File #: Int 0710-2011    Version: * Name: Removal of snow and ice from motor vehicles.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 11/3/2011
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the removal of snow and ice from motor vehicles.
Sponsors: Peter F. Vallone, Jr., G. Oliver Koppell, Jumaane D. Williams, Melissa Mark-Viverito, James F. Gennaro, Eric A. Ulrich
Council Member Sponsors: 6
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2013*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/3/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/3/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 710
 
By Council Members Vallone, Koppell, Williams, Mark-Viverito, Gennaro and Ulrich
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the removal of snow and ice from motor vehicles.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
Section 1.  Chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-163.2 to read as follows:
§19-163.2 Prohibition on operating motor vehicles with snow and ice accumulation.  Prior to the operation of any motor vehicle on any street, road or highway in the city, all snow and ice accumulation shall be removed from the top of the vehicle, including the roof and hood of such vehicle. Failure to comply with this section shall be a traffic infraction punishable in accordance with section eighteen hundred of the vehicle and traffic law.  This section shall not require the driver of a motor vehicle to cease operation while snow or ice is accumulating.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
LS 1857
MWC
10/31/11