STATE OF NEW YORK
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10085
IN ASSEMBLY
April 29, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
the village of Floral Park in the county of Nassau to establish a
residential parking system
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
2 a lack of parking for residents of certain areas of the village of
3 Floral Park, Nassau county, has resulted in traffic hazards, congestion
4 and air and noise pollution. In addition, such lack of parking poses a
5 hazard to residents and other pedestrians in such areas.
6 The legislature further finds that a residential parking system within
7 such areas would be in the public interest. The legislature further
8 finds that a residential parking system within such areas will reduce
9 such hazards and will reduce pollution levels as well. The legislature,
10 therefore, hereby declares the necessity of this act to authorize the
11 village of Floral Park to adopt a residential parking permit system in
12 accordance with the provisions of this act.
13 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
14 1640-r to read as follows:
15 § 1640-r. Residential parking system in the village of Floral Park in
16 the county of Nassau. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to
17 the contrary, the village board of the village of Floral Park may, by
18 adoption of a local law or ordinance, provide for a residential parking
19 permit system and fix and require the payment of fees applicable to
20 parking within the area in which such parking system is in effect in
21 accordance with the provisions of this section.
22 2. Such residential parking permit system may only be established
23 within the area of the village which shall mean that area generally
24 bounded by the following:
25 All of that area beginning at the intersection of Plainfield Avenue
26 and Magnolia Avenue; proceeding east on Magnolia Avenue to its inter-
27 section with Ward Street; thence running southerly on Ward Street to its
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 intersection with Tulip Avenue and East Poplar Street; thence running
2 southerly on East Poplar Street to its intersection with Cypress Street;
3 thence running westerly on Cypress Street to its intersection with
4 Floral Parkway; thence running southeasterly on Floral Parkway to its
5 intersection with Cedar Street; thence running southerly on Cedar street
6 to its intersection with Cedar Place; thence running southerly on Cedar
7 Place to its intersection with West Poplar Street; thence running south-
8 erly on West Poplar Street to its intersection with Miller Avenue;
9 thence running westerly on Miller Avenue to its intersection with Beech
10 Street; thence running southerly on Beech Street to its intersection
11 with Vandewater Avenue; thence running westerly on Vandewater Avenue to
12 its intersection with Plainfield Avenue; thence running northerly on
13 Plainfield Avenue to its intersection with Zinnia Street; thence running
14 westerly on Zinnia Street to its intersection with Violet Avenue; thence
15 running southerly on Violet Avenue to its intersection with Pandosa
16 Memorial Avenue; thence running westerly on Pandosa Memorial Avenue to a
17 point where it intersects with the border between the Village of Floral
18 Park and Belmont Park; thence running .835 miles westerly and then
19 northerly along the border between the Village of Floral Park and
20 Belmont Park to a point where it intersects with Poppy Place; thence
21 running easterly on Poppy Place to its intersection with Larch Avenue;
22 thence running northerly on Larch Avenue to its intersection with Atlan-
23 tic Avenue; thence running easterly on Atlantic Avenue to its inter-
24 section with Woodbine Court; thence running easterly on Woodbine Court
25 to its intersection with Plainfield Avenue and Magnolia Avenue, the
26 place of beginning. For the purposes of this paragraph, permit parking
27 may be implemented on both sides of any street whose center line is
28 herein utilized as a boundary description; provided, however, that
29 except for the reference to state highways solely for the purposes of
30 delineating the boundaries of the area described in this paragraph, the
31 provisions of this section shall not apply to any state highway main-
32 tained by the state.
33 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no permit shall be required on
34 streets or those portions of such streets where the adjacent properties
35 are zoned for commercial or retail use.
36 4. The local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking
37 system shall:
38 (a) set forth factors necessitating the enactment of such parking
39 system;
40 (b) provide that motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four
41 hundred four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit require-
42 ment;
43 (c) provide the times of the day and days of the week during which
44 permit requirements shall be in effect;
45 (d) make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within the permit
46 area available to non-residents, and shall provide short-term parking of
47 not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area;
48 (e) provide the schedule of fees to be paid for such permits; and
49 (f) provide that such fees shall be credited to the general fund of
50 the village.
51 5. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section until a
52 public hearing thereon has been had in the same manner as required for
53 public hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal home rule law.
54 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
