Bill Text: NY S06760 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the floor area ratio of certain dwellings in New York city.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - RECOMMITTED TO RULES [S06760 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06760-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6760 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 16, 2017 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the floor area ratio (FAR) 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. Subdivision 3 of section 26 of the multiple dwelling law, 2 as amended by chapter 748 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. Floor area ratio (FAR). [The] Except as otherwise provided in the 5 zoning resolution of the city of New York, the floor area ratio (FAR) of 6 any dwelling or dwellings on a lot shall not exceed 12.0, except that a 7 fireproof class B dwelling in which six or more passenger elevators are 8 maintained and operated in any city having a local zoning law, ordinance 9 or resolution restricting districts in such city to residential use, may 10 be erected in accordance with the provisions of such zoning law, ordi- 11 nance or resolution, if such class B dwelling is erected in a district 12 no part of which is restricted by such zoning law, ordinance or resol- 13 ution to residential uses. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13205-01-7
