Bill Text: NY S09007 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-13 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09007 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S09007-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9007 IN SENATE June 13, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to sidewalk shed permit renewal The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 105.8.3 of the New York city building code, as 2 amended by section 1 of subpart 1 of part C of local law number 141 of 3 the city of New York for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows: 4 105.8.3 Special provisions for renewal of permit for a sidewalk shed. 5 An application for the renewal of a construction equipment permit for a 6 sidewalk shed used in connection with the alteration of a building shall 7 be accompanied by a report, acceptable to the department, prepared by a 8 registered design professional who has examined that part of the prem- 9 ises on which the work requiring the use of a sidewalk shed is being 10 performed. Such report shall document the condition of the applicable 11 part of the premises and the scope of work that has been performed ther- 12 eon since the issuance of the permit and shall provide an estimate of 13 the additional time needed to complete the work. 14 No sidewalk shed permit shall be renewed unless the commissioner 15 determines that such sidewalk shed is being used as part of an ongoing 16 construction project. In making such determination, the commissioner 17 shall conduct an inspection of the construction site for which such 18 permit renewal is sought. A contractor or licensee shall submit to the 19 commissioner documentation in support of permit renewal indicating the 20 dates and times persons employed in the construction project have 21 utilized the sidewalk shed that is the subject of a permit renewal 22 request. A contractor or licensee who submits or causes to be submitted 23 documentation that contains false or misleading statements shall be 24 subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars. 25 The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be 26 necessary to implement the provisions of this section. 27 An "ongoing construction project" shall mean any construction project 28 during which persons employed in construction work are utilizing such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04356-01-7S. 9007 2 1 sidewalk shed at least ten days per month over the course of the year 2 immediately preceding a request to renew a sidewalk shed permit. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 4 have become a law.