Bill Text: NY A09708 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the issuance of certificates of occupancy, in the city of New York, for the first 5 one and two family residences on an unmapped street.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-05 - print number 9708a [A09708 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A09708-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9708--A I N A S S E M B L Y May 16, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to certificates of occupancy for unmapped streets in the city of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 36 of the general city law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE 4 CONTRARY, A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR A ONE OR TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 5 DWELLING SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS OF THE CITY OF 6 NEW YORK FOR AN UNMAPPED STREET OR HIGHWAY WITHOUT A REVIEW BY THE BOARD 7 OF STANDARDS AND APPEALS OF SUCH CITY IF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS OF 8 THE CITY OF NEW YORK DETERMINES THAT THERE ARE NOT LESS THAN FIVE 9 CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY FOR ONE OR TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS 10 WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SUCH UNMAPPED STREET OR HIGHWAY, AND 11 FURTHER PROVIDED THAT SUCH ONE OR TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING IS 12 EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. NOTHING CONTAINED IN 13 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL LIMIT THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF STANDARDS 14 AND APPEALS TO DETERMINE THE APPLICATION OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION. 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. LBD14736-05-4