Bill Text: NY S03257 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides standards for the number of water closets in certain areas of public assembly and increases the required number of water closets for women; sets deadlines for compliance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-10 - PRINT NUMBER 3257A [S03257 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03257-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3257--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 31, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
         Community  Development  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Housing,
         Construction and Community Development in accordance with Senate  Rule
         6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  standards  for  the
         number  of  water  closets  in  certain  places of public assembly and
         increases the number of water closets for women
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 378-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 378-A. STANDARDS FOR WATER  CLOSETS  IN  CERTAIN  PLACES  OF  PUBLIC
    4  ASSEMBLY.  1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY RULE, REGULATION OR LAW TO THE CONTRA-
    5  RY, STANDARDS FOR WATER CLOSETS IN THE  BUILDINGS  CONTAINING  AREAS  OF
    6  PUBLIC  ASSEMBLY  ENUMERATED  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE AS STATED IN THIS
    7  SECTION.
    8    2. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY ARENA,  AUDITORI-
    9  UM, OR BUILDING WHERE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE SOLD AND CONSUMED, MEETING
   10  HALL,  MOTION PICTURE THEATRE, PUBLIC DANCE HALL, STADIUM, OR THEATRE IN
   11  THE FOLLOWING BUILDINGS OR SPACES:
   12    A. NEW BUILDINGS OR SPACES;
   13    B. EXISTING BUILDINGS OR SPACES THAT ARE ALTERED  WHERE  THE  COST  OF
   14  MAKING  ALTERATIONS  IN  ANY  TWELVE-MONTH  PERIOD  SHALL  EXCEED THIRTY
   15  PERCENT OF THE VALUE OF THE BUILDING OR SPACE; AND
   16    C. EXISTING BUILDINGS OR SPACES THAT ARE ALTERED WHERE THE  ALTERATION
   17  OF  THE  BUILDING  OR  SPACE  RESULTS IN A CHANGE IN THE OCCUPANCY GROUP
   18  CLASSIFICATION OF THE BUILDING OR SPACE  UNDER  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THE
   19  BUILDING CODES APPLICABLE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06648-02-4
       S. 3257--A                          2
    1    3.  BY  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, ANY ARENA, AUDITORIUM, OR
    2  BUILDING WHERE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE SOLD AND CONSUMED, MEETING  HALL,
    3  MOTION  PICTURE  THEATRE,  PUBLIC  DANCE  HALL,  STADIUM, OR THEATRE NOT
    4  SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL  RE-DESIGNATE  EXISTING
    5  BATHROOMS  FOR  THE USE BY PERSONS OF ONE SEX TO THE OTHER, IF MORE THAN
    6  TWO BATHROOMS EXIST IN SUCH FACILITY, AND IF DOING SO  WOULD  PRODUCE  A
    7  RATIO OF WATER CLOSETS DESIGNATED FOR THE USE OF WOMEN AND MEN THAT MORE
    8  CLOSELY  APPROXIMATES  THE  RATIO  OF  WOMEN'S  TO  MEN'S  WATER CLOSETS
    9  REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   10    4. A. THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR THE NUMBER OF WATER CLOSETS PURSUANT
   11  TO THIS SECTION FOR ANY ARENA, AUDITORIUM, OR BUILDING  WHERE  ALCOHOLIC
   12  BEVERAGES  ARE  SOLD AND CONSUMED, MEETING HALL, MOTION PICTURE THEATRE,
   13  PUBLIC DANCE HALL, STADIUM, OR THEATRE SHALL BE AS LISTED IN TABLE 1.
   14                                    TABLE 1
   15  NUMBER OF PERSONS    NUMBER OF WATER CLOSETS    NUMBER OF WATER CLOSETS
   16                              FOR MEN                    FOR WOMEN
   17  1-150                           1                        2
   18  151-300                         2                        4
   19  301-450                         3                        6
   20  FOR OCCUPANCY BY MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY PERSONS,  THERE  SHALL  BE
   21  ONE  WATER CLOSET FOR MEN AND TWO WATER CLOSETS FOR WOMEN FOR EACH ADDI-
   22  TIONAL THREE HUNDRED PERSONS.  THE  POPULATION  USED  TO  DETERMINE  THE
   23  NUMBER  OF WATER CLOSETS REQUIRED SHALL BE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
   24  TO OCCUPY THE SPACE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN NO CASE SHALL THE  POPU-
   25  LATION BE DEEMED LESS THAN THAT DETERMINED BY ALLOWING ONE HUNDRED TWEN-
   26  TY-FIVE SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA PER PERSON.
   27    B.  URINALS  MAY BE PROVIDED IN BATHROOMS IN LIEU OF WATER CLOSETS BUT
   28  THE NUMBER SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY PERCENT  OF  THE  REQUIRED  NUMBER  OF
   29  SANITARY FIXTURES.
   30    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   31  have become a law; provided that the secretary of state  is  immediately
   32  authorized and directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal any rules and
   33  regulations  necessary  to  implement  the provisions of this act on its
   34  effective date.