Assembly Bill A2211

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits the issuance of permits to operate, construct or develop slaughterhouses within a fifteen hundred foot radius of a residential dwelling

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2211 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9198
2013-2014: A1207

2011-A2211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the issuance of permits to operate, construct or develop slaughterhouses within a fifteen hundred foot radius of a residential dwelling.

2011-A2211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2211

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT in relation to prohibiting the issuance of  permits  to  operate,
  construct  or  develop  slaughterhouses  within a fifteen hundred foot
  radius of a residential dwelling

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation promulgated
pursuant to the authority of state or local law to the contrary, on  and
after  November  1, 2011, no building permit or approval applying to the
development of real estate shall be issued to any person, firm, partner-
ship or corporation to operate,  develop  or  construct  any  commercial
place  or  establishment  where  animals  and/or fowl are slaughtered or
butchered for food if any portion of such facility is located  within  a
fifteen hundred foot radius of a residential dwelling.
  b.  The  provisions  of  this act shall not apply to any premises upon
which a person, firm, partnership or corporation has  been  continuously
conducting business as described in subdivision a of this section from a
date prior to the effective date of this act.
  c.  The provisions of this act shall apply to all real estate develop-
ment permits and approvals issued pursuant to the authority of state  or
local law on or after November 1, 2011.
  d. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any city having a
population in excess of one million people.
  e. As used in this section, the term "authority of state or local law"
means authority conferred pursuant to any general, special or local law,
rule or regulation, charter, ordinance or administrative code pertaining
to  the planning or zoning of housing accommodations, commercial facili-
ties and incidental facilities, including but not limited to subdivision
approvals, variance approvals, special use permits, site plan approvals,
county planning board approvals and county health department approvals.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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