Bill Text: NY S01991 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to requiring local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of renewable energy resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-05 - PRINT NUMBER 1991A [S01991 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S01991-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1991--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 10, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. C. JOHNSON, THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local
Government -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the town law and the village law, in relation to requir-
ing local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of
renewable and alternative energy sources
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 263 of the town law, as amended by chapter 602 of
2 the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 263. Purposes in view. Such regulations shall be made in accordance
4 with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the
5 streets; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; to
6 promote health and general welfare; to provide adequate light and air;
7 to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of
8 population; to make provision for, so far as conditions may permit, the
9 accommodation of [solar energy systems and equipment and access to
10 sunlight necessary therefor] RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, AS SUCH TERM IS
11 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION 1-103 OF THE ENERGY LAW; to
12 facilitate the practice of forestry; to facilitate the adequate
13 provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other
14 public requirements. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable
15 consideration, among other things, as to the character of the district
16 and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to
17 conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate
18 use of land throughout such municipality.
19 S 2. Section 7-704 of the village law, as amended by chapter 742 of
20 the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01807-02-0
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1 S 7-704 Purposes in view. Such regulations shall be made in accordance
2 with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the
3 streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, floods and other dangers; to
4 promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and
5 air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration
6 of population; to make provision for, so far as conditions may permit,
7 the accommodation of [solar energy systems and equipment and access to
8 sunlight necessary therefor] RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, AS SUCH TERM IS
9 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION 1-103 OF THE ENERGY LAW; to
10 facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage,
11 schools, parks and other public requirements. Such regulations shall be
12 made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to the char-
13 acter of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses,
14 and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the
15 most appropriate use of land throughout such municipality.
16 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
