Int. No. 748

By Council Members Katz, Comrie and Palma

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to streets restricted to vending in the Borough of Queens.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.  Legislative findings and declaration.

The borough of Queens is justly proud of its ethnic and cultural diversity.  In recent years, food cart vendors have proliferated throughout the borough, serving a wide variety of international delicacies.  While the Council finds that mobile food vendors contribute to Queens’ reputation as a destination for visitors seeking edibles from around the world, the Council also finds that the concentration of vendors in certain areas of Queens with heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic creates a serious and immediate threat to the health and safety of the public.  For this reason, the Council declares it necessary to restrict vending on the streets listed below. 

§2.  Section 17-315 of the Administrative Code of the city of New York is hereby amended to add a new subsection m to read as follows: 

                     m.  Food vendors shall be prohibited from vending at all times on the following streets in the borough of Queens: 69^th Road between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street; 70^th Avenue between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street; 70^th Road between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street; 71^st Avenue between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street; 71^st Road between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street; 72^nd Avenue between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street; 72^nd Road between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street; Ascan Avenue between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street; Queens Boulevard between 69^th Road and Ascan Avenue; and Austin Street between 69^th Road and Ascan Avenue. 

                     §3.  This local law shall take effect immediately. 

LS 4006

LC

4/2/08