Int. No. 102-A
By Council Members Brannan, Hanif, Dinowitz, Brewer, Riley, Yeger, Restler, Nurse, Bottcher, Schulman, Sanchez, Cabán, Farías, Abreu, Hudson, Avilés, Gennaro, Joseph, Krishnan, Brooks-Powers, Menin, De La Rosa, Ayala, Velázquez, Gutiérrez, Powers, Rivera, Marte, Ung, Won, Narcisse, Williams, Salamanca, Hanks, Holden, Moya, Lee, Barron, Richardson Jordan, Ossé, Stevens, Louis and Feliz (by request of the Queens Borough President)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of environmental protection to include information about the location of green roofs in an online map published by such department
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-533 to read as follows:
§ 24-533 Green roof map. a. The commissioner, in collaboration with the department of buildings, shall publish on the green infrastructure program map, or on another map on the department’s website, the location of every green roof, as defined in section 24-526.1, in the city, using the best information available.
b. For each green roof indicated on such map, the map shall provide at a minimum, based on the best information available, the following information:
1. The occupancy group of the building or structure;
2. The area of the roof in square feet;
3. The area of the portion of the roof covered by the green roof system in square feet;
4. The estimated amount of water such green roof has the capacity to absorb; and
5. Any functions of the green roof, which may include, but need not be limited to, aesthetic, water retention, recreational, farming, or any other function designated by the department.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
Session 12
JSA/CCM
LS #2259
9/27/2023 2:30 PM
Session 11
NAB
LS #9877
5/28/2019