2022 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle and Traffic
Title 8 - Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities
Article 39 - Regulation of Traffic by Cities and Villages
1640-P - Pilot Residential Parking Permit System in the City of Buffalo.

* §  1640-p.  Pilot  residential  parking permit system in the city of
Buffalo. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to  the  contrary,
the  city  of  Buffalo  may,  by  adoption  of a local law or ordinance,
provide for a residential parking permit system and fix and require  the
payment  of  fees  applicable  to  parking within the area in which such
parking system is in effect in accordance with the  provisions  of  this
section.
  2.  Such  residential  parking  permit  system may only be established
within the area of the city  of  Buffalo  consisting  of  the  following
roadways:
  (a) Maple Street, from BFNC Drive to North Street;
  (b) Mulberry Street, from BFNC Drive to North Street;
  (c) Locust Street, from BFNC Drive to North Street;
  (d) Lemon Street, from BFNC Drive to North Street;
  (e) Orange Street, from BFNC Drive to North Street;
  (f) Peach Street, from BFNC Drive to North Street;
  (g) Grape Street, from BFNC Drive to North Street;
  (h) Rose Street, from BFNC Drive to North Street;
  (i) High Street, from Michigan Avenue to Rose Street;
  (j) Carlton Street, from Maple Street to Rose Street;
  (k) Virginia Street, from Maple Street to BFNC Drive; and
  (l) North Street, from Maple Street to Rose Street.
  3.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  no  permit  shall be required on
streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for  commercial,  office
and/or retail use.
  4.  The  local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking
permit system shall:
  (a) Set forth factors necessitating  the  enactment  of  such  parking
system;
  (b)  Provide  that  motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four
hundred  four-a  of  this  chapter  shall  be  exempt  from  any  permit
requirement;
  (c) Provide the times of the day and the days of the week during which
permit requirements shall be in effect;
  (d)  Make not less than twenty percent of all spaces within the permit
area available to nonresidents and shall provide short-term  parking  of
not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area;
  (e) Provide the schedule of fees to be paid for such permits; and
  (f)  Provide  that  such fees shall be credited to the general fund of
the city of Buffalo.
  5. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant  to  this  section  until  a
public  hearing  thereon has been had in the same manner as required for
public hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal home rule law.
  * NB Repealed December 31, 2026