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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1640-o: Residential parking system in the village of Dobbs Ferry in the county of Westchester

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 8. Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities
  3. Article 39. Regulation of Traffic By Cities and Villages

* § 1640-o. Residential parking system in the village of Dobbs Ferry

in the county of Westchester. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any

law to the contrary, the village board of the village of Dobbs Ferry

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 in

the village of Dobbs Ferry within the area of the village consisting of

the following roadways:

(a) Oak street, from Broadway to Main street;

(b) Elm street, from Broadway to Main street;

(c) Chestnut street, from Broadway to Main street;

(d) Walnut street, from Broadway to Livingston avenue;

(e) Hatch terrace, from Broadway to Walnut street;

(f) Palisade street, from Cedar street to Chestnut street;

(g) Riverside place;

(h) Cedar street, from Main street to a point 750 feet west of

Palisade street;

(i) The portion of Draper lane owned by the village of Dobbs Ferry.

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

portions of such streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for

commercial, office and/or 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;

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

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

requirement;

(c) provide the times of the 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 sixty 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 village of Dobbs Ferry unless otherwise specified in such local law.

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.

6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any state highway

maintained by the state.

* NB There are 2 § 1640-o's

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