New York State Law
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Consolidated Laws of New York's VTL code
Article 39 - NY Vehicle and Traffic Law
REGULATION OF TRAFFIC BY CITIES AND VILLAGES
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| 1640 | Traffic regulations in all cities and villages. |
| 1640-a | Traffic regulations at parking areas and driveways of hospitals, shopping centers, office buildings and office building complexes, places of public assembly, facilities owned or leased by not-for-profit corporations, private apartment complexes and fire stations; private condominium complex; mobile home parks; manufactured home parks. |
| 1640-b | Residential parking system in the Corn Hill section of the city of Rochester. |
| 1640-c | Residential parking system in the city of Rye. |
| 1640-d | Residential parking system in the village of Pelham in the county of Westchester. |
| 1640-e | Residential parking system in the Tibbetts Brook Park and Yonkers Raceway/Empire City areas of the city of Yonkers. |
| 1640-e*2 | Residential parking system in the city of Ithaca in the county of Tompkins. |
| 1640-f | Residential parking permit system in the city of Beacon. |
| 1640-f*2 | Residential parking system in the city of Auburn in the county of Cayuga. |
| 1640-f*3 | Residential parking system in the village of Tarrytown. |
| 1640-g | Residential parking system in the village of Tuckahoe in the county of Westchester. |
| 1640-h | Residential parking system in the city of Peekskill. |
| 1640-h*2 | Residential parking system in the village of Cold Spring in the county of Putnam. |
| 1640-i | Residential parking system in the village of Mt.Kisco. |
| 1640-j | Residential parking system in the Garrett Park area of the city of Yonkers. |
| 1640-j*2 | Residential parking system in the village of Irvington. |
| 1640-k | Residential parking permit system in the city of Rensselaer. |
| 1640-l | Residential parking system in the city of Binghamton. |
| 1640-m | Pilot residential parking permit system in the city of Albany. |
| 1640-n | Residential parking system in the village of Bronxville in the county of Westchester. |
| 1640-o | Residential parking system in the village of Dobbs Ferry in the county of Westchester. |
| 1640-o*2 | Residential parking system in the village of Mamaroneck in the county of Westchester. |
| 1641 | Additional traffic regulations on all highways except state highways maintained by the state in cities and villages. |
| 1642 | Additional traffic regulations in cities having a population in excess of one million. |
| 1642-a | Bus permit system in cities having a population of one million or more. |
| 1643 | Speed limits on highways in cities and villages. |
| 1644 | Special speed limits on bridges and other elevated structures in cities and villages. |
| 1645 | Exempting fuel oil trucks from use of truck routes in cities having a population in excess of one million. |
| 1646 | Application of article. |
S 1640. Traffic regulations in all cities and villages. (a) The legislative body of any city or village, with respect to highways (which term for the purposes of this section shall include private roads open to public motor vehicle traffic) in such city or village; subject to the limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty-four may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation: 1. Designate through highways and order stop signs, flashing signals or yield signs erected at specified entrances thereto or designate any intersection as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and order like signs or signals at one or more entrances to such intersection. 2. Prohibit or regulate the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections or other designated locations. 3. Regulate the crossing of any roadway by pedestrians. 4. Designate any highway or any separate roadway thereof for one-way traffic. 5. Exclude trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations, tractor-semitrailer combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations from highways specified by such legislative body. Such exclusion shall not be construed to prevent the delivery or pickup of merchandise or other property along the highways from which such vehicles and combinations are otherwise excluded. 6. Prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles; provided, however, that a vehicle may not be found to be in violation of a parking regulation if it is parked at a broken parking meter at a time when metered parking is authorized. 7. Determine those highways or portions of highways which shall be marked to indicate where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of or crossing such markings would be especially hazardous in accordance with the standards, minimum warrants and sign or marking specifications established by the department of transportation. 8. Designate safety zones. 9. Provide for the installation, operation, maintenance, policing, and supervision of parking meters, establish parking time limits at such meters, designate hours of operation of such meters, and, except as provided in section twelve hundred three-h of this chapter, fix and require the payment of fees applicable to parking where such meters are in operation. Such fees shall be paid to such city or village and credited to its general fund, unless a different disposition prescribed by local law or ordinance enacted prior to or after the effective date of this section. 10. Establish a system of truck routes upon which all trucks, tractors, and tractor-trailer combinations having a total gross weight in excess of ten thousand pounds are permitted to travel and operate and excluding such vehicles and combinations from all highways except those which constitute such truck route system. Such exclusion shall not be construed to prevent the delivery or pick up of merchandise or other property along the highways from which such vehicles and combinations are otherwise excluded. Any such system of truck routes shall provide suitable connection with all state routes entering or leaving such city or village. 11. Regulate traffic by means of traffic-control signals. 12. License, regulate or prohibit speed contests, races, exhibitions of speed, processions, assemblages or parades. Whenever such a speed contest, race, exhibition of speed, procession, assemblage or parade authorized by a local authority will block the movement of traffic on a state highway maintained by the state, or on a highway which connects two state highways maintained by the state to make a through route, for a period in excess of ten minutes, such authority must, prior to such blocking, provide and designate with conspicuous signs a detour adequate to prevent unreasonable delay in the movement of traffic on said highway maintained by the state. 13. Prohibit or regulate the operation and the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in cemeteries and in public parks. 14. Provide for the removal and storage of vehicles parked or abandoned on highways during snowstorms, floods, fires or other public emergencies, or found unattended where they constitute an obstruction to traffic or any place where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, and for the payment of reasonable charges for such removal and storage by the owner or operator of any such vehicle. 15. Provide for the establishment, operation, policing and supervision of a prepaid parking permit system, establishing parking time limits for such permits and fix and require the payment of fees applicable to parking where such a prepaid permit parking system is in operation. Such fees shall be paid to the city of Albany and credited to its general funds, unless a different disposition prescribed by local law is enacted. A prepaid parking permit system may not be established at any location at which parking is subject to a parking meter fee. The provisions of this paragraph shall only be applicable for the city of Albany. 16. Adopt such additional reasonable local laws, ordinances, orders, rules and regulations with respect to traffic as local conditions may require subject to the limitations contained in the various laws of this state. 17. Make special provisions with relation to stopping, standing or parking of vehicles registered pursuant to section four hundred four-a of this chapter or those possessing a special vehicle identification parking permit issued in accordance with section one thousand two hundred three-a of this chapter. 18. Declare a snow emergency and designate any highway or portion thereof as a snow emergency route. 19. Prohibit vehicles engaged 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 from stopping for the purpose of such sales on any highway within such city or village, or on all such highways. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the operator of such vehicle from stopping such vehicle off of 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. 20. Exclude trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations, tractor-semitrailer combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations in excess of any designated weight, designated length, designated height, or eight feet in width, from highways or set limits on hours of operation of such vehicles on particular city or village highways or segments of such highways. Such exclusion shall not be construed to prevent the delivery or pickup of merchandise or other property along the highways from which such vehicles or combinations are otherwise excluded. 21. Serve notice of a violation of any provision of local law or ordinance relating to the prevention of noise pollution caused by an audible motor vehicle burglar alarm and over which the city or village has jurisdiction upon the owner of a motor vehicle by affixing such notice to said vehicle in a conspicuous place. 22. Prohibit or regulate the stopping, standing and parking of vehicles in designated areas reserved for public business at or adjacent to a government facility. (b) Such a legislative body also may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation prohibit, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles upon property owned or leased by such city or village. (c) Each such legislative body shall cause to be determined, for all bridges and elevated structures under its jurisdiction, the capacity in tons of two thousand pounds which the bridge or structure will safely carry. At bridges or structures of insufficient strength to carry safely the legal loads permissible by section three hundred eighty-five, the legislative body of such city or village shall cause signs to be erected to inform persons of the safe capacity. (d) Each such legislative body of a city or a village shall cause signs to be erected to inform persons of the legal overhead clearance for all bridges and structures on highways under its jurisdiction. The legal clearance shall be one foot less than the measured clearance. The measured clearance shall be the minimum height to the bridge or structure measured vertically from the traveled portion of the roadway. On bridges or structures having fourteen feet or more of measured clearance, no such signs shall be required. (e) No legislative body of a city or a village shall enact any law that prohibits the use of sidewalks by persons with disabilities who use either a wheelchair or an electrically-driven mobility assistance device being operated or driven by such person. S 1640-a. Traffic regulations at parking areas and driveways of hospitals, shopping centers, office buildings and office building complexes, places of public assembly, facilities owned or leased by not-for-profit corporations, private apartment complexes and fire stations; private condominium complex; mobile home parks; manufactured home parks. The legislative body of any city or village, with respect to the parking areas and driveways of a hospital or parking area of a shopping center, office building and office building complex or place of public assembly, or the parking areas and driveways of facilities owned or leased by a not-for-profit corporation or the parking areas, driveways, and private streets or roadways of a private apartment house complex, private condominium complex, or cooperative apartment complex, or the parking areas, private streets, roadways or driveways of mobile home parks or manufactured home parks, or the parking areas and driveways of a fire station, and pursuant to the written request of the owner, the person in general charge of the operation and control of such area, the fire chief of the city or village fire department or the police chief or the police commissioner of the police department serving such area, may, by local law or ordinance: 1. Order stop signs, flashing signals or yield signs erected at specified entrance or exit locations to any such area or designate any intersection in such area as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and order like signs or signals at one or more entrances to such intersection. 2. Regulate traffic in any such area, including regulation by means of traffic-control signals. 2-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section sixteen hundred forty-three to the contrary, establish maximum speed limits in any such area at not less than fifteen miles per hour. 3. Prohibit or regulate the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections or other designated locations in any such area. 4. Regulate the crossing of any roadway in any such area by pedestrians. 5. Designate any separate roadway in any such area for one-way traffic. 6. Prohibit, regulate, restrict or limit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified areas of any such area. 7. Designate safety zones in any such area. 8. Provide for the removal and storage of vehicles parked or abandoned in any such area during snowstorms, floods, fires or other public emergencies, or found unattended in any such area, (1) where they constitute an obstruction to traffic or (2) where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited, and for the payment of reasonable charges for such removal and storage by the owner or operator of any such vehicle. 9. Adopt such additional reasonable rules and regulations with respect to traffic and parking in any such area as local conditions may require for the safety and convenience of the public or of the users of any such area. 10. Make special provisions with relation to stopping, standing or parking of vehicles registered pursuant to section four hundred four-a of this chapter or those possessing a special vehicle identification parking permit issued in accordance with section one thousand two hundred three-a of this chapter. In the case of a college or university, as defined in section two of the education law, the provisions of this section shall apply only upon the written request of the governing body of such college or university. S 1640-b. Residential parking system in the Corn Hill section of the city of Rochester. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Rochester 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 Corn Hill neighborhood of the city of Rochester which shall mean that area generally bounded by Ford Street, Exchange Boulevard and the Inner Loop. 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 with in 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. S 1640-c. Residential parking system in the city of Rye. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Rye 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 of Rye which shall mean that area generally bounded on the westerly side, by Blind Brook and Milton Harbor; on the southerly side, by Milton Point; on the easterly side, by Long Island Sound; and on the northerly side, by the northerly side of Apawamis Avenue as extended by imaginary lines easterly from its point of intersection with Forest Avenue to Long Island Sound, and westerly from its point of intersection with Milton Road to Blind Brook. 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 with in 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. S 1640-d. Residential parking system in the village of Pelham in the county of Westchester. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the village board of the village of Pelham 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 village consisting of the following roadways: (a) the east side of Wolfs Lane, from Franklin Place to Boulevard; (b) the south side of Boulevard West, from Wolfs Lane to the city of Mount Vernon boundary; (c) the west side of Fifth Avenue, from Seventh Street to Willow Avenue; (d) both sides of NYAC Avenue, from Franklin Avenue to Second Street; (e) both sides of Corlies Avenue, from Colonial Avenue to Second Street; (f) both sides of Pelhamdale Avenue, from Colonial Avenue to Irving Place; (g) both sides of Highbrook Avenue, from Colonial Avenue to Irving Place; (h) both sides of Boulevard, from Wolfs Lane to Highbrook Avenue. 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. 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 one hundred twenty 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 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. * S 1640-e. Residential parking system in the Tibbetts Brook Park and Yonkers Raceway/Empire City areas of the city of Yonkers. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Yonkers 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: (a) the Tibbetts Brook Park area of the city of Yonkers which shall mean that area generally bounded by Harrison Avenue proceeding south from Tibbetts Brook Park to Alan B. Shepard Place; Tibbetts Road proceeding southerly from Tibbetts Brook Park to Alan B. Shepard Place; Sedgewick Avenue proceeding southerly from Tibbetts Brook Park to Alan B. Shepard Place; Jervis Road between Harrison Avenue and Sedgewick Avenue and from the northern intersection of Sedgewick Avenue proceeding southerly along Jervis Road to the Alan B. Shepard Place line; and (b) the Yonkers Raceway/Empire City area of the city of Yonkers consisting of the following roadways: (i) Belmont Avenue from Orient Street to Yonkers Avenue; (ii) Boone Street from Central Park Avenue to Dead End; (iii) Clark Street from Central Park Avenue to Orient Street; (iv) Loring Avenue from Central Park Avenue to Orient Street; and (v) Chamberlain Avenue from Belmont Avenue to Central Park Avenue. 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. * NB There are 2 S 1640-e's * S 1640-e. Residential parking system in the city of Ithaca in the county of Tompkins. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the common council of the city of Ithaca 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 for public highways within the city, and exclusive of any highways located within Cornell University, as follows: (a) in the area bounded by the following roadways and corporate boundaries: (i) East State Street from Cornell Street to Giles Street; (ii) Giles Street to Water Street; (iii) Water Street to East State Street; (iv) East State Street from Water Street to Seneca Way; (v) Seneca Way from East State Street to East Seneca Street; (vi) East Seneca Street from Seneca Way to Parker Street; (vii) Parker Street to Terrace Place; (viii) Terrace Place to Linn Street; (ix) Linn Street from East Court Street to University Avenue; (x) University Avenue from Linn Street to Willard Way; (xi) Willard Way from University Avenue to Stewart Avenue; (xii) Stewart Avenue from Willard Way to the corporate boundary between the city of Ithaca and the village of Cayuga Heights; (xiii) following the corporate boundary between the city of Ithaca and the village of Cayuga Heights east to the corporate boundary between the city of Ithaca and the town of Ithaca; (xiv) following the corporate boundary between the city of Ithaca and the town of Ithaca south to East State Street; and (xv) East State Street from the corporate boundary to Giles Street; and (b) consisting of the following roadways: (i) Treva Avenue west of Water Street; (ii) Valentine Place south of East State Street; (iii) Quarry Street south of East State Street; (iv) Ferris Place south of East State Street; (v) Linn Street north of Terrace Place to Farm Street; (vi) Lake Street north of University Avenue to the north property line of tax map parcel 28-4-7; and (vii) Willard Way and Willard Way Loop north of University Avenue. 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. 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 one hundred twenty 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 unless otherwise specified in such local law. 5. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section until a pub- lic hearing thereon has been had in the same manner as required for pub- lic hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal home rule law. * NB There are 2 S 1640-e's * S 1640-f. Residential parking permit system in the city of Beacon. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Beacon 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 of Beacon consisting of the following roadways: River Street, Ferry Street, Red Flynn Drive, West Main Street and Bank Street. 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. 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 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 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 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. * NB There are 3 S 1640-f's * S 1640-f. Residential parking system in the city of Auburn in the county of Cayuga. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Auburn 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 consisting of the following roadways: Liberty Street, Cady Street, Lansing Street, Nelson Street, Park Avenue and Curtis Place, as well as Clark Street from State Street to Green Street, Court Street from Westlake Avenue to Genesee Street, Dill Street from Genesee Street to North Street, East Genesee Street from Market Street to Fulton Street, Franklin Street from Lewis Street to Mann Street, Genesee Street from Market Street to Court Street, Green Street, Lewis Street from Franklin Street to an unnamed alley, Lewis Street from Grant Avenue to Seymour Street, Market Street, South Street from Genesee Street to Loop Road, Water Street, Genesee Street from Baker Avenue to Dunning Avenue/Columbus Street, and William Street from Westlake Avenue to Genesee Street. 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. 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 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 unless otherwise specified in such ordinance. 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. * NB There are 3 S 1640-f's * S 1640-f. Residential parking system in the village of Tarrytown. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the village board of trustees of the village of Tarrytown 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 Miller Park neighborhood of the village of Tarrytown which shall mean that area generally bounded on the easterly side by South Broadway; on the northerly side by Franklin Street; on the westerly side by Franklin Courts and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad tracks; and on the southerly side by Church Street. The residential parking permit system shall also apply on Hamilton Place, White Street, Cottage Place, Wildey Street to Washington Street, Mechanics Avenue, Linden Place, Wood Court, Hanford Place, Central Avenue to Washington Street, Windle Park and Storm 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 village. 5. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this action 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. * NB There are 3 S 1640-f's S 1640-g. Residential parking system in the village of Tuckahoe in the county of Westchester. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the village board of the village of Tuckahoe 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 that area bounded by the following: (a) the southerly corporate boundary between the village of Tuckahoe and the village of Bronxville to Midland Avenue; (b) Midland Avenue to its intersection with Winter Hill Road; (c) Winter Hill Road from its intersection with Midland Avenue to its intersection with Main Street; (d) Marbledale Road from its intersection with Main Street to a point where it intersects with the northerly corporate boundary between the village of Tuckahoe and the town of Eastchester; (e) the northerly corporate boundary between the village of Tuckahoe and the town of Eastchester to the westerly corporate boundary between the village of Tuckahoe and the city of Yonkers; and (f) the westerly corporate boundary between the village of Tuckahoe and the city of Yonkers to the southerly corporate boundary between the village of Tuckahoe and the village of Bronxville. 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. 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 one hundred twenty 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 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. * S 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. * NB There are 2 S 1640's * S 1640-h. Residential parking system in the village of Cold Spring in the county of Putnam. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the village board of the village of Cold Spring 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 village consisting of the following roadways on the west side of the metro north train station: Main Street, New Street, West Street, Fish Street and Market Street. 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. 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 one hundred twenty 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 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. * NB There are 2 S 1640-h's S 1640-i. Residential parking system in the village of Mt. Kisco. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the village board of trustees of the village of Mt. Kisco 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 village generally bounded by Gatto Drive and Highland Avenue on the South, Grove Street on the East, Carpenter Avenue and North Moger Avenue on the North, and Marion Avenue and Sands Street on the West and any and all streets and roads within that area including but not limited to those portions of Stewart Place, Britton Lane, Lieto Drive, Sarles Avenue, Dakin Avenue, Lundy Place, Oakridge Road, Hillview Circle, Green Street, South Moger Avenue, Brookside Avenue, Quaker Hill Place, Maple Avenue, Manchester Drive, and Hillside Avenue. 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no permit shall be required on streets or portion of 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 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 village. 5. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this action 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 1640-j. Residential parking system in the Garrett Park area of the city of Yonkers. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Yonkers 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 Garrett Park area of the city of Yonkers which shall mean that area encompassing Palmer Road, from Parkview Avenue to Bronxville Road; Garrett Place; Parkview Avenue from Palmer Road to 103 Parkview Avenue, north of Pondfield Road West; Pondfield Road West from Bronxville Road to the Bronxville border and Gard Avenue from Pondfield Road West to 19 Gard Avenue, north of Pondfield Road West. 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. * NB There are 2 S 1640-j's * S 1640-j. Residential parking system in the village of Irvington. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the village board of trustees of the village of Irvington 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 Main Street neighborhood of the village of Irvington, which shall mean that area generally bounded on the easterly side by North and South Dearman Street; on the northerly side by Matthiessen Park; on the westerly side by North and South Astor Street and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad tracks; and on the southerly side by Station Road. 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 village. 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. * NB There are 2 S 1640-j's S 1640-k. Residential parking permit system in the city of Rensselaer. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Rensselaer 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 of Rensselaer consisting of the following streets: Elm Street, East Street and Wendell Street. 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. 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 requirement; (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 Rensselaer. 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 1640-l. Residential parking system in the city of Binghamton. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Binghamton 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 consisting of the following roadways: (a) Pine Street, from Carroll Street to Liberty Street; (b) Henry Street, from Carroll Street to Liberty Street; (c) Fayette Street, from Court Street to Henry Street; (d) Carroll Street, from Court Street to Henry Street; and (e) Liberty Street, from Court Street to Henry Street. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 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. * S 1640-m. Pilot residential parking permit system in the city of Albany. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city of Albany 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 certain areas of the city or as delineated by the common council of the city of Albany in accordance with the provisions of this section. 2. Such residential parking permit system may only be established within the areas of the city of Albany described as follows: an area within three-quarters of a mile radius of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza. The permitted streets within this area shall be described in a local law or ordinance adopted by the common council of the city of Albany pursuant to this section. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no permit shall be required on streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for commercial, office and/or retail use. 4. The local law providing for such residential parking permit system shall: a. Set forth the specific factors which necessitate the implementation of said system and shall include, but not be limited to, findings of facts as to the existence of such traffic hazards, congestion and air and noise pollution within any such areas; 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 the days of the week during which permit requirements shall be in effect; d. Make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within the permit area or areas available to nonresidents which shall provide short-term parking of not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area or areas; e. Make not more than two thousand seven hundred fifty of the approximately nine thousand residential spaces within the permit area or areas available for residential parking by permit; f. Provide the schedule of fees to be paid for residential permits; and g. Provide that such fees shall be credited to the general fund of the city of Albany. 5. No local law or ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section until a public hearing thereon has been held by the common council of the city of Albany concerning the designation of the certain area or areas in which said parking permit system is to be implemented. * NB Expires and deemed Repealed 4 years after the implementation of a local law or ordinance adopted by the city of Albany. * S 1640-n. Residential parking system in the village of Bronxville in the county of Westchester. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the village board of the village of Bronxville 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 Bronxville within the area of the village consisting of the following roadways: (a) Kensington road, from Pondfield road to Oval court; (b) Sagamore road, from Pondfield road to the village line; (c) Valley road, from Pondfield road to Prescott avenue; (d) Garden avenue; (e) Dewitt avenue; (f) Paxton avenue, from Parkway road to Palmer avenue. 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. 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 Bronxville unless otherwise specified in such local law. 5. No local law or ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section until the village board of the village of Bronxville has adopted a finding that the three public parking lots abutting Kensington Road and adjacent to the Metro-North train station within the village of Bronxville, Westchester county will be closed or otherwise be made unavailable for public parking, that approximately one hundred eighty vehicles will be displaced from such parking lots and that a residential parking system would be in the public interest; and a public hearing on such ordinance 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 Repealed January 1, 2018 * S 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 Repealed January 1, 2018 * NB There are 2 S 1640-o's * S 1640-o. Residential parking system in the village of Mamaroneck in the county of Westchester. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the board of trustees of the village of Mamaroneck 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 village consisting of the following roadways: (a) Union Avenue, from Halstead Avenue to Tompkins Avenue; (b) Melbourne Avenue, from Halstead Avenue to Tompkins Avenue; (c) Hinman Place, from Melbourne Avenue to Union Avenue; (d) Anita Lane, from Union Avenue to the dead end; (e) Valley Place, from Ward Avenue to the dead end; (f) Ward Avenue, from Union Avenue to Spencer Place; (g) Stanley Avenue, from Mt. Pleasant Avenue to Fenimore Road; (h) Waverly Avenue, from Plaza Avenue to Mamaroneck Avenue; (i) Center Avenue, from Plaza Avenue to Old White Plains Road; (j) Madison Street, from Plaza Avenue to Old White Plains Road; (k) Washington Street, from Plaza Avenue to Old White Plains Road; (l) Grand Street, from Plaza Avenue to Old White Plains Road, and from Old White Plains Road to Mamaroneck Avenue; (m) Alling Street and Pelham Street, from Grand Street to Old White Plains Road; (n) New Street, from Old White Plains Road to Mamaroneck Avenue; (o) Willow Street, from Jefferson Avenue to the dead end; (p) Jefferson Avenue, from Jefferson Street to Cedar Street; (q) Grade Street, from Jefferson Avenue to the dead end; (r) the north-west side of Bishop Avenue, from the north-west corner of the property line of 420 Mount Pleasant Avenue to Fenimore Road. 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. 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 Mamaroneck unless otherwise specified in such local law. 5. No local law or ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section until a public hearing on such ordinance 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 S 1640-o's S 1641. Additional traffic regulations on all highways except state highways maintained by the state in cities and villages. In addition to the other powers granted by this article, the legislative body of any city or village with respect to highways (which term for the purposes of this section shall include private roads open to public motor vehicle traffic) in such city or village except state highways maintained by the state, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation: 1. Prohibit, restrict or regulate the operation of vehicles on any controlled-access highway or the use of any controlled-access highway by any vehicle, device moved by human power or pedestrian. 2. Authorize angle parking on any roadway. 3. Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes, allocate the center lane exclusively for traffic moving in a specified direction. 4. Order signs erected directing slow-moving traffic, trucks, buses or specified types of vehicles to use a designated lane, or with signs, signals or markings designate those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway. 5. Designate a portion of a slope as a path for the use of bicycles. 6. Order signs or markings to identify the portion of the highway to be used for bicycle travel. 7. Prohibit, restrict or regulate the operation of limited use vehicles on any street or highway. 8. Designate preferential use lanes for specified types or classes of vehicles. S 1642. Additional traffic regulations in cities having a population in excess of one million. (a) In addition to the other powers granted by this article, the legislative body of any city having a population in excess of one million, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule, regulation or health code provision prohibit, restrict or regulate traffic on or pedestrian use of any highway (which term, for the purposes of this section, shall include any private road open to public motor vehicle traffic) in such city. The provisions of section sixteen hundred shall be applicable to such local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, and health code provisions, provided, however, that such local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations and health code provisions shall supersede the provisions of this chapter where inconsistent or in conflict with respect to the following enumerated subjects: 1. Weights and dimensions of vehicles. 2. Parking, standing, stopping and backing of vehicles. 3. The prohibition or regulation of the use of any highway by particular vehicles or classes or types thereof or devices moved by human power. 4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of the highway or any of its parts, where the imposition thereof is authorized by law. 5. Establishment of minimum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed on or along such highways. 6. Operation of authorized emergency vehicles. 7. Control of persons and equipment engaged in work on the highway. 8. Hitchhiking and commercial activities. 9. Use of medial strips and dividing malls or sections and use of shoulders of the highway. 10. Right of way of vehicles and pedestrians. 11. Use of the highway by pedestrians, equestrians and animals. 12. Turning of vehicles. 13. Regulation of the direction of the movement of traffic and the use of traffic lanes. 14. Regulation of the use of horns, lights and other required equipment of vehicles. 15. Towing and pushing of vehicles, including, but not limited to, the establishment of minimum insurance levels for and the licensing and regulation of persons engaged in the business of towing, and the fixing of maximum charges to be made by such persons for the towing and storage of disabled vehicles. 16. Objects projecting or hanging outside or on the top of vehicles. 17. Entering and driving off the highway, its roadways, medial strips, dividing malls and shoulders. 18. The prohibition or regulation of speed contests, races, exhibitions of speed, processions or parades. 19. Littering the highway. 20. Vehicles illegally parked, stopped or standing, or vehicles involved in accidents, including, but not limited to, the removal and storage of such vehicles, the fixing of reasonable charges, to be paid by the owner, operator or person entitled to possession, for such removal and storage and for other expenses incurred in connection therewith, the creation of liens on such vehicles for such charges and expenses, the enforcement of such liens, the determination of ownership or right to possession of such vehicles, the time before such vehicles are deemed abandoned vehicles pursuant to section twelve hundred twenty-four of this chapter, and the disposition of the proceeds of sales held pursuant to said section. 21. Transportation of combustibles, chemicals, explosives, inflammables, or other dangerous substances, articles, compounds or mixtures, including, but not limited to, dangerous articles, as defined in section three hundred eighty of this chapter. 22. Traffic signal legend applicable to pedestrians and use of arrows. 23. Prohibit, restrict or regulate the operation of limited use vehicles on any street or highway. 24. Prohibition of the operation of motorcycles during the period between nine post meridian through eight ante meridian along designated streets or parts of streets on which the properties fronting thereon are zoned for residential uses. Provided that notice of such prohibition shall be given by the posting of suitable signs at the entrance to each such street or part thereof and that no such prohibition shall apply to a motorcycle being operated thereon for the purpose or as a direct incident of law enforcement; crime prevention; detection; prevention or relief of any condition which may threaten the health, safety or welfare of persons or property; or direct travel to or from employment. 25. Parking, standing and stopping of vehicles registered pursuant to section four hundred four-a of this chapter or those possessing a special vehicle identification parking permit issued in accordance with section one thousand two hundred three-a of this chapter. 26. (a) Establishment of maximum speed limits below twenty-five miles per hour at which motor vehicles may proceed on or along designated highways within such city for the explicit purpose of implementing traffic calming measures as such term is defined herein; provided, however, that no speed limit shall be set below fifteen miles per hour nor shall such speed limit be established where the traffic calming measure to be implemented consists solely of a traffic control sign. Establishment of such a speed limit shall, where applicable, be in compliance with the provisions of sections sixteen hundred twenty-four and sixteen hundred eighty-four of this chapter. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to alter or affect the establishment of school speed limits pursuant to the provisions of section sixteen hundred forty-three of this article. For the purposes of this paragraph, "traffic calming measures" shall mean any physical engineering measure or measures that reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle use, alter driver behavior and improve conditions for non-motorized street users such as pedestrians and bicyclists. (b) Any city establishing maximum speed limits below twenty-five miles per hour pursuant to clause (i) of this subparagraph shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before March first, two thousand two on the results of using traffic calming measures and speed limits lower than twenty-five miles per hour as authorized by this paragraph. Such report shall include, but not be limited to the following: (i) a description of the designated highways where traffic calming measures and a lower speed limit were established and (ii) a description of the specific traffic calming measures used and the maximum speed limit established. (b) The police commissioner of any such city may, in any emergency, suspend within such city or any part thereof, for a period of forty-eight hours, any provision of title seven of this chapter or any local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article. In the event of any such suspension, the police commissioner shall forthwith give notice thereof to the official, board or agency of such city having jurisdiction to promulgate traffic regulations in relation to any place affected by such suspension. S 1642-a. Bus permit system in cities having a population of one million or more. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: a. "Charter bus" shall mean a bus transporting passengers for compensation in chartered party. b. "Chartered party" shall mean a group of persons who, pursuant to a common purpose and under a single contract and at a fixed charge, have acquired exclusive use of a bus to travel together as a group to a specific destination or for a particular itinerary either agreed upon in advance or modified after having left the place of origin by such group. c. "Community board" shall mean a community board as defined in section twenty-eight hundred of the New York city charter. d. "Intercity bus" shall mean a bus that transports the general public between a city having a population of one million or more and any location outside of such city in scheduled bus service. Provided, however, that such term shall not include a school bus; or a bus providing public transportation; or a charter bus. e. "Metropolitan transportation authority" shall mean the corporation created by section twelve hundred sixty-three of the public authorities law. f. "Public transportation" shall mean: (i) mass transportation services provided to the general public by any public benefit corporation constituting a transportation authority, or a subsidiary thereof, or any public transportation corporation constituted as an instrumentality of a state, or a subsidiary thereof, directly or through a contact with another entity, or (ii) mass transportation services provided to the general public by any county, city, town or village directly or through a contract with another entity pursuant to section one hundred nineteen-r of the general municipal law, or provided to the general public by another state or any county, city, town or village in a state other than New York directly or through a contract with another entity pursuant to a similar law of such other state. 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any city having a population of one million or more may prohibit intercity buses from loading or unloading passengers on streets within such city except on designated streets and at designated locations on such streets pursuant to a permit in accordance with the provisions of this section. 3. The mayor of such city which acts pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall designate an agency to promulgate rules to implement this section. Such city agency shall promulgate such rules which shall comply with chapter forty-five of the New York city charter including a public hearing. Such rules shall: a. Establish a system of permits for allocating locations on designated streets where intercity buses may load and unload passengers, and prohibit loading and unloading of passengers other than at such designated locations on such designated streets pursuant to a permit; b. Require the owner or operator of an intercity bus to submit an application for a permit for each proposed location for loading and unloading of passengers. Such application shall include the following information: (i) The name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and motor carrier number of the intercity bus owner or operator, the United States department of transportation number and/or New York state department of transportation number for each bus that would use such proposed location; (ii) A proposed location or locations to be used by the specified intercity buses for loading or unloading passengers, and two or more alternative proposed locations; (iii) The number of intercity buses that would use the proposed location or locations; (iv) The number of passengers anticipated for each such intercity bus; (v) The proposed intercity bus schedule; (vi) The planned garage or parking location of the intercity buses during periods when such buses are not being used; and (vii) Any other information deemed necessary by the commissioner of the city agency designated pursuant to this subdivision. c. Establish criteria for assigning locations to permit applicants, which shall include traffic and safety considerations, the preferences of the applicant, consultation with the local community board as provided in paragraph b of subdivision four of this section and other criteria deemed appropriate by the commissioner of such city agency; d. Provide that such permit shall be issued for a term of up to three years, except that such city may relocate a designated location for the loading and unloading of passengers by an intercity bus, upon ninety days notice to the holder of a permit and after consultation with the local community board as provided in paragraph b of subdivision four of this section, pursuant to the criteria established in accordance with paragraph c of this subdivision; e. Include criteria under which intercity bus owners or operators assigned a designated location for loading and unloading passengers prior to the effective date of this section shall be issued a permit to use such location for the loading and unloading of passengers for a period of up to three years from the effective date of this section; f. Establish a timeframe of up to one hundred fifty days for determinations on permit applications, and a process for reviewing the determination on the application; g. Require intercity bus owners or operators to notify such city agency of changes to information provided in such permit application; h. Require intercity bus owners or operators to prominently display a copy of the permit in each intercity bus; i. Require the posting of all approved applications on a website for public access by such city agency within thirty days of approval; j. Include such other requirements as are deemed appropriate by the commissioner of such city agency; k. Set forth a schedule of fines or civil penalties for violations of the rules by owners or operators of intercity buses, including for loading or unloading passengers on a city street without a permit or for failure to comply with any permit requirements or restrictions, provided that such fines or civil penalties shall not be more than one thousand dollars for a first violation, and not be more than two thousand five hundred dollars for a second or subsequent violation within two years of the first violation; and 1. Provide for the suspension or revocation of a permit for failure to comply with any permit requirements or restrictions. Such rules also may provide for the imposition of an annual fee for such permit to cover administrative expenses, not to exceed two hundred seventy-five dollars per vehicle. 4. The city agency designated pursuant to subdivision three of this section to promulgate rules shall: a. Have the authority to designate streets and locations where the loading or unloading of passengers by intercity buses shall be permitted; b. Consult with the local community board for the district encompassing the location to be designated in a permit, including but not limited to a notice and comment period of forty-five days, prior to the issuance or permanent amendment of such permit; c. Consult with the metropolitan transportation authority when a proposed location or relocation for the loading and unloading of passengers by an intercity bus would overlap with an existing metropolitan transportation authority bus stop; d. Consult with the port authority of New York and New Jersey when a proposed location or relocation for the loading and unloading of passengers by an intercity bus would overlap with an existing port authority of New York and New Jersey bus facility. e. Post all locations designated for the loading and unloading of passengers by intercity bus on a website for public access within thirty days of approval; and f. Have the authority to temporarily amend any approved location for a period of up to ninety days for reasons of public safety or other emergency or temporary need as determined by such city agency without prior consultation with the local community board; provided that such city agency informs the affected community board in writing no more than thirty days after any such temporary amendment. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to those persons otherwise authorized to enforce any rules promulgated pursuant to this section and adjudicate violations thereof pursuant to article two-A or two-B of this chapter, this section shall also be enforceable by an agency or agencies designated for such purpose by the mayor of such city, and notices of violation issued by such agency or agencies shall be returnable to the environmental control board of such city, which shall have the power to impose the civil penalties herein provided. All proceedings before the environmental control board and any enforcement proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with subdivision d of section one thousand forty-nine-a of the New York city charter and the rules of the environmental control board, except that service of a notice of violation of any rule promulgated pursuant to this section shall be made on the owner or operator of the intercity bus involved in the violation (i) in the same manner as is prescribed for service of process by article three of the civil practice law and rules or article three of the business corporation law; (ii) by delivering such notice to the operator of the intercity bus, and mailing a copy of the notice to the owner or operator of the intercity bus, provided that proof of such service shall be filed with the environmental control board within twenty days, and service shall be complete ten days after such filing; or (iii) by affixing such notice to the intercity bus, and mailing a copy of the notice to the owner or operator of the intercity bus, provided that proof of such service shall be filed with the environmental control board within twenty days, and service shall be complete ten days after such filing. Civil penalties may also be recovered in a proceeding commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such civil penalties imposed by such environmental control board shall be paid into the general fund of such city. Notwithstanding section one hundred fifty-five of this chapter or any other provision of law, where a person has been adjudicated to be in violation of any rules promulgated pursuant to subdivision three of this section, such adjudication shall not have the force and effect of a conviction of a traffic infraction or of a violation of any provision of this chapter for any purpose not specified in this section. S 1643. Speed limits on highways in cities and villages. The legislative body of any city or village with respect to highways (which term for the purposes of this section shall include private roads open to public motor vehicle traffic) in such city or village, other than state highways maintained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statutory fifty-five miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty, or on which the department of transportation shall have designated that such city or village shall not establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty-four, subject to the limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty-four may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed within such city or village, within designated areas of such city or village or on or along designated highways within such city or village higher or lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum statutory limit. No such speed limit applicable throughout such city or village or within designated areas of such city or village shall be established at less than thirty miles per hour. No such speed limit applicable on or along designated highways within such city or village shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway and except that within the cities of Buffalo and Rochester speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour for any portion of a highway within a city park. S 1644. Special speed limits on bridges and other elevated structures in cities and villages. The legislative body of any city or village may determine the maximum speed which may be maintained without structural damage on bridges and elevated structures in such city or village, and if such maximum speed is lower than the maximum speed limit otherwise applicable, subject to the limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty-four, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish such lower maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed on such bridge or structure. S 1645. Exempting fuel oil trucks from use of truck routes in cities having a population in excess of one million. No ordinance, order, rule or regulation made by the legislative body of any city having a population in excess of one million shall require any fuel oil truck to use a designated truck route while such fuel oil truck is being used to make deliveries to a heating oil customer or is returning to the place of business of the owner of such fuel oil truck immediately after having made a delivery to a heating oil customer. S 1646. Application of article. This article shall not apply with respect to state highways maintained by the state which are controlled-access highways outside of cities having a population in excess of one million, nor to highways under the jurisdiction of the New York state thruway authority, a regional state park commission, a county park commission, a parkway authority, a bridge authority, or a bridge and tunnel authority, except that this article shall apply to any portion of the New York state thruway that is located within a city having a population in excess of one million. Top of Page
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