Int. No. 1285

By Council Members Chin and Brannan

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating penalties for an individual or entity’s failure to obtain a street event permit

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-160 to read as follows:

§ 19-160 Failure to obtain street event permit. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term “street activity permit office” means the office designated by the mayor as responsible for issuing permits for street festivals, block parties, farmers markets, commercial or promotional events and other events on city streets.

b. Failure by an individual or entity to obtain a street event permit from the street activity permit office before holding an event that requires a street activity permit by rules promulgated by the street activity permit office, including but not limited to an event that interferes with the flow of pedestrian traffic due to the formation of lines or any other sidewalk obstruction, is a violation.

§ 2. Subdivision b of Section 19-150 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 5 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:

b. 1. Except as provided in subdivision c of this section, such civil penalty shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:

Section of the Administrative Code                                    Maximum Civil Penalty (dollars)

19-102                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-107                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-109                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-111                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-112                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-113                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-115                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-116                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-117 subd (a)                                                                                                                              10,000

19-119                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-121                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-122                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-123                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-126                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-128                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-133                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-133.1                                                                                                                                                   10,000

19-135                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-137                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-138                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-139                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-141                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-144                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-145                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-146                                                                                                                                                                        5,000                                                                                                         19-147                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

19-148                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

19-160                                                                                                                                                                        5,000

24-521                                                                                                                                                                        10,000

All other Provisions of this subchapter and rules or orders relating thereto 5,000

§ 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

ADW/JJD

LS 4618

12/6/2018