File #: Int 0217-2006    Version: Name: Improving demarcations and signage at all pedestrian crosswalks.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 3/22/2006
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to demarcations at mid-block pedestrian ramps on curbs.
Sponsors: Vincent J. Gentile, Helen D. Foster, Letitia James, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Annabel Palma, David I. Weprin, Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Robert Jackson, Larry B. Seabrook, Peter F. Vallone, Jr.
Council Member Sponsors: 10
Attachments: 1. Int. No. 217 - 3/22/06, 2. Committee Report 4/10/06, 3. Hearing Transcript 4/10/07, 4. Committee Report 2/28/08, 5. Hearing Transcript 2/28/08, 6. Hearing Testimony 2/28/08
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12/31/2009AVincent J. Gentile City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/28/2008*Vincent J. Gentile Committee on Transportation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/28/2008*Vincent J. Gentile Committee on Transportation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/28/2008*Vincent J. Gentile Committee on Transportation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2006*Vincent J. Gentile Committee on Aging Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2006*Vincent J. Gentile Committee on Aging Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2006*Vincent J. Gentile Committee on Transportation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/2006*Vincent J. Gentile Committee on Transportation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/22/2006*Vincent J. Gentile City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/22/2006*Vincent J. Gentile City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Proposed Int. No. 217-A
 
By Council Members Gentile, Foster, James, Mark-Viverito, Palma, Weprin, Recchia Jr., Jackson, Seabrook and Vallone Jr.
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to demarcations at mid-block pedestrian ramps on curbs.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1.  Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new section 19-112.1 to read as follows:
      §19-112.1  Mid-block ramps on curbs  a.  Ramps on curbs intended for the use of pedestrians located in the middle of a block shall be clearly marked in a conspicuous and consistent color that is visible to pedestrians, motorists, and persons operating other modes of transportation.
b.  Upon the construction of any mid-block ramp on a curb, the department or its contractors shall immediately mark such ramp as required under subdivision a of this section.
c.  All existing mid-block ramps on curbs shall be marked, as required under subdivision a of this section, within ninety days after the enactment of this law.
d.  Upon notice to the commissioner that a mid-block ramp on a curb needs to be re-marked, the commissioner shall make a determination within three days of such notice and if he or she makes a determination that such ramp needs to be re-marked, such re-marking shall be performed within five days of such determination.
§2.  This local law shall take effect thirty days after it is enacted into law.
 
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