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A3387Assembly2019-2020 Session

Let Port Jeff Set Parking

Official title

“Authorizes the village of Port Jefferson, county of Suffolk, to adopt any ordinance, rule or regulation affecting the stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles along Main Street”

Sponsor Steven EnglebrightAD-4Affects Transportation
Status
In Assembly Committee
Transportation
Impact
Pending
Passage
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Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Transportation

What's happening

This bill allows the village of Port Jefferson to regulate parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles on Main Street, overriding state rules.

Why it matters

  1. Local control over Main Street. The bill gives Port Jefferson the authority to set its own parking, stopping, and standing rules on its Main Street (which is part of state route 25A), allowing the village to address its unique traffic and parking needs rather than following broad state regulations.

  2. Potential impact on businesses and residents. With local power to regulate parking, the village can tailor rules to better support local commerce, improve turnover for customers, or address the needs of residents and visitors, potentially making downtown more accessible and vibrant.

  3. Precedent for other municipalities. If successful, this special exception could inspire other New York villages and towns to seek similar exemptions from state traffic rules, shifting more transportation decision-making to the local level.

  4. Immediate enactment. The law takes effect right away, meaning any changes the village chooses to implement regarding parking and traffic control could be put into practice quickly, potentially leading to noticeable changes in Main Street traffic patterns in the near term.

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Let Port Jeff Set Parking

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Steven Englebright

Assembly Member · Assembly District 4

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History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Referred to transportation

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STATE OF NEW YORK

3387

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 29, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the village of Port Jefferson, county of Suffolk to adopt any ordinance, rule or regulation affecting the stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles along Main Street

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 1684 of the vehicle and traffic law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, the village of Port Jefferson, in the county of Suffolk, is authorized to adopt any ordinance, rule or regulation affecting the stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles along that portion of state route twenty-five-A located in such village and constituting Main Street.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD07050-01-9

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