Board of Estimate and Contract:
RESOLVED, that a resolution adopted by the City Council on February 28, 2024, and signed by the Acting Mayor on February 28, 2024, in support of Home Rule authorizing the implementation of speed cameras in the City of Mount Vernon, New York, be and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOME RULE
AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
SPEED CAMERA IN THE CITY OF
MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon recognizes the importance of ensuring safety within school speed zones and other high-risk areas of the city; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon seeks to implement measures to monitor and enforce speed limits within such zones to protect the safety of students, residents, and motorists; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon aims to utilize modern technology to enhance monitoring and enforcement efforts; Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, by the City Council of the City of Mount Vernon, New York, as follows:
Section 1. Authorization for Speed Violation Monitoring Systems. The City of Mount Vernon is hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program for the imposition of monetary liability on vehicle owners for violations of posted maximum speed limits within school speed zones and other high accident areas enumerated by data collected by the Mount Vernon Police Department. Such a program shall include the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems within no more than seven hundred fifty school speed zones within the city at any one time.
Section 2. Criteria for Installation of Monitoring Systems. In selecting school speed zones for the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, the City of Mount Vernon shall consider factors including, but not limited to, speed data, crash history, and roadway geometry relevant to each zone. Priority for placement of monitoring systems shall be given based on speed data or crash history. Monitoring systems shall not be installed or operated on controlled-access highway exit ramps or within three hundred feet along a highway continuing from the end of a controlled-access highway exit ramp.
Section 3. Operational Requirements. No photo speed violation monitoring system shall be utilized within a school speed zone unless it has successfully passed a self-test of its functions on the day of use and has undergone an annual calibration check. The City shall ensure that appropriate signage, bearing the words "photo enforced," is installed below speed limit signs to notify approaching motorists of the use of monitoring systems, in accordance with established standards.
Section 4. Effective Date and Duration. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon passage. It shall remain in effect until July 1, 2025. Any necessary rules for the implementation of this resolution shall be promulgated on or before its effective date.
Section 5. Repeal. Any amendments made by this resolution to existing laws or regulations shall be deemed repealed upon the expiration of this resolution.