Senate Bill S5914

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to urban development action areas

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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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2015-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8238
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง693, 694 & 695, Gen Muni L

2015-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to urban development action areas.

2015-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5914

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 11, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to urban develop-
  ment action areas

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

  Section  1.  Section  693  of the general municipal law, as amended by
chapter 76 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  S 693. Area designation. An urban development  action  area  shall  by
resolution  be  designated  by  the governing body, or by the commission
where so authorized to act by the governing body, on its own  initiative
or upon recommendation of the agency, provided at least sixty percent of
such area is an eligible area. Any such designation shall be in conform-
ance  with the standards and procedures required for all land use deter-
minations  pursuant  to  general,  special  or  local  law  or  charter.
Provided,  however,  that  if  a  proposed urban development action area
project is to be developed on an eligible area and  consists  solely  of
the  rehabilitation  or  conservation  of  existing  private or multiple
dwellings or the construction of one to four unit  dwellings  or,  until
June  thirtieth,  two  thousand  [fifteen] EIGHTEEN, for up to six urban
development action area projects in any calendar year, the  construction
of  up  to  ninety dwelling units financed by the federal government and
restricted to occupancy by the elderly or by persons  with  disabilities
without  any change in land use permitted by local zoning, the governing
body, or the commission where so authorized  to  act  by  the  governing
body, may waive the area designation requirement.
  S  2.    Subdivision 5 of section 694 of the general municipal law, as
amended by chapter 76 of the  laws  of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  5.  Any  approval of an urban development action area project shall be
in conformance with the standards and procedures required for  all  land

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11610-01-5
              

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