Int. No. 71
By Council Member Deutsch
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to arterial roadway towing
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-170 to read as follows:
?14-170. Arterial Roadway Tow Program. a. Definitions. For the purpose of this section:
Arterial Roadways. The term "arterial roadways" mean all parkways, expressways, drives, highways, interstate routes, thruways, and bridges listed in subdivision i of section 4-07 of title 34 of the rules and regulations of the city of New York, or any rules or regulations promulgated to succeed such section.
GPS Tracking Device. The term "GPS tracking device" mean a device that communicates with global positioning satellites to determine the physical location of a vehicle and transmits such location to a remote server.
b. Program Requirements.
1. The department shall administer a program for the towing of vehicles on arterial roadways pursuant to local law 58 of the year 1996 and to the traffic rules of the department of transportation. Under such program, pursuant to the traffic rules of the department of transportation and section 20-520 of the administrative code of the city of New York, no person shall cause or permit a disabled vehicle to be towed from an arterial roadway except by a tow truck under permit issued by the commissioner of the department.
2. Under such program, the commissioner of the department must issue permits to no less than two tow providers per arterial roadway, or segments thereof as determined by the commissioner of the department or the commissioner of the department of transportation. The permitted tow providers for a particular arterial roadway shall be dispatched to remove a disabled vehicle from such arterial roadway after the department has determined w...
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