§ 1640-c. Residential parking system in the city of Rye. 1.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city
council of the city of Rye 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 Rye which shall mean that area generally
bounded on the westerly side, by Blind Brook and Milton Harbor; on the
southerly side, by Milton Point; on the easterly side, by Long Island
Sound; and on the northerly side, by the northerly side of Apawamis
Avenue as extended by imaginary lines easterly from its point of
intersection with Forest Avenue to Long Island Sound, and westerly from
its point of intersection with Milton Road to Blind Brook.

3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no permit shall be required on
streets where the adjacent properties are zoned for commercial/retail
use.

4. The local law or ordinance providing for such residential parking
system shall:

(a) set forth factors necessitating the enactment of such parking
system; and

(b) provide that motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four
hundred four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit
requirement; and

(c) provide the times of the day and days of the week during which
permit requirements shall be in effect; and

(d) make not less than twenty percent of all spaces with in the permit
area available to non-residents and shall provide for short-term parking
of not less than ninety minutes in duration in such area; and

(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.

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.