Int. No. 837
By Council Member Garodnick, Lander, Rosenthal, Koo, Koslowitz, Mendez, Kallos, Williams and Greenfield (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the Landmarks Preservation Commission to make available a database of all items designated or under consideration for designation.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 25-303 of chapter 3 of title 25 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new subdivisions l to read as follows:
l. The commission shall publish online a database of all items designated as landmarks, historic districts, interior landmarks, and scenic landmarks, and all items under consideration for designation. For the purposes of this subdivision, items under consideration for designation shall include any properties or neighborhoods surveyed by the commission, any items for which the public has requested consideration of landmark status, and any item formally calendared for consideration by the commission. Such database shall include information regarding the current status of consideration or designation for each item including, for items under consideration, the location of property under consideration, the person or organization who submitted a request, copies of relevant documents, any scheduled hearings or meeting dates and whether the item is currently under study, inactive, calendared, or designated.
§ 2. This local law shall take effect sixty days after it shall have become a law.
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LS #3597
6/8/15