Bill Text: NY S04959 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides standards for the number of water closets in certain areas of public assembly and increases the required number of water closets for women; sets deadlines for compliance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S04959 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04959-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4959
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 2, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to standards for the
          number of water closets in  certain  places  of  public  assembly  and
          increases the number of water closets for women
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  378-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  378-a.  Standards  for  water  closets  in certain places of public
     4  assembly. 1. Notwithstanding any rule, regulation or law to the  contra-
     5  ry,  standards  for  water  closets in the buildings containing areas of
     6  public assembly enumerated in this section shall be as  stated  in  this
     7  section.
     8    2.  The provisions of this section shall apply to any arena, auditori-
     9  um, or building where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, meeting
    10  hall, motion picture theatre, public dance hall, stadium, or theatre  in
    11  the following buildings or spaces:
    12    a. new buildings or spaces;
    13    b.  existing  buildings  or  spaces that are altered where the cost of
    14  making alterations  in  any  twelve-month  period  shall  exceed  thirty
    15  percent of the value of the building or space; and
    16    c.  existing buildings or spaces that are altered where the alteration
    17  of the building or space results in a  change  in  the  occupancy  group
    18  classification  of  the  building  or  space under the provisions of the
    19  building codes applicable in the state of New York.
    20    3. By January first, two thousand twenty-one, any  arena,  auditorium,
    21  or  building  where  alcoholic  beverages are sold and consumed, meeting
    22  hall, motion picture theatre, public dance hall, stadium, or theatre not
    23  subject to subdivision two of this section shall  re-designate  existing
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10708-01-9
        S. 4959                             2
     1  bathrooms  for  the use by persons of one sex to the other, if more than
     2  two bathrooms exist in such facility, and if doing so  would  produce  a
     3  ratio of water closets designated for the use of women and men that more
     4  closely  approximates  the  ratio  of  women's  to  men's  water closets
     5  required under subdivision four of this section.
     6    4. a. The minimum requirement for the number of water closets pursuant
     7  to this section for any arena, auditorium, or building  where  alcoholic
     8  beverages  are  sold and consumed, meeting hall, motion picture theatre,
     9  public dance hall, stadium, or theatre shall be as listed in Table 1.
    10                                    TABLE 1
    11  Number of Persons    Number of Water Closets    Number of Water Closets
    12                              for Men                    for Women
    13  1-150                           1                        2
    14  151-300                         2                        4
    15  301-450                         3                        6
    16  For occupancy by more than four hundred fifty persons,  there  shall  be
    17  one  water closet for men and two water closets for women for each addi-
    18  tional three hundred persons.  The  population  used  to  determine  the
    19  number  of water closets required shall be based on the number of people
    20  to occupy the space; provided, however, that in no case shall the  popu-
    21  lation be deemed less than that determined by allowing one hundred twen-
    22  ty-five square feet of floor area per person.
    23    b.  Urinals  may be provided in bathrooms in lieu of water closets but
    24  the number shall not exceed fifty percent  of  the  required  number  of
    25  sanitary fixtures.
    26    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    27  have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    28  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    29  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    30  on or before such date.