1640-F - Residential parking permit system in the city of Beacon.

* §  1640-f.  Residential parking permit system in the city of Beacon.  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Beacon  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  Beacon consisting of the following  roadways:  River Street, Ferry Street, Red Flynn Drive, West Main Street  and Bank Street.    3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no permit shall be required on those  portions of such streets where the adjacent  properties  are  zoned  for  commercial/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  permit 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 days of the week during which  permit requirements shall be in effect;    (d) make not less than twenty percent of the spaces within the  permit  area  available to nonresidents, and shall provide short term parking of  not less than ninety minutes in duration in the permit 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 unless otherwise specified in such local law.    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 There are 3 § 1640-f's