Assembly Bill A1957

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A1957 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S764
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §106.8.3, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3456, S2404
2017-2018: A642, S9007
2019-2020: A2502, S2729
2021-2022: A3651, A9407, S961

2023-A1957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects.

2023-A1957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1957
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to sidewalk shed permit renewal
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 106.8.3 of the New  York  city  building  code,  as
 amended  by  section  2 of part C of local law number 126 of the city of
 New York for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   106.8.3 Special provisions for renewal of permit for a sidewalk  shed.
 An  application for the renewal of a temporary construction installation
 permit for a sidewalk shed used in connection with the alteration  of  a
 building shall be accompanied by a report, acceptable to the department,
 prepared  by a registered design professional who has examined that part
 of the premises on which the work requiring the use of a  sidewalk  shed
 is  being  performed.  Such  report  shall document the condition of the
 applicable part of the premises and the scope  of  work  that  has  been
 performed  thereon since the issuance of the permit and shall provide an
 estimate of the additional time needed to complete the work.
   NO SIDEWALK SHED PERMIT  SHALL  BE  RENEWED  UNLESS  THE  COMMISSIONER
 DETERMINES  THAT  SUCH SIDEWALK SHED IS BEING USED AS PART OF AN ONGOING
 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. IN MAKING  SUCH  DETERMINATION,  THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  CONDUCT  AN  INSPECTION  OF  THE CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR WHICH SUCH
 PERMIT RENEWAL IS SOUGHT. A CONTRACTOR OR LICENSEE SHALL SUBMIT  TO  THE
 COMMISSIONER  DOCUMENTATION  IN SUPPORT OF PERMIT RENEWAL INDICATING THE
 DATES AND TIMES  PERSONS  EMPLOYED  IN  THE  CONSTRUCTION  PROJECT  HAVE
 UTILIZED  THE  SIDEWALK  SHED  THAT  IS  THE SUBJECT OF A PERMIT RENEWAL
 REQUEST. A CONTRACTOR OR LICENSEE WHO SUBMITS OR CAUSES TO BE  SUBMITTED
 DOCUMENTATION  THAT  CONTAINS  FALSE  OR  MISLEADING STATEMENTS SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03229-01-3
 A. 1957                             2

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