A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to permissible standing of vehicles making deliveries to or from a school.

Int. No. 42

By Council Members King and Koo

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to permissible standing of vehicles making deliveries to or from a school.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.  Subchapter 2 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new section 19-162.3 to read as follows:

§19-162.3 Permissible standing by certain vehicles near schools. a. For purposes of this section, “school” shall have the same meaning as in section 19-189 of this chapter.

b. The department shall provide to each school upon request of such school a placard to be given to a commercial vehicle that intends to make a delivery to such school.  Except as provided below, no notice of violation for illegal standing or parking shall be assessed to a commercial vehicle that prominently displays on its dashboard such a placard during school hours and that is in the process of delivering or removing materials or persons to or from such school.  This section shall not apply to locations where standing and stopping are not permitted by any vehicle.

§2.  This local law shall take effect sixty days following enactment into law.

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