File #: Int 1140-2023    Version: * Name: Increased penalties for department of buildings violations issued to parking structures.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 8/3/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increased penalties for department of buildings violations issued to parking structures
Sponsors: Amanda Farías, Shaun Abreu, Farah N. Louis
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would double the standard civil penalties for Department of Buildings-enforced violations when issued to the owner of a parking structure, and allow the department to enforce daily penalties for violations for failure to maintain a parking structure.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1140, 2. Int. No. 1140, 3. August 3, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 8-3-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - August 3, 2023

Int. No. 1140

 

By Council Members Farías, Abreu and Louis

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increased penalties for department of buildings violations issued to parking structures

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 28-202.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 126 for the year 2021, is amended to add new exceptions 13 and 13.1 through 13.9 to read as follows:

13. For any violation involving a parking structure, as defined in section 28-323.2:

 

13.1. The minimum civil penalty for a violation of section 28-204.4 shall be $2,500.

 

13.2. The minimum civil penalty for an immediately hazardous violation of section 28-207.4.4 shall be $5,000.

 

13.3. The minimum civil penalty for an immediately hazardous violation of section 28-211.1 shall be $20,000.

 

13.4. The minimum civil penalty for a violation of section 28-217.1.1 shall be $1,600.

 

13.5. The minimum civil penalty for a violation of section 28-217.1.6 shall be $5,000.

 

13.6. The minimum civil penalty for an immediately hazardous violation of section 28-301.1 shall be $2,500 for a first violation and $5,000 for a second violation, in addition to any separate daily or monthly penalty imposed pursuant to exception 13.1 or 13.2 of this section.

 

13.7. The minimum civil penalty for an immediately hazardous violation of section 28-302.1 shall be $5,000 for a first violation and $7,500 for a second violation, in addition to any separate daily or monthly penalty imposed pursuant to exception 13.1 or 13.2 of this section.

 

13.8. The minimum civil penalty for an immediately hazardous violation of section 28-302.3 shall be $5,000.

 

13.9. The minimum civil penalty for a violation of section 28-302.4 shall be $5,000.

 

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APM

LS #13105/13112

7/24/2023 11:40 AM