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, standing or parked at

the edge or curb of a street;

b. On a sidewalk;

c. Within an intersection, except when permitted by official signs or

parking meters on the side of a highway opposite a street which

intersects but does not cross such highway;

d. On a cross walk;

e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet

of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone,

unless a different distance is indicated by official signs, markings or

parking meters;

f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when

stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or

within a highway tunnel, unless otherwise indicated by official signs,

markings or parking meters;

h. On any railroad tracks;

i. In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including

crossovers, except in an emergency;

j. On a state expressway highway or state interstate route highway,

including the entrances thereto and exits therefrom, which are a part

thereof, except in an emergency;

k. Engage in the retail sale of frozen desserts as that term is

defined in subdivision thirty-seven of section three hundred

seventy-five of this chapter directly to pedestrians on any highway

having a speed limit in excess of thirty miles per hour. Nothing herein

shall be construed to prohibit the operator of such vehicle from

stopping such vehicle off such highway, in a safe manner, for the sole

purpose of delivering such retail product directly to the residence of a

consumer or to the business address of a customer of such retailer;

l. In a space designated as provided in this subparagraph for the

exclusive purpose of charging an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle

charging station, unless such vehicle is an electric vehicle connected

to such charging station. Provided, however, that an electric motor

vehicle disconnected from the electric vehicle charging station for no

more than thirty continuous minutes while stopped, standing or parked in

such designated space shall not be in violation of this subparagraph.

Parking spaces designated for the exclusive purpose of charging an

electric vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station shall be

clearly identified, and such designation shall include conspicuous and

permanently installed above grade signs which shall be positioned from

the parking space surface at a height of not less than five feet nor

more than seven feet and which identify such space as an electric

vehicle charging station, indicate that such space is only for electric

vehicle charging and include any day or time restrictions. For the

purposes of this subparagraph, the term "electric vehicle" shall mean a

motor vehicle that is propelled at least in part by an electric motor

and associated power electronics which provide acceleration torque to

the drive wheels sometime during normal vehicle operation, and that

draws electricity from a battery or hydrogen fuel cell that is capable

of being recharged from an external source of electricity, such that the

external source of electricity cannot be connected to the vehicle while

the vehicle is in motion, and the term "electric vehicle charging

station" shall mean the equipment needed to convey electric power from

the electric grid or another power source to an onboard motor vehicle

energy storage system.

2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except

momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

a. In front of a public or private driveway;

b. Within twenty feet of a cross walk at an intersection, unless a

different distance is indicated by official signs, markings or parking

meters;

c. Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop

or yield sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of the

roadway, unless a different distance is indicated by official signs,

markings or parking meters;

d. Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station

and, when on the side of the street opposite to the entrance of any fire

station, within seventy-five feet of said entrance, when properly

signposted, unless a different distance is indicated by official signs,

markings or parking meters.

e. Alongside or obstructing a curb area which has been cut down,

lowered or constructed so as to provide accessibility to the sidewalk.

3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the

purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading

merchandise or passengers, within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a

railroad crossing, unless a different distance is indicated by official

signs, markings or parking meters.

(b) 1. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within fifteen

feet of a fire hydrant except when such vehicle is attended by a

licensed operator or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat and who

can immediately move such vehicle in case of emergency, unless a

different distance is indicated by official signs, markings or parking

meters.

2. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within fifteen feet

of a fire hydrant except when such vehicle is attended by a licensed

operator or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat and who can

immediately move such vehicle in case of emergency, when such vehicle

impairs or hinders the access of a fire vehicle to a fire hydrant while

such fire vehicle is engaged in an emergency operation, unless a

different distance is indicated by official signs, markings, parking

meters or the provisions of any local law, rule, or ordinance.

(c) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into

any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.