Int. No. 1036
By Council Member Felder
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the relocation of motor vehicles due to temporary parking restrictions
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 by adding a new section 19-169.3 to read as follows:
§ 19-169.3 Motor vehicles relocated due to temporary parking restrictions. a. Definition. As used in this section, the term “licensed tow operator” means any person licensed to engage in towing pursuant to section 20-498.
b. Prohibition. No motor vehicle removed from a street by a tow truck due to temporary parking restrictions in effect on such street, where such removal is authorized by any other provision of law or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, shall be relocated to a location at a parking meter or a location where parking, stopping, or standing is prohibited by a posted sign or rule, unless the relocation of such motor vehicle to such a location is required as a matter of public safety. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply to any motor vehicle towed by the police department, any licensed tow operator, or any other city entity.
c. Affirmative defense. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation to the contrary, when a motor vehicle is removed from a street by a tow truck due to temporary parking restrictions in effect on such street and relocated to a location at a parking meter or a location where parking, stopping or standing is prohibited by a posted sign or rule, if the owner of such motor vehicle receives a notice of violation for a time that falls between such relocation and 11:00 p.m. on the first full business day after the date of such relocation, it shall be an affirmative defense to such violation that such motor vehicle had been relocated to the location described in such notice of violation prior to the time the violation had occurred. Evidence in support of the affirmative defense shall be the presentation, in person or by mail or in a form otherwise acceptable to the parking violations bureau, of a record from the relevant police precinct indicating that such motor vehicle was relocated to such location, and the date of such relocation, or other suitable evidence as determined by the hearing officer.
d. Violation. Any licensed tow operator who removes and relocates a motor vehicle to a location in violation of subdivision b of this section shall be subject to penalties as follows: for the first violation, a fine of $500; for the second violation within a period of 12 months of the date of a first violation, a fine of $1,000; and for any additional violations within a period of 24 months of the date of a first violation, a fine of $1,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any licensed tow operator who removes and relocates a motor vehicle to such a location at the direction of an agency, or any other governmental entity, where such removal and relocation is authorized by any other provision of law or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto.
§ 2. Section 20-528 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows:
c. Notwithstanding and in addition to any provision of subdivision a, if a motor vehicle is removed and relocated by a tow truck due to temporary parking restrictions as described in section 19-169.3, a written record of the information relating to such towing shall be made available, upon request, to the owner of such motor vehicle, if such request is made to the relevant police precinct within 45 days of such towing. Such written record shall include all information required to be made available to the owner of a motor vehicle pursuant to subdivision a.
§ 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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