Section 1640-J. Residential parking system in the Garrett Park area of the city of Yonkers  


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  • 1.  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 the Garrett Park area of the city of  Yonkers  which  shall  mean
      that  area  encompassing Palmer Road, from Parkview Avenue to Bronxville
      Road; Garrett Place; Parkview Avenue from Palmer Road  to  103  Parkview
      Avenue,   north  of  Pondfield  Road  West;  Pondfield  Road  West  from
      Bronxville Road to the Bronxville border and Gard Avenue from  Pondfield
      Road West to 19 Gard Avenue, north of Pondfield Road West.
        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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