Bill Text: NY S03319 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that new streets within and abutting streets of new commercial projects in the city of New York be the maximum legal width; prohibits any waiver of such requirement.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S03319 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3319
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 5, 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 administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation  to  requiring that in all new commercial development streets
         and abutting streets must be widened to the maximum allowable width
         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 28-108.4 to read as follows:
    3    S 28-108.4 STREET WIDTH FOR NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION.    DEVELOPERS
    4  OF  NEW  COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT
    5  ALL NEW STREETS WITHIN THE PROJECT AND WIDEN ALL EXISTING STREETS  ABUT-
    6  TING  THE PROJECT TO THE MAXIMUM LEGAL WIDTH FOR SUCH STREETS. NO WAIVER
    7  OF SUCH REQUIREMENT SHALL BE GRANTED.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01035-01-5
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