Bill Text: NY S05469 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the floor area ratio of certain dwellings in New York City.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S05469 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05469-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5469
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. FELDER -- (at request of the NYC Department of City
         Planning) -- 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 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    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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