File #: Int 1289-2016    Version: * Name: Require DOT and DOB to complete a study on alternatives to plywood.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 9/28/2016
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law in relation to a local law to require the department of transportation and department of buildings to complete a study on alternatives to plywood
Sponsors: Paul A. Vallone, Donovan J. Richards
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: There has been at least one incident of a pedestrian being struck and killed by plywood that came loose from a construction site. This law would require the departments of transportation and buildings to study whether there are safer alternatives to plywood that could be used on construction sites.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1289, 2. September 28, 2016 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files

Int. No. 1289

 

By Council Members Vallone and Richards

 

A Local Law in relation to a local law to require the department of transportation and department of buildings to complete a study on alternatives to plywood

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Alternatives to plywood study. a. The department of transportation and department of buildings shall jointly study issues related to plywood use in construction sites on buildings, sidewalks, curbs and roadways. The study is to include all known safety incidents involving plywood, as well as the feasibility and safety of using alternatives to plywood in such construction sites.

b. The department of transportation and department of buildings shall deliver the results of the study to the council within 120 of the enactment of this law.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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9/20/16