File #: Int 1805-2017    Version: * Name: Repainting of pavement marking lines.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 12/19/2017
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to repainting of pavement marking lines.
Sponsors: Peter A. Koo
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: The proposed legislation would require that the Department of Transportation to ensure that pavement markings are repainted after the completion of street resurfacing work.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1805, 2. Int. No. 1805, 3. December 19, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files

Int. No. 1805

 

By Council Member Koo

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to repainting of pavement marking lines.

 

 Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

      Section 1.  Chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-115.1 to read as follows:

§ 19-115.1  Pavement markings. a. For the purposes of this section, the term “pavement markings" includes, lines and symbols on the roadway that are intended to direct vehicular, pedestrian, and cyclist movement, including but not limited to lines that indicate where lanes are divided, where vehicles may pass other vehicles, where vehicles may change lanes, where vehicles may turn, where pedestrian walkways are located, and where pedestrians must stop for signs and traffic signals.

b. Whenever any street is repaved or resurfaced by the department, the department shall ensure that all pavement markings are repainted within one week of the completion of such repavement or reconstruction project. 

§ 2.  This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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LS 8973

12/14/2016