STATE OF NEW YORK
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2254
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 23, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to authorizing
the enactment of zoning laws and ordinances to regulate formula retail
uses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The New York city charter is amended by adding a new
2 section 200-a to read as follows:
3 § 200-a. Formula retail uses. a. For the purposes of this section, the
4 term "formula retail use" shall mean a retail sales establishment which,
5 along with ten or more other retail sales establishments located in the
6 United States, maintains two or more of the following features: a stand-
7 ardized array of merchandise, a standardized facade, a standardized
8 decor and color scheme, a uniform apparel, standardized signage, a
9 trademark or a servicemark.
10 b. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, zoning resol-
11 utions enacted pursuant to section two hundred of this chapter may
12 include the regulation, restriction or prohibition of formula retail
13 uses where enacted pursuant to a comprehensive plan and a valid public
14 purpose.
15 § 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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