2006 New York Code - Area And Time Restrictions On The Operation Of Horse Drawn Cabs.

 
    §  20-381.1 Area and time restrictions on the operation of horse drawn
  cabs. a. It shall be unlawful for a driver  of  a  horse  drawn  cab  to
  operate  such  cab  at  any  time  when  and  where  such  operation  is
  prohibited.
    b. (1) Horse drawn cabs shall not be driven or operated in the borough
  of Manhattan between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and  10:00  a.m.  on  Monday
  through  Friday. Horse drawn cabs shall not be driven or operated in the
  borough of Manhattan between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and  9:00  p.m.  on
  Monday  through  Friday  except  for  that  area  inside  or immediately
  adjacent to Central Park.
    (2) Between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.  on  Monday  through
  Friday,  between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, and
  between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, horse drawn cabs
  shall not be driven or operated in the borough of Manhattan in the areas
  bounded by and including the following streets: on  the  north  by  West
  Fifty-Seventh  street,  on  the  east by Seventh avenue, on the south by
  West Forty-Second street and on the west by Ninth  avenue;  and  on  the
  north by West Sixty-Fifth street, on the east by Columbus avenue, on the
  south by West Fifty-Seventh street and on the west by Amsterdam avenue.
    (3)  On  Saturday  between  the  hours  of  10:00  a.m.  and 8:00 p.m.
  throughout the year and on Sunday between the hours of  10:00  a.m.  and
  7:00  p.m.    during  the  period  commencing  with the Sunday preceding
  Thanksgiving until the sixth  day  of  January  immediately  thereafter,
  horse  drawn  cabs  shall  not  be  driven or operated in the borough of
  Manhattan in the area bounded by and including the following streets: on
  the north by West Fifty-Seventh street, on the east by Fifth avenue,  on
  the  south  by West Forty-Second street and on the west by Avenue of the
  Americas.
    (4) On New  Year's  day,  Thanksgiving  day  and  Christmas  day,  the
  restrictions  set  forth  in  paragraphs  one,  two  and  three  of this
  subdivision shall not apply. On  the  aforementioned  days  between  the
  hours of 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m., horse drawn cabs shall not be driven
  or  operated  in  the  borough  of Manhattan in the areas bounded by and
  including the following streets: on  the  north  by  West  Fifty-Seventh
  street, on the east by Seventh avenue, on the south by West Forty-Second
  street  and  on  the  west  by  Ninth  avenue;  and on the north by West
  Sixty-Fifth street, on the east by Columbus avenue, on the south by West
  Fifty-Seventh street and on the west by Amsterdam avenue.
    (5) At no time shall any horse drawn cab be driven or operated  on  or
  in any bridge or tunnel within the city of New York.
    c.  The  prohibitions contained in this section shall not be construed
  to apply to horse drawn cabs which are being driven, without passengers,
  on a direct route to  or  from  the  location  at  which  the  horse  is
  sheltered,  provided  that they are so driven no more than one-half hour
  prior to the end of any time restriction  or  one-half  hour  after  the
  beginning of any time restriction. The driver may be accompanied at such
  times  only  by  the  owner  or  operator of a horse drawn cab, a stable
  owner, the driver of  a  horse  drawn  cab  and  driver-trainee,  or  an
  employee of an owner or operator of a horse drawn cab or stable owner.
    d.  Where  exigent  circumstances  exist and a police officer or other
  authorized officer or employee of  the  department,  the  department  of
  transportation,  or  the department of parks and recreation gives notice
  to the driver of a horse drawn cab to refrain from operating such cab in
  a specific location at a specific time, such driver  shall  not  operate
  such   cab  at  such  location  at  such  time.  For  purposes  of  this
  subdivision, exigent circumstances  shall  include,  but  shall  not  be
  limited  to,  unusually  heavy  pedestrian  or  vehicular  traffic,  the
  existence of any obstructions in  the  public  space  at  or  near  such


  location,  an  accident, fire or other emergency situation, or a parade,
  demonstration or other similar event  or  occurrence  at  or  near  such
  location.
    e. This section shall be enforced by the department and the department
  of  transportation,  with the cooperation of the department of parks and
  recreation, the police department, the department of health  and  mental
  hygiene  and  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention of Cruelty to
  Animals.
    f. This section shall  not  be  construed  to  permit  the  operation,
  parking,  stopping or standing of any horse drawn cab in any area at any
  time where or when such operation,  parking,  stopping  or  standing  is
  prohibited by any other law or rule.