File #: Int 0237-2010    Version: * Name: Cellular telephone antennas and equipment.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 5/12/2010
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to cellular telephone antennas and equipment.
Sponsors: Peter F. Vallone, Jr., Lewis A. Fidler, Vincent J. Gentile, Jessica S. Lappin, James G. Van Bramer, Michael C. Nelson, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Stephen T. Levin, Margaret S. Chin, James Vacca, Karen Koslowitz, Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, Jumaane D. Williams, Deborah L. Rose, Elizabeth S. Crowley, Fernando Cabrera , David G. Greenfield, Rosie Mendez, Sara M. Gonzalez, Peter A. Koo, Ruben Wills, James S. Oddo, Eric A. Ulrich, Daniel J. Halloran III, Vincent Ignizio
Council Member Sponsors: 25
Attachments: 1. Committee Report 12-1-10, 2. Hearing Testimony 12/1/10, 3. Hearing Transcript 12/1/10
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2013*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/1/2010*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/1/2010*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Housing and Buildings Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/12/2010*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/12/2010*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 237
 
By Council Members Vallone, Jr., Fidler, Gentile, Lappin, Van Bramer, Nelson, Mark-Viverito, Levin, Chin, Vacca, Koslowitz, Ferreras, Williams, Rose, Crowley, Cabrera, Greenfield, Mendez, Gonzalez, Koo, Wills, Oddo, Ulrich, Halloran and Ignizio
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to cellular telephone antennas and equipment.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
Section 1.  Title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law 33 for the year 2007, is amended by adding a new section 28-103.16.1 to read as follows:
§28-103.16.1  Placement of cellular telephone service antennas and related equipment.  (a)  The department, in conjunction with such other city agencies as the commissioner shall determine, shall promulgate rules concerning the attachment, installation or mounting of cellular telephone service antennas and equipment on buildings or structures.  Such rules shall contain, but need not be limited to, requirements for the manner in which cellular telephone service antennas and related equipment may be attached, installed, or mounted on buildings or structures; a requirement that any related wires or wiring running through a building or structure are properly enclosed or guarded in accordance with the electrical code; a requirement that prior to seeking a permit from the department to attach, install or mount a cellular telephone service antenna and related equipment on a building or structure, the applicant shall provide written notice of such intent to the community board and council member in whose respective districts the building or structure is located; requirements for the placement of an identification tag on cellular telephone service antennas and related equipment which shall include the permit number and an "advisory" to dial 311 where any exigent circumstances exist or for more information concerning such permit; a requirement that the permit applicant make best efforts to locate in a non-residential zone and make best efforts to co-locate cellular telephone service antennas and related equipment; guidance for aesthetical considerations to minimize the visual impacts of such antennas or related equipment where practical; and a protocol to address the removal of such antennas and related equipment following abandonment or discontinuance of service.
(b)  The requirements of this section shall not apply to the placement or replacement of cellular telephone service antennas and related equipment, attached, installed or mounted by or on behalf of governmental agencies for a government purpose.
§2.  This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law; provided, however, that any actions necessary for the implementation of this local law may be taken prior to its effective date.
JTB
LS# 0700
3/31/10
Int. 984/2009