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New York City Administrative Code Section 16-122

This information was copied from the New York State legislative information web site http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us . The implementation of that site precludes direct links, so we are reproducing the section here. 16-122(b), the section that New York City's administration claims prohibits on-street bicycle parking, is highlighted in bold below (our emphasis).

16-122. Vehicles and other movable property.

a. Legislative intent.
The need for this legislation is indicated by the ever increasing number
of abandoned cars in the city of New York. The purpose of  this  section
is  to punish those persons who abandon and/or remove component parts of
motor vehicles in public streets. It is not the intent  to  prohibit  or
preclude any person in lawful possession of a vehicle from making lawful
repairs  or  removing  any component part for the purpose of making such
lawful repairs to a motor vehicle on a public street.

b. It shall be unlawful for any person, such person's agent or employee to leave, or to suffer or permit to be left, any box, barrel, bale of merchandise or other movable property whether or not owned by such person, upon any marginal or public street or any public place, or to erect or cause to be erected thereon any shed, building or other obstruction.

c.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  such person's agent or
employee to leave, or suffer or permit to be left,  any  motor  vehicle,
not  otherwise  lawfully parked, whether or not owned by such person, in
any marginal or public street, or any public place. The owner or  driver
of  a disabled vehicle shall be allowed a reasonable time, not exceeding
three hours, in which to remove said vehicle.

d.  Any  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of  the  provisions   of
subdivision  b  or  c of this section shall be punished by a fine of not
less than fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  fifty  dollars,
imprisonment for not more than ten days, or both.

e.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  such person's agent or
employee, to abandon, or to suffer or permit to be abandoned  any  motor
vehicle,  whether or not owned by such person, in any marginal or public
street, or any public place.

f. It shall be unlawful for any person to dismantle, or to remove  any
component  part of any motor vehicle in any marginal or public street or
any public area.

g.  Any  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of  the  provisions   of
subdivision  e  or  f of this section shall be punished by a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for  not  more  than  one
year.

h.  Any  person violating the provisions of subdivision b or c of this
section shall be liable and responsible for a civil penalty of not  less
than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

i. In the instance where the notice of violation, appearance ticket or
summons  is issued for breach of the provisions of this section and sets
forth thereon civil penalties only, such process shall be returnable  to
the  environmental  control  board, which shall have the power to impose
the civil penalties  hereinabove  provided  in  subdivision  h  of  this
section.

j.  In  the  event  that  a  violator  fails  to answer such notice of
violation,  appearance  ticket  or  summons  within  the  time  provided
therefor  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of the environmental control
board, he or she shall  become  liable  for  additional  penalties.  The
additional penalties shall not exceed fifty dollars for each violation.

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