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Flower Hill board advances two parking local laws and adopts emergency restriction
Summary
Trustees advanced Local Law E (Port Washington Boulevard weekend parking for art‑guild events) and a Bonnie Heights Road parking restriction, and passed an emergency resolution to impose temporary restrictions pending formal adoption.
At its June 1 meeting the Flower Hill Board of Trustees moved two local parking laws forward and approved an emergency restriction to address immediate safety concerns.
Trustees introduced proposed Local Law E to remove weekday parking north of Elderfields Preserve on Port Washington Boulevard and allow parking only Saturday and Sunday to enable events by the local art guild without attracting tickets from Nassau County Police. Trustees classified the action as a Type II under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and moved it forward for formal consideration at the next board meeting.
The board also proposed a local law to restrict parking on Bonnie Heights Road — the street directly in front of Village Hall — after trustees described repeated blockages that created traffic and safety hazards near a crosswalk and a bus stop. Because the problem was framed as an urgent public‑safety issue, trustees passed a three-part motion: (1) SEQRA Type II designation, (2) consideration and formal approval at the next meeting following required notice, and (3) an emergency resolution authorizing the village to impose temporary parking restrictions and signage until the law takes effect.
Board members discussed enforcement and public education, asking which department would manage signage and how holidays would be treated; officials said holiday treatment was intended to match weekends for practical purposes. The board instructed staff to coordinate signage and public notice with NCPD and to monitor the first weekends after implementation.
Both local-law steps and the emergency restriction passed by voice vote; the village clerk will follow the statutory publication and filing steps that set the local laws’ effective dates.
