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A07163 Summary:

BILL NOA07163
 
SAME ASSAME AS S03864
 
SPONSORCusick
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §668, NYC Chart
 
Directs the board of standards and appeals in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for a variance to property owners within 1 mile of the affected property.
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A07163 Actions:

BILL NOA07163
 
04/10/2019referred to cities
01/08/2020referred to cities
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A07163 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7163
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 10, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Cities
 
        AN  ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the
          board of standards and appeals to forward a copy of  each  application
          to vary the zoning resolution or for a special permit to each owner of
          real  property  within  one mile of the land to which such application
          applies
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph 1 of subdivision c, and subdivisions d and e of
     2  section 668 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number
     3  103 of the city of New York for the year 2017, are amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    1. Each proposal or application shall be filed with the board of stan-
     6  dards  and  appeals,  which shall forward a copy within five days to the
     7  community board for each community district in which the land  involved,
     8  or  any  part  thereof,  is  located,  and  to  the borough board if the
     9  proposal or application involves land located in two or  more  districts
    10  in  a  borough;  and  shall deliver a copy thereof, by first class mail,
    11  within five days to each owner of real property located within one  mile
    12  of the land involved.
    13    d.  The  recommendation of a community board or borough board pursuant
    14  to subdivision c of this section shall be filed with the board of stand-
    15  ards and appeals and [a copy] copies sent to the city  planning  commis-
    16  sion  to each owner of real property located within one mile of the land
    17  involved. The board of standards and  appeals  shall  conduct  a  public
    18  hearing  and act on the proposed application. All testimony delivered at
    19  a public hearing by the applicant on the proposed application  shall  be
    20  sworn  or  affirmed  under  oath. A decision of the board shall indicate
    21  whether each of the specific requirements of the zoning  resolution  for
    22  the  granting  of  variances  has been met and shall include findings of
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10000-01-9

        A. 7163                             2
 
     1  fact with regard to each such requirement. When the board  of  standards
     2  and  appeals  grants  or denies an application for a variance or special
     3  permit, the board shall respond, as applicable, to any  relevant  recom-
     4  mendation  filed  with  such board by a community board or borough board
     5  regarding such application.   Inadvertent failure  to  comply  with  the
     6  preceding  sentence  shall  not  result in the invalidation of any board
     7  decision.
     8    e. Copies of a decision of the board  of  standards  and  appeals  and
     9  copies  of any recommendation of the affected community board or borough
    10  board shall be filed with the city planning commission.  Copies  of  the
    11  decision  shall  also  be  filed  with the affected community or borough
    12  boards.  In addition, a copy of the decision  shall  be  sent  by  first
    13  class mail to each owner of real property located within one mile of the
    14  land involved.
    15    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    16  have become a law, and shall apply to proposals and  applications  filed
    17  with the board of standards and appeals on or after such date.
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