Bill Text: NY S00592 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public notice to be provided prior to the demolition of a building designated by a local historical society as a historic building by publication, posting of signs, direct mailing and public hearing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S00592 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00592-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          592
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
         Parks and Recreation
       AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
         relation  to requiring public notice to be provided prior to the demo-
         lition of a historic building
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  parks,  recreation  and historic preservation law is
    2  amended by adding a new section 14.11 to read as follows:
    3    S 14.11 DEMOLITION OF LOCALLY DESIGNATED HISTORIC BUILDINGS. THE OWNER
    4  OF A PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OWNED BUILDING DESIGNATED BY A LOCAL  HISTOR-
    5  ICAL  SOCIETY  AS A HISTORIC BUILDING SHALL PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE
    6  INTENDED DEMOLITION OF SUCH HISTORIC BUILDING AT LEAST ONE YEAR PRIOR TO
    7  SUCH INTENDED DEMOLITION BY:
    8    1. PUBLISHING NOTIFICATION OF THE INTENDED DEMOLITION OF SUCH HISTORIC
    9  BUILDING IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN  THE  AREA  WHERE  THE
   10  HISTORIC BUILDING IS LOCATED NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE INTENDED
   11  DATE OF DEMOLITION OF SUCH BUILDING;
   12    2.  POSTING SIGNS ON THE AFFECTED HISTORIC BUILDING OR THE PROPERTY ON
   13  WHICH SUCH BUILDING IS  SITUATED  AT  LEAST  TEN  MONTHS  PRIOR  TO  THE
   14  INTENDED  DATE  OF  THE  DEMOLITION  OF  SUCH BUILDING. SUCH SIGNS SHALL
   15  CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY STATE THE DATE  OF  THE  PROPOSED  DEMOLITION,
   16  THAT  THERE  WILL BE AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING THE PROPOSED
   17  DEMOLITION, AND THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING;
   18    3. MAILING NOTIFICATION OF THE INTENDED  DEMOLITION  OF  THE  HISTORIC
   19  BUILDING  TO  ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN A TWO-MILE RADIUS OF SUCH BUILDING AT
   20  LEAST TEN MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INTENDED DEMOLITION.  SUCH  MAILING  SHALL
   21  INCLUDE  THE  TIME, DATE, AND LOCATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD
   22  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03901-01-5
       S. 592                              2
    1    4. HOLDING AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS  ON  THE  PROPOSED  DEMOLITION
    2  BEFORE  THE  RELEVANT STATE AGENCY OR GOVERNMENTAL BODY AUTHORIZING SUCH
    3  DEMOLITION. ONE HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT LEAST NINE MONTHS PRIOR TO  THE
    4  INTENDED  DEMOLITION  AND  THE  SECOND SHALL BE HELD AT LEAST SIX MONTHS
    5  PRIOR TO INTENDED DEMOLITION.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.