Assembly Bill A7163

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the board of standards and appeals in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for a variance to property owners within 1 mile

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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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2019-A7163 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3864
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd §668, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6669
2013-2014: S3610
2015-2016: S2911
2017-2018: A6798, S3536
2021-2022: S5568
2023-2024: S4298

2019-A7163 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the board of standards and appeals in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for a variance to property owners within 1 mile of the affected property.

2019-A7163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7163
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Cities
 
 AN  ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the
   board of standards and appeals to forward a copy of  each  application
   to vary the zoning resolution or for a special permit to each owner of
   real  property  within  one mile of the land to which such application
   applies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph 1 of subdivision c, and subdivisions d and e of
 section 668 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number
 103 of the city of New York for the year 2017, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. Each proposal or application shall be filed with the board of stan-
 dards  and  appeals,  which shall forward a copy within five days to the
 community board for each community district in which the land  involved,
 or  any  part  thereof,  is  located,  and  to  the borough board if the
 proposal or application involves land located in two or  more  districts
 in  a  borough;  AND  SHALL DELIVER A COPY THEREOF, BY FIRST CLASS MAIL,
 WITHIN FIVE DAYS TO EACH OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN ONE  MILE
 OF THE LAND INVOLVED.
   d.  The  recommendation of a community board or borough board pursuant
 to subdivision c of this section shall be filed with the board of stand-
 ards and appeals and [a copy] COPIES sent to the city  planning  commis-
 sion  TO EACH OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE LAND
 INVOLVED. The board of standards and  appeals  shall  conduct  a  public
 hearing  and act on the proposed application. All testimony delivered at
 a public hearing by the applicant on the proposed application  shall  be
 sworn  or  affirmed  under  oath. A decision of the board shall indicate
 whether each of the specific requirements of the zoning  resolution  for
 the  granting  of  variances  has been met and shall include findings of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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