Section 1640-E. Residential parking system in the Tibbetts Brook Park and Yonkers Raceway/Empire City areas of the city of Yonkers  


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      Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  law to the contrary, the city
      council of the city of Yonkers may,  by  adoption  of  a  local  law  or
      ordinance,  provide  for a residential parking permit system and fix and
      require 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.
        2.  Such  residential  parking  permit  system may only be established
      within:
        (a) the Tibbetts Brook Park area of the city of  Yonkers  which  shall
      mean  that  area  generally  bounded by Harrison Avenue proceeding south
      from Tibbetts Brook  Park  to  Alan  B.  Shepard  Place;  Tibbetts  Road
      proceeding  southerly from Tibbetts Brook Park to Alan B. Shepard Place;
      Sedgewick Avenue proceeding southerly from Tibbetts Brook Park  to  Alan
      B.  Shepard  Place;  Jervis  Road  between Harrison Avenue and Sedgewick
      Avenue and from the northern intersection of Sedgewick Avenue proceeding
      southerly along Jervis Road to the Alan B. Shepard Place line; and
        (b) the Yonkers Raceway/Empire  City  area  of  the  city  of  Yonkers
      consisting of the following roadways:
        (i) Belmont Avenue from Orient Street to Yonkers Avenue;
        (ii) Boone Street from Central Park Avenue to Dead End;
        (iii) Clark Street from Central Park Avenue to Orient Street;
        (iv) Loring Avenue from Central Park Avenue to Orient Street; and
        (v) Chamberlain Avenue from Belmont Avenue to Central Park Avenue.
        3.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  no  permit  shall be required on
      streets where the adjacent properties are  zoned  for  commercial/retail
      use.
        4.  The  local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking
      system shall:
        (a) set forth factors necessitating  the  enactment  of  such  parking
      system; and
        (b)  provide  that  motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four
      hundred  four-a  of  this  chapter  shall  be  exempt  from  any  permit
      requirement; and
        (c)  provide  the  times  of the day and days of the week during which
      permit requirements shall be in effect; and
        (d) make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within the  permit
      area available to non-residents and shall provide for short-term parking
      of not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area; and
        (e) provide the schedule of fees to be paid for such permits; and
        (f)  provide  that  such fees shall be credited to the general fund of
      the city.
        5. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant  to  this  section  until  a
      public  hearing  thereon has been had in the same manner as required for
      public hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal home rule law.
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