Politics & Government

Sleepy Hollow Board Considers 2-Hour Parking Law on Beekman, River, College

Because of apparent abuses of the free parking on several Sleepy Hollow streets -- commuters using Tarrytown train station have been known to avoid meters and pricey permits nearby to take up precious spaces here -- the village aims to install some strict policies. 

A public hearing will continue Tuesday in Village Hall on 28 Beekman Avenue at 7 p.m. to consider comments regarding an amendment to village code.

Here's the notice from Village Clerk Paula McCarthy:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sleepy Hollow does hereby call for the continuation of a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 11th Hall, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, New York to hear and consider comments from members of the public regarding amendment to the Village Code, Section 400-17 to include 2 hour parking restrictions at the following locations:  Beekman Avenue westerly to River Street on both sides; River Street, on both sides; College Avenue between Cortlandt Street and Valley Street, on both sides; and to change all two hour parking restrictions to extend to every day of the week.

Meanwhile, some residents, also interested in curbing abuses by train commuters, are worried about what this law means for them. Most residents on Hudson Street, for example, have no driveway or garage or share a driveway with several tenants, and have no choice but to park their cars on the street. The street does not have enough spaces for everyone, so they have to use River Street and Beekman Avenue regularly. Also, unless these citizens happen to be home between the certain window of alternate side parking rules for street sweeping, they have to use these other streets for longer than a two-hour-law allows. 

One lifelong Hudson Street resident, Clara Teagle, is opposed to these proposed changes. She complains too of the now-restricted usage of the GM lot: Bridge View Tavern has a special deal with the company to reserve this for their customers. "Why can't I call GM to get that special deal?" Teagle asked. 

Teagle rents one parking space in the village lot on Hudson Street, a space she shares with her brother, but they have two cars and still have to use the street. The annual fee, now over $400 annually up from the $60-something she used to pay many years ago, is "too much," she said. 

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