Bill Text: NY A08911 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires containerized waste systems for certain residential buildings with more than one hundred fifty units; defines "containerized waste system" as a waste management system that utilizes sealed containers with dimensions of up to eight feet in width, five feet in height and twenty feet in length.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-19 - referred to cities [A08911 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08911-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8911

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 19, 2022
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to requiring containerized waste systems for certain residen-
          tial buildings with more than one hundred fifty units

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
     2  by adding a new section 27-2021.1 to read as follows:
     3    §  27-2021.1  Containerized  waste  systems.  a.  Notwithstanding  any
     4  provision of  law,  rule  or  regulation  to  the  contrary,  any  newly
     5  constructed residential building or development containing more than one
     6  hundred fifty units or any residential building or development renovated
     7  after  the  effective  date  of  this  section  containing more than one
     8  hundred fifty units, shall include a containerized waste system.
     9    b. For the purposes of this section, a  "containerized  waste  system"
    10  shall  mean  a  waste  management system that utilizes sealed containers
    11  with dimensions of up to eight feet in width, five feet  in  height  and
    12  twenty feet in length.
    13    c.  Each containerized waste system required under this section shall,
    14  at a minimum, be rat-proof, fireproof and constructed to  prevent  leak-
    15  age.    Each  container shall be properly maintained and shall remain in
    16  its designated place of storage. Yard sweepings, hedge cuttings,  grass,
    17  leaves, earth, stone or bricks shall not be placed in such containerized
    18  waste systems.
    19    d.  Any  additional  rules  or  regulations necessary to implement the
    20  provisions of this section shall be promulgated by the  commissioner  of
    21  buildings  in consultation with the commissioner of  sanitation  and the
    22  commissioner of health and mental hygiene.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    24  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    25  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    26  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
    27  before such date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13553-01-1