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                                 8499--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2014
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Introduced  by  M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY, CLARK, BENEDETTO, MOSLEY, JACOBS,
  COOK, TITONE, COLTON, DAVILA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
  CAMARA, LENTOL, PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to school zone speed limits and  signage  and  other  traffic
  calming devices

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision a of section 19-177 of the administrative  code
of  the  city of New York, as added by local law number 6 of the city of
New York for the year 1996, is amended and five new subdivisions  d,  e,
f, g, and h are added to read as follows:
  a.  The  official  speed  limit  for a vehicle in the city of New York
shall be thirty miles per hour EXCEPT THAT:
  1. SCHOOL SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT  NOT  LESS  THAN  FIFTEEN
MILES  PER HOUR, FOR A DISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
TWENTY FEET ON A HIGHWAY PASSING A SCHOOL BUILDING OR AT AN ENTRANCE  OR
EXIT OF A SCHOOL ABUTTING A HIGHWAY;
  2.  SENIOR  CENTER  SPEED  LIMITS  MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN
FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR FOR A DISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED ONE  THOUSAND  THREE
HUNDRED TWENTY FEET ON A HIGHWAY PASSING A SENIOR CENTER BUILDING OR THE
ENTRANCE  OR EXIT OF A SENIOR CENTER ABUTTING A HIGHWAY. FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SENIOR CENTER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN
SECTION 21-201 OF THIS CODE;
  3. PARK SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN MILES
PER HOUR FOR A DISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED  TWENTY
FEET  ON  A  HIGHWAY  PASSING A PARK OR AT AN ENTRANCE OR EXIT OF A PARK
ABUTTING A HIGHWAY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION  THE  TERM  "PARK"
SHALL  MEAN  ANY  BUILDING,  STRUCTURE,  PLAYING FIELD OR LAND CONTAINED
WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF LAND OWNED, LEASED OR MAINTAINED BY THE  CITY  OF
NEW  YORK  OR BY ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITU-
TION, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS USED ON A REGULAR BASIS AS  A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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RECREATION  AREA  AND  IS  SO  DESIGNATED  AND  MAY ALSO MEAN ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING WHICH HAS THE SAME OWNERSHIP AS THE PARK GROUND:  ANY  PARKING
LOT,  PARKING GARAGE, OR OTHER PARKING FACILITY, MARINA, BOAT LAUNCH, OR
OTHER  SIMILAR  FACILITY WHICH IS WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF AND SERVES
SUCH PARK AND WHICH IS SO DESIGNATED BY EASILY VISIBLE SIGNAGE AS  SERV-
ING SUCH PARK;
  4. PLAYGROUND SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN
MILES  PER  HOUR FOR A DISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
TWENTY FEET ON A HIGHWAY PASSING A PLAYGROUND OR AT AN ENTRANCE OR  EXIT
OF A PLAYGROUND ABUTTING A HIGHWAY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE
TERM  "PLAYGROUND"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  PLAYING  FIELD, PLAYGROUND OR LAND
CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF LAND OWNED, LEASED OR MAINTAINED BY THE
CITY OF NEW YORK OR BY ANY  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION  OR  ASSOCIATION
WHICH  IS  USED ON A REGULAR BASIS AS A RECREATION AREA AND IS SO DESIG-
NATED;
  5. HOSPITAL SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS  THAN  FIFTEEN
MILES  PER  HOUR FOR A DISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
TWENTY FEET ON A HIGHWAY PASSING A HOSPITAL BUILDING OR AT  AN  ENTRANCE
OR EXIT OF A HOSPITAL ABUTTING A HIGHWAY; OR
  6.  except  where  an  official  sign indicates that a different speed
limit is in effect.
  D. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL POST AT EACH PUBLIC AND  NON-PUBLIC  SCHOOL,
SCHOOL  ZONE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS.  NO PERSON SHALL DRIVE IN EXCESS OF SUCH
MAXIMUM SCHOOL SPEED LIMITS DURING:
  1. SCHOOL DAYS AT TIMES INDICATED ON THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT SIGN,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TIMES SHALL BE BETWEEN THE HOURS  OF  SEVEN
O'CLOCK  A.M.  AND  SIX  O'CLOCK  P.M.  OR ALTERNATIVE TIMES WITHIN SUCH
HOURS; OR
  2. A PERIOD WHEN THE BEACONS ATTACHED TO THE SCHOOL ZONE  SPEED  LIMIT
SIGN ARE FLASHING AND SUCH SIGN IS EQUIPPED WITH A NOTICE THAT INDICATES
THAT  THE  SCHOOL  ZONE  SPEED  LIMIT IS IN EFFECT WHEN SUCH BEACONS ARE
FLASHING, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH BEACONS SHALL ONLY  FLASH  DURING
STUDENT  ACTIVITIES  AT  THE SCHOOL AND UP TO THIRTY MINUTES IMMEDIATELY
BEFORE AND UP TO THIRTY MINUTES IMMEDIATELY AFTER  SUCH  STUDENT  ACTIV-
ITIES.
  E.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL POST AT EACH SENIOR CENTER SPEED ZONE SPEED
LIMIT SIGNS. NO PERSON SHALL DRIVE  IN  EXCESS  OF  SUCH  MAXIMUM  SPEED
LIMITS  DURING  THE  TIMES  INDICATED ON THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TIMES SHALL BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF SIX O'CLOCK  A.M.
AND NINE O'CLOCK P.M. OR ALTERNATIVE TIMES WITHIN SUCH HOURS.
  F. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL POST AT EACH PARK ZONE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS. NO
PERSON  SHALL  DRIVE  IN  EXCESS OF SUCH MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS DURING THE
TIMES INDICATED ON THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN, PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH
TIMES  SHALL  BE  BETWEEN THE HOURS OF SIX O'CLOCK A.M. AND NINE O'CLOCK
P.M., UNLESS OTHER OPEN HOURS ARE POSTED AT ANY PARK.
  G. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL POST AT EACH  PLAYGROUND  ZONE  SPEED  LIMIT
SIGNS.    NO  PERSON  SHALL DRIVE IN EXCESS OF SUCH MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS
DURING THE TIMES INDICATED ON THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
THAT  SUCH  TIMES  SHALL  BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF EIGHT O'CLOCK A.M. AND
EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M., UNLESS OTHER OPEN HOURS  ARE  POSTED  AT  ANY  PLAY-
GROUND.
  H.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  POST  AT  EACH HOSPITAL ZONE SPEED LIMIT
SIGNS.  NO PERSON SHALL DRIVE IN EXCESS OF SUCH MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS.
  S 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision a and subdivision b of section  19-183
of  the  administrative  code of the city of New York, as added by local

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law number 64 of the city of New York for the year 2010, are amended and
five new subdivisions c, d, e, f and g are added to read as follows:
  3. "Traffic calming device" shall mean any device, not governed by the
manual  on  uniform  traffic control devices, including, but not limited
to, speed humps, curb extensions, traffic diverters,  FLASHING  BEACONS,
median  barriers and raised walkways, installed on a street and intended
to slow, reduce or alter motor vehicle traffic  to  improve  safety  for
pedestrians and bicyclists.
  b.  The  department  shall establish guidelines governing the approval
and placement of traffic calming devices. Such guidelines shall consider
whether such traffic calming devices would be installed [adjacent  to  a
school  or]  in  a  location  where a high percentage of seniors use the
streets, such as locations adjacent to senior centers and nursing homes,
and any other locations as determined by the department. Such guidelines
shall list the conditions under which installation of such traffic calm-
ing device may be appropriate. Such guidelines shall be  distributed  to
any  entity  upon  request  and  shall  be published on the department's
website.
  C. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN TRAFFIC  CALMING  DEVICES
ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS AND ANY OTHER LOCATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPART-
MENT  FOR STUDENT SAFETY AND NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST OF EACH YEAR, THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL  A  REPORT
SETTING  FORTH,  WITH  RESPECT TO THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR, THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION:
  1. THE LOCATION OF EACH SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGN;
  2. THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED FOR SPEED VIOLATIONS  IN  EACH  SUCH
SPEED ZONE;
  3.  THE  EFFECT  THAT  SUCH  SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGNS HAVE ON THE
NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED AND NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING WITHIN EACH
SUCH ZONE; PROVIDED THAT SUCH EFFECT SHALL INCLUDE STATISTICS  REGARDING
THE  CITATIONS ISSUED AND ACCIDENTS FOR EACH SPEED ZONE DURING THE IMME-
DIATELY PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR; AND
  4. THE EFFECT THAT SUCH SCHOOL SPEED ZONES HAVE ON  THE  TRAFFIC  FLOW
AND SPEED VIOLATIONS IN AREAS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT ZONES.
  D.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES
ADJACENT TO SENIOR CENTERS AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 21-201  OF
THIS  CODE, AND NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST OF EACH YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL A REPORT SETTING FORTH,
WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
  1. THE LOCATION OF EACH SENIOR CENTER SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGN;
  2. THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED FOR SPEED VIOLATIONS  IN  EACH  SUCH
SPEED ZONE;
  3.  THE  EFFECT THAT SUCH SENIOR CENTER SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGNS HAVE ON
THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED AND NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING  WITHIN
EACH  SUCH  ZONE;  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  EFFECT SHALL INCLUDE STATISTICS
REGARDING THE CITATIONS ISSUED AND ACCIDENTS FOR EACH SPEED ZONE  DURING
THE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR; AND
  4.  THE EFFECT THAT SUCH SENIOR CENTER SPEED ZONES HAVE ON THE TRAFFIC
FLOW AND SPEED VIOLATIONS IN THE AREAS OUTSIDE THE SENIOR  CENTER  SPEED
LIMIT ZONES.
  E.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES
ADJACENT TO PARKS AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  19-177  OF  THIS
SUBCHAPTER  AND NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST OF EACH YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL A REPORT SETTING FORTH,
WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
  1. THE LOCATION OF EACH PARK SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGN;

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  2. THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED FOR SPEED VIOLATIONS  IN  EACH  SUCH
SPEED ZONE;
  3. THE EFFECT THAT SUCH PARK SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGNS HAVE ON THE NUMBER
OF  CITATIONS  ISSUED AND NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING WITHIN EACH SUCH
ZONE; PROVIDED THAT SUCH EFFECT SHALL INCLUDE STATISTICS  REGARDING  THE
CITATIONS ISSUED AND ACCIDENTS FOR EACH SPEED ZONE DURING THE IMMEDIATE-
LY PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR; AND
  4.  THE EFFECT THAT SUCH PARK SPEED ZONES HAVE ON THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND
SPEED VIOLATIONS IN THE AREAS OUTSIDE THE PARK SPEED LIMIT ZONES.
  F. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN TRAFFIC  CALMING  DEVICES
ADJACENT  TO  PLAYGROUNDS  AS  SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 19-177 OF
THIS SUBCHAPTER AND NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST OF EACH YEAR, THE  COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL A REPORT SETTING
FORTH,  WITH  RESPECT TO THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR, THE FOLLOWING INFORMA-
TION:
  1. THE LOCATION OF EACH PLAYGROUND SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGN;
  2. THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED FOR SPEED VIOLATIONS  IN  EACH  SUCH
SPEED ZONE;
  3.  THE EFFECT THAT SUCH PLAYGROUND SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGNS HAVE ON THE
NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED AND NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING WITHIN EACH
SUCH ZONE; PROVIDED THAT SUCH EFFECT SHALL INCLUDE STATISTICS  REGARDING
THE  CITATIONS ISSUED AND ACCIDENTS FOR EACH SPEED ZONE DURING THE IMME-
DIATELY PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR; AND
  4. THE EFFECT THAT SUCH PLAYGROUND SPEED ZONES  HAVE  ON  THE  TRAFFIC
FLOW  AND  SPEED  VIOLATIONS  IN  THE AREAS OUTSIDE THE PLAYGROUND SPEED
LIMIT ZONES.
  G. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN TRAFFIC  CALMING  DEVICES
ADJACENT  TO  HOSPITALS  AND NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST OF EACH YEAR, THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL  A  REPORT
SETTING  FORTH,  WITH  RESPECT TO THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR, THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION:
  1. THE LOCATION OF EACH HOSPITAL SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGN;
  2. THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED FOR SPEED VIOLATIONS  IN  EACH  SUCH
SPEED ZONE;
  3.  THE  EFFECT  THAT SUCH HOSPITAL SPEED LIMIT ZONE SIGNS HAVE ON THE
NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED AND NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING WITHIN EACH
SUCH ZONE; PROVIDED THAT SUCH EFFECT SHALL INCLUDE STATISTICS  REGARDING
THE  CITATIONS ISSUED AND ACCIDENTS FOR EACH SPEED ZONE DURING THE IMME-
DIATELY PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR; AND
  4. THE EFFECT THAT SUCH HOSPITAL SPEED ZONES HAVE ON THE TRAFFIC  FLOW
AND  SPEED  VIOLATIONS  IN  THE  AREAS  OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL SPEED LIMIT
ZONES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.