File #: Int 0259-2004    Version: * Name: Repair and maintenance of street and sidewalk surfaces.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 3/10/2004
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the repair and maintenance of street and sidewalk surfaces.
Sponsors: Simcha Felder, Tony Avella, Tracy L. Boyland, Yvette D. Clarke, Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., Lewis A. Fidler, Helen D. Foster, Robert Jackson, Melinda R. Katz, Michael C. Nelson, Bill Perkins, Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., James Sanders, Jr., Kendall Stewart, Albert Vann, David Yassky, Alan J. Gerson, Christine C. Quinn, Gale A. Brewer, Miguel Martinez, James F. Gennaro, Vincent J. Gentile, Sara M. Gonzalez, Allan W. Jennings, Jr., G. Oliver Koppell, John C. Liu, Larry B. Seabrook, David I. Weprin, Bill De Blasio
Council Member Sponsors: 29

Int. No. 259

 

 

By Council Members Felder, Avella, Boyland, Clarke, Comrie, Fidler, Foster, Jackson, Katz, Nelson, Perkins, Recchia, Sanders, Stewart, Vann, Yassky, Gerson, Quinn, Brewer, Martinez, Gennaro, Gentile, Gonzalez, Jennings, Koppell, Liu, Seabrook, Weprin and DeBlasio

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the repair and maintenance of street and sidewalk surfaces.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

                     Section 1.  Subdivision a of section 19-147 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: 

                     19-147.  Replacement of pavement and maintenance of street hardware.  a. General Provisions.  [Whenever] Except as may otherwise be provided with respect to any existing franchise or revocable consent granted by the city of New York, whenever any pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter in any street shall be taken up, the person or persons by whom or for whose benefit the same is removed shall restore such pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter to its proper condition to the satisfaction of the commissioner of transportation.   Such person or persons shall be responsible for maintaining and repairing, if necessary, such restored pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter until such time as the city, through its employees, agents or contractors, acting pursuant to their official duties, takes up such pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter.

                     §2.  This local law shall take effect immediately after it is enacted into law.