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(a) Compliance with turning restrictions. Whenever a traffic control device regulates any turn or other movement at an intersection or other location, no operator of any vehicle shall disregard the direction of such device, unless directed to do so by a law enforcement officer.
(b) Limitations on turning around.
(1) The operator of any vehicle shall not make a U-turn upon any street in a business district, as defined in § 105 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(2) The operator of a vehicle shall not make a U-turn upon any street outside a business district unless such turn is made without interfering with the right-of-way of any vehicle or pedestrian.
(a) Maximum speed limits and basic rule.
(1) No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour except where official signs indicate a different maximum speed limit.
(2) Where official signs are posted indicating a maximum speed limit, no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than such maximum speed limit.
(3) [Reserved.]
(a) Yield signs. The operator of a vehicle approaching a YIELD or YIELD-RIGHT-OF-WAY sign shall slow to a reasonable speed for existing conditions of traffic and visibility, stopping if necessary, and shall yield the right-of-way to all traffic on the intersecting street which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. Proceeding past such sign with resultant collision or other impediment or interference with traffic on the intersecting street shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of this rule.
(b) Obstruction of traffic.
(1) Traffic lane. No person shall operate a vehicle in a manner which obstructs traffic in lanes specifically designated for the movement of traffic. Such lanes include, but are not limited to, no standing zones and no stopping zones.
(2) Spillback. No operator shall enter an intersection and its crosswalks unless there is sufficient unobstructed space beyond the intersection and its crosswalks in the lane in which he/she is traveling to accommodate the vehicle, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
(c) Restrictions on crossing sidewalks.
(1) Driveways. No person shall drive within any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
(2) Avoiding intersections. No person shall drive across a sidewalk or upon a driveway in order to avoid an intersection.
(3) Bicycles and limited use vehicles.
(i) No person shall ride or operate a bicycle upon any sidewalk area unless permitted by sign. This prohibition shall not apply to the operation of bicycles with wheels of less than 26 inches in diameter upon the sidewalk by children of 12 years or less in age.
(ii) No person shall ride, park or operate a limited use vehicle within any sidewalk area except where permitted by sign. This prohibition shall not apply to the pushing of a limited use vehicle within a sidewalk area or to the pushing of such a vehicle to an authorized parking area.
(d) Restrictions on backing. No person shall back a vehicle into an intersection or over a crosswalk and shall not in any event or at any place back a vehicle unless such movement can be made in safety.
(e) Play streets. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street or play area, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or area between 8 a.m. and one-half hour after sunset, unless other hours are prescribed by signs, except operators of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such restricted area. Any such operator shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street.
(f) Restrictions on learners.
(1) An operator with a learner's permit shall not operate a motor vehicle in any park, on any play street, or along any block in which there is an entrance to a public playground or park.
(2) The licensed operator accompanying an operator with a learner's permit shall not permit such learner to violate paragraph (f)(1), above.
(g) Following emergency vehicles prohibited. The operator of any vehicle other than one on official public business shall not follow any emergency vehicle traveling in response to an emergency call closer than 200 feet, nor drive into nor park such vehicle within the block where such emergency work is in progress.
(h) Driving on divided highways.
(1) Whenever any highway is divided into two or more roadways by an intervening space, physical barrier, or clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway unless directed or permitted to use another roadway by official traffic control devices or law enforcement officers. No vehicle shall be driven over, across or within any such dividing space, barrier or section, except through an opening in such physical barrier or dividing section or space or at a crossover or intersection, as established, unless specifically authorized by public authority.
(2) No vehicle shall make a U-turn on a divided highway, except where permitted by sign or at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
(i) Towing of vehicles on parkways, expressways, drives, highways, interstate routes, thruways, and bridges.
(1) Restrictions. No person shall cause or permit a disabled vehicle to be towed except by a tow truck under permit issued by the commissioner of the Police Department, or by a Police Department tow truck and then only by such tow truck on the main roadway, including the berm or shoulder adjacent to said roadways or entrances and exits of the following parkways, expressways, thruways, and bridges:
Belt Parkway System
Bronx River Parkway
Cross Island Parkway
Grand Central Parkway
Henry Hudson Parkway
Hutchinson River Parkway
Jackie Robinson Parkway
Laurelton Parkway
Mosholu Parkway Extension
Richmond Parkway
Shore Parkway
Southern Parkway
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Bruckner Expressway
Clearview Expressway
Cross Bronx Expressway and Extension
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive
Gowanus Expressway
Harlem River Drive
Long Island Expressway
Major Deegan Expressway
Martin Luther King Expressway
Miller Highway
Nassau Expressway
Northern Boulevard from Astoria Boulevard and Ditmars Boulevard
Entrance to Linden Place Exit
Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway (New England Section)
Prospect Expressway
Route 25A (Elevated Section) from 112th Place to 126th Street
Sheridan Expressway
Staten Island Expressway
Throgs Neck Expressway
Van Wyck Expressway and Extension
West Shore Expressway
Whitestone Expressway
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan Bridge
Queensboro Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge
Alexander Hamilton Bridge
Eastern Boulevard (Bruckner Boulevard) Bridge
Hutchinson River Parkway Extension Bridge
Kosciuszko Bridge
Midtown Highway Bridge
Mill Basin Bridge
Third Avenue Bridge between Manhattan and Bronx
Unionport Bridge
Whitestone Expressway Bridge
Willis Avenue Bridge
(2) Police commissioner may waive requirements. The commissioner of the Police Department in his/her discretion may waive and reimpose the requirement for a permit in the case of any specific bridge, highway, parkway, expressway, drive, interstate route and thruway.
(3) Road service and towing rates. For the purpose of this paragraph, road service shall mean service performed that will enable a vehicle to continue under it's own power.
(i) Road service, all vehicles
(A) Gasoline delivery, not including cost of gas.....$25.00
(B) Removing each flat tire and replacing each with spare tire.....$25.00
(C) Battery charge.....$25.00
(ii) Passenger cars, hoist and tow, per mile and storage fees. Hoist and tow fees, per mile fees, and storage fees for all passenger cars towed pursuant to arterial tow service permits in the City of New York, shall be those provided for such services in subdivisions a and b of 6 RCNY § 2-368.
(iii) Vehicles other than passenger cars
(A) Any vehicle with a maximum gross vehicle weight over 4,500 lbs. and under 10,000 lbs.
(a) Preparation, hoist and tow, including first mile or fraction thereof.....$125.00
(b) Each additional mile.....$5.00
(c) Storage per 24-hour period.....$35.00
(B) Any two axle truck or bus with a maximum gross vehicle weight from 10,000 to 18,000 lbs.
(a) Preparation, hoist and tow, including first mile or fraction thereof.....$175.00
(b) Each additional mile.....$10.00
(c) Use of under-lift.....$50.00
(d) Storage per 24-hour period.....$50.00
(C) Any two axle truck or bus with a maximum gross vehicle weight from 18,000 to 26,000 lbs.
(a) Preparation, hoist and tow, including first mile or fraction thereof.....$250.00
(b) Each additional mile.....$10.00
(c) Use of under-lift.....$50.00
(d) Storage per 24-hour period.....$50.00
(D) Any truck, bus or tractor trailer with a maximum gross vehicle weight above 26,000 lbs.
(a) Preparation, hoist and tow, including first mile or fraction thereof.....$300.00
(b) Each additional mile.....$10.00
(c) Use of under-lift.....$100.00
(d) Storage for tractor, per 24-hour period.....$50.00
(e) Storage for bus or trailer, per 24-hour period.....$75.00
(E) Labor per 1/4 hour per truck or per person or tow operator.....$50.00
Applies only to vehicles over 4,500 lbs. in the following situations: overturned, wedged on guardrails, off-road recovery (embankment) and may apply to jackknifed, wedged under overpass/bridge, or broken/defective axle in which recovery (off-loading or positioning) must be performed prior to actual tow.
(F) Special equipment such as fork lifts, cranes, loading equipment, trailer, tractor, front end loaders and dump trucks will be considered rented equipment. The cost for such equipment will be billed on a daily basis with the approval of the Department.
(G) Tire service. If subcontracting to a tire company is required for on-road service, the tow vehicle must remain on the scene. Billing will be calculated for actual work time at $100.00 per hour. Subcontracting for off-roadway service, no tow truck required to remain on scene: a one-time charge of $55.00.
(j) Yearly and single issue permits for use of roadways.
(1) General information. Vehicles normally prohibited from roadways may be issued yearly or single-use permits by the Department of Transportation upon application in writing. Such permits must be displayed so that they are visible through the windshield. The Commissioner or his/her designee may charge a fee for such permits equal to the cost of administering the permit program.
(2) Eligible groups and vehicles. Yearly permits are available to the following, as well as to any other groups or vehicles specified by the Commissioner or his/her designee:
(i) companies that transport passengers to and from airports;
(ii) commuter and shuttle services;
(iii) ambulettes;
(iv) school bus companies;
(v) buses;
(vi) medical, blood and human service programs;
(vii) not-for-profit groups going to and from special events;
(viii) vehicles that service businesses accessible only by use of parkways; and
(ix) service vehicles that repair and maintain highways and highway facilities.
(3) Authorized roadways. Yearly and single issue permits will be granted only for the following parkways or any other area designated by the Department of Transportation:
(i) Belt Parkway
(ii) Bronx River Parkway
(iii) Cross Island Parkway
(iv) Eastern Parkway
(v) Grand Central Parkway: Between the TriBoro Bridge and the Van Wyck Expressway
(vi) Harlem River Drive
(vii) Henry Hudson Parkway
(viii) Hutchinson River Parkway
(ix) Mosholu Parkway
(x) Pelham Parkway
(xi) Richmond Parkway
(xii) Willowbrook Parkway For reasons of safety, the use of these roadways may be limited.
(4) Duration. Permits are issued for the minimum hours and days essential for the activity. Bus permits are valid only while transporting passengers. Yearly permits are issued on an annual basis on dates determined by the Department of Transportation. These permits are renewable by reapplication in writing to the Department of Transportation. The Commissioner or his/her designee may, at his/her discretion, issue, extend or revoke any permit.
(k) Express lanes.
(1) Restrictions. Wherever signs are erected on highways or bridges giving notice of express lanes, except as otherwise posted, no person shall operate a vehicle other than a vehicle as specified in paragraph (2) of this subdivision, an emergency vehicle as specified in paragraph (4) of this subdivision, or a vehicle classified as an HOV, with or without EZPASS as specified on such sign, within a designated express lane on a highway or bridge during the hours specified on such signs.
(2) Buses and Access-A-Ride vehicles. Vehicles registered as buses in New York State, vehicles registered out-of-state that are equivalent to New York State registered buses, Access-A-Ride vehicles and motorcycles shall be eligible to use express lanes on highways or bridges pursuant to this subdivision.
(3) Taxis and for-hire vehicles. Medallion taxis and for-hire vehicles duly licensed by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission carrying at least one passenger shall be allowed to use express lanes on highways or bridges. Medallion taxis and for-hire vehicles without passengers shall not be allowed to use express lanes on highways or bridges.
(4) Emergency vehicles. Emergency vehicles responding to emergencies shall be allowed to use express lanes on highways or bridges. Emergency vehicles not responding to emergencies shall not be allowed to use express lanes on highways or bridges.
(l) Use of the Grand Central Parkway by certain vehicles. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules to the contrary, single-unit vehicles with no more than three axles and ten tires may operate in both directions on the roadway of the Grand Central Parkway, between the Triborough Bridge and the western leg of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Buses will continue to be prohibited from operating on the Grand Central Parkway without consent.
(m) Use of the Korean War Veterans Parkway by certain vehicles. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules to the contrary, not more than forty-ton motor vehicles commonly classified as construction trucks owned and/or operated by the Department of Environmental Protection of the City of New York, its agents or contractors shall be permitted the use of the Korean War Veterans Parkway during remediation of the Brookfield landfill in Staten Island for the purpose of the remediation of such landfill, provided that such trucks comply with all other provisions of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to 34 RCNY § 4-15.
(n) Mopeds restricted. No moped as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-19(a) is permitted to operate on the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, and Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, or on any limited access highway, or on any bicycle lane or path.
(Amended City Record 4/30/2019, eff. 5/30/2019; amended City Record 1/10/2020, eff. 2/9/2020; amended City Record 12/14/2021, eff. 12/14/2021)
(a) General provisions.
(1) Compliance with rules. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, other than in accordance with authorized signs, pavement markings, or other traffic control devices, unless necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or direction of any law enforcement officer or other person authorized to enforce these rules.
(i) Sign placement. For purposes of this 34 RCNY § 4-08, one authorized regulatory sign anywhere on a block, which is the area of sidewalk between one intersection and the next, shall be sufficient notice of the restriction(s) in effect on that block.
(ii) Pedicabs. No person shall park, stand, or stop a pedicab where a person is prohibited from parking, standing or stopping a vehicle in accordance with these rules.
(2) Stopping prohibited. When stopping is prohibited by signs or rules, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, whether attended or unattended.
(3) Standing prohibited. When standing is prohibited by signs or rules, no person shall stop a vehicle, attended or unattended, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers.
(i) Dedicated use signs. Standing is prohibited when a dedicated use is specified by a sign, including but not limited to the following curb regulations: Commercial Vehicles Only, Truck Loading Only, Taxi Stand, Taxi Relief Stand, Authorized Vehicles Only, NYP License Plates Only, Doctor License Plates Only, For-Hire Vehicles Only, Ambulance Only, Ambulette Only, Medical Facility Only, Bus Layover Only, NYS Road Test Only, Flea Market Loading Only, Farmers Market Only, Waiting Line, Carshare Parking Only, Electric Vehicle Charging Only, Loading Only, Commercial Bicycle Loading Only, Parking Permitted, or Microhub Zone.
(4) Parking prohibited. When parking is prohibited by signs or rules, no person shall stop a vehicle, attended or unattended, except temporarily for the purpose of and while expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers or loading of unloading property to or from the curb.
(5) Vehicles prohibited on berms and shoulders. Stopping, parking or operating a motor vehicle is prohibited on the berm or shoulder adjacent to a parkway or a highway as specified in 34 RCNY § 4-07(i), except for emergency purposes.
(6) Paper or other temporary signs. Any paper or other temporary signs posted by authorized agencies shall supersede all existing posted rules for the days and times specified.
(7) Holiday suspensions of parking rules.
(i) Major legal holidays. Except as provided in subparagraph (ii), of this paragraph, stopping, standing, or parking rules that are indicated on official signs shall be suspended on the days on which the following major legal holidays are officially observed by the City of New York: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. In addition, if New Year's Day, Independence Day or Christmas Day is officially observed on a day other than January 1, July 4 or December 25, respectively, then major legal holiday rules shall be in effect both on the official day of observance and on the traditional day of observance.
(ii) Exception. Parking, standing and stopping rules that are indicated on official signs shall remain in effect on the dates of both official and traditional observance of the above-listed major legal holidays only in areas where signs indicate that parking, standing and stopping rules are in effect seven days a week, provided, however, that the activation of meters that are required by posted sign to be activated seven days a week shall be suspended on major legal holidays pursuant to subparagraph (i).
(iii) Street cleaning rules suspended.
(A) Street cleaning parking rules are suspended on the days listed in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, and on the following holidays: Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension Thursday, Feast of the Assumption, Feast of All Saints, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, first two days of Succoth, Shemini Atzereth, Simchas Torah, Shavuot, Purim, Orthodox Holy Thursday, Orthodox Good Friday, first two and last two days of Passover, Idul-Fitr, Idul-Adha, Asian Lunar New Year, on all state and national holidays, on the following additional legal holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday, President's Day, Columbus Day – observed, Election Day, and Veteran's Day, and on such other days as announced by the Commissioner or his/her designee.
(B) For the purposes of this subparagraph (iii), street cleaning parking rules shall mean those rules (a) on posted signs consisting of the letter "P" with a broom through it or (b) except as otherwise provided in item (D) of this subparagraph, on posted signs containing "No Parking" rules restricting parking on one day per week or on alternate days.
(C) "No Parking" street cleaning rules, located in parking meter zones, are suspended on the days on which street cleaning rules are suspended and on such other days as announced by the Commissioner or his/her designee. Suspension of street cleaning rules does not affect the requirement of activating the meter during the hours that such meter is in effect.
(D) Posted signs restricting parking for a period of six or more consecutive hours on one day per week or on alternate days are not street cleaning parking rules. However, such restrictions are suspended on the days that street cleaning rules are suspended.
(8) Disabled vehicles. A vehicle that becomes disabled must be pushed to the side of the road so that it obstructs traffic as little as possible, and must be removed expeditiously.
(9) Immobilization and towing of illegally parked vehicles.
(i) Time and manner of immobilization. Any illegally parked vehicle found parked at any time upon any public highway in the City may, by or under the direction of any person authorized by the Commissioner, be immobilized in such manner as to prevent its operation, and thereafter may be removed to a tow pound as provided in these rules; provided, however, that no such vehicle shall be immobilized by any means other than by the use of a device or other mechanism which will cause no damage to such vehicle unless such vehicle is moved while such device or mechanism is in place.
(ii) Notice. Notice of immobilization pursuant to this paragraph shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the vehicle. Such notice shall contain:
(A) a warning that any attempt to move the vehicle may result in damage to the vehicle; and
(B) the time, place and manner in which the vehicle may be redeemed.
(iii) Immobilization fee. The registrant of an immobilized vehicle which has not yet been removed to a tow pound pursuant to these rules, or any other person authorized by the registrant of such vehicle, may secure the release of the vehicle upon satisfaction of all parking summonses in judgment, if any, for which the registrant of the immobilized vehicle is liable and payment of an immobilization fee of $185.00.
(iv) Applicable rules. Where a vehicle has been both immobilized and towed, the owner shall be subject to both the immobilization requirements of this paragraph, and all applicable provisions of these rules.
(v) Right to immediate hearing. The registrant, title holder or operator of any vehicle that has been immobilized shall have the right to an immediate hearing during regular business hours at the Parking Violations Bureau in relation to the immobilization.
(vi) Removal fee. The fee for removal of illegally parked vehicles to a tow pound shall be determined in accordance with the following fee schedule. Said fee shall be payable before such vehicles are released.
(A) The removal fee for Regular Towing shall be $185.00 and shall apply to any vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight less than 6,500 pounds, that may be towed through the use of a single tow truck not weighing more than eight tons.
(B) The removal fee for Heavy Duty Towing shall be $370.00 and shall apply to any vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight of 6,500 pounds or greater, and/or requires either more than one tow truck or a single tow truck which weighs in excess of eight tons, in order to be towed.
(vii) Storage fee. In addition to the removal fee set forth in subparagraph (vi) of this paragraph (9), there shall be a storage fee of $20.00 for each day such vehicle remains in the possession of the city, up to and including the day such vehicle is released. Said fee shall be payable before such vehicle is released.
(viii) Vehicles not removed considered abandoned. Any vehicle which is not removed from city property within 10 days following the mailing of a request to remove it shall be deemed to be an abandoned vehicle pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of § 1224 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and shall be disposed of by the Commissioner pursuant to such law. Such request shall be sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the registered owner of the vehicle, at the address contained on the registration of such vehicle.
(ix) Release of vehicle in process of being removed. When a vehicle has been hooked to a tow truck in preparation for removal to a pound but the owner or other person lawfully entitled to possession of such vehicle appears and requests the release of such vehicle before the tow truck is in motion, such vehicle shall be unhooked and released, provided, however, that the person to whom such vehicle is released must execute a binding agreement consenting to pay the vehicle release penalty as set forth in subparagraph (x) of this paragraph (9) within thirty days from the date of such agreement and, in the event of non-payment, to the imposition of additional penalties in accordance with subparagraph (xi) of this paragraph (9); and provided further that such person present a current valid driver's license and either registration for the vehicle, title to the vehicle, insurance identification and keys for the vehicle, a rental agreement and keys for the vehicle in case of a rental vehicle, or company identification and keys for the vehicle in the case of a commercial vehicle.
(x) Vehicle release penalty. The penalty for the release of an illegally parked vehicle under the circumstances permitted by subparagraph (ix) of this paragraph (9) shall be $100.00 for illegally parked vehicles which meet the criteria contained in subparagraph (vi)(A) of this paragraph (9), and $200.00 for illegally parked vehicles which meet the criteria listed in subparagraph (vi)(B) of this paragraph (9). This fee is in addition to any other monetary fine(s) and penalty(ies) permitted by law for the underlying parking violation(s); provided, however, that in no event shall a vehicle release penalty be imposed if the underlying parking violation or, in the case of multiple parking violations, all underlying parking violations, is (are) dismissed by the Parking Violations Bureau.
(xi) Non-payment of vehicle release penalty. The Parking Violations Bureau may, in accordance with law, prescribe additional penalties for non-payment of the vehicle release penalty set forth in subparagraph (x) of this paragraph (9) and enter and enforce default judgements for such vehicle release penalty and additional penalties.
(10) Restricted area. The Parking Violations Bureau shall be authorized to establish a separate fine schedule for violations committed in the restricted area, as defined herein. Such fine schedule may be higher than the fine schedule for violations committed outside the restricted area. As used herein, restricted area shall mean all of Manhattan, south from the north building line on 96th Street but excluding all of Central Park.
(11) Emergency Food Delivery Program. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules, the operator and owner of a vehicle designated by the City of New York and engaged in delivering free meals to a recipient of food pursuant to the emergency food delivery program established in Title 72 of the Rules of the City of New York* shall be exempt from the parking and standing rules of this section while such operator is actually performing a delivery in such program, not to exceed 20 minutes. It shall be an affirmative defense to any summons issued for violation of such rules that the operator of the vehicle to which such summons was issued was engaged in the activity described in this paragraph, upon presentation by such operator of proof of such activity issued by the City of New York, and that such vehicle, at the time of the issuance of such summons, was parked or standing for 20 minutes or less.
* Editor's note: Subsection e. of 72 RCNY § 1-01 provided: "The program provided for in this section will terminate at the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, as determined by Order of the Mayor, or on such other date as determined by the Commissioner of Emergency Management or such other person as may be designated to succeed such Commissioner in managing the program provided for in this section". Executive Order 126, declaring the public health emergency, ended on June 20, 2023.
(b) Violation of posted no stopping rules prohibited. When official signs, markings or traffic-control devices have been posted prohibiting, restricting or limiting the stopping of vehicles, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions posted on such signs, markings or traffic-control devices.
(c) Violation of posted no standing rules prohibited. When official signs, markings or traffic-control devices have been posted prohibiting, restricting or limiting the standing of vehicles, no person shall stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions posted on such signs, markings or traffic-control devices, except as otherwise provided herein:
(1) Taxi stand. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than a taxi in a taxi stand when any such stand has been officially designated and appropriately posted except that the operator of a vehicle may only temporarily stand therein for the purpose of expeditiously receiving and discharging passengers provided such standing does not interfere with any taxi about to enter or leave such zone.
(2) Taxi and/or for hire vehicle relief stand. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than a taxi or for hire vehicle in a relief stand when any such stand has been officially designated and appropriately posted. The operator of a taxi or for hire vehicle may park at such stand for no more than one hour.
(3) Bus stop. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than an authorized bus in its assigned bus stop when any such stop has been officially designated and appropriately posted except that the operator of a vehicle may temporarily stand therein for the purpose of expeditiously receiving and discharging passengers provided such standing does not interfere with any bus about to enter or leave such stop. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, an authorized bus shall not park in an assigned bus stop when such stop has been officially designated and appropriately posted.
(4) Authorized vehicles. Except as provided in paragraph (8) of this subdivision, no person shall stand or park a vehicle that is not specifically authorized by a dedicated use sign defined in 34 RCNY § 4-01 and as provided in Subparagraph (i) of Paragraph (3) of Subdivision (a) of this section.
(5) Hotel loading zone. No person shall stand or park a vehicle in such zone except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers and their personal baggage at hotels.
(6) Commuter van stop. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than a commuter van in a commuter van stop when such a stop has been officially designated and appropriately posted, except that an operator of such other vehicle may temporarily stand therein for the purpose of expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers provided such standing does not interfere with any commuter van about to enter or leave such stop.
(7) For-hire vehicle stand. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than a for-hire vehicle in a for-hire vehicle stand when such a stand has been officially designated and appropriately posted, except that an operator of such other vehicle may temporarily stand therein for the purpose of expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers provided such standing does not interfere with any for-hire vehicle about to enter or leave such stand.
(8) Diplomatic and consular vehicles.
(i) Where a posted sign reads "No Standing Except Vehicles with Consul-C or Diplomat-A&D License Plates D/S Decals Only" or "Authorized Vehicles Only Consul-C Diplomat-A & D License Plates D/S Decals Only", no person may stand or park a vehicle in such area except as follows:
(A) a person may stand or park a vehicle in such area if such vehicle bears "A", "C" or "D" series license plates issued by the U.S. Department of State, such vehicle displays a valid non-transferable service vehicle decal issued by the City of New York that is affixed to the inside of the operator's side of the windshield, and such person is authorized to park or stand in a space in such area by the foreign mission or consulate that has been allocated such space by the Department; or
(B) a person may stand a vehicle temporarily (no more than thirty (30) minutes) in such area for the purpose of and while actually engaged in delivering, loading or unloading for official business if such vehicle bears "A", "C" or "D" series license plates issued by the U.S. Department of State, such vehicle displays a valid non-transferable delivery vehicle decal issued by the City of New York that is affixed to the inside of the operator's side of the windshield, such person is authorized to stand in a space in such area by the foreign mission or consulate that has been allocated such space by the Department, and a delivery is being made to such foreign mission or consulate.
(ii) Where a posted sign reads "No Standing Except Vehicles with Consul-C or Diplomat-A&D License Plates Delivery Decal Required 30 Minute Limit" or "Authorized Vehicles Only Consul & Diplomat License Plates Delivery Decal Required", no person may stand or park a vehicle in such area except a person may stand a vehicle temporarily in such area for the purpose of and while actually engaged in delivering, loading or unloading for official business if such vehicle bears "A", "C" or "D" series license plates issued by the U.S. Department of State and displays a valid non-transferable delivery vehicle decal issued by the City of New York that is affixed to the inside of the operator's side of the windshield.
(9) Parking Permitted. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than on those day(s) and hour(s) specified on the posted sign, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
(10) Loading only zone. During the time specified on the posted authorized sign, no person shall stand or park a vehicle in such zone, except for the purpose of expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers or actively engaging in loading or unloading goods for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries to or from the curb.
(11) Microhub zone. During the time specified on the posted authorized sign, no person shall stand or park a vehicle or device in such zone, except for microhub operators, as defined in paragraph 7 of subdivision (o) of this section, that are permitted to use such zone for the purpose of actively engaging in the transfer of goods, parcels, and/or packages from commercial vehicles to sustainable modes of transportation that deliver such parcels and packages to the final point of delivery or receiver.
(d) Violation of posted no parking rules prohibited. When official signs, markings or traffic control devices have been posted prohibiting, restricting or limiting the parking of vehicles, no person shall park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions posted on such signs, markings or traffic control devices, except as otherwise provided herein:
(1) Street cleaning. No person shall park a vehicle in violation of officially posted street cleaning rules, as defined in subsection (a)(7)(ii) of these rules, unless such rules have been suspended by the Commissioner or his/her designee pursuant to subsection (a)(7) of these rules.
(2) [Reserved.]
(3) No parking except parking permits for people with disabilities (off-street).
(i) No person shall park a vehicle in any off-street parking space designated for use by a parking permit for people with disabilities pursuant to § 1203-c of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, or designated by blue painted lines or markings displaying the international symbol of access unless:
(A) Such person is, or is transporting, a disabled permittee and displays a state special vehicle identification permit issued by the NYS Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or
(B) Such vehicle is registered in accordance with § 404-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and is being used for the transportation of disabled persons, or
(C) Such vehicle displays a special license plate or parking permit issued by any governmental entity subject to the laws of the United States, or a foreign country for the purpose of granting special parking privileges to people with disabilities.
(ii) License plates or parking permits issued to people with disabilities by New York State or by any other state, district, territory or other governmental entity or foreign country shall be valid only in designated off-street parking areas. They are not valid in on-street parking areas.
(4) Official markings. When markings upon the pavement of a roadway designate a parking space, no person shall stand or park a vehicle in such designated parking space so that any part of the vehicle occupies more than one space or protrudes beyond the markings designating such a space, except that a vehicle which is of a size too large to be parked within a single designated parking space shall be parked with the front bumper at the front of the space with the rear of the vehicle extending as little as possible into the adjoining space to the rear, or vice-versa. Notwithstanding the above, no vehicle that is too long and/or too wide to be parked within a single designated parking space shall be parked in such a space which is designated for angle parking.
(e) General no stopping zones (stopping, standing and parking prohibited in specified places). No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any of the following places, unless otherwise indicated by posted signs, markings or other traffic control devices, or at the direction of a law enforcement officer, or as otherwise provided in this subdivision:
(1) Traffic lanes. In any lane intended for the free movement of vehicles, except a lane immediately adjacent to the curb, unless such lane is designated by signs as a traffic lane, and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (f), paragraph (1) below. In no instance shall a vehicle extend more than 8 feet from the nearest curb.
(2) Hydrants. Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, unless otherwise indicated by signs, or parking meters, except that during the period from sunrise to sunset if standing is not otherwise prohibited, the operator of a passenger car may stand the vehicle alongside a fire hydrant provided that the operator remains in the operator's seat ready for immediate operation of the vehicle at all times and starts the motor of the car on hearing the approach of fire apparatus, and provided further, that the operator shall immediately remove the car from alongside the fire hydrant when instructed to do so by any member of the police, fire, or other municipal department acting in his/her official capacity.
(3) Sidewalks. On a sidewalk.
(4) Intersections. Within an intersection, except on the side of a roadway opposite a street which intersects but does not cross such roadway and except as provided in paragraph (5), below.
(5) Crosswalks. In a crosswalk.
(6) Street excavations. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct any traffic lane.
(7) Tunnels and elevated roadways. Within a highway tunnel or upon an elevated or controlled access roadway when all lanes are normally available for moving traffic.
(8) Divided highways. Parking, standing and stopping are prohibited alongside the median dividing a highway into two or more separate roadways. However, alongside the medians of certain segments of such divided highways, the department may post signs restricting parking, standing and stopping alongside the medians of such segments only on specified days and/or hours. Wherever such signs are so posted on a segment of a divided highway, parking, standing and stopping are permitted alongside the median of such segment on the days and/or hours when parking, standing and stopping are not specifically prohibited by such signs. On segments of such highway where such signs are not posted, parking, standing and stopping alongside the median are prohibited at all times. For the purposes of this paragraph, a segment of a divided highway is the area of such highway between adjacent intersections.
(9) Bicycle lanes. Within a designated bicycle lane.
(11) Major roadways. On the improved or paved roadway of any of the arteries set forth in 34 RCNY § 4-07(i), or on improved or paved roadways in a park or in parks, for the purpose of removing or replacing a flat tire, unless permitted by posted signs. For the purposes of this rule, a vehicle is considered to be on the improved or paved roadway unless the vehicle is completely off such roadway.
(12) Obstructing traffic at intersection. When vehicular traffic is stopped on the opposite side of an intersection, no person shall drive a vehicle into such intersection, except when making a turn, unless there is adequate space on the opposite side of the intersection to accommodate the vehicle the person is driving, notwithstanding the indication of a traffic control signal which would permit the person to proceed.
(f) General no standing zones (standing and parking prohibited in specified places). No person shall stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places, unless otherwise indicated by posted signs, markings or other traffic control devices, or at the direction of a law enforcement officer:
(1) Double parking. On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped, standing, or parked at the curb, except a person may stand a commercial vehicle alongside a vehicle parked at the curb at such locations and during such hours that stopping, standing, or parking is not prohibited, for no more than 20 minutes, while actively engaged in loading or unloading goods, tools, materials, or other items for the purpose of making pickups, deliveries or service calls, provided that there is no unoccupied parking space or designated loading zone on the same side of the street within the same block that can be used for such standing, and provided further that such standing is in compliance with the provisions of §1102 of the State Vehicle and Traffic Law. A person may stand a commercial vehicle along the roadway side of a bicycle lane provided all other conditions of this paragraph are met. No person shall double park a commercial vehicle when it blocks the only lane of travel in the same direction. No person shall stand, stop or park a vehicle on a street at any time in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave fewer than 10 feet of roadway width available for the free movement of vehicular traffic. No person may stand a commercial vehicle in or along the roadway side of a bus lane, unless otherwise indicated by posted signs, markings or other traffic control devices, or at the direction of a law enforcement officer or other person authorized to enforce this rule.
(2) Driveways. In front of a public or private driveway, except that it shall be permissible for the owner, lessor or lessee of the lot accessed by a private driveway to park a passenger vehicle registered to him/her at that address in front of such driveway, provided that such lot does not contain more than two dwelling units and further provided that such parking does not violate any other provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or local law or rule concerning the parking, stopping or standing of motor vehicles. The prohibition herein shall not apply to driveways that have been rendered unusable due to the presence of a building or other fixed obstruction and, therefore, are not being used as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-01(b).
(3) Parks. In any park between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, except at places designated or maintained for the parking of vehicles.
(4) Bus lane. In any lane designated for the exclusive use of buses.
(5) Railroad crossings. Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(6) Safety zones. In a safety zone, between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone.
(7) Pedestrian ramps. Alongside or in a manner which obstructs a curb area which has been cut down, lowered or otherwise constructed or altered to provide access for persons with disabilities at a marked or unmarked crosswalk as defined in subdivision (b) of 34 RCNY § 4-01. A person may stop, stand or park a vehicle alongside or in a manner which obstructs a pedestrian ramp not located within such crosswalk, unless otherwise prohibited.
(g) General no parking zones (parking prohibited in certain places). No person shall park a vehicle in any of the following places, unless otherwise indicated by posted signs, markings or other traffic control devices:
(1) Emergency sites. Within a block where emergency work is in progress, except that the operator of any vehicle on official public business related to the emergency may park such vehicle at such sites.
(3) Marginal street and waterfronts. On a marginal street or waterfront, as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-01(b).
(h) On-street and off-street metered zones.
(1) Purchasing of parking time. No person shall park a vehicle, whether attended or not, in any parking space controlled by a parking meter:
(i) Without first purchasing the amount of parking time desired from a parking meter, or from a valid electronic communication device as described in this section. This provision shall not apply to the time necessary to park the vehicle or activate the parking meter or any other authorized grace period.
(ii) Without displaying a payment receipt on the vehicle's dashboard or in a visible and secure place on a motorcycle, where such requirement is indicated by posted signs, unless such parking time was purchased through an authorized electronic communication device or a Pay-by-plate parking meter as described in this section.
(iii) In excess of the amount of time indicated on the payment receipt, electronic communication device, or on posted signs.
(2) Authorized payment methods; counterfeits prohibited.
(i) Authorized payment methods. Parking meters must be activated by the insertion of coin(s) of United States currency, or by the insertion of an electronic debit card, credit card, Department issued parking card or other authorized method of payment as described in this section or by entry of license plate information or other credential for proper registration of payment. Parking at an on-street or off-street parking space controlled by a parking meter may also be paid for by an authorized electronic communication device as approved by the Department as described in paragraph (3) of this subdivision.
(ii) No person shall deposit or attempt to deposit any slug, button, or any other unauthorized device or substance as a substitute for coins of United States currency in any parking meter.
(iii) No person shall purchase a parking meter receipt from anywhere other than a parking meter.
(3) Electronic communication device payments.
(i) Despite any provision herein, any person may park at an on-street or off-street parking space controlled by a parking meter by making payment via an electronic communication device as approved by the Department.
(ii) The Department may designate locations containing on-street or off-street parking spaces controlled by a parking meter as locations where payment by an electronic communication device shall be permitted.
(A) The Department shall designate each location by the posting of a sign.
(B) A person wishing to purchase parking time via an authorized electronic communication device at a designated location may do so via the authorized mobile payment for parking application by entering the applicable zone number for the side of the block where the vehicle will be parked if the vehicle is parked in an on-street parking zone or the posted zone sign if a vehicle is parked in an off-street parking field.
(4) Transferability of parking meter time. Parking time may only be utilized on the blockface for which it was purchased. Transfer of parking time between blockfaces is prohibited.
(5) Parking at broken or missing parking meters. If all parking meters in a parking field or on a blockface are missing or broken, a person shall be allowed to park in such parking field or on such blockface up to the maximum amount of time otherwise lawfully permitted by such parking meters in such parking field or blockface.
(6) Restrictions and limitations. The provisions of this subdivision (h) shall not relieve any person of the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting, restricting, or limiting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(7) Displaying, selling or offering merchandise for sale prohibited. No peddler or vendor shall park a vehicle at a metered parking space for purposes of displaying, selling, storing or offering merchandise for sale from the vehicle.
(8) Parking by disabled persons permitted. Rules pertaining to the use of parking meter zones shall not apply to vehicles operated by disabled persons duly displaying New York City special parking identification permits issued by the Department of Transportation pursuant to 34 RCNY § 4-08(o), other than at those periods of time when no standing and no stopping restrictions are in effect in the metered zones.
(i) Municipal off-street parking facilities.
(1) Parking fees. No person shall park a vehicle without paying the appropriate fee in accordance with authorized fee schedules posted on the facility.
(2) Hours of operation. No person shall park a vehicle before the opening hour or after the closing hour, as specified on authorized signs.
(3) Parking Meters. No person shall park a vehicle, whether attended or not, in any parking space controlled by a parking meter:
(i) Without first purchasing the amount of parking time desired from a parking meter or from a valid electronic communication device as described in this section. This provision shall not apply to the time necessary to park the vehicle or activate the parking meter or any other authorized grace period.
(ii) Without displaying a payment receipt on the vehicle's dashboard or in a visible and secure place on a motorcycle, where such requirement is indicated by posted signs, unless such parking time was purchased through an authorized electronic communication device or Pay-by-plate parking meter as described in this section.
(iii) In excess of the amount of time indicated on the payment receipt, electronic communication device, or on posted signs.
(iv) Unless a permitted carshare vehicle is parked in a carshare parking space.
(4) Parking in a dangerous manner. No person shall park a vehicle in a manner that will endanger any person or property.
(5) Operator responsible for loss. The operator enters the facility at his/her own risk and the City of New York shall not be responsible for any injury or loss due to fire, theft, accident, or other causes.
(6) Angle parking. No vehicle that is too long and/or too wide to be parked within a single designated parking space shall be parked in such a space which is designated for angle parking.
(j) Standing or parking vehicles that violate registration and inspection rules are covered or have the VIN obscured.
(1) Vehicles must be properly registered. No person shall stand or park a vehicle bearing a New York license plate or plates unless it is properly registered in accordance with the laws and rules of New York.
(2) Valid plates must be properly displayed. No person shall stand or park a vehicle required to bear a license plate unless such vehicle properly displays the current plate or plates issued to it. For the purposes of this paragraph (j)(2), New York plates shall not be deemed properly displayed unless they are conspicuously displayed, one on the front and one on the rear of the vehicle, each securely fastened so as to prevent the same from swinging and placed, whenever reasonably possible, not higher than 48 inches and not lower than 12 inches from the ground, and they are kept clean and in a condition so as to be readable and shall not be covered by glass or any plastic material, and the view thereof shall not be obstructed by any part of the vehicle or by anything carried thereon, except for a receiver-transmitter issued by a publicly owned tolling facility in connection with electronic toll collection when such receiver-transmitter is affixed to the exterior of a vehicle in accordance with mounting instructions provided by the tolling facility. New York dealer or transporter plates issued pursuant to § 415 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law shall be deemed properly displayed if the one plate issued is placed on the rear of the vehicle as described above. New York motorcycle plates and plates from other states shall be deemed properly displayed if at least one plate is fastened on the rear of the vehicle.
(3) Vehicles must display valid registration sticker. No person shall stand or park a vehicle bearing a New York plate or plates unless it properly displays a current registration sticker.
(4) Improper stickers prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle bearing a New York plate or plates displaying an expired, mutilated, void, imitation, counterfeit or inappropriate New York registration sticker.
(5) Registration plates, stickers, and tags must match. No person shall stand or park a vehicle bearing registration plates, stickers, and tags that do not match as to information contained thereon.
(6) Vehicles must display valid inspection sticker. No person shall stand or park a vehicle bearing New York plates unless it is properly inspected and properly displays a current inspection sticker or certificate, in accordance with § 306(b) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law unless it bears New York dealer or transporter plates pursuant to § 415 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(7) Improper inspection stickers prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle bearing New York plates displaying any mutilated, imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of inspection.
(8) Vehicle covers prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle having a cover on it that obscures the make, color, vehicle identification number (VIN), license plates and/or registration and inspection stickers, and/or restricts entry to the vehicle, if such vehicle is standing or parked in violation of posted rules.
(9) Obscuring VIN prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle that has the vehicle identification number obscured in any manner.
(k) Special rules for commercial vehicles.
(1) Parking of unaltered commercial vehicles prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle with commercial plates in any location unless it has been permanently altered with all seats and rear seat fittings, except the front seats, removed, except that for vehicles designed with a passenger cab and a cargo area separated by a partition, the seating capacity within the cab shall not be considered in determining whether the vehicle is properly altered, and has the name and address of the owner as shown on the registration certificate plainly marked on both sides of the vehicle in letters and numerals not less than three inches in height, in compliance with § 10-127 of the Administrative Code and is also in compliance with paragraph (i) of the definition of commercial vehicle as set forth in 34 RCNY § 4-01.
(2) No standing except trucks loading and unloading. Where a posted sign reads "No Standing Except Trucks Loading and Unloading" or "Truck Loading Only", no vehicle except a commercial vehicle or a service vehicle as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-01(b), may stand or park in that area, for the purpose of expeditiously making pickups, deliveries or service calls, and except that in the area from 35th St. to 41st St., Avenue of the Americas to 8th Avenue, inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., no vehicle except a truck as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-13(a)(1) may stand or park for the purpose of expeditiously making pickups, deliveries, or service calls.
(3) Angle standing or parking of commercial vehicles. Commercial vehicles standing or parking in authorized areas shall not be placed at an angle to the curb unless such positioning is essential for loading or unloading and then only for such period of time actually required for such purposes provided that a sufficient space shall be left clear for the passage of a vehicle between the angle-parked vehicle and the center of the street, the opposite curb or a vehicle parked or standing thereat, whichever is closest. In no event shall an angle-parked vehicle occupy more than a parking lane, plus one traffic lane.
(4) Parking of trailers.
(i) No person shall park any trailer or semi-trailer on any street or arterial highway, except while loading or unloading at off-street platforms, unless such trailer or semi-trailer is attached to a motor vehicle capable of towing it.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (i) above, where posted signs permit, a trailer or semi-trailer may park while unattached to a motor vehicle capable of towing it on streets in industrial zoned property as defined in the Zoning Resolution. Such trailers or semi-trailers may park for the length of time indicated on the posted signs. An owner of a trailer or semi-trailer parked pursuant to this provision shall protect the streets from damage that may be caused by parking the unattached trailer. All doors located on such trailers or semi-trailers must be locked while the trailers are parked.
(5) Street storage of commercial vehicles prohibited. When parking is not otherwise restricted, no person shall park a commercial vehicle in any area, including a residential area, in excess of three hours.
(6) Nighttime parking of commercial vehicles prohibited. No person shall park a commercial vehicle on a residential street, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Where a commercial vehicle is parked in violation of this paragraph, it shall be an affirmative defense to said violation, with the burden of proof on the person who received the summons, that he or she was actively engaged in business at the time the summons was issued at a premises located within three city blocks of where the summons was issued. This paragraph shall not apply to vehicles owned or operated by gas or oil heat suppliers or gas or oil heat systems maintenance companies, the agents or employees thereof, or any public utility.
(7) Vehicles equipped with platform lifts. Commercial vehicles may not be parked on any city street with a platform lift set in a lowered position while the vehicle is unattended.
(l) Midtown and other special zones.
(1) [Reserved.]
(2) Special midtown rule: method of parking. Except where otherwise restricted, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily, except Sundays, from 14th to 60th Streets, 1st to 12th Avenues, all inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan, no operator of a commercial vehicle shall stop, stand, or park in any of the streets herein designated, other than parallel and no more than 12 inches from the curb, and in a way that such vehicle will not occupy more than 10 feet of roadway space from the nearest curb, and in no case shall any such vehicle be backed in at an angle to the curb.
(3) Special midtown rule: standing time limit.
(i) Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., daily except Sundays, from 14th to 60th Streets, 1st to 12th Avenues, all inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan no operator shall stand a commercial vehicle in any one block of streets herein designated for a period of more than three hours unless otherwise posted. A commercial vehicle not actively engaged in loading or unloading goods, tools, materials, or other items for the purpose of pickups, deliveries or service calls is deemed to constitute a parked vehicle subject to parking rules applicable to that particular location.
(ii) Commercial parking meter area. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, where signs are posted regulating the use of the curb by commercial vehicles it shall be unlawful to stand a vehicle in any space on a block unless such vehicle is a "commercial vehicle" as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-01(b)(i) or a vehicle with a valid "combination" registration from another state, and unless such space is controlled by a parking meter. The maximum time for such metered parking on a single block shall be a total of three hours, unless otherwise indicated by a posted sign. The provisions of subdivision (h) of this section shall apply to commercial vehicles parked at a parking meter pursuant to this paragraph.
(4) Parking in garment district restricted to trucks. Notwithstanding any provisions of these rules to the contrary, no vehicles except trucks and vans bearing commercial plates shall stand at the curb for the purpose of expeditiously loading and unloading between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily, including Sundays, from 35th Street to 41st Street, between Avenue of the Americas and 8th Avenue, all inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan. For the purpose of this paragraph (4), passenger vehicles, or station wagons bearing commercial plates shall not be deemed trucks or vans.
(5) Parking restricted in limited truck zones. No operator of truck shall stop, stand or park his/her vehicle upon any streets designated as "Limited Truck Zones," except for the purpose of making a delivery, loading or servicing within said zone, and except as otherwise provided in 34 RCNY § 4-13(d)(3).
(6) Special Lower Manhattan Area Rule: standing time limit. Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., daily, on any street south of Houston Street, from the East River to the Hudson River, in the Borough of Manhattan:
(i) An operator must not stand or park a bus on any one block of streets, including where a space on that block is regulated by a parking meter, for more than three hours unless otherwise posted.
(ii) Where a space is regulated by a parking meter and signs are posted restricting the use of the curb to buses, it is unlawful to stand or park any vehicle at that regulated space unless the vehicle is a bus. The provisions of subdivision (h) of this section shall apply to buses parked at such a parking meter.
(iii) Where a parking sign designates a regulated space as "No Standing/Parking Except Authorized Buses" or " Buses With Permit Only":
(A) It is unlawful to stand or park any vehicle at that regulated space unless the vehicle is a bus and the operator has first obtained a permit from the Department according to paragraph (4) of subdivision (o) of this section.
(B) Where that space is also regulated by a parking meter, the provisions of subdivision (h) of this section shall apply to permitted buses parked at such a parking meter.
(iv) A bus not being used for the expeditious pickup and drop off of passengers is deemed to constitute a parked vehicle subject to parking rules applicable to that particular location.
(m) Additional parking rules.
(1) Wrong way parking prohibited. Except where angle parking is authorized, every vehicle stopped, standing, or parked partly upon a roadway shall be so stopped, standing or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway. On a one-way roadway such vehicle shall be facing in the direction of authorized traffic movement; on a two-way roadway such vehicle shall be facing in the direction of authorized traffic movement on that portion of the roadway on which the vehicle rests.
(2) Angle standing or parking. No person shall place a vehicle at an angle to the curb, except when such angle placement is authorized by these rules or by signs or markings. Notwithstanding the above, no vehicle that is too long and/or too wide to be parked within a single designated parking space shall be parked in such a space which is designated for angle parking.
(3) Angle parking of motorcycles, motor scooters and mopeds. A person shall be permitted to park a motorcycle, motor scooter or moped at an angle to the curb at times and at places when and where parking is permitted but only in such manner that at least one wheel shall touch the curb. In no event shall any portion of the motorcycle, motor scooter or moped be more than 6 feet from the curb.
(4) Parking of 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," "OP" or "DDS" New York registration plates, on a roadway adjacent to hospitals or clinics for a period not to exceed three hours. For the purposes of this paragraph, only those portions of a roadway corresponding to the shaded areas on the diagrams below shall be considered adjacent to a hospital or clinic. 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" or "OP" New York registration plates, for a period not to exceed one hour while actually attending to a patient in the immediate vicinity.
(5) Bus parking on streets prohibited. No person shall park a bus at any time on any street within the City of New York, unless authorized by signs, except that a charter bus may park where parking is otherwise permitted at its point of origin or destination. No operator of a bus shall make a bus layover, except as otherwise provided in 34 RCNY § 4-10(c). Notwithstanding any local law or rule to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, it shall be permissible for a school bus owned, used or hired by a public or nonpublic school to park at any time, including overnight, upon any street or roadway, provided said bus occupies a parking spot in front of and within the building lines of the premises of the public or nonpublic school.
(6) Time limits. Where signs are erected specifying time limits on standing or parking, no person shall stand or park any vehicle in excess of the time so prescribed.
(7) Emergency ambulance service vehicles. The operator of an ambulance, as defined in section 100-b of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, while awaiting an emergency call, may park at meters, truck loading and unloading zones, and "NO PARKING" areas not specifically designated for other vehicles. (i.e. authorized zones).
(8) Street storage of boat trailers, mobile homes and mobile medical diagnostic vehicles prohibited. No person shall park any boat trailer (with or without a boat attached), mobile home or mobile medical diagnostic vehicle in any area, on any street, in excess of 24 hours.
(9) Street storage of vehicles prohibited. When parking is not otherwise restricted, no person shall park any vehicle in any area, including a residential area, in excess of seven consecutive days.
(n) Special restrictions on parking.
(1) Parking for sales purposes prohibited. No person regularly engaged in the sale of vehicles shall park a vehicle upon any roadway or off-street parking facility for the principal purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale.
(2) Parking for certain purposes prohibited. No person regularly engaged in the repair of vehicles shall park a vehicle upon any roadway or off-street parking facility for the principal purpose of washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(3) Parking for the purposes of commercial advertising prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle on any street or roadway for the purpose of commercial advertising, as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-12(j)(1), except as otherwise provided in that section.
(4) Peddlers, vendors and hawkers restricted. No peddler, vendor, hawker, or huckster shall permit his car, wagon, or vehicle to stand on any street when stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited or on any street within 25 feet of any corner of the curb or to stand at any time on any sidewalk or within 500 feet of any public market or within 200 feet of any public or private school.
(5) Unattended motor vehicles. No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the vehicle, and effectively setting the brake provided, however, the provision for removing the key from the vehicle shall not require the removal of keys hidden from sight about the vehicle for convenience or emergency.
(6) Moving parked vehicle. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his/her control into any position where stopping, standing, or parking would be unlawful.
(7) Unofficial reserving of parking space. It shall be unlawful for any person to reserve or attempt to reserve a parking space, or prevent any vehicle from parking on a public street through his/her presence in the roadway, the use of hand-signals, or by placing any box, can, crate, handcart, dolly or any other device, including unauthorized pavement, curb or street markings or signs in the roadway.
(8) Vehicles must have proper equipment. No person shall stand or park a motor vehicle, motorcycle or limited use vehicle on any street at any time unless it is equipped with head lamps, rear lamps, reflectors and any other equipment required by any provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(o) Permits. For purposes of this section, a "permit" is the authorization granted by the Department to qualified individuals for special parking privileges as set forth in this subdivision. At the discretion of the Department, a permit may be represented by a permit card inscribed with information that describes the specific parking privileges it authorizes.
(1) Permits for people with disabilities.
(i) Authorized parking areas. An operator of a vehicle bearing a valid New York City Special Parking Identification permit may park:
(A) in any "No Parking" zone,
(B) in any authorized vehicle zone, except in carshare parking space(s), electric vehicle charging station(s), and microhub zone(s),
(C) at parking meters without using an authorized payment method, and
(D) in "No Standing Except Trucks Loading and Unloading" or "Truck Loading Only" zones.
Such special parking permit shall be displayed so that it is visible through the windshield.
(ii) Prohibited parking areas. Such special parking identification permits do not authorize parking:
(A) in a bus stop,
(B) in a taxi-stand,
(C) within 15 feet of a fire hydrant,
(D) in a fire zone,
(E) in a driveway,
(F) in a crosswalk,
(G) in a no stopping zone,
(H) in a no standing zone,
(I) double parking,
(J) in carshare parking space(s),
(K) in any "Ambulette", "Ambulance", "Access-A-Ride", "Medical Facility" zone or combination thereof,
(L) in a For-Hire-Vehicle stand,
(M) in electric vehicle charging station(s); or
(N) in a microhub zone.
(iii) Issuance of permits. The Special Parking Identification permit shall be issued by the Commissioner or his/her designee to a New York City resident certified by the Department of Health or a provider designated by the Department or the Department of Health, who shall make such certification in accordance with standards and guidelines prescribed by the Department of Health, as having a permanent disability seriously impairing mobility, who requires the use of a private automobile for transportation and to a non-resident similarly certified who requires the use of a private automobile for transportation to a school in which such applicant is enrolled or to a place of employment. A permit shall also be issued to such person upon application made on such person's behalf by a parent, spouse, domestic partner as defined in New York City Administrative Code § 1-112(21), guardian, or other individual having legal responsibility for the administration of such person's day to day affairs. The permit may include no more than ten (10) license plate numbers for the vehicle(s) which will be used to transport the permittee. Upon application for a permit, applicant shall submit to the department a copy of the vehicle registration for each license plate which will be registered on the permit. Any vehicle displaying such a permit shall be used exclusively in connection with parking a vehicle in which the person to whom it has been issued is being transported or will be transported within a reasonable period of time.
(iv) Replacement permits. In case of a lost or stolen permit, the permittee must, upon request for a replacement, submit to the department a copy of a valid police report. In case of a stolen vehicle which is registered on the permit, permittee must submit to the department a copy of a valid police report. In the event a vehicle registered on the permit is unable to be used as a result of an accident or mechanical defect, a substitution of plates will be permitted only if the permittee has three or fewer plates registered on the permit. The permittee must provide proof to the department of the inability to use the vehicle. If the permittee has four or more plates registered on the permit, no temporary substitution will be allowed.
(v) Revocation or Suspension. Any abuse by any person of any privilege, benefit or consideration granted by such permit, will be sufficient cause for revocation or suspension of said permit.
(A) If the Department determines that a permit holder has abused a permit, the Department will issue a notice of intent to revoke or suspend the permit. The Department will send such notice to the permit holder by mail, and the notice will state the grounds for the proposed revocation or suspension. The notice will also inform the permit holder that he or she has an opportunity to be heard, either in-person or by teleconference.
(B) Grounds for suspension or revocation shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(1) Use of the permit that does not meet the requirements of Section 2903(15)(a) of the Charter, which states: "Any vehicle displaying such permit shall be used exclusively in connection with parking a vehicle in which the person to whom it has been issued is being transported or will be transported within a reasonable period of time."
(2) Transfer of the permit, copying of the original permit, use of a copied permit, or refusal to return an expired permit after receipt of a new permit.
(C) If the permit holder wants an opportunity to be heard, the permit holder must submit a request to the Department in writing. The Department must receive such request within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the Department's notice. If the Department does not receive a written request for an opportunity to be heard within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the Department's notice, the Department will revoke or suspend the permit.
(D) If the permit holder submits a timely written request for an opportunity to be heard, the Department will schedule such opportunity to take place no later than thirty (30) calendar days from the date that the Department receives the permit holder's request. The Department will notify the permit holder of the date of the opportunity to be heard by mail.
(E) The permit holder may make a written request to receive copies of the evidence used by the Department in its decision making. Such request must be received by the Department at least fourteen (14) calendar days in advance of the date of the opportunity to be heard. The Department will provide a copy of the evidence in the manner requested by the permit holder (e.g. mail, email, or in-person) no later than seven (7) days prior to the date of the opportunity to be heard.
(F) Requests for rescheduling, by either the permit holder or the Department, of the opportunity to be heard must be received by the other party at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the originally scheduled date. If the request for rescheduling is agreed upon by both the permit holder and the Department, a new date will be scheduled within fourteen (14) days of the original date as agreed upon by the permit holder and Department.
(G) The opportunity to be heard will be conducted by a designee of the Commissioner. The designee will (1) review the Department's decision to issue the notice of intent to revoke or suspend the permit, and (2) provide an opportunity for the permit holder to present reasons and evidence why the revocation or suspension is not warranted. The designee will issue findings of fact and a recommendation following the opportunity to be heard.
(H) Within thirty (30) days of the opportunity to be heard, the Commissioner, or his or her designee, other than the designee who conducted the opportunity to be heard and issued the recommendation, will issue a final decision. The final decision will include such findings of fact and recommendation of the person who conducted the opportunity to be heard and will accept, reject or modify that recommendation. The Department will send the final decision to the permit holder via mail within five (5) calendar days. The final decision will constitute a final agency determination.
(2) Municipal parking permit. A municipal parking permit licenses the permittee to park one automobile at the permittee's risk in the area designated by signs. Fees charged are for the use of a parking space in the designated facility only. Only a license to park is granted by this permit and no bailment is created. The Department of Transportation assumes no responsibility for loss due to fire, theft, collision or otherwise to the car or its contents.
(i) A municipal parking permit must be displayed when parked in authorized spaces, and in such a manner that the permit is visible through the left side of the windshield. If the vehicle is part of the carshare program, it must follow the permit display requirements of such program.
(ii) Except for a permitted carshare vehicle, a municipal parking permit is to be displayed only on vehicles bearing license plate numbers on file at the Department's Bureau of Parking. For license plate changes one must complete and submit the appropriate form found on DOT's website.
(iii) A municipal parking permit is to be displayed only when a vehicle is parked in areas reserved for use of this permit.
(iv) Failure to comply with the above regulations may result in a summons.
(3) Agency-Authorized permits for parking in contradiction to rules on City streets. Agency-Authorized permits are issued by the Department of Transportation or any other agency authorized by the Department. Permits may be issued to non-profit organizations for certain essential purposes such as medical services, blood delivery and human services programs and to governmental agencies and officials for governmental purposes. Permits may be issued when the vehicle is essential to the performance of organizational functions. Such permits shall be displayed in a place where it is visible through the vehicle's windshield only when a vehicle is parked in areas specified on the permit or electronically linked to the permit unless the permit is affixed to the vehicle by the department or an agency authorized by the department.
(i) Parking permitted. Parking with agency-authorized permits and the display of a permit in the windshield of a vehicle or, where applicable, a permit affixed to the vehicle by the department is permitted in areas specified on or electronically linked to the permit and may include some or all of the following:
(A) Parking meters,
(B) Truck loading and unloading zones,
(C) Authorized vehicle zones, when the organization or agency named on the permit is indicated on the signs, and
(D) "No Parking" areas.
(ii) Parking not permitted. Parking with and display of agency-authorized permits in the windshield of a vehicle or, where applicable, a permit affixed to the vehicle by the department or any agency authorized by the department is not permitted at:
(A) "No Standing" areas,
(B) "No Stopping" areas,
(C) Fire hydrants,
(D) Bus stops,
(E) Areas on the roadway side of a vehicle stopped, standing, or parked at the curb (i.e., Double parking),
(F) Driveways,
(G) Bridges and highways,
(H) Areas where a traffic hazard would be created,
(I) Carshare parking space(s),
(J) Loading Only zones,
(K) “Commercial Bicycle Loading Only” zones,
(L) Microhub zones.
(iii) Duration. Agency-authorized permits are issued for the minimum hours and days essential for the activity. Such permits are issued on an annual basis on dates determined by the Department of Transportation.
(iv) Misuse and fraudulent use of parking permits. A violation of this subparagraph (iv) will be issued in addition to any other violation issued for parking in contravention of posted signs or written regulations. It shall be unlawful:
(A) to display an agency-authorized permit in the windshield of a vehicle or, where applicable, a permit affixed to the vehicle by the department or any agency authorized by the department and park with the intent to avoid compliance with posted signs or written regulations. In any proceeding relating to the violation of this provision such intent shall be implied where:
1. the permit displayed in the windshield of the vehicle or, where applicable, the permit affixed to the vehicle by the department or any agency authorized by the department does not authorize parking in such space in contravention of posted signs or written regulation.
2. the permit is displayed on a vehicle other than the one described in the permit.
3. the permit displayed in the windshield of the vehicle is copied, altered, or displayed in a manner that obscures the locations to which it applies.
4. the permit displayed in the windshield of the vehicle or where applicable the permit affixed to the vehicle by the department or any agency authorized by the department is expired, suspended or revoked.
(B) to display a fraudulent parking permit in the windshield of a vehicle and park in contravention of posted signs or written regulations. For the purposes of this section, a fraudulent parking permit may be a counterfeit of a Department-issued permit, resemble an official Department permit or contain language falsely purporting to authorize parking in areas restricted by posted signs or written regulations.
(v) Revocation of an agency-authorized permit. The Commissioner or their designee may, at their discretion, revoke or suspend agency-authorized permits.
(A) Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein prior to revocation or suspension the permit holder will be notified of the proposed suspension or revocation and the grounds and may appeal such determination in accordance with item (B) within 15 days after the date set forth in such notice. If no appeal is filed within such 15 day period such revocation or suspension shall be effective upon the conclusion of the time for appeal. If an appeal is filed within such 15 day period such revocation or suspension shall be effective upon notice of the determination of the appeal unless such determination is in favor of the permittee. Notwithstanding the foregoing where the Commissioner finds that the continued use of an agency-authorized permit is a danger to public safety, such revocation or suspension shall be effective immediately upon the date of notice of the suspension or revocation of such permit. Grounds for revocation or suspension will include:
1. Three or more violations of this Subdivision (o);
2. Any violation of Administrative Code § 19-166; or
3. Unpaid parking or traffic violations associated with the license plate or individual permit holder in excess of $350.
(B) Appeal. A permit holder may appeal the determination to revoke or suspend an agency-authorized permit in writing within fifteen (15) days after the date of a notice provided in accordance with item (A) in the manner described in such notice. The Department will respond to the appeal within sixty (60) days except that where the revocation or suspension was effective immediately upon the date of such notice the Department shall respond to such appeal within fifteen (15) days.
(vi) Refusal to issue or renew an agency-authorized permit. The commissioner or their designee may refuse to issue or renew an agency-authorized permit for any of the grounds set forth in Subparagraph (v) that apply to the revocation or suspension of such permit.
(4) Single issue permits for parking in contradiction to rules on city streets. Single issue permits are issued by the Department of Transportation or any other agency authorized by the Department to for-profit and not-for-profit medical, blood and human service programs; press events; bus operators parking pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (l) of this section; and concerts, film production companies, special events and emergencies. Such permits shall be displayed so that they are visible through the windshield.
(i) Information required. The request for such a single issue permit shall be made in writing to the Department of Transportation and must include:
(A) Date(s) of the event,
(B) Hours,
(C) Location,
(D) Number and size of vehicles, and
(E) License plates or identifying markings of the vehicles.
(ii) Parking permitted. Parking with single issue permits is permitted in areas specified on or programmed into the permit and may include some or all of the following:
(A) Parking meters,
(B) Truck loading and unloading zones,
(C) Authorized vehicle zones, except in carshare parking space(s),
(D) "No Parking" areas, and
(E) No Standing/Parking Except Authorized Buses or Buses with Permit Only.
(iii) Parking not permitted. Parking with single issue permits is not permitted at:
(A) "No Standing" areas,
(B) "No Stopping" areas,
(C) Fire hydrants,
(D) Bus stops,
(E) Double parking,
(F) Driveways,
(G) On bridges and highways,
(H) In carshare parking space(s),
(I) Areas where a traffic hazard would be created,
(J) Loading Only zones,
(K) “Commercial Bicycle Loading Only” zones, and
(L) Microhub zones.
(iv) Duration. Single issue permits are issued for the minimum hours and days essential for the event. The Commissioner or his/her designee may, at his/her discretion, issue, extend or revoke these permits.
(5) Clergy parking permits.
(i) Definitions.
Funeral establishment. A place devoted to or used for the care and preparation of a body of a deceased person for disposition and for mourning or funeral ceremonial purposes.
Hospital. A general hospital, nursing home or hospice in-patient facility certified pursuant to the public health law or a psychiatric center established pursuant to § 7.17 of the mental hygiene law.
House of worship. A building or space owned or leased by a religious corporation or association of any denomination or used by a religious corporation or association of any denomination pursuant to the written permission of the owner thereof, which is used by members principally as a meeting place for divine worship or other religious observances presided over by a member of the clergy and which is classified in occupancy group F-1(b) pursuant to Article 8 of Subchapter 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the New York City Administrative Code. Such term shall not include a dwelling unit as defined in the Housing Maintenance Code.
Member of the clergy. A clergyperson or minister as defined in the religious corporations law including, but not limited to, a pastor, rector, priest, rabbi or imam who officiates at or presides over services on behalf of a religious corporation or association of any denomination and works an average of at least twenty hours per week on behalf of such religious corporation or association.
Passenger car. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules, for the purposes of this paragraph (5), a passenger car shall mean a motor vehicle, lawfully registered in any state, designed and used for carrying not more than fifteen people, including the driver. Such term shall not include a vehicle licensed to operate pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 19 of the New York City Administrative Code or a commercial vehicle as defined in § 19-170 of the Code.
(ii) Application requirements.
(A) The religious corporation or association applying for a permit on behalf of a member of the clergy shall submit an application on a form to be provided by the department and signed by an officer of the corporation or association or by a person otherwise authorized to act on behalf of the corporation or association. Such application shall be accompanied by a copy of a deed or lease and a certificate of occupancy indicating classification in occupancy group F-1(b) (plus the type of house of worship) for the New York City house of worship used by the religious corporation or association. In the absence of a deed or lease, the religious corporation or association shall submit a sworn written statement of the owner of the house of worship attesting to the fact that said religious corporation or association has the permission of said owner to use the premises as a house of worship. In the event a house of worship was constructed prior to the existence of a certificate of occupancy or occupancy group F-1(b) so that a certificate of occupancy is not available, the religious corporation or association shall submit such other documentation as the department may require.
(B) The religious corporation or association shall, on behalf of a member of the clergy, submit a copy of title, registration or lease in the member of the clergy's name or in the name of a religious corporation or association employing such member of the clergy for a vehicle lawfully registered in any state to be covered by a permit. Such religious association or corporation shall, on behalf of a member of the clergy, also submit a copy of a current automobile insurance identification card for such vehicle.
(C) The religious corporation or association shall certify on a form provided by the Department that only the member of the clergy on whose behalf the application is made will use such permit, that such use will occur only while the member of the clergy is performing official duties at a funeral establishment or the house of worship at whose services such member of the clergy officiates or presides or while performing such official duties at a hospital, that such member of the clergy works an average of at least twenty hours per week on behalf of such religious corporation or association, that such member of the clergy possesses a valid driver's license from any state and that such member of the clergy otherwise qualifies for the benefits of this permit.
(D) In addition, the religious corporation or association shall submit any other documents deemed necessary by the Department.
(iii) Parking permitted. Parking is permitted only in "No Parking" areas designated by posted sign for up to five hours on a roadway adjacent to the house of worship's address as it appears on the permit, for up to three hours on a roadway adjacent to a hospital when the member of the clergy is performing official duties at such hospital, or for a period of up to four hours on the roadway adjacent to a funeral establishment when such member of the clergy is performing official duties at such funeral establishment. For the purposes of this paragraph, only those portions of a roadway corresponding to the shaded areas on the diagrams below shall be considered adjacent to a house of worship or hospital or funeral establishment.
(iv) Issuance of permit. Only one permit shall be issued to any religious corporation or association. The front of such permit shall include the license plate numbers of up to three passenger cars, as defined in subparagraph (i), above, that are owned, registered or leased by the members of the clergy for whose benefit the religious corporation or association has applied for such permit or by the religious corporation or association employing such member of the clergy. No permit shall be issued with the license plate number of any vehicle that has one or more summonses in judgment according to the records of the New York City Parking Violations Bureau.
(v) Duration. Permits issued in accordance with this paragraph (5) shall be valid for one year, unless revoked pursuant to subparagraph (viii).
(vi) Renewal. Sixty days prior to the expiration of the permit, the religious corporation or association may apply for a renewal by completing a form provided by the Department.
(vii) Replacement permits.
(A) In case of a lost or stolen permit, the religious corporation or association shall, upon request for a replacement, submit to the Department a copy of a valid police report. In the case of a stolen vehicle containing a permit that was also stolen, the religious corporation or association shall submit a copy of a valid police report for the stolen vehicle, which report also lists the permit as stolen.
(B) To receive a replacement permit with a changed license plate number or an additional plate number up to a total of three, the religious corporation or association shall supply the documentation required by subparagraphs (B), (C) and (D) of paragraph (ii), above, in addition to the police report, if applicable. Changes to the permit may only be made by the Department.
(viii) Revocation. A member of the clergy who engages in or allows the improper use or alteration of a permit issued pursuant to this paragraph may be excluded from the benefits of this paragraph. The department shall mail written notice to the religious corporation or association with which such clergy member is associated of the improper use of a permit issued to such corporation or association. The religious corporation or association may submit a response within ten days of the date of mailing of such notice. After ten days from the date of mailing of such notice, the department may send notice to the religious corporation or association of the exclusion of a member from the permit and the corporation or association shall forthwith return the permit to the department. If the permit contains more than one license plate number, the license plate number of the vehicle of the excluded member shall be deleted and the department shall promptly reissue the permit with the remaining license plate numbers. If the permit contains only the license plate number of the excluded member, the religious corporation or association may submit an application for a new permit pursuant to this paragraph. The member of the clergy who engaged in or allowed such improper use shall not be eligible for inclusion in any future application submitted pursuant to this paragraph.
(6) Permit for Carshare Parking.
(i) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Blockface. The term "blockface" means that portion of the street along the curb on one side of a street which is between the boundaries of the corner area at either end of the block.
Carshare organization or CSO. The term "carshare organization" or "CSO" means an organization that operates a program available to the general public, in which access to a fleet of vehicles, except for limited use vehicles, as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-01, is provided to members of the organization on an hourly or other short-term basis. This is inclusive of one-way and round-trip carshare services who apply to the Department for dedicated carshare parking spaces. This is also inclusive of peer-to-peer carsharing programs licensed under Article 40 of the New York State General Business Law.
Carshare parking site. The term "carshare parking site" means an on-street curbside location that consists of two carshare parking spaces.
Carshare parking space. The term "carshare parking space" means a location on-street curbside or in a municipal parking facility that the Department reserves for the exclusive use by a carshare organization and its members.
Carshare vehicle. The term "carshare vehicle" means a vehicle used by a carshare organization member that is owned, leased, or managed by such carshare organization and available for rental 100% of the time with reasonable allowances for maintenance of such vehicle.
Equity parking site. The term "equity parking site" means a carshare parking site located in an area that the Department has identified as being underserved by existing carshare service based on, but not limited to, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics such as median household income as published by the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Handcontrol adapted carshare vehicle. The term "hand control adapted carshare vehicle" means a vehicle equipped with professionally installed hand controls allowing for the use of the vehicle by carshare members with mobility impairments. These hand controls must have the capability of being activated and deactivated for carshare members' needs and must not prevent the operation of the vehicle using foot pedals.
Municipal parking facility. The term "municipal parking facility" means a City-owned parking facility regulated by the Department and operated by the City or by a contractor on behalf of the City that is available for public use. The term "municipal parking facility" does not include any parking facility operated by a City agency that is intended for use exclusively by agency employees or by the public to conduct business with the agency.
One-way carshare service. The term "one-way carshare service" means a system where a member of a carshare organization can pick up a carshare vehicle at one location and drop it off at the end of the trip at a curbside location within the CSO's service area.
Round-trip carshare service. The term "round-trip carshare service" means a system where a member of a carshare organization must drop off a carshare vehicle at the same location where it was picked up in order to complete the trip.
(ii) Registration required. A CSO must register with the Department for the use of or operation on any public highway (as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-01). This registration establishes the CSO as a qualified operator, and includes submission of the following information and documentation:
(A) Legal name of the CSO; its "Doing Business As" (DBA) certificate; certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and proof of registration with the New York State Department of State; company address; contact name; contact telephone number; contact e-mail address;
(B) Information about the CSO's New York City-specific operations, including the CSO's total carshare vehicle fleet size in New York City, the number and location of private garages and carshare parking sites from which it currently operates, and the current number of equity carshare parking sites and;
(C) Information about the CSO's rates, including any geography or time-based differences.
Once a CSO satisfactorily completes its registration, it can apply for a carshare parking site permit and/or carshare parking space in a municipal parking facility pursuant to subparagraph (iv) below.
(iii) Permits and fees. In order to participate in the Department's carshare program, a carshare parking permit is required and a CSO must pay to the Department an annual carshare parking site permit fee in the amount of $475 for each new and/or existing carshare parking site. For carshare parking spaces in municipal parking facilities, a CSO must pay an annual fee based on existing rates at each municipal parking facility, which will be posted on the Department's website.
(iv) Applications. Applications for new carshare parking permit(s) or for the renewal of carshare parking permit(s) must be submitted on forms prescribed by the Department which will include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(A) Legal name of the CSO; address; contact name; contact telephone number; contact e-mail address;
(B) Proof of vehicle registration for all carshare vehicles intended for use in a carshare parking space;
(C) Proof of automobile insurance for all carshare vehicles intended for use in a carshare parking space;
(D) Make, model, length, and combined city/highway miles per gallon (MPG) according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's MPG ratings of vehicles intended for use in a carshare parking space and;
(E) Proposed locations of all requested carshare parking sites for the permit term and one alternative location for each in case the proposed site is not available.
(F) An equity plan outlining measures to provide access to carshare vehicles deployed in carshare parking sites and/or municipal parking facilities to low- and moderate-income residents, including discount pricing, partnerships with community organizations, or other measures as deemed appropriate by the Department.
(G) A community outreach plan that will guide the permit holder's engagement of stakeholders around proposed carshare parking sites and/or municipal parking facilities.
If the Department declines to issue a permit based on any of the foregoing requirements not being satisfied or if the application is incomplete, the applicant may submit a written appeal to the Commissioner. Such appeal must be submitted within fifteen days from the applicant's receipt of the denial. The Department will make a final determination on the appeal within thirty days of receipt of the appeal.
(v) Applications submission period. A CSO must submit an application for a new permit and/or the renewal of a permit for carshare parking sites and carshare parking spaces in municipal parking facilities annually within a time period prescribed by the Department.
(vi) Review of applications for and issuance of permits. In reviewing applications, the Department may limit the number of carshare vehicles in the carshare program, use a utilization metric and define the carshare program geography. The Department may decline to issue a permit to an applicant that:
(A) Is in arrears to the City of New York for an amount totaling more than one thousand dollars; or
(B) Does not provide automobile insurance as part of their carshare vehicle rental price; or
(C) Does not allow its carshare vehicles to be rented on an hourly basis or for smaller time intervals, and at rates which vary by time, and/or distance.
(vii) Carshare parking permit assignment for on-street curbside parking spaces. In assigning on-street curbside carshare parking sites, the Department will consider criteria including, but not limited to:
(A) Traffic and pedestrian flow;
(B) Surrounding land uses and placement of street furniture;
(C) Preferred sites selected by CSOs;
(D) Feedback from CSO community outreach;
(E) The number of existing carshare parking sites and private carshare parking locations in the surrounding area;
(F) Utilization metrics determined to be appropriate by the Department for site expansion;
(G) The CSO's ratio of equity parking sites to general carshare parking sites (equity parking sites must comprise at least 20% of a CSO's total carshare parking sites);
(H) The CSO's compliance with the permit terms and conditions at the site in the previous year, in case of a renewal permit;
(I) Proposed carshare parking site meets the siting criteria published on the Department's website;
(J) Ongoing and/or upcoming construction projects in the vicinity of the proposed location; and
(K) Any other criteria deemed appropriate by the Department including, but not limited to, altered growth rates as program expands and additional data sharing requirements.
(viii) Carshare parking permit assignments for carshare parking spaces in municipal parking facilities.
(A) The Department will post on its website a map of municipal parking facility locations and specify the number of carshare parking spaces, including those with electric charging stations, available at each facility.
(B) Registered CSOs must apply for new or renewal carshare parking permits for each carshare parking space at which they wish to operate.
(C) The Department will allocate spaces to CSOs within each facility initially based on renewal applications. If carshare parking spaces remain in a facility, those spaces will be divided among interested CSOs at increments of two spaces per CSO.
(D) For those municipal parking facilities where there are not enough available spaces to accommodate the request for at least two spaces by each interested CSO, the Department will assign the carshare parking spaces in pairs using a multi-round selection process based on a rank order chosen randomly. The CSO selection order will be re-established for each facility where there are not enough available spaces to accommodate the request for at least two spaces by each interested CSO.
(E) For carshare parking spaces in municipal parking facilities, a CSO must pay an annual fee based on existing rates at each municipal parking facility, which will be posted on the Department's website during the submission period applicable to new space and renewal applications period.
(ix) Conditions of permit. The permit holder must:
(A) Indemnify the City against legal liabilities associated with the use of on-street and off-street spaces for carshare operations;
(B) Provide a vehicle with professionally installed hand controls to any carshare member within 48 hours of that member's request;
(C) Regularly report to the Department the data specified in subparagraph (xv) of this paragraph;
(D) Actively use on-street and off-street carshare parking spaces at all times to provide carshare services with reasonable allowances for carshare vehicle maintenance;
(E) Maintain at least 20% of allotted on-street carshare parking sites at equity parking sites;
(F) Comply with all applicable parking regulations, including but not limited to regulations relating to construction activities and street closures;
(G) Pay any parking fines received or any towing fees and fines if carshare vehicles are towed;
(H) Provide the Department with 30 days' written notice if the permit holder decides to discontinue service at a carshare parking site;
(I) Display the permit holder's name prominently on each carshare vehicle using a carshare parking space;
(J) Comply with the Department's requirements to identify vehicles as belonging to the carshare program;
(K) Promptly notify the Department of any changes to the information provided in its application; and
(L) Comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations related to the operation of carshare.
(x) Sign installation and carshare parking site maintenance.
(A) The permit holder must provide to the Department a vector file graphic of its company logo to be incorporated into signs no later than five days after the permit for a carshare parking site is approved.
(B) The Department will install all signage for all carshare parking sites.
(C) For on-street carshare parking sites, permit holders will clean the area on a City public street and road within the carshare parking spaces, and also 15 feet on three sides of the carshare parking space. Maintenance responsibilities will include the following:
1. Sweeping twice per week on the blockface on which the on-street carshare parking site is located as specified in the permit;
2. Removing snow and ice as specified in the permit;
3. Maintaining the signs so that they are unobstructed and free of dirt, stickers, and graffiti as specified in the permit; and
4. Keeping records of the maintenance for carshare parking spaces, including date, time, and scope of maintenance as specified in the permit.
(D) Permit holders shall install on-street markings at their carshare parking sites.
(E) The on-street marking design and materials must be approved by the Department and shall not include the permit holder's company logo.
(F) The permit holder is responsible for all aspects of on-street marking maintenance, including installing, maintaining, and removing any on-street markings relating to the carshare parking site.
(G) Permit holders must submit a permit bond to the Department within 10 business days of permit issuance to cover costs and expenses that may be incurred by the City as a result of failing to remove on-street markings or for the purpose of otherwise safeguarding the interests of the City. The permit bond must be in the form prescribed by the Department.
1. Bonds will be valid through the permit's term.
2. The issuer of the bond must give the Department at least 30 days' written notice prior to expiration or cancellation of such bond.
3. A receipt demonstrating full payment of the bond must be filed with the Department.
4. A separate bond need not be filed for each location, provided such coverage is in force for all operations in the City.
5. The permit bond must be submitted in the amount of $25,000 for the permit term.
(H) Any additional maintenance responsibilities will be provided by the Department with a thirty-day notice to the permit holder.
(I) Permit holders' maintenance responsibilities extend through the length of the permit for any carshare parking sites.
(xi) Permanent relocation of carshare parking sites. The Department may relocate a carshare parking site upon a thirty-day notice to the permit holder based on utilization rates, maintenance reports, and/or a request from a CSO.
(xii) Temporary relocation or suspension of carshare parking sites.
(A) The use of on-street carshare parking sites may be temporarily suspended for up to thirty business days due to construction or street repaving, or special events including but not limited to film shoots, street fairs, parades, or block parties.
(B) When suspensions are expected to last longer than thirty business days, the Department may temporarily relocate the carshare parking site to a new, approved location within close proximity to the original carshare parking site.
(C) The Department may remove or temporarily relocate a carshare parking site for reasons attributable to public safety or other emergency or temporary needs as it deems appropriate.
(D) The permit holder will be responsible for moving the carshare vehicle from the carshare parking site under the circumstances identified in clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this subparagraph.
(xiii) Relocation of impermissibly parked vehicle. If a vehicle is impermissibly parked in an on-street carshare parking space, a CSO, at its sole cost and expense, may relocate the impermissibly parked vehicle to the nearest available lawful on-street parking space.
(A) For the purposes of this subparagraph, an "impermissibly parked vehicle" means a vehicle located in an on-street carshare parking space, where the logo and name indicated on the sign does not bear the same logo and name as the vehicle or the vehicle has no logo or CSO affiliation.
(B) If a CSO chooses to relocate impermissibly parked vehicles, it must establish a Department-approved means of relocating such vehicles and notifying owners of such vehicles where their vehicles have been relocated.
(xiv) Suspension, reassignment, and revocation of permits.
(A) The Department may suspend or revoke a permit for failure to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the carshare parking permit, these rules, or other applicable laws or rules.
(B) Prior to suspending or revoking a permit, the permit holder will be provided with an opportunity to be heard within ten business days.
(C) If the Department revokes a permit, the permit holder must remove the carshare vehicle from the carshare parking space within 24 hours of revocation.
(xv) Data reporting requirements.
(A) Each permit holder must provide monthly data to the Department within 10 business days of the end of the reporting month, containing, but not limited to the data described below and in a form that is prescribed by the Department.
(B) The monthly data must include, but not be limited to, the following datasets and attributes:
1. Cleaning Summary (DOT Site ID, Cleaning Date, Cleaning Time)
2. Space Summary (DOT Site ID, DOT Space ID, Total hours active rental, total hours available for rental, total hours out-of-service/unoccupied, number of reported blockages, total trips, total unique users, average trip length, average trip duration)
(C) The Department reserves the right to audit full trip data to ensure accuracy of space summary with 15 days' notice of request, except that the Department reserves the right to audit complete vehicle availability data specified in items (3) and (4) of this clause with 24 hours' notice of request. Data shall include, but not be limited to, the following datasets and attributes relating to the Trip Summary:
1. Unique Trip ID
2. DOT Site ID
3. DOT Space ID
4. Vehicle ID
5. Start Date
6. End Date
7. Start timestamp
8. End Timestamp
9. Mileage
(D) The Department may require each permit holder to transmit data specified in items (C)(3) and (C)(4) of this subparagraph may be required to be transmitted to the Department in real time, through a live application programming interface (API) such as those described in the Mobility Data Specification v1.0.0 or later, or comparable platforms.
(E) Each permit holder must also conduct an annual survey of its members, with input from the Department.
(F) The Department will provide 30 days' notice of any new data reporting requirements.
(7) Microhub Zone Permits.
(i) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Microhub operator. The term “microhub operator” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, municipality, or other legal entity that, either on behalf of itself or others, utilizes a commercial vehicle to deliver goods, parcels, or packages and transfers such goods, parcels, or packages to a sustainable mode of transportation to a final point of delivery or receiver.
Microhub pilot program. The term “microhub pilot program” means a local delivery initiative operated by the Department that is designed to reduce emissions and alleviate vehicle congestion on city streets by providing designated areas on-street (“microhub zone“) or off-street (“off-street microhub zone“) for commerical vehicles to transfer goods, parcels, and packages onto sustainable modes of transportation to the final point of delivery or receiver.
Microhub zone. The term “microhub zone” means an on-street area along the curb designated by the Department for use by a microhub operator for the exclusive transfer of goods, parcels, and packages from commercial vehicles to modes of transportation designated as sustainable by the Department that deliver such goods, parcels, and packages to the final point of delivery or receiver.
Off-street microhub zone. The term “off-street microhub zone” means an off-street area used by a microhub operator for the transfer of goods, parcels, and packages from commercial vehicles to modes of transportation designated as sustainable by the Department that deliver such goods, parcels, and packages to the final point of delivery or receiver.
Sustainable mode of transportation. The term “sustainable mode of transportation” means a low-emission or electric vehicle, bicycle, handcart, or other legal mode of transportation designated as sustainable by the Department. For the purposes of this rule, the term bicycle includes a pedal-assist commercial bicycle as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-01(b) and a bicycle with electric assist as defined in section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law.
(ii) Permit required for on-street operation. A microhub operator seeking to operate on-street in a microhub zone must first obtain a permit from the Department.
(iii) Permit term, renewal, and fees. Each microhub permit will be issued for a term of 1 year and may be renewed. Each microhub operator to which a permit is issued must pay an initial permit fee of $2,350 at the time of permit issuance. If the microhub permit is renewed, the microhub operator must pay to the Department an annual microhub permit renewal fee of $950.
(iv) Application. An application for a permit must be submitted on a form prescribed by the Department, which will include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(A) Legal name of the applicant; its “Doing Business As” (DBA) certificate; certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and proof of registration with the New York State Department of State; company address; contact name; contact telephone number; contact e-mail address;
(B) Make and model of commercial vehicle(s) and sustainable mode(s) of transportation intended for use in the microhub pilot program;
(C) Proof of insurance for commercial vehicles;
(D) Applicant’s preferred microhub zone locations from among those provided by the Department; and
(E) Any other information as specified by the Department.
(v) Review of applications for and issuance of microhub zone permits. The Department may decline to issue a microhub zone permit to an applicant that:
(A) Submits an incomplete application;
(B) Is in arrears to the City of New York for an amount totaling more than $1,000;
(C) Does not provide proof of insurance; or
(D) Does not adhere to the conditions of any previously issued permit.
(vi) If the Department declines to issue a permit based on any of the grounds listed in subparagraph (v), the applicant may submit a written appeal to the Commissioner. Such appeal must be submitted within 15 calendar days from the applicant’s receipt of the denial. The Department will make a final determination on the appeal within 30 calendar days of receipt of the appeal.
(vii) Microhub zone permit assignments. In assigning on-street curbside microhub zones to microhub operators issued a permit, the Department will ensure interagency coordination, including but not limited to the New York City Department of Sanitation and the Fire Department of the City of New York; consult with community stakeholders; and consider criteria including, but not limited to, the applicant’s:
(A) Preferred location(s) of microhub zone(s) from among those provided by the Department;
(B) Company size and share of local employees;
(C) Current and projected sustainable fleet share and sustainability goals;
(D) Type(s) of sustainable mode(s) of transportation for use in the microhub; and
(E) Compliance with the permit terms and conditions at the microhub zone in the previous year, in case of a renewal permit.
(viii) Conditions of microhub zone permit. The permit holder must:
(A) Indemnify the City against legal liabilities arising from the permit holder’s participation in the microhub pilot program, including but not limited to the use of the assigned designated microhub zone(s);
(B) Share and regularly report to the Department the data specified in subparagraph (ix) of this paragraph;
(C) Actively use the designated microhub zone(s) and maintain such zone(s) as specified in subparagraph (ix) of this paragraph;
(D) Transfer goods from a commercial vehicle to low-emission or electric commercial vehicles, bicycles, handcarts, or other sustainable modes of transportation in the designated microhub zone(s). The permit holder must not conduct such activity within 1/4 mile of the assigned microhub zone(s) or as otherwise specified on the permit except at the designated microhub zone(s);
(E) Only deliver goods by a sustainable mode of transportation as defined in this section to final points of delivery or receivers located within the delivery radius around the microhub zone(s) as specified in the permit;
(F) Comply with all applicable parking regulations and traffic rules, including but not limited to regulations relating to construction activities and street closures;
(G) Pay any fines issued to permit holder, including those due to parking and traffic violations;
(H) Provide the Department with a thirty-day notice if a permit holder decides to discontinue operations at a designated microhub zone;
(I) Display permit holder’s name prominently on each commercial vehicle, low-emission or electric commercial vehicle, bicycle, handcart, or other sustainable mode of transportation utilizing a microhub zone;
(J) Promptly notify the Department of any changes to the information provided in its application; and
(K) Comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
(ix) Sign installation and microhub zone maintenance.
(A) The permit holder must provide to the Department a vector file graphic of its company logo to be incorporated into on-street signage no later than five days after receipt of the permit.
(B) The Department will install signage for all designated microhub zones.
(C) The permit holder will maintain the City’s public streets within the designated microhub zones. Specifically, the permit holder must keep clean the area of the roadway within any microhub zone and extending one and one-half feet beyond each side of such microhub zone.
(D) The permit holder must maintain their designated microhub zones, including but not limited to the following:
1. Ensuring the microhub zone is kept clean, well-maintained, and clear of trash, debris, graffiti, vermin, food scraps, and unsanitary conditions at all times.
2. A routine cleaning schedule of not less than once per week or pursuant to the frequency of street sweeping on the block face on which the microhub zone is located, whichever is greater.
3. Removing snow and ice in a manner that does not block the street or adjoining sidewalk as specified in the permit.
4. Maintaining the signs so that they are unobstructed and free of dirt, stickers, and graffiti.
5. Keeping records of the maintenance of microhub zones, including date, time, and scope of maintenance.
(E) Any additional maintenance responsibilities will be provided by the Department with a thirty-day notice to the permit holder. The permit holders’ maintenance responsibilities extend through the length of the permit.
(x) Relocation or temporary suspension of microhub zone(s).
(A) In the event of an emergency, unforeseen circumstances or for reasons attributable to public safety or other emergency or temporary needs as it deems appropriate, the Department has the right to relocate a microhub zone and will ensure interagency coordination, including but not limited to the New York City Department of Sanitation and the Fire Department of the City of New York and consultation with key community stakeholders. Wherever possible, the microhub zone will be relocated within the same general area and with feedback from the permit holder.
(B) The use of a microhub zone may be temporarily suspended for up to thirty business days due to construction or street repaving, or special events including but not limited to film shoots, street fairs, parades, or block parties. When suspensions are expected to last longer than thirty business days, the Department may temporarily relocate the microhub zone to a new location.
(xi) Suspension or revocation of permits and enforcement of maintenance requirements.
(A) The Department may suspend or revoke a permit for failure to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the microhub permit, these rules, or other applicable law or rule.
(B) Prior to suspending or revoking a permit, the permit holder will be provided with an opportunity to be heard within five business days of the suspension or revocation.
(C) In the event that the Department suspends or revokes a permit, the permit holder must cease using the microhub zone within 24 hours of the effective date and time of such suspension or revocation.
(D) The Department of Sanitation may issue a notice to the permit holder, with a copy to the Department of Transportation, upon observation of any violation of the provisions of clause (C) and items 1, 2 and 3 of clause (D) of subparagraph (ix) of this paragraph in accordance with and pursuant to such Department’s responsibility for cleanliness of the streets in section 753 of the New York City Charter. The Department of Transportation may take such notices into account when considering the suspension or revocation of a permit pursuant to this subparagraph and when reviewing applications for permit renewal pursuant to subparagraph (v) of this paragraph.
(xii) Relocation of impermissibly parked vehicle.
(A) If a vehicle is impermissibly standing or parked in a microhub zone, the microhub permit holder may, at its sole cost and expense, relocate the impermissibly parked vehicle to the nearest available lawful on-street parking space using a towing company licensed by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
(B) For the purposes of this subparagraph, an “impermissibly parked vehicle” means a vehicle or device located in a microhub zone, where the logo and name indicated on the sign does not bear the same logo and name as the vehicle.
(C) If a microhub permit holder chooses to relocate impermissibly parked vehicles, it must establish a Department-approved means of relocating such vehicles and notifying owners of such vehicles where their vehicles have been relocated.
(D) The microhub permit holder must establish a website or other public notice system approved by the Department to communicate information about the relocation of impermissibly parked vehicles or devices. The website or other approved communication method must include the process by which an impermissibly parked vehicle or vehicles is relocated, the specific location of each relocated vehicle or device, and any other information deemed necessary by the Department.
(E) If the Department determines that the microhub permit holder or its employees or agents have relocated vehicles in violation of the provisions of this paragraph, the Department may revoke the authority of the microhub permit holder to relocate impermissibly parked vehicles from microhub zones.
(xiii) Data sharing requirements. Microhub pilot program participants must deliver a quarterly report to the Department by the 15th day of the month following the end of the quarter or as otherwise specified by the Department. Datasets may include but not be limited to the following (units or other form of data in parentheses):
(A) Make and model of sustainable mode(s) of transportation used in microhub zone(s) and/or off-street microhub zone(s) (make/model);
(B) Average daily/weekly utilization rate of microhub zone(s) and/or off-street microhub zone(s) (hours);
(C) Total number of trips from microhub zone(s) and/or off-street microhub zone(s) to final destination of delivery categorized by type of sustainable mode of transportation (trips);
(D) Total number of daily vehicle miles traveled (VMT) substituted by low or zero emission VMT (number);
(E) Estimated catchment radius for deliveries from microhub zone(s) and/or off-street microhub zone(s) (miles);
(F) Average distance and duration of deliveries made from microhub zone(s) and/or off-street microhub zone(s) to final destination (miles, minutes);
(G) Estimated daily volume of deliveries made from microhub zone(s) and/or off-street microhub zone(s) to final destination of delivery (number of packages and/or total weight);
(H) Total number of instances where microhub zone is blocked (incidents);
(I) Total number of traffic violations received by microhub permit holder or by vehicles or employees of microhub permit holder within microhub zone and/or off-street microhub zone and delivery radius (violations);
(J) Feedback on pilot experience, including feedback on the design, placement, operations, and safety (in qualitative/survey form) of the microhub zone and/or off-street microhub zone as requested by the Department; and
(K) Any other dataset included in the terms and conditions of the permit or requested by the Department.
(p) Engine idling.
(1) Idling of vehicle engines generally prohibited. Except as provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subdivision, no person shall cause or permit the engine of any vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, to idle for longer than three minutes while parking, standing or stopping unless the engine is being used to operate a loading, unloading or processing device.
(2) Idling of bus engines prohibited. No person shall cause or permit the engine of any bus to idle at a layover or terminal location, whether or not enclosed, when the ambient temperature is in excess of forty (40) degrees Fahrenheit. When the ambient temperature is forty (40) degrees Fahrenheit or less, no person shall cause or permit any bus to idle for longer than three minutes at any layover or terminal location. For the purpose of this rule, at a layover or terminal location a bus engine shall not be deemed to be idling if the operator is running the engine in order to raise the air pressure so as to release the air brakes, provided however, that this shall not exceed a period of three minutes.
(3) Idling of vehicle engines next to schools.
(i) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "school" shall mean any public school under the jurisdiction of the New York city department of education, or any non-public school that provides instruction to students in any grade from prekindergarten to the twelfth grade.
(ii) No person shall cause or permit the engine of any vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, to idle for longer than one minute if the vehicle is next to a school, while parking, standing or stopping, unless the engine is being used to operate a loading, unloading or processing device, and provided that idling of an engine of a school bus may be permitted as needed:
(A) for mechanical work;
(B) to maintain an appropriate temperature for passenger comfort; or
(C) in emergency evacuations where necessary to operate wheelchair lifts.
(Amended City Record 10/14/2015, eff. 11/13/2015; amended City Record 3/21/2017, eff. 4/20/2017; amended City Record 9/11/2017, eff. 10/11/2017; amended City Record 7/2/2018, eff. 8/1/2018; amended City Record 5/13/2019, eff. 6/12/2019; amended City Record 5/17/2019, eff. 6/16/2019; amended City Record 2/7/2020, eff. 3/8/2020; amended City Record 6/1/2020, eff. 6/1/2020; amended, City Record 9/21/2020, eff. 9/21/2020; amended City Record 12/20/2021, eff. 1/19/2022; amended City Record 4/25/2022, eff. 5/25/2022; amended City Record 7/18/2022, eff. 8/17/2022; amended City Record 3/21/2023, eff. 4/20/2023; amended City Record 3/27/2024, eff. 4/26/2024; amended City Record 1/14/2025, eff. 2/13/2025*)
* Editor's note: Pursuant to § 7 of the rule published in the City Record on 1/14/2025, eff. 2/13/2025, the rule expires and is deemed repealed on 2/13/2028.
(a) Brakes. No person shall operate or park a motor vehicle unless such vehicle is in compliance with § 375(1) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(b) Lights while driving.
(1) When the display of head lamps is required, no operator shall operate the vehicle with parking lights only. The operator shall use the lower beam of multiple beam head lamps, except that the upper beam may be used where the street is not lighted sufficiently to reveal any person, vehicle or substantial object straight ahead of such vehicle for a distance of at least 350 feet, and provided that there is no vehicle within 500 feet approaching from the direction ahead.
(2) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle on any street at any time unless it is equipped with head lamps, rear lamps and reflectors complying with the provisions of §§ 375(2) and 376 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(c) Colored lights prohibited. No operator of a motorcycle or motor vehicle, other than authorized emergency vehicles, shall operate said vehicle when displaying other than white or yellow lights visible from in front of the vehicle. No operator of an authorized emergency vehicle shall operate said vehicle when displaying other than white or yellow lights visible from in front of the vehicle except when actually engaged in emergency service.
(d) Lights on horse-drawn cabs and pushcarts. No person shall drive a horse-drawn cab or propel a pushcart in the roadway between sunset and sunrise unless such horse drawn cab or pushcart displays a white or yellow light visible from 200 feet directly in front and a red light visible from 200 feet directly to the rear.
(Amended City Record 1/4/2019, eff. 2/15/2019)
(a) Franchise regulations.
(1) Franchise required. No person shall operate or cause to be operated on any street a bus for the operation of which a franchise, consent, or certificate of convenience and necessity, order, or other authorization of any municipal, state, or federal authority is required, unless such franchise, consent, certificate of convenience and necessity, order or other authorization shall have been obtained. No person shall operate or move or cause to be operated or moved on any street a bus operating pursuant to a certificate of convenience and necessity, order or other written authorization of any state or federal authority for which operation of a franchise or consent of the Department of Transportation of the City of New York is not required, unless there shall be filed with the Commissioner, not later than two weeks after issuance, duly authenticated copies of such certificates, orders, authorizations and amendments thereto.
(2) Franchise not required. Every person applying to any governmental authority other than the City of New York for authorization to operate a bus into or through the City of New York, for which operation or a franchise or consent of the Department of Transportation of the City of New York is not required, shall, within ten days after the date of submitting such application to such governmental authority, file a duly authenticated copy thereof with the Commissioner, and attach thereto a statement setting forth the address, by street and number, of any proposed off-street terminal or terminals to be used within the City of New York.
(b) Designated routes. No person shall operate or cause to be operated on any street a bus operating pursuant to a franchise or consent of the Department of Transportation of the City of New York which designates the route to be followed, except on the route so designated. No person shall operate or cause to be operated on any street any other bus, other than a charter bus, except over a route designated by the Commissioner in writing.
(c) Pickup and discharge of passengers and layovers.
(1) Pickup and discharge of passengers at assigned bus stops. Except as provided in paragraph (2) below, no operator of a bus, except a charter or school bus, shall pick up or discharge passengers on a street except at a bus stop assigned for the use of that operator by the Department in writing. A bus may only stop at a location that has been assigned to it by the Department. Charter buses, school buses, buses licensed by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, buses operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or any of its subdivisions or buses operating pursuant to a contract or franchise with the City of New York are not required to obtain permits for bus stop assignments. For all other bus types, bus stop assignments will be made by the Department under a permit system in accordance with subdivisions (d) and (j) of this section. A charter bus may stop on a highway at points of origin and destination for the purpose of expeditiously receiving or discharging passengers, except where prohibited by sign or by the Department. While picking up or discharging passengers, a bus must be within twelve inches of the curb and parallel thereto, except where a bus stop is physically obstructed.
(2) Pickup and discharge of passengers at locations other than assigned bus stops.
(i) (A) At times and along those portions of bus routes assigned by the Department, an operator of a bus authorized to operate in the City of New York that provides local or express service along a bus route may discharge a passenger, on such passenger's request, at a curbside location other than a bus stop as described in paragraph (1) above, provided that such location affords the passenger getting off the bus a safe point of departure from the bus and provided that complying with such request will not interfere with the flow of traffic.
(B) Prospective passengers shall be picked up only at a bus stop as provided in paragraph (1) above.
(C) The provisions of this subparagraph shall be clearly posted, in a format approved by the Department, in all buses authorized to discharge passengers between assigned stops.
(D) Clause (A) of this subparagraph does not apply to intercity buses.
(ii) A charter bus may stop on a highway at points of origin and destination for the purpose of expeditiously picking up or discharging passengers, except where prohibited by sign or by the Department.
(3) Layovers. No operator of a bus shall make a bus layover, except in locations designated by sign or by the Department in writing. For the purposes of this rule, layover is defined as follows: for a bus without passengers a layover consists of waiting at a curb or other street location; for a bus with passengers a layover consists of waiting at a curb or other street location for more than five minutes. The Department may define the terms, including duration and authorized companies, for use of layover areas.
(d) Intercity Bus Permit System.
(1) Permit Required. The owner or operator of an intercity bus must obtain an Intercity Bus Permit from the Department to be assigned an on-street bus stop location. A separate Intercity Bus Permit is required for each on-street bus stop location designated to such owner or operator.
(2) Applications. An application must be filed with the Department for new Intercity Bus Permit(s) or the renewal of Intercity Bus Permit(s).
(i) An application for new Intercity Bus Permit(s) or for the renewal of Intercity Bus Permit(s) must be submitted on a form provided by the Department, which will include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(A) Name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and motor carrier number of the intercity bus owner or operator, United States Department of Transportation number and/or New York State Department of Transportation number for each bus that would use the proposed location(s).
(B) Proposed on-street bus stop location(s) and two or more alternative locations for each proposed location.
(C) Number of bus trips per day that would use the proposed location(s).
(D) Proposed intercity bus schedule for the proposed location.
(E) Final destination(s) of proposed bus service.
(F) Number of passengers per bus anticipated for each bus trip.
(G) Planned garage or other parking location of the bus during periods when the bus is not being used to pick up or drop off passengers.
(H) The total number of buses that will be used for the permitted bus operations during the full permit term.
(ii) Renewal applications must be submitted to the Department no earlier than six months and no later than three months prior to the expiration of an Intercity Bus Permit.
(iii) The Department will have up to one hundred fifty days to make a determination on any new Intercity Bus Permit application.
(iv) The Department will have up to ninety days to make a determination on any renewal Intercity Bus Permit application.
(3) Review and issuance of permits.
(i) The Commissioner may refuse to issue a permit to an applicant who:
(A) Is in arrears to the City of New York for an amount totaling more than one thousand dollars;
(B) Has been issued five of more violations pursuant to this subdivision;
(C) Is currently under suspension of its authorization to operate by either the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and/or the New York State Department of Transportation.
(ii) Owners or operators of buses operating intercity bus service who have been assigned on-street bus stop locations by the department that are still in effect upon the effective date of this subdivision will, upon application submitted to the department within thirty days of the effective date of this subdivision, be issued Intercity Bus Permits by the department for a term of up to three years. Such owners or operators who had previously been assigned on-street bus stop locations by the department and who submitted an application within such thirty day period may continue to use such assigned on-street bus stop locations for a period of up to ninety days from the effective date of this subdivision, or until the Intercity Bus Permit is issued by the department, whichever date is sooner. Intercity Bus Permits issued pursuant to this subparagraph are subject to all provisions of this subdivision.
(iii) The Department will post on its website all approved on-street bus stop locations and a copy of all approved applications within thirty days of approval.
(iv) On-street bus stop location assignment criteria. On-street bus stop assignments will be made based on the following criteria:
(A) Traffic, pedestrian flow, and safety.
(B) Preferences of the Intercity Bus Permit applicant.
(C) Location of planned garage or other parking location during periods when the bus is not being used to pick up or discharge passengers.
(v) Consultation about proposed on-street bus stop locations.
(A) The Department will notify the local community board for the district encompassing the location of a proposed on-street bus stop at least forty-five calendar days prior to the issuance of an Intercity Bus Permit or the relocation of an assigned on-street bus location, in order to provide the community board the opportunity to comment on the proposed on-street bus stop location.
(B) The Department will consult with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, if the location of a proposed on-street bus stop overlaps with an existing Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus stop.
(C) The Department will consult with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, if the location of a proposed on-street bus stop overlaps with an existing Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bus facility.
(vi) If the Department refuses to issue a permit pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, or disapproves of all of an applicant's on-street bus stop location(s) requested in its application based on the bus stop assignment criteria in subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, the applicant will have fifteen days to appeal such determination by the Department or submit alternative bus stop location(s). The Department will make a final determination on such appeal within thirty days.
(4) Relocation of on-street bus stop locations. The Department may relocate an assigned on-street bus stop location based on the criteria provided in subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (3) of this subdivision and upon ninety days notice to the permit holder.
(5) Permit fees. Permittees must pay an annual fee of thirty dollars for each scheduled weekly pick-up or drop-off listed on the Intercity Bus Permit issued by the Department. If the total permit fee exceeds $275 per vehicle used in the permitted bus operations, based on the documentation provided by permittee in its application, the permit fee will be reduced by the department to a maximum total of $275 per vehicle actually used in such permitted bus operations. If the permittee adds any buses to its operations not listed in its application pursuant to 34 RCNY § 4-10(2)(H) during the term of such permit, and if the permittee's fee has already been reduced to a $275 per vehicle fee as provided for herein at the time of permit issuance, then the permittee shall be charged a fee of $275 for each additional vehicle.
(6) Term of Intercity Bus Permits. Intercity Bus Permits will be issued for a term of up to three years.
(7) Permittee obligations. All Intercity Bus Permit permittees must comply with the following obligations:
(i) Promptly notify the Department of changes to information provided in its application.
(ii) Prominently display a copy of the Intercity Bus Permit in each intercity bus operating pursuant to such Intercity Bus Permit.
(iii) Display on each intercity bus using the designated location(s) the operator's name, address and telephone number permanently affixed in characters at least five inches high on both sides of the vehicle, with such display being in a color contrasting with that of the vehicle and placed approximately midway vertically on doors or side panels. Permittees may also meet the display obligations by prominently marking buses in such a way that such markings clearly identify the bus operator when observed from the closest sidewalk that the bus stop at which the bus in question is stopped.
(iv) Pick-up and discharge passengers only at on-street bus stops designated by the Commissioner for use by the permittee.
(v) Not stop or stand in its assigned on-street bus stop location except when actively engaged in the pick-up or discharge of passengers.
(vi) Not alter any Intercity Bus Permit issued pursuant to this section.
(vii) Notify the Department of the issuance of any violation by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the New York State Department of Transportation within five days of the issuance thereof.
(8) Suspension and revocation of Intercity Bus Permits.
(i) The Department may suspend or revoke an Intercity Bus Permit for failure to comply with any of the requirements of this subdivision or in the event of suspension or termination of the authorization to operate its buses by either the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the New York State Department of Transportation.
(ii) Prior to suspending or revoking an Intercity Bus Permit the Department will give the permittee an opportunity to be heard with at least two business days notice.
(iii) If the Department determines that an imminent peril to life or property exists, including but not limited to, if any permittee's driver has been issued a violation for driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence pursuant to the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, or if a permittee's bus has been involved in an accident resulting in a fatality, the Department may suspend or revoke an Intercity Bus Permit without providing the permittee an opportunity to be heard prior to such suspension or revocation. Upon request of the permittee, the Department will provide the permittee an opportunity to present its objections to such suspension or revocation within five business days after the Department receives the request. Any such request by a permittee must be made within thirty business days of such suspension or revocation.
(9) Temporary relocation of intercity on-street bus stops. The Department may temporarily relocate a designated intercity on-street bus stop location for a period of up to ninety days for reasons of public safety or other emergency or temporary need as determined by the Department. The Department will notify the local community board for the district encompassing the location within thirty days of such temporary relocation.
(e) Routes.
(1) Operators of empty buses and buses with "charter," "special," "contract carriage" or similar non-route specific authority given by the City of New York, the Department of Transportation, the Interstate Commerce Commission, or other legally authorized body, must adhere to the truck routes as described in 34 RCNY § 4-13, or other additional bus routes, except that an operator may operate on a street not designated as a truck route or bus route for the purpose of arriving at his/her destination. This shall be accomplished by leaving a designated truck route or bus route at the intersection that is nearest to his/her destination, proceeding by the most direct route, and then returning to the nearest designated truck route or bus route by the most direct route. If the operator has additional destinations in the same general area and there is no designated truck route or bus route that can be taken to the next destination, the operator may proceed to his/her next destination without returning to a designated truck route or bus route. The operator shall have in his/her possession throughout each trip a route slip, or similar document, showing the points of origin and destination of the trip. Upon the request of a law enforcement officer, or other authorized person, the bus operator shall present for inspection the above stated document or documents.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of 34 RCNY § 4-10 paragraph (e)(1) above, no operator of a bus as described in paragraph (1) shall operate his/her vehicle upon any of the streets within the area served by the limited local truck route network in Staten Island as described in 34 RCNY § 4-13(c), except for the purpose of arriving at a destination within the area served by the network. This shall be accomplished by using a designated truck route or bus route to the closest limited local truck route to the destination, using this limited local truck route to the intersection that is nearest to the destination. The operator shall then continue via the most direct route to the closest designated limited local truck route and then to the closest designated truck route or bus route. If the operator has additional destinations in the same general area, and there is no designated truck route, limited local truck route, or bus route that can be taken to the next destination, he/she may proceed to his/her next destination without returning to a designated limited local truck route.
(f) Required inspection of buses. No person shall operate or cause to be operated on any street any bus required by law, ordinance, resolution, or rule of any municipal, state, or federal authority to display a certificate, disc, sticker, poster, or other insignia evidencing that such bus has been inspected and is mechanically fit, or has been bonded or insured, or that prescribed fees have been paid, unless such a certificate, disc, sticker, poster or other insignia, currently valid, shall be displayed in the lower right hand corner of the interior surface of the windshield of such bus. In the event it is required that any writing be placed on any such certificate, disc, sticker, poster, or other insignia by someone other than a public official, no person shall operate or move or cause to be operated or moved on any street any such bus unless such writing shall have been placed on such certificate, disc, sticker, poster, or other insignia in black ink and in letters or numbers no less than one inch in height and three-fourths of an inch in width.
(g) Leased and rented buses. No person shall operate or cause to be operated a bus leased, rented, or borrowed from another person unless there is marked on the side of the bus in letters at least three inches in height the words "chartered by" followed by the name of the person operating such leased, rented, or borrowed bus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, buses leased, rented or borrowed from the City of New York shall not be required to have such markings.
(h) Limitation on backing buses. No person shall back any bus from or into any street or across or along any sidewalk.
(i) Bus parking on streets prohibited. No person shall park a bus at any time on any street within the City, unless authorized by signs, except that a charter bus may park where parking is otherwise permitted at point of destination.
(j) Bus Stop Permits for Non-Intercity Buses.
(1) Permit Required. The owner or operator of a sight-seeing bus, shuttle bus, or public transportation bus, that makes on-street stops to pick up or discharge passengers in the City of New York must obtain a Bus Stop Permit from the Department for each on-street bus stop location. This subdivision does not apply to charter buses, school buses, buses operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or any of its subdivisions or buses operating pursuant to a contract or franchise with the City of New York.
(2) Applications. An initial application for Bus Stop Permit(s) and a renewal application for Bus Stop Permit(s) must be filed with the Department on a form provided by the Department.
(i) Applications must include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(A) Company legal name and any and all assumed name(s); the principal address; the telephone number; the e-mail address; the names of the principal(s) and the title(s); the United States Department of Transportation number and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration MC number; and/or the New York State Department of Transportation number; the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs existing license number for renewal applications; and the vehicle registration for each bus that would stop at the proposed location(s).
(B) Proposed on-street bus stop location(s) and two or more alternative locations for each proposed location if applicable.
(C) Number of stops to be made per day at the proposed location(s).
(D) Proposed bus schedule for the proposed location(s).
(E) Origin and final destination(s) of the proposed bus service.
(F) Maximum passenger capacity of the bus(es) to be used at the proposed location.
(G) Planned garage or other parking location of the bus(es) during periods when the bus(es) is/are not being used to pick up or drop off passengers.
(H) Number of buses planned to be used in the operation of the proposed bus service.
(ii) Renewal applications must be submitted to the Department no earlier than three months and no later than one month prior to the expiration of a Bus Stop Permit.
(3) Review and issuance of Bus Stop Permits.
(i) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a Bus Stop Permit under this subdivision to an applicant or Bus Stop Permit holder who:
(A) Is in arrears for an amount totaling more than one thousand dollars owed to the City of New York;
(B) Has been issued five or more total violations and/or one or more violations per vehicle in operation pursuant to this subdivision within the preceding year;
(C) Has failed to provide location data or other information as required by this subdivision. This subparagraph applies only to sight-seeing bus applicants or permit holders;
(D) Has been found to operate without a New York City Department of Consumer Affairs license, if such license is required, within the last year or had a license revoked by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs or has been found in violation of any of the applicable New York City Department of Consumer Affairs rules and regulations;
(E) Has had its Bus Stop Permit(s) revoked within the last two years; or
(F) Is currently not authorized to operate a bus by either the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (or any successor agency) and/or the New York State Department of Transportation (or any successor agency) and/or the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (or any successor agency).
(ii) The owner or operator of a bus company that has been assigned on-street bus stop location(s) by the Department, which are still in effect upon the effective date of this subdivision will, upon application to the Department, within thirty days of the effective date of this subdivision, be issued a Bus Stop Permit by the Department for a term of up to three years. Such owner or operator who had previously been assigned on-street bus stop location(s) by the Department and who submits an application within such thirty day period may continue to use such assigned on-street bus stop location(s) for a period of up to ninety days from the effective date of this subdivision, or until a Bus Stop Permit is issued by the Department for such location(s), whichever date is sooner.
(iii) In assigning on-street bus stop locations, the Department will consider criteria: including, but not limited to:
(A) Traffic, pedestrian flow, and public safety;
(B) Preferences of the applicant;
(C) Consultation with the local community board for the district encompassing the location to be authorized, including but not limited to a notice and comment period of 45 days prior to the authorization or permanent amendment;
(D) The number of stops proposed and the viability of a proposed bus stop schedule as determined by the Department;
(E) The availability and location of planned garage or other parking space for periods when buses picking up or discharging passengers at the authorized stops are not in use;
(F) Ongoing and/or upcoming construction projects in the vicinity of the proposed location(s); and
(G) Any other criteria deemed appropriate by the Department.
The Department must approve or deny such authorizations no later than 180 days from the date of the application.
(iv) The Department will notify the local community board for the community district encompassing the location of a proposed on-street bus stop at least forty-five business days prior to the issuance of a Bus Stop Permit, or the permanent relocation of an assigned on-street bus stop location, in order to provide the community board an opportunity to comment on the proposed on-street bus stop location.
(v) If the Department denies an application submitted pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, or disapproves of all of an applicant's on-street bus stop locations requested in its application based on the bus stop assignment criteria set forth in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, the applicant will have fifteen calendar days to appeal such determination in the form prescribed by the Department or submit alternative bus stop locations. The Department will make a final determination on such appeal within thirty days
(4) Relocation of on-street bus stop locations.
(i) Permanent relocation of on-street bus stops. The Department may relocate an assigned on-street bus stop location based on the criteria provided in subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (3) of this subdivision and upon ninety calendar days' notice to the permit holder.
(ii) Temporary relocation of on-street bus stops. The Department may temporarily relocate an assigned on-street bus stop location for reasons of public safety or other emergency or temporary need as determined by the Department. The Department will notify the local community board for the community district encompassing the location within thirty calendar days of such temporary relocation.
(5) Permit Fees. For any new sightseeing bus stop application, an applicant must pay a fee of five hundred and twenty dollars for each bus stop. For any renewal sightseeing bus stop application, an applicant must pay a fee of one hundred fifty five dollars for each bus stop.
(6) Term of Bus Permits. The Department will fix the term of each Bus Stop Permit, which will not exceed three years.
(7) Permittee obligations. Bus Stop Permit holders must:
(i) Promptly notify the Department of changes to information provided in its application.
(ii) Keep all the Bus Stop Permits in each bus permitted to use the assigned bus stops and present such permits for inspection upon request of any law enforcement officer or other person authorized to enforce this rule.
(iii) Prominently display a list of all Bus Stop Permits and specific bus stop locations authorized by such permits in each bus permitted to use the assigned bus stop in a way that such list can be clearly observed from the closest curb at which the bus is stopped.
(iv) Display on each bus authorized hereunder to stop at an on-street bus stop the owner or operator's name, address and telephone number permanently affixed in characters at least five inches high on both sides of the bus, with such display being in a color contrasting with that of the bus and placed approximately midway vertically on doors or side panels. Bus operators may also meet the display obligations by prominently marking buses in such a way that such markings clearly identify the bus operator when observed from the closest curb at which the bus is stopped.
(v) Pick up and discharge passengers only at on-street bus stop(s) assigned by the Department.
(vi) Not stop or stand in an assigned on-street bus stop location except when actively engaged in the pick-up or discharge of passengers.
(vii) Not alter any permit issued pursuant to this section.
(viii) Notify the Department of the issuance of any violation, revocation, suspension, or other status change, to the bus operating authority, by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the New York State Department of Transportation, or the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs within five calendar days of the issuance thereof.
(ix) Notify the Department of the issuance of any traffic or parking violations within thirty calendar days of the issuance thereof and the issuance of any traffic violation committed by a driver while operating the sight-seeing bus that could be the basis for the assignment of points within three calendar days of the issuance thereof.
(x) Not transfer, sell, give or otherwise reassign the Bus Stop Permit(s) except as authorized by the Department.
(xi) Provide the Department, in the form prescribed by the Department, with quarterly reports containing Global Positioning System data for each bus operated by the permit holder, recorded at one-minute intervals, including, but not limited to, vehicle identification number, time and date of ping, time zone, latitude and longitude, ignition status, speed, and odometer reading, except as authorized by the Department. This subparagraph applies only to sight-seeing Bus Stop Permit holders.
(8) Suspension and revocation of Bus Stop Permits.
(i) The Department may suspend or revoke a Bus Stop Permit:
(A) For failure to comply with any of the requirements of this subdivision;
(B) In the event of suspension or termination of the authorization to operate a bus by either the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the New York State Department of Transportation or the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs;
(C) Based on any grounds listed in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (3) of this subdivision;
(D) If an operator does not provide a bus service for a period of one month.
(ii) Prior to suspending or revoking a Bus Stop Permit, the Department will give the bus company an opportunity to be heard upon at least two business days' notice.
(iii) If the Department determines that an imminent peril to life or property exists, the Department may suspend or revoke a bus stop authorization without providing the permittee an opportunity to be heard prior to such suspension or revocation. Upon request of the permittee, the Department will provide the permittee an opportunity to present its objections to such suspension or revocation within five business days after the Department receives the request. Any such request by a permittee must be made within thirty business days of such suspension or revocation.
(Amended City Record 4/12/2016, eff. 5/12/2016; amended City Record 1/10/2020, eff. 2/9/2020)
(a) Standing. No operator of a taxi, while awaiting employment shall stand his/her vehicle in any street except:
(1) At an authorized taxi stand.
(2) In front of fire hydrants where standing or stopping is not prohibited by signs or rules, provided that the operator remains in the operator's seat ready for immediate operation of the taxi at all times and starts the motor on hearing the approach of fire apparatus, and provided further, that the operator shall immediately remove the taxi from in front of the fire hydrant when instructed to do so by any member of the police, fire, or other municipal department acting in his/her official capacity.
(b) Cruising prohibited. An operator of a vehicle other than a taxi shall not operate his/her vehicle along a street for the purpose of soliciting passengers or searching for passengers.
(c) Pickup and discharge of passengers by taxis, commuter vans and for-hire vehicles. Operators of taxis, commuter vans and for-hire vehicles may, in the course of the lawful operation of such vehicles, temporarily stop their vehicles to expeditiously pick up or discharge passengers at the curb in areas where standing or parking is prohibited. Taxis, commuter vans and for-hire vehicles, while engaged in picking up or discharging passengers must be within 12 inches of the curb and parallel thereto, but may stop or stand to pick up or discharge passengers alongside a vehicle parked at the curb only if there is no unoccupied curb space available within 100 feet of the pickup or discharge location; however, picking up or discharging passengers shall not be made:
(1) Within a pedestrian crosswalk.
(2) Within an intersection, except on the side of a roadway opposite a street which intersects but does not cross such roadway.
(3) Alongside or opposite any street excavation when stopping to pick up or discharge passengers obstructs traffic.
(4) Under such conditions as to obstruct the movement of traffic and in no instance so as to leave fewer than 10 feet available for the free movement of vehicular traffic.
(5) Where stopping is prohibited.
(6) Within a bicycle lane.
(7) Within horse-drawn cab passenger boarding areas.
(d) Pickup and discharge of passengers by certain diplomatic and consular vehicles. A vehicle bearing "A", "C" or "D" series license plates issued by the U.S. Department of State and displaying a valid non-transferable service vehicle decal issued by the City of New York that is affixed to the inside of the operator's side of the windshield shall be treated like a for-hire vehicle while actively engaged in and for the purpose of expeditiously picking up or discharging passengers, in a manner that does not obstruct traffic, provided that the operator of such vehicle bearing such "A" "C" or "D" series license plates and displaying such non-transferable service vehicle decal:
(1) may not pick up or discharge passengers in a for-hire vehicle stop;
(2) remains in attendance at the vehicle; and
(3) shall immediately remove such vehicle when instructed to do so by any law enforcement officer.
(Amended City Record 7/2/2018, eff. 8/1/2018; amended City Record 1/4/2019, eff. 2/15/2019)
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