Bill Text: NY A00869 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to housing [A00869 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00869-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           869

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Housing

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to sidewalk shed permit renewal

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 106.8.3 of the New  York  city  building  code,  as
     2  amended  by  section  2 of part C of local law number 126 of the city of
     3  New York for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     4    106.8.3 Special provisions for renewal of permit for a sidewalk  shed.
     5  An  application for the renewal of a temporary construction installation
     6  permit for a sidewalk shed used in connection with the alteration  of  a
     7  building shall be accompanied by a report, acceptable to the department,
     8  prepared  by a registered design professional who has examined that part
     9  of the premises on which the work requiring the use of a  sidewalk  shed
    10  is  being  performed.  Such  report  shall document the condition of the
    11  applicable part of the premises and the scope  of  work  that  has  been
    12  performed  thereon since the issuance of the permit and shall provide an
    13  estimate of the additional time needed to complete the work.
    14    No sidewalk shed permit  shall  be  renewed  unless  the  commissioner
    15  determines  that  such sidewalk shed is being used as part of an ongoing
    16  construction project. In making  such  determination,  the  commissioner
    17  shall  conduct  an  inspection  of  the construction site for which such
    18  permit renewal is sought. A contractor or licensee shall submit  to  the
    19  commissioner  documentation  in support of permit renewal indicating the
    20  dates and times  persons  employed  in  the  construction  project  have
    21  utilized  the  sidewalk  shed  that  is  the subject of a permit renewal
    22  request. A contractor or licensee who submits or causes to be  submitted
    23  documentation  that  contains  false  or  misleading statements shall be
    24  subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be
     2  necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
     3    An  "ongoing construction project" shall mean any construction project
     4  during which persons employed in construction work  are  utilizing  such
     5  sidewalk  shed  at  least ten days per month over the course of the year
     6  immediately preceding a request to renew a sidewalk shed permit.
     7    § 2. This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
     8  have become a law.