Assembly Bill A9929

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the universal design incentive

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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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2009-A9929 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6819
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §378-a, Exec L

2009-A9929 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the universal design incentive which authorizes the secretary of the department of state to reduce building permit fees for new construction or substantial alterations providing for accessible housing for persons with physical disabilities.

2009-A9929 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9929 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9929

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 12, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ALESSI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to the universal design
  incentive

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

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent  and findings. The legislature hereby
finds that the availability of accessible housing opportunities is vital
to the safety and welfare of persons  with  limited  mobility  including
seniors and persons with either permanent or temporary physical disabil-
ities.
  This  act  provides  for a Universal Design Incentive (UDI) permit fee
structure and other benefits that reduce the cost  and  time  needed  to
create accessible and adaptable housing. An increase in the inventory of
such single and multi-family dwellings is needed  to meet the needs of a
growing number of residents and visitors with disabilities and for those
who  wish to retire in their own homes as is commonly referred to as the
ability to "age-in-place".
  The legislature hereby provides this UDI legislation to stimulate  the
development  of adaptable and accessible housing by offering permits for
both new dwellings and for alterations to existing  dwellings  under  an
incentive based fee structure with expedited application processing. The
UDI  also  provides for the exemption from certain dimensional (setback)
requirements for alterations to existing dwellings that are necessary to
create  an  accessible  entryway.  Further,  the  UDI  provides  for  an
exemption  from maximum floor area and lot coverage calculations for new
and substantially altered single family dwellings. This act is  intended
to  encourage  and  expedite the development of additional local housing
opportunities for independent living.
  The legislature seeks to facilitate the alteration of  existing  homes
and  the  construction of new single and multi-family dwellings that are
accessible or may be readily  made  accessible  for  seniors  and  other
persons with limited mobility such as persons with disabilities.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15773-01-0
              

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