Provides that new streets within and abutting streets of new commercial projects in the city of New York be the maximum legal width; prohibits any waiver of such requirement.

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S2469-2013 Actions

• May 21, 2013: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 17, 2013: REFERRED TO CITIES

S2469-2013 Meetings

Cities: May 21, 2013

S2469-2013 Votes

S2469-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2469               REVISED 1/29/13

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the administrative code of the city of
New  York,  in  relation  to  requiring  that  in  all  new commercial
development streets and  abutting  streets  must  be  widened  to  the
maximum allowable width

PURPOSE:  Provides  that  new  streets  within abutting streets of new
commercial projects in New York City be the maximum legal width.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the administrative code of the city of New York  by
adding a new section 28-108.4.

JUSTIFICATION:  Currently when new commercial projects are constructed
in the City of New  York  developers  of  commercial  and  residential
properties  have  the  right to go to the Department of Transportation
when filing a Builders Paving Plan (BPP) for a waiver if  there  is  a
widening ran a property.

This  bill  requires developers of commercial construction projects to
make sure that all streets abutting  such  projects  are  the  maximum
legal   width.   This  legislation  ensures  that  the  Department  of
Transportation does not issue waivers for new commercial  construction
where a street must be widened.

This  proposal  will  assist  in  reducing  traffic  in already narrow
streets where commercial developments are Proposed.

LEGISLATIVE  HISTORY:    2012:  S.2966-  Reported  to  Finance/A.4689-
Referred  to  Transportation 2011: S.2966- Reported to Finance/A.4689-
Referred    to    Transportation    2010:    S.3173-    Referred    to
Cities/A.5905-Referred  to  Transportation  2009:  S.3173- Referred to
Cities/A.5905-Referred to Transportation  2008:  S.7488-  Referred  to
Cities/A.21401 -Referred to Transportation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE BATE: This act shall take effect immediately.

S2469-2013 Text

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

                                    2469

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 17, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities

  AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
    relation  to  requiring that in all new commercial development streets
    and abutting streets must be widened to the maximum allowable width

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


    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
  by adding a new section 28-108.4 to read as follows:

    S 28-108.4 STREET WIDTH FOR NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION.    DEVELOPERS
  OF  NEW  COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT
  ALL NEW STREETS WITHIN THE PROJECT AND WIDEN ALL EXISTING STREETS  ABUT-
  TING  THE PROJECT TO THE MAXIMUM LEGAL WIDTH FOR SUCH STREETS. NO WAIVER
  OF SUCH REQUIREMENT SHALL BE GRANTED.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD03845-01-3