S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1134 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 8, 2015 ___________ 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 requiring the department of sanitation to remove any snow or ice accumulation in front of fire hydrants THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 15-205 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York, as amended by local law number 66 of the city of New York for 3 the year 1991, is amended to read as follows: 4 S 15-205 Obstruction of fire hydrants. It shall be unlawful in any 5 manner to obstruct the use of any fire hydrant, or to allow any snow or 6 ice to be thrown or piled upon or around the same, or to place, or allow 7 to be placed, any material or thing in front thereof, from the curb line 8 to the center of the street and to within ten feet from either side 9 thereof. All snow and ice accumulating in the street, within such space, 10 shall be removed by the [owner, lessee, or tenant of the premises front- 11 ing such space] DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION. All material or things found 12 obstructing any fire hydrant may be forthwith removed by the officers or 13 employees of the department[, at the risk, cost and expense, of the 14 owner or claimant] OF SANITATION. The provision of this section requir- 15 ing that no thing shall be placed within ten feet from either side of a 16 fire hydrant shall not apply to any newsstand which was first licensed 17 by the department of consumer affairs prior to the first day of August, 18 nineteen hundred seventy-nine where the person who held the license for 19 such newsstand on the first day of August, nineteen hundred ninety-one 20 continues to be the licensee for such newsstand; provided, however, that 21 where a newsstand which was first licensed prior to the first day of 22 August, nineteen hundred seventy-nine is reconstructed in its entirety 23 or in substantial part, which reconstruction was commenced on or after 24 the first day of August, nineteen hundred ninety-one, such newsstand 25 shall be subject to such requirement that no thing be placed within ten 26 feet from either side of a fire hydrant. 27 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02129-01-5