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Int. No. 382
By Council Members Greenfield, Constantinides, Cumbo, Deutsch, Espinal, Gentile, Koo and Rodriguez
A Local Law to amend to administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to permissible standing at fire hydrants.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-165.1 to read as follows:
§19-165.1 Stopping, standing or parking near fire hydrants. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, unless otherwise indicated by signs or parking meters, provided that the operator of a passenger car may stand the vehicle alongside a fire hydrant so long as the operator remains in the driver's seat ready for immediate operation of the vehicle at all times and starts the motor of the car on hearing the approach of fire apparatus, provided further that the operator shall immediately remove the car from alongside the fire hydrant when instructed to do so by any member of the police, fire, or other municipal department acting in his/her official capacity, and shall have the headlights and taillights on during the hours of dusk until dawn.
§2. This local law shall take effect sixty days after its enactment into law, except that the commissioner of transportation shall take all actions necessary for its implementation prior to such effective date.
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