Int 0646-1999
Buses, narrow streets, Prohibit
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportationintroduced 1999-10-27
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 1999-10-27Passed: 2001-12-31
Committee on Transportation — Mass Transportation Agencies and facilities, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
1999-10-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
1999-10-27 · City Council
ActionPrinted Item Laid on Desk
1999-10-27 · Legislative Documents Unit
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2001-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 1999-10-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-171 to read as follows:
�19-171 Buses prohibited from operation on narrow streets. a. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
1. "Narrow street" shall mean any street measuring less than seventy-five feet in width; and
2. "Bus" shall mean every motor vehicle having a seating capacity of fifteen or more passengers in addition to the driver and used for the transportation of persons.
b. It shall be prohibited for any bus, other than a bus operated by the New York City Transit Authority, to operate on a narrow street, unless emergency circumstances necessitate such operation.
c. The penalty for a violation of this section shall be five hundred dollars for the first violation and an additional one hundred dollars for every subsequent violation thereafter.
�2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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