File #: Int 0834-2015    Version: Name: Use of all-terrain vehicles, including dirt bikes.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 6/26/2015
Enactment date: 3/18/2017 Law number: 2017/028
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the use of all-terrain vehicles, including dirt bikes
Sponsors: Andrew Cohen, Costa G. Constantinides, Mark Levine, James Vacca, Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Alan N. Maisel, Daniel R. Garodnick, Darlene Mealy, David G. Greenfield, Antonio Reynoso, Andy L. King, Ritchie J. Torres, Stephen T. Levin, Ben Kallos, Peter A. Koo, Rory I. Lancman, Helen K. Rosenthal, Mark Treyger, Paul A. Vallone, Annabel Palma, Corey D. Johnson, Fernando Cabrera , Daniel Dromm , Rosie Mendez, Deborah L. Rose, Karen Koslowitz, Carlos Menchaca, James G. Van Bramer, Elizabeth S. Crowley, Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Donovan J. Richards, Margaret S. Chin, Vincent J. Gentile, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Eric A. Ulrich, Joseph C. Borelli
Council Member Sponsors: 37
Summary: This bill prohibits the operation of all-terrain vehicles, including dirt bikes in New York city, unless given consent by the property owner. The first offense is punishable by a fine and/or a civil penalty of up to 500 dollars. Any subsequent offense is punishable by a fine and/or a civil penalty of up to 1000 dollars.
Attachments: 1. Legislative History Report, 2. Summary of Int. No. 834-B, 3. Summary of Int. No. 834-A, 4. Summary of Int. No. 834, 5. Int. No. 834 - 6/26/15, 6. Committee Report 9/15/16, 7. Hearing Testimony 9/15/16, 8. Hearing Transcript 9/15/16, 9. Proposed Int. No. 834-A - 11/21/16, 10. Committee Report 2/14/17, 11. Hearing Transcript 2/14/17, 12. February 15, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 13. Fiscal Impact Statement, 14. Int. No. 834-B (FINAL), 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-15-17, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 15, 2017, 17. Mayor's Letter, 18. Local Law 28
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2/14/2017*Andrew Cohen Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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Int. No. 834-B

 

By Council Members Cohen, Constantinides, Levine, Vacca, Espinal, Maisel, Garodnick, Mealy, Greenfield, Reynoso, King, Torres, Levin, Kallos, Koo, Lancman, Rosenthal, Treyger, Vallone, Palma, Johnson, Cabrera, Dromm, Mendez, Rose, Koslowitz, Menchaca, Van Bramer, Crowley, Ferreras-Copeland, Rodriguez, Richards, Chin, Gentile, Salamanca, Ulrich and Borelli

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the use of all-terrain vehicles, including dirt bikes

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-196 to read as follows:

§ 19-196 All-terrain vehicles, including dirt bikes.

a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

All-terrain vehicle. The term “all-terrain vehicle” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision 1 of section 2281 of the vehicle and traffic law, which includes dirt bikes, or any successor provision.  

Operate. The term “operate” means to ride in or on, other than as a passenger, or use or control the operation of an all-terrain vehicle in any manner.

Person. The term “person” means an individual and does not include officers or employees of any governmental agency acting in an official capacity, or private individuals or entities acting pursuant to agreements with governmental agencies.  

b. No person shall operate an all-terrain vehicle in the city of New York, except that, in the case of property other than a street or a park, an all-terrain vehicle may be operated only with the consent, written or conspicuously posted consistent with applicable law, of the owner or lessee, or operated by an individual owner or lessee.

c. The violation of subdivision b of this section constitutes a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed 500 dollars for the first offense and not to exceed 1,000 dollars for any subsequent offense. 

d. A person who violates subdivision b of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of 500 dollars. A person committing a second or subsequent violation of subdivision b of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of 1,000 dollars.  Civil penalties pursuant to this subdivision are recoverable in a proceeding before the office of administrative trials and hearings pursuant to chapter 45-A of the charter, or in a civil action or proceeding brought in the name of the city. 

e. Any act prohibited by this section additionally constitutes a traffic infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed 500 dollars for the first conviction, and not to exceed 1,000 dollars for any subsequent conviction.   

§ 2.  This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law. 

 

 

DA/KET 2/7/2017

LS 3111/2014

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