Bill Text: NY S04705 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes certain owners of class one and class two properties to opt out of city tree planting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S04705 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04705-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4705
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 10, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to authorizing owners of certain class one and class two
properties to opt out of tree planting
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 18-105.2 to read as follows:
3 S 18-105.2 PLANNED TREE PLANTING UNDER PUBLIC OWNERSHIP; OPT OUT BY
4 OWNERS OF CERTAIN CLASS ONE AND CLASS TWO PROPERTIES. ANY OWNER OF A
5 CLASS ONE PROPERTY OR A CLASS TWO PROPERTY THAT IS A RESIDENTIAL CONDO-
6 MINIUM OR RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE, AS SUCH CLASSES OF PROPERTY ARE
7 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED TWO OF THE REAL
8 PROPERTY TAX LAW, THAT IS IN WHOLE OR IN PART OWNER OCCUPIED AND USED
9 EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES MAY OPT-OUT OF A PLAN BY THE
10 COMMISSIONER TO PLANT A TREE ON CITY PROPERTY THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJA-
11 CENT TO SUCH PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY LINE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
12 NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS OF AN IMPENDING TREE PLANTING AND SHALL GRANT
13 SUCH PROPERTY OWNERS THIRTY DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO NOTIFY THE CITY OF THE
14 DESIRE TO OPT-OUT OF THE PLANNED TREE PLANTING.
15 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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