Assembly Bill A7803

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to floor area ratio

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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-A7803 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §26, Mult Dwell L

2023-A7803 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to floor area ratio; provides that except as otherwise provided in and determined under a zoning law, ordinance, or resolution of a city with a population of one million or more, or after consultation with local officials, as provided in a general project plan of the New York state urban development corporation, the floor area ratio (FAR) of any dwelling or dwellings on a lot shall not exceed 12.0.

2023-A7803 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7803
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in  relation  to  floor  area
   ratio
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 26 of the multiple  dwelling  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  748 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. Floor area ratio (FAR). [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED  IN  AND
 DETERMINED UNDER A ZONING LAW, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION OF A CITY WITH A
 POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE, OR AFTER CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL
 OFFICIALS, AS PROVIDED IN A GENERAL PROJECT PLAN OF THE NEW  YORK  STATE
 URBAN  DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE floor area ratio (FAR) of any dwell-
 ing or dwellings on a lot shall not exceed 12.0, except that a fireproof
 class B dwelling in which six or more passenger elevators are maintained
 and operated in any city having a local zoning law, ordinance or  resol-
 ution  restricting  districts  in  such  city to residential use, may be
 erected in accordance with the provisions of such zoning law,  ordinance
 or resolution, if such class B dwelling is erected in a district no part
 of  which  is  restricted by such zoning law, ordinance or resolution to
 residential uses.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11649-01-3

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