A06528 Summary:
| BILL NO | A06528 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Brown K |
| COSPNSR | McDonough |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §264, Town L; amd §7-710, Vil L | |
| Requires floor area ratio requirements for buildings on farms to be no more restrictive than state requirements for zoning purposes. | |
A06528 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6528 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the town law and the village law, in relation to floor area ratio requirements for buildings on farms The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 264 of the town law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. Floor area ratio requirements; farmland. (a) No zoning ordinance 4 shall restrict the floor area ratio of a dwelling located on an active 5 farm which is more restrictive than the floor area ratio requirements 6 established under any chapter of law. 7 (b) Any zoning ordinance in violation of this section shall be deemed 8 repealed and unenforceable. 9 § 2. Section 7-710 of the village law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 6 to read as follows: 11 6. (a) No zoning local law shall restrict the floor area ratio of a 12 dwelling located on an active farm which is more restrictive than the 13 floor area ratio requirements established under any chapter of law. 14 (b) Any zoning local law in violation of this section shall be deemed 15 repealed and unenforceable. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 17 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 18 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 19 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 20 to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10228-01-5