STATE OF NEW YORK
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3058
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the residen-
tial parking permit system in the city of Albany; and to amend chapter
454 of the laws of 2010 amending the vehicle and traffic law relating
to authorizing a pilot residential parking permit system in the city
of Albany, in relation to making such provisions permanent
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1640-m of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
2 chapter 454 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 1640-m. [Pilot residential] Residential parking permit system in the
4 city of Albany. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the
5 contrary, the city of Albany may, by adoption of a local law or ordi-
6 nance, provide for a residential parking permit system and fix and
7 require the payment of fees applicable to parking within certain areas
8 of the city or as delineated by the common council of the city of Albany
9 in accordance with the provisions of this section.
10 2. Such residential parking permit system may only be established
11 within the areas of the city of Albany described as follows: an area
12 within [three-quarters of] a one mile radius of the Nelson A. Rockefel-
13 ler Empire State Plaza. The permitted streets within this area shall be
14 described in a local law or ordinance adopted by the common council of
15 the city of Albany pursuant to this section.
16 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no permit shall be
17 required on streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for commer-
18 cial, office and/or retail use.
19 4. The local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking
20 permit system shall:
21 a. Set forth the specific factors which necessitate the implementation
22 of said system and shall include, but not be limited to, findings of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 facts as to the existence of such traffic hazards, congestion and air
2 and noise pollution within any such areas;
3 b. Provide that motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four
4 hundred four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit require-
5 ment;
6 c. Provide the times of the day and the days of the week during which
7 permit requirements shall be in effect;
8 d. Make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within the permit
9 area or areas available to nonresidents which shall provide short-term
10 parking of not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area or
11 areas;
12 e. Make not more than [two thousand seven] three thousand five hundred
13 [fifty] of the approximately nine thousand residential spaces within the
14 permit area or areas available for residential parking by permit;
15 f. Provide the schedule of fees to be paid for residential permits;
16 and
17 g. Provide that such fees shall be credited to the general fund of the
18 city of Albany.
19 5. No local law or ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section
20 until a public hearing thereon has been held by the common council of
21 the city of Albany concerning the designation of the certain area or
22 areas in which said parking permit system is to be implemented.
23 § 2. Section 3 of chapter 454 of the laws of 2010 amending the vehicle
24 and traffic law relating to authorizing a pilot residential parking
25 permit system in the city of Albany, as amended by section 1 of item K
26 of subpart B of part XXX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended
27 to read as follows:
28 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall remain in full
29 force and effect for a period of nine years after the implementation of
30 the local law or ordinance adopted by the city of Albany pursuant to
31 section 1640-m of the vehicle and traffic law as added by section two of
32 this act at which time this act shall expire and be deemed repealed].
33 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
