N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1640-h: Residential parking system in the city of Peekskill

* § 1640-h. Residential parking system in the city of Peekskill. 1.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the common

council of the city of Peekskill may, by adoption of a local law or

ordinance, 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 generally bounded on the north and west

sides by South Street, on the south side by Bay Street and on the east

side by Smith Street and any and all streets and roads within that area

including but not limited to those portions of Grove Street, Hudson

Avenue, LaFayette Place, Simpson Place and Requa Street within that

area, plus the portions of Bay Street and Requa Street located on the

east side of Smith Street within one hundred feet of the east side of

Smith Street.

3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no permit shall be required on

streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for commercial/retail

use.

4. The local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking

system shall:

(a) set forth factors necessitating the enactment of such parking

system; and

(b) provide that motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four

hundred four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit

requirement; and

(c) provide the times of the day and days of the week during which

permit requirements shall be in effect; and

(d) make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within the permit

area available to non-residents and shall provide for short-term parking

of not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area; and

(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.

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.

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