Senate Bill S162

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Limits the authority of cities, villages and towns to impose certain zoning requirements

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 2 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2023-S162 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5700
Current Committee:
Senate Cities 2
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §20, Gen City L; amd §7-700, Vil L; amd §261, Town L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7574, A9246

2023-S162 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the authority of cities, villages and towns to impose certain zoning requirements.

2023-S162 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S162 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    162
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, the village law and the town  law,
   in  relation  to limiting a municipality's authority to impose certain
   zoning requirements

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  24 of section 20 of the general city law, as
 amended by chapter 742 of the laws  of  1979,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   24.  [To] (A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 TO regulate and limit the height, bulk and location of  buildings  here-
 after  erected,  to regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and
 other open spaces, and to regulate the  density  of  population  in  any
 given  area,  and  for  said purposes to divide the city into districts.
 Such regulations shall be uniform for each class of buildings throughout
 any district, but the regulations in one or more  districts  may  differ
 from  those  in  other  districts. Such regulations shall be designed to
 secure safety from fire, flood and other  dangers  and  to  promote  the
 public  health  and welfare, including, so far as conditions may permit,
 provision for adequate light, air, convenience of access, and the accom-
 modation of solar energy systems and equipment and  access  to  sunlight
 necessary  therefor,  and  shall  be  made with reasonable regard to the
 character of buildings erected in each district, the value of  land  and
 the  use  to  which  it may be put, to the end that such regulations may
 promote public health, safety and welfare and the most desirable use for
 which the land of each district may be adapted and may tend to  conserve
 the  value  of  buildings  and  enhance the value of land throughout the
 city.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02119-01-3
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.