Int. No. 678
By Council Members Van Bramer, Brewer, Ferreras, Fidler, James, Koppell, Lander, Rose, Williams, Mark-Viverito, Crowley, Greenfield, Nelson, Barron, Levin, Garodnick, Vacca, Rodriguez, Wills, Halloran and Ulrich
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to community involvement in decisions of the board of standards and appeals.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 666 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law 49 of 1991, is hereby amended to read as follows:
9. To afford an equal right to the city planning commission, community boards, and borough boards and lessees and tenants as well as owners to appear before it for the purpose of proposing arguments or submitting evidence in respect of any matter brought before it pursuant to the zoning resolution of the city of New York. The board shall promulgate rules in order to establish a formal procedure by which it will consider arguments and evidence submitted by any such party. In rendering a final determination on any matter before it in which any such party has proposed arguments or submitted evidence, the board shall refer to such arguments or evidence in its final determination and describe the extent to which the board considered such arguments or evidence in reaching its final determination.
ยง 2. This local law shall become effective ninety days after its enactment.
SAG
LS #2024
6/9/2011