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                                  7669

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
  Community Development

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation  to standards for
  inspections of parking structures

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

  Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 17 to read as follows:
  17. STANDARDS FOR INSPECTIONS OF PARKING STRUCTURES REQUIRING:
  A. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS OF PARKING STRUCTURES AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE
YEARS AND INSPECTIONS WHERE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF A PARKING STRUC-
TURE  IS  OR HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY A STORM, FLOOD, COLLISION, ACCIDENT
OR OTHER NATURAL OR MANMADE OCCURRENCE, OR WHERE A PARKING STRUCTURE HAS
KNOWN DEFICIENCIES. SUCH INSPECTIONS SHALL:
  (I) INCLUDE A STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY EVALUATION OF  THE  STRUCTURAL  AND
FOUNDATION SYSTEMS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF:
  (1)  TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE DESIGN, DESIGN AS-BUILT PLANS, AND
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS OR MAINTENANCE REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE;
  (2) CODE CHANGES SINCE THE TIME OF ORIGINAL DESIGN;
  (3) THE LIVE LOAD CAPACITY RATING IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  ACCEPTED  ENGI-
NEERING PRACTICES; AND
  (4) ANY DETERIORATION OF OR MODIFICATION TO THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE;
  (II)  INCLUDE  A TEN YEAR LIFE CYCLE PROJECTION, TO ESTIMATE THE SCOPE
AND COST OF MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REHABILITATION IN ORDER  TO  PROVIDE
COMPREHENSIVE PARKING STRUCTURE SAFETY;
  (III) INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION REPORT;
  (IV)  BE  PERFORMED BY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WHO SHALL MEET
THE  QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  PARKING  STRUCTURE  DESIGN,  CONSTRUCTION   OR
INSPECTION EXPERIENCE AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNCIL;
  (V) INCLUDE A RATING BASED ON A RATING SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY THE COUN-
CIL  THAT  REFLECTS  THE  STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND SAFETY OF THE PARKING
STRUCTURE;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (VI) BE REPORTED ON FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNCIL, SUBSCRIBED BY THE
INSPECTING ENGINEER AND FILED WITH THE COUNCIL WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF  THE
COMPLETION OF THE INSPECTION;
  (VII) BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC;
  B. MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES FOR PARKING STRUCTURES;
  C.  GUIDELINES  FOR  THE  CONSPICUOUS POSTING OF A PARKING STRUCTURE'S
LIVE LOAD CAPACITY RATING;
  D. PROCEDURES FOR THE TEMPORARY CLOSING OF AN  UNSAFE  PARKING  STRUC-
TURE; AND
  E.  SUBMISSION  TO  THE  COUNCIL  OF REASONABLY AVAILABLE PAST PARKING
STRUCTURE INSPECTION REPORTS.
  S 2. Section 372 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  20. "PARKING STRUCTURE" MEANS ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, OR PART THER-
EOF,  IN WHICH A STRUCTURAL LEVEL OTHER THAN A SLAB ON GRADE IS USED FOR
PARKING OR STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.