Int. No. 1685
By Council Members Chin, Gentile, Kallos, Johnson, Espinal, Lander, Mealy, Richards and Vacca
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to exempting certain government entities from pre-application requirements for zoning text amendments
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 25 of the administrative code of the city of New York is
amended by adding a new section 25-115, to read as follows:
§ 25-115 Pre-application process exemptions. a. An application for changes in the zoning resolution pursuant to section 200 of the charter, other than changes in the designation of zoning districts, may be filed with the department of city planning and shall, at the applicant’s election, be exempt from the pre-application requirements of chapter 10 of title 62 of the rules of the city of New York, if at least one of the applicants is a borough president, the mayor or the land use committee of the council if two-thirds of the members of such committee shall have voted to approve such filing.
§ 2. This local law becomes effective immediately.
JHC
LS #11116
8/14/2017