STATE OF NEW YORK
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2729
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 29, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to sidewalk shed permit renewal
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 105.8.3 of the New York city building code, as
2 amended by section 1 of subpart 1 of part C of local law number 141 of
3 the city of New York for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:
4 105.8.3 Special provisions for renewal of permit for a sidewalk shed.
5 An application for the renewal of a construction equipment permit for a
6 sidewalk shed used in connection with the alteration of a building shall
7 be accompanied by a report, acceptable to the department, prepared by a
8 registered design professional who has examined that part of the prem-
9 ises on which the work requiring the use of a sidewalk shed is being
10 performed. Such report shall document the condition of the applicable
11 part of the premises and the scope of work that has been performed ther-
12 eon since the issuance of the permit and shall provide an estimate of
13 the additional time needed to complete the work.
14 No sidewalk shed permit shall be renewed unless the commissioner
15 determines that such sidewalk shed is being used as part of an ongoing
16 construction project. In making such determination, the commissioner
17 shall conduct an inspection of the construction site for which such
18 permit renewal is sought. A contractor or licensee shall submit to the
19 commissioner documentation in support of permit renewal indicating the
20 dates and times persons employed in the construction project have
21 utilized the sidewalk shed that is the subject of a permit renewal
22 request. A contractor or licensee who submits or causes to be submitted
23 documentation that contains false or misleading statements shall be
24 subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be
2 necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
3 An "ongoing construction project" shall mean any construction project
4 during which persons employed in construction work are utilizing such
5 sidewalk shed at least ten days per month over the course of the year
6 immediately preceding a request to renew a sidewalk shed permit.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
8 have become a law.
