A Quick Guide to Parking Laws Pending Before City Council

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.  Subchapter 2 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new section 19-175.8 to read as follows:

§ 19-175.8 Distance between parking signs. On every block longer than 200 feet, the department shall post a sign indicating parking, standing, or stopping regulations every 100 feet or less. For purposes of this section, “block” means a stretch of roadway that connects two intersections.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 19-163.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 68 for the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:

§19-163.1 Suspension of parking rules during snowfalls. All alternate side of the street parking rules shall be suspended during any snowfall with an accumulation of at least four inches of snow [that causes the department of sanitation to suspend its street sweeping operations], provided that the department may reinstate alternate side of the street parking rules after twenty-four hours if it determines, after consulting with the department of sanitation, that alternate side of the street parking is necessary to immediately commence curbside snow removal.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-175.8 to read as follows:

§19-175.8 Residential parking permit system in Northern Manhattan. a. The department shall create and implement a residential parking permit system in Northern Manhattan, to include all areas north of 60^th street through Inwood, as bounded by the intersection of Spuyten Duyvil Creek and Harlem River, which fixes and requires 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. 

b.  In creating such a residential parking system, the department shall:

1.  designate the specific areas in which such a parking system applies;

2.  provide the times of the day and days of the week during which permit requirements

shall be in effect; and

3.  make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within the permit area available to

non-residents and provide for short-term parking of not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area; and

4.  provide that the motor vehicle registered pursuant to section 404-a of the

New York vehicle and traffic law be exempt from any permit requirement; and

5.  provide the schedule of fees to be paid for residential permits; and

6.  provide that such fees shall be credited to the general fund of the city of

New York.

c.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no such residential parking permit shall be required on streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for commercial, office, and/or retail use.

§ 2.  This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-162.6 to read as follows:

§ 19-162.6 Permissible parking for expectant mothers experiencing a difficult or complicated pregnancy. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term “difficult or complicated pregnancy” means any pregnancy which results in impaired mobility.

b. The commissioner shall issue a parking permit for a vehicle owned or operated by an individual who has been certified by a physician as experiencing a difficult or complicated pregnancy. Such parking permits shall be issued within 30 days of the department receiving an application and shall expire 30 days after the expected delivery date. 

c. Such parking permit shall only be used for the purpose of parking a vehicle where parking is prohibited by sign or rule or allowing a vehicle to stand where standing is prohibited by sign or rule. 

d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such parking permit shall not authorize the parking of a vehicle in a bus stop, a taxi stand, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, a fire zone, a driveway, a crosswalk, a no stopping zone, a no standing zone, or where the vehicle would be double-parked. 

e. Any misuse of a parking permit, as determined by the commissioner, issued pursuant to this section shall be sufficient cause for revocation of such parking permit. 

f. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no vehicle bearing a permit issued pursuant to this section may be towed when such vehicle is being used in accordance with the purpose for which such permit was issued, except in public safety emergencies to be determined by the police department. 

§2.      This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision b of section 19-170 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 104 for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:

b. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person shall park a commercial vehicle on a residential street from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. For the purpose of this subdivision, residential streets are defined as those streets, or parts thereof, which are located within a residential district under the zoning resolution. Where a commercial vehicle is parked in violation of this subdivision, it shall be an affirmative defense to the said violation, with the burden of proof on the person who received the summons, that he or she was actively engaged in business at the time the summons was issued at premises located within three city blocks of where the summons was issued. [This subdivision shall not apply to vehicles owned or operated by gas or oil heat suppliers or gas or oil heat systems maintenance companies, the agents or employees, thereof, or any public utility.]

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.