NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 376 REGARDING TAXI PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, will meet on December 10, 2025, at 7:01 o'clock P.M., Prevailing Time, at the Town Hall located at 237 Route 59, Suffern, New York 10901, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing in relation to the following proposed local law:
TOWN OF RAMAPO
LOCAL LAW NO. OF2025
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 376 REGARDING TAXI PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, as follows:
Section 1. Legislative Intent.
ItistheintentofthisLocalLawtoamendChapter376oftheCodeoftheTownofRamapotoregulate the parking of livery vehicles, which includes but is not limited to taxis, limousines, and other for-hire vehicles in residential districts, consistent with existing restrictions on commercial vehicles. The amendment clarifies that not more than one livery vehicle may be parked or stored on a residential lot, in addition to the limitations already applicable to commercial vehicles.
Section 2. Authority.
This Local Law is adopted pursuant to Section 10 of the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law.
Section 3. Amendment.
Section376-75oftheCodeoftheTownofRamapo(“Commercialvehicles”)isherebyamendedto read as follows:
§ 376-75. Commercial vehicles.
- Notmorethanonecommercialvehicleof25feetorlessinlengthandnotmorethanonelivery vehiclemay beparkedonadevelopedlotinanyresidential district,butnotwithintherequiredyardsofsuchlotand in no case between the street line and the principal building.
- Notmorethanonecommercialvehicleof25feetorlessinlengthandnotmorethanonelivery vehicle may be parked within a private garage in any residential district.
- Commercialvehiclesarepermittedasaccessorytoacommercialfarmuseinanyresidentialdistrict but shall not be stored or parked within any required yard.
- No commercial vehicle or livery vehicle shall be parked or stored on any unimproved lot.
- No commercial vehicle or livery vehicle shall be parked on public streets for more than 24 hours.
Section 4. Effective Date.
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.
At said public hearing the Town Board will hear all persons interested in the subject matter thereof.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that procedures for attending the public hearing by Zoom (for viewing purposes only) will be timely posted on the Town website at www.ramapo.org.
The Town of Ramapo will make every effort to assure that the hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. Anyone requiring special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations should contact the Town Clerk.
Dated: Suffern, New York,
November 24, 2025
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF RAMAPO, ROCKLAND COUNTY, NEW YORK