Int. No. 811
By Council Members Koslowitz, Vacca, Chin, Dromm, Eugene, Ferreras, Gonzalez, James, Koo, Levin, Palma, Williams, Wills, Halloran and Ulrich
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the alteration of traffic patterns.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-176 to read as follows:
§19-176 Changes to traffic patterns. a. For purposes of this section, "alteration of a traffic pattern" shall mean alteration by the department of the traffic flow at a given location, including, but not limited to, prohibiting a turn at an intersection where such turn was previously allowed.
b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or the rules of the city of New York, no violations may be issued by any city agency for the first fourteen days following the alteration of a traffic pattern.
c. Any alteration of a traffic pattern shall be posted on the department's website not less than seven days prior to the alteration of the traffic pattern. In the event such alteration of a traffic pattern occurs over multiple days, such posting shall occur not less than seven days prior to the first day of the alteration of such traffic pattern.
d. All community boards and council members within whose district an alteration of a traffic pattern occurred shall be informed by the department of such alteration via electronic mail not more than seven days of the completion of such alteration.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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3/5/12