File #: Int 0475-2018    Version: * Name: Limiting the parking of motor vehicles by dealers.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 2/14/2018
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to limiting the parking of motor vehicles by dealers.
Sponsors: Daniel Dromm , Robert F. Holden
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would make it unlawful for any dealer to park, store, or otherwise maintain a motor vehicle upon a city street for the purpose of displaying the motor vehicle for sale or greasing or repairing such motor vehicle, except in the case of an emergency repair. Additionally, it would prohibit any dealer from parking, storing, or otherwise maintaining on any street a motor vehicle in the dealer’s possession while awaiting repair or return to the owner or lessee of such motor vehicle. Dealers in possession of motor vehicles awaiting repair or return to the owner or lessee would be required to display a placard through the motor vehicle’s forward windshield. Each violation of these prohibitions would be punishable by a fine and may lead to vehicle impoundment. The bill would create an affirmative defense for an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle if they receive a summons while the vehicle is in the possession of a dealer.
Indexes: Oversight
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 475, 2. Int. No. 475, 3. February 14, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 02-14-2018, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 14, 2018

Int. No. 475

 

By Council Members Dromm and Holden

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to limiting the parking of motor vehicles by dealers.

 

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 hereby amended to add a new section 19-170.1 to read as follows:

                         § 19-170.1 Limitation on parking of motor vehicles by dealers. a. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, as defined in section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle and traffic law, to park, store or otherwise maintain a motor vehicle upon any street of the city for the purpose of:

(i) displaying such motor vehicle for sale, or (ii) greasing or repairing such motor vehicle, except in the case of an emergency repair.

                           b. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, as defined in section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle and traffic law, to park, store, or otherwise maintain on any street a motor vehicle that is in the dealer's possession while awaiting repair or subsequent return to the owner or lessee of such motor vehicle.  Any dealer in possession of a motor vehicle awaiting repair or subsequent return to the owner or lessee of such motor vehicle shall, at all times, display a placard, clearly legible through the motor vehicle's forward windshield, indicating the name, address, license number and telephone contact information of such dealer.

                          c. Each violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars and not more than four hundred dollars.  For purposes of this section, every day that any single motor vehicle is parked illegally shall be considered a separate violation.

                          d. If an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle receives a summons for a parking violation on the date and time such motor vehicle was in the possession of a dealer awaiting repair or subsequent return to such owner or lessee, it shall be an affirmative defense that such motor vehicle was in the possession of such dealer at the time of the violation alleged in the summons.  If such defense is successful, the commissioner is authorized to issue a summons, violation, or to otherwise prosecute the dealer in possession of such motor vehicle on the date and time of the offense alleged in the original summons.

                         e. Any motor vehicle parked in violation of subdivision a of this section shall be subject to impoundment.  Any motor vehicle impounded pursuant to this subdivision shall not be released until all applicable towing and storage fees have been paid.  The commissioner may promulgate rules concerning the procedure for the impoundment and release of motor vehicles pursuant to this subdivision.

                         f. If a motor vehicle is impounded or receives a summons while in the possession of a dealer who is not the owner or lessee of such motor vehicle, such owner or lessee shall have a private cause of action against any dealer who was in possession of the motor vehicle at the time of such impoundment or the issuance of such summons.

                         g. The penalties and fees provided for in this section shall be in addition to any other penalties, fees or remedies provided by law or regulation.

§2.  This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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