Int 0135-2022

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 19-162.6 to read as follows: � 19-162.6 Permissible parking for expectant mothers experiencing a difficult or complicated pregnancy. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term "difficult or complicated pregnancy" means any pregnancy which results in impaired mobility. b. The commissioner shall issue a parking permit for a vehicle owned or operated by an individual who has been certified by a physician as experiencing a difficult or complicated pregnancy. Such parking permit shall be issued within 30 days of the department receiving an application and shall expire 30 days after the expected delivery date. c. Such parking permit shall only be used for the purpose of parking a vehicle where parking is prohibited by sign or rule or allowing a vehicle to stand where standing is prohibited by sign or rule. d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such parking permit shall not authorize the parking of a vehicle in a bus stop, a taxi-stand, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, a fire zone, a driveway, a crosswalk, a no stopping zone, a no standing zone, or where the vehicle would be double-parked. e. Any misuse of a parking permit, as determined by the commissioner, issued pursuant to this section shall be sufficient cause for revocation of such parking permit. f. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no vehicle bearing a permit issued pursuant to this section may be towed when such vehicle is being used in accordance with the purpose for which such permit was issued, except in public safety emergencies to be determined by the police department. �2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. Session 12 JSA LS #930 3/3/2020 Session 11 JW/ENB LS 5501 LS 6275, 6403/Int. No. 984-2015 1/29/18 2 1