Bill Text: NY A05241 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the board of standards and appeals in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for a variance to property owners within 1 mile of the affected property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to cities [A05241 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A05241-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5241 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 21, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the board of standards and appeals to forward a copy of each application to vary the zoning resolution or for a special permit to each owner of real property within one mile of the land to which such application applies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a, and subdivisions b and c of 2 section 668 of the New York city charter, paragraph 1 of subdivision a 3 and subdivision b as amended by local law number 102 of the city of New 4 York for the year 1977, and subdivision c as amended by a vote of the 5 people of the city of New York at the general election held in November 6 1989, are amended to read as follows: 7 1. Each proposal or application shall be filed with the board of stan- 8 dards and appeals, which shall forward a copy within five days to the 9 community board for each community district in which the land involved, 10 or any part thereof, is located, and to the borough board if the 11 proposal or application involves land located in two or more districts 12 in a borough; AND SHALL DELIVER A COPY THEREOF, BY FIRST CLASS MAIL, 13 WITHIN FIVE DAYS TO EACH OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE 14 OF THE LAND INVOLVED. 15 b. The recommendation of a community board or borough board pursuant 16 to subdivision a of this section shall be filed with the board of stand- 17 ards and appeals and [a copy] COPIES sent to the city planning commis- 18 sion TO EACH OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE LAND 19 INVOLVED. The board of standards and appeals shall conduct a public 20 hearing and act on the proposed application. A decision of the board 21 shall indicate whether each of the specific requirements of the zoning EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05566-01-3 A. 5241 2 1 resolution for the granting of variances has been met and shall include 2 findings of fact with regard to each such requirement. 3 c. Copies of a decision of the board of standards and appeals and 4 copies of any recommendation of the affected community board or borough 5 board shall be filed with the city planning commission. Copies of the 6 decision shall also be filed with the affected community or borough 7 boards. IN ADDITION, A COPY OF THE DECISION SHALL BE SENT BY FIRST 8 CLASS MAIL TO EACH OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE 9 LAND INVOLVED. 10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 11 have become a law, and shall apply to proposals and applications filed 12 with the board of standards and appeals on or after such date.