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S07254 Summary:

BILL NOS07254
 
SAME ASSAME AS A01159
 
SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 1662-a, V & T L
 
Authorizes the town of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish a speed limit of less than 30 miles per hour on certain highways in the community of East Atlantic Beach.
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S07254 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7254
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 19, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK  --  read  twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
          portation
 
        AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
          the town of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish  a  speed
          limit  of  less  than thirty miles an hour for certain highways within
          the community of East Atlantic Beach
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 1662-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended
     2  by chapter 496 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 1662-a. Speed limits in certain towns. The town board of any  subur-
     4  ban  town  governed  pursuant to article three-A of the town law and the
     5  town board of any other town having a population exceeding  fifty  thou-
     6  sand,  with  respect  to  highways  (which term for the purposes of this
     7  section shall include private roads open to public motor  vehicle  traf-
     8  fic)  in such towns outside any village, other than state highways main-
     9  tained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have
    10  established higher or lower speed limits than the  statutory  fifty-five
    11  miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty
    12  of  this  title, or on which the department of transportation shall have
    13  designated that such towns shall not establish any maximum  speed  limit
    14  as  provided  in  section  sixteen  hundred  twenty-four  of this title,
    15  subject to the limitations imposed by section  sixteen  hundred  eighty-
    16  four  of  this  title  may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regu-
    17  lation establish maximum speed limits  at  which  vehicles  may  proceed
    18  within  such towns, within designated areas of such towns or on or along
    19  designated highways within such towns lower than  the  fifty-five  miles
    20  per  hour  maximum  statutory  limit.  No  such  speed  limit applicable
    21  throughout such towns or within designated areas of such towns shall  be
    22  established  at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that in the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00365-01-3

        S. 7254                             2
 
     1  town of Hempstead speed limits may  be  established  at  not  less  than
     2  fifteen  miles  per  hour  on  any portion of a highway in the community
     3  known as Point Lookout, on all or any portion of the following  highways
     4  in  the community  known  as  East Atlantic Beach: Bay Street, Brookline
     5  Avenue, Park Street, Rochester Avenue, Trenton Avenue, Troy Avenue,  and
     6  on  all  or any portion of the following highways in the community known
     7  as Lido Beach: Ocean Boulevard, Allevard  Street,  Bath  Street,  Buxton
     8  Street,  Cheltenham  Street, Pinehurst Street, Harrogate Street, Matlock
     9  Street, Nantwick Street, Biarritz Street, Royat Street,  Luchon  Street,
    10  Woodhail  Street, Leamington Street, Saratoga Street, Kensington Street,
    11  and Prescott Street; provided, however, that no such speed limit in such
    12  town may be established unless a majority of the residents of each  such
    13  community  file  a  petition with the town board of such town requesting
    14  such speed limit. No such speed limit applicable on or along  designated
    15  highways within such towns shall be established at less than twenty-five
    16  miles  per  hour,  except that school speed limits may be established at
    17  not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to  exceed  one
    18  thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school build-
    19  ing,  entrance  or  exit of a school abutting on the highway, and except
    20  further that in the town of Hempstead speed limits may be established at
    21  not less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of a highway in  the
    22  communities  known as Point Lookout, East Atlantic Beach and Lido Beach;
    23  provided, however, that no such speed limit in such town may  be  estab-
    24  lished  unless a majority of the residents of each such community file a
    25  petition with the town board of such town requesting such  speed  limit.
    26  No  speed limits shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this
    27  section except in accordance with  the  engineering  considerations  and
    28  factors  for speed limits set forth in the manual and specifications for
    29  a uniform system of traffic control devices maintained  by  the  commis-
    30  sioner  of  transportation pursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty of
    31  this title, as such manual and specifications may be amended  from  time
    32  to  time,  certified by a licensed professional engineer who specializes
    33  in traffic operations.
    34    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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