Int. No. 108
By Council Members Gennaro
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the parking of doctors' and dentists' 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 19-162.3 to read as follows:
§19-162.3 Permissible parking for doctors' and dentists' vehicles. Where parking is prohibited by signs, but not where stopping or standing is prohibited, a duly licensed physician or dentist may park his/her motor vehicle, identified by "MD", "OD", "DDS" or "DPM" New York registration plates, on a roadway adjacent to hospitals or clinics for a period not to exceed three hours. At other locations where parking is prohibited by signs, but not where stopping or standing is prohibited, a duly licensed physician may park his/her motor vehicle, identified by "MD", "OD" or "DPM" New York registration plates for a period not to exceed one hour while actually attending to a patient in the immediate vicinity. For purposes of this section, the term "adjacent" shall be determined by rules promulgated by the commissioner.
§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after it is enacted into law.
PH/ LR
LS # 431
3/8/10