Bill Text: NY S03472 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3472 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Requires the issuance of certificates of occupancy, in the city of New York, for certain one and two family residences on an unmapped street.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7487 [S03472 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3472
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       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.
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