Int. No. 442-A
By Council Members Bottcher, Nurse, Ossé, Louis, Marte, Williams, Krishnan, Hanif, Narcisse, Brooks-Powers, Cabán, Gutiérrez, Avilés, Brannan, Schulman, Hudson, Richardson Jordan, Barron, Sanchez, Joseph, Farías, Abreu, Restler, Riley, Ayala, Powers, Gennaro, De La Rosa, Holden, Hanks, Dinowitz, Mealy, Won, Velázquez, Kagan, Lee and Salamanca (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough President) (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to abating rodents as a requirement for the issuance of certain construction permits
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Article 105 of chapter 1 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-105.2.3 to read as follows:
§ 28-105.2.3 Rodent abatement during certain construction work. For work that is subject to rodent extermination pursuant to section 3306.9.13 of the New York city building code, prior to the issuance of a permit authorizing work, the applicant shall certify that a licensed exterminator has been retained to effectively treat the premises for rodent extermination as per the requirements of the department of health and mental hygiene.
§ 2. Section 3306.9.13 of the New York city building code is amended to read as follows:
3306.9.13 Rodent extermination. A licensed exterminator shall effectively treat the premises for rodent extermination as per the requirements of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the following work:
1. Where the proposed construction work involves 50% or more of the floor area of a building;
2. Where the proposed vertical or horizontal enlargement increases the amount of building floor area by more than 25% over the amount of existing floor area of the building;
3. Where the proposed demolition involves more than 50% of the floor area of a building;
4. Where full demolition work is proposed.
[Exception: Partial demolition operations.]
§ 3. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.
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