Provides standards for the number of water closets in certain areas of public assembly; increases the required number of water closets for women; sets deadlines for compliance.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1973
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN, BURDICK, FORREST, SIMON -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to standards for the
number of water closets in certain places of public assembly and
increases the number of water closets for women
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 378-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 378-a. Standards for water closets in certain places of public
4 assembly. 1. Notwithstanding any rule, regulation or law to the contra-
5 ry, standards for water closets in the buildings containing areas of
6 public assembly enumerated in this section shall be as stated in this
7 section.
8 2. The provisions of this section shall apply to any arena, auditori-
9 um, or building where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, meeting
10 hall, motion picture theatre, public dance hall, stadium, or theatre in
11 the following buildings or spaces:
12 a. new buildings or spaces;
13 b. existing buildings or spaces that are altered where the cost of
14 making alterations in any twelve-month period shall exceed thirty
15 percent of the value of the building or space; and
16 c. existing buildings or spaces that are altered where the alteration
17 of the building or space results in a change in the occupancy group
18 classification of the building or space under the provisions of the
19 building codes applicable in the state of New York.
20 3. By January first, two thousand twenty-five, any arena, auditorium,
21 or building where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, meeting
22 hall, motion picture theatre, public dance hall, stadium, or theatre not
23 subject to subdivision two of this section shall re-designate existing
24 bathrooms for the use by persons of one sex to the other, if more than
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 two bathrooms exist in such facility, and if doing so would produce a
2 ratio of water closets designated for the use of women and men that more
3 closely approximates the ratio of women's to men's water closets
4 required under subdivision four of this section.
5 4. a. The minimum requirement for the number of water closets pursuant
6 to this section for any arena, auditorium, or building where alcoholic
7 beverages are sold and consumed, meeting hall, motion picture theatre,
8 public dance hall, stadium, or theatre shall be as listed in Table 1.
9 TABLE1
10 NumberofPersonsNumberofWaterClosetsNumberofWaterClosets
11 forMenforWomen
12 1-15012
13 151-30024
14 301-45036
15 For occupancy by more than four hundred fifty persons, there shall be
16 one water closet for men and two water closets for women for each addi-
17 tional three hundred persons. The population used to determine the
18 number of water closets required shall be based on the number of people
19 to occupy the space; provided, however, that in no case shall the popu-
20 lation be deemed less than that determined by allowing one hundred twen-
21 ty-five square feet of floor area per person.
22 b. Urinals may be provided in bathrooms in lieu of water closets but
23 the number shall not exceed fifty percent of the required number of
24 sanitary fixtures.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
26 have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
27 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
28 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
29 such date.
