There shall be in and for the City of Yonkers the Yonkers Handicapped
Parking Board.
The Board shall be charged with the responsibility of reviewing
and rendering a final determination on all applications for residential
handicapped parking spaces within the formal boundaries of the City
of Yonkers, New York.
The Board shall be possessed of express powers to enforce its
decision as to the following:
A. Procedure, changes in procedure and prerequisites for applications.
B. Approval or disapproval of applications. A denial of approval of
applications shall be an effective bar to further action until 60
days have elapsed from the date of said denial or the applicant can
produce substantial factual proof that would support a reversal of
the Board's decision in the interim period before the next application
can be made.
C. Fee requirement set for the costs of administering the application
process.
D. Time period of handicapped parking space permits (i.e., to set the
standard time period that all permits shall be valid before they must
be renewed).
The following shall be the established order of procedure for
the filing of an application for a residential handicapped parking
space so that there will be a minimum of delay in time to the applicant:
A. In order for an applicant to apply for a handicapped parking space,
he/she must first have a handicapped parking permit which can be obtained
from the Office for the Handicapped. The applicant must show:
(2)
Necessity for space, i.e.:
(c)
No available off-street parking.
(d)
On-street parking that poses a burden or hindrance upon him
or her because of his or her handicap (i.e., alternate side of the
street parking in a high-traffic/high-hazard/high-risk area).
(3)
Ownership of the vehicle or relationship of the owner or operator
of the vehicle to the handicapped applicant.
B. Notification will be given to the applicant's adjacent neighbors
that an application has been made for a residential handicapped parking
space, and any objection to the awarding of this space may be forwarded,
in writing, to the Handicapped Parking Board.
C. All of the above information will be compiled and verified by the
Office for the Handicapped and sent to the Office of the Traffic Engineer.
D. The Office of the Traffic Engineer will survey the area in which
the request has been made for the effect of the handicapped space
on the traffic flow of the area and the existing parking conditions.
E. The Office of the Traffic Engineer will then, in writing, advise
of its findings, and the application, along with recommendations,
will be submitted to the Handicapped Parking Board.
F. The time frame from the point at which the information is sent to
the Traffic Engineer until it is returned by this Department after
completing its survey and report is approximately 10 business days.
At this point, the Handicapped Parking Board will render a final decision.