File #: Int 1156-2013    Version: * Name: Removal of trees downed as a result of a severe weather event.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 9/12/2013
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the removal of trees downed as a result of a severe weather event.
Sponsors: Andy L. King, Charles Barron, Gale A. Brewer, Margaret S. Chin, Inez E. Dickens, Mathieu Eugene, Vincent J. Gentile, Letitia James, Peter A. Koo, G. Oliver Koppell, Annabel Palma, Donovan J. Richards, Jumaane D. Williams, Ruben Wills, Rosie Mendez, Deborah L. Rose, Brad S. Lander, Daniel R. Garodnick, Michael C. Nelson, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, James G. Van Bramer
Council Member Sponsors: 21
Int. No. 1156
By Council Members King, Barron, Brewer, Chin, Dickens, Eugene, Gentile, James, Koo, Koppell, Palma, Richards, Williams, Wills, Mendez, Rose, Lander, Garodnick, Nelson, Rodriguez and Van Bramer
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the removal of trees downed as a result of a severe weather event.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 18 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 18-142 to read as follows:
      §18-142 Tree removal protocol.  a. The department, in consultation with the office of emergency management, department of sanitation and local electric corporations, shall develop a protocol for the removal of trees that have been downed or damaged as a result of weather or climate events.  Such protocol shall require the department:
      1. to establish effective means of communication with local electric corporations so that the department is notified in a timely manner of downed or damaged trees that have fallen on powered electrical wires or cables, and whether such trees are safe to be removed;
      2. to effectively coordinate department personnel engaged in tree removal, including the office of emergency management and the department of sanitation, upon receiving information regarding the status of downed and damaged trees; and
      3. to establish a system whereby each instance of downed or damaged trees is provided with a unique identifier or tracking number and a method to notify the electrical corporation when such downed or damaged tree has been removed.
      b. the department shall publish such protocol on its website and submit a description of such protocol to the mayor and council by July first of each year.
§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment.
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