File #: Int 1073-2024    Version: * Name: Requiring bird friendly materials in certain existing buildings.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 10/10/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring bird friendly materials in certain existing buildings
Sponsors: Tiffany Cabán, Shaun Abreu
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require that by January 1, 2030, buildings that are classified as business, mercantile, or residential under the city Building Code would be required to comply with the bird-friendly windows and exteriors requirements of the Building Code, except for detached one and two family dwellings, which would not be required to comply. Buildings replacing any exterior glazing would be required to replace the specific glazing being altered with bird-friendly materials.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1073, 2. Int. No. 1073, 3. October 10, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1073

 

By Council Members Cabán and Abreu

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring bird friendly materials in certain existing buildings

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Exception 20 of section 28-101.4.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law 15 for the year 2020, is amended to read as follows:

20.  Where the alteration of a building includes the replacement of [all] any exterior glazing, [such alteration] the replacement exterior glazing shall comply with section 1403.8 of the New York city building code.

 

§ 2. Article 315 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-315.13 to read as follows:

§ 28-315.13 Bird friendly materials. By January 1, 2030, existing buildings whose main use or dominant occupancy is classified in group B, M, or R pursuant to the New York city building code shall comply with Section 1403.8 of the New York city building code.

 

Exception: Detached one- and two-family dwellings are not required to comply with this section.

 

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.

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LS #16650/14839

9/30/2024 1:40 PM