Rye Increases Commuter Parking, Other Fees

Commuters will have to pay $40 more to park in the Rye City train parking lot in 2014 bringing the total cost of annual commuter parking to $760. The city council voted to increase fees in several other areas as well. Here is a list of some of the adopted fees here.

Fees to construct or replace curbs, drive walks sidewalks, debris containers, street obstructions and other similar work will increase between $20 to $70.

There are small $5-$10 fee increases to use city recreation facilities. 

Day camp fees will increase by $5 for the half day camp, $10 for the two-week session full day camp, $15 for a six week full day camp for residents and $30 for the six week full day camp for non-residents.

The softball League fee will increase by $15 for the men’s league and $10 for the women’s league. 

In an effort to handle the recent influx of Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests and appeals the city will also start charging between $27 to $65 for FOIL requests that take more than two hours to process.

The commuter parking increases will help finance a needed upgrade to the parking lot, Mayor French said.

“The City is beginning to look at options to upgrade the deteriorated condition of the train station parking lot through small increases in commuter parking fees over the next two years along with potential bonding, grant money, and money from Metro North in order to do a significant project at the railroad,” the Mayor said in a city update.