File #: Int 2465-2021    Version: * Name: Notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 11/23/2021
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto
Sponsors: Antonio Reynoso, Kalman Yeger , Brad S. Lander, Stephen T. Levin, Tiffany Cabán, James G. Van Bramer, Adrienne E. Adams, Mark Levine, Eric Dinowitz, Ben Kallos, Carlina Rivera , Kevin C. Riley, Carlos Menchaca, Karen Koslowitz, James F. Gennaro, Daniel Dromm , Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Vanessa L. Gibson, Keith Powers , Peter A. Koo, Oswald Feliz, Diana I. Ayala, Farah N. Louis, Eric A. Ulrich
Summary: This bill would consolidate the community board and council member notice requirement for bike lanes with the requirement for major transportation projects. This would create a single, uniform process for the department of transportation to provide notice of any street project.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 2465, 2. Int. No. 2465, 3. November 23, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-23-21, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 23, 2021

Int. No. 2465

 

By Council Members Reynoso, Yeger, Lander, Levin, Cabán, Van Bramer, Adams, Levine, Dinowitz, Kallos, Rivera, Riley, Menchaca, Koslowitz, Gennaro, Dromm, Rodriguez, Gibson, Powers, Koo, Feliz, Ayala, Louis and Ulrich

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision a of section 19-101.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law 90 for the year 2009, is amended to read as follows:

a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms [shall be defined as follows] have the following meanings:

 [1. “]Affected council member(s) and community board(s)[”]. The term “affected council member(s) and community board(s)” [shall mean] means the council member(s) and community board(s) in whose districts a proposed major transportation project is to be located, in whole or in part.

Bicycle lane. The term “bicycle lane” shall mean a portion of the roadway that has been marked off or separated for the preferential or exclusive use of bicycles.

[2. “]Major transportation project[”]. The term “major transportation project” [shall mean] means any project, including a project to add or remove a bicycle lane, that[,] after construction will alter four or more consecutive blocks, or 1,000 consecutive feet of street, whichever is less, involving a major realignment of the roadway, including either removal of a vehicular lane(s) or full time removal of a parking lane(s) or addition of vehicular travel lane(s).

g. The department may implement its plan [fourteen or more days] after it sends an amended plan or notice that it will proceed with its original plan to the affected council member(s) and community board(s).

§ 2. Section 19-187 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

JJD/EL

LS 10339

11/17/21