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- Signed chap.336
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Home rule request
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.682
- Substituted for A7941
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
- Home rule request
- Ordered to third reading cal.1833
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- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 5436a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Authorizes the village of Mamaroneck in the county of Westchester to establish a residential parking system in certain areas of the village
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Steven Otis
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5436A
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the village of Mamaroneck in the county of Westchester to establish a residential parking system
Purpose or general idea of bill
To authorize the Village of Mamaroneck to establish a residential parking system.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 outlines the Legislative findings and intent of the bill
Section 2 authorizes the board of trustees of the Village of Mamaroneck to adopt of a local law or ordinance providing for a residential parking permit system and establishes the specific areas within the Village of Mamaroneck where a residential permit parking system may be imposed.
The local law or ordinance providing for such residential permit 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.
Section 3 states this act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
The Village has encountered a significant problem regarding resident access to on-street parking in the neighborhood specified in the bill. The absence of residential parking in this area has resulted in traffic hazards for residents and other pedestrians, as well as increased congestion and air and noise pollution. This legislation would allow the Village to remedy this problem consistent with state rules for residential permit parking programs.
Fiscal implication
None
Effective date
Immediately.
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