File #: Int 0672-2015    Version: * Name: Portable storage containers
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 2/12/2015
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to portable storage containers
Sponsors: Jumaane D. Williams
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: The bill would restrict residential property owners from putting a portable storage container on their property unless a permit was issued for such container by the Commissioner of the Department of Buildings. The permit would have a duration of no more than six months, and could be renewed one time for an additional six-month period at the discretion of the Commissioner.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 672
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2017*Jumaane D. Williams City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/12/2015*Jumaane D. Williams City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/12/2015*Jumaane D. Williams City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 672

 

By Council Member Williams

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to portable storage containers

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

 Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-505 to read as follows:

§ 28-505 Permit for portable storage containers. a. For the purposes of this section, “portable storage container” shall mean any weather resistant box-like container transported by truck or trailer to a desired location and designed for the outdoor storage of personal property of household goods for temporary use only.  For the purposes of this section, dumpsters, the trailer portion of a tractor-trailer, or prefabricated sheds shall not be considered a portable storage container.

b. No person shall place a portable storage container on residential property unless a permit for such container has been issued by the commissioner.  Such permit shall be for a period of no more than six months and may be renewed for an additional six month period at the discretion of the commissioner.  A person shall be allowed no more than one permit for any five-year period.

§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment.

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